BrandItScan vs Ceartas: how to actually choose

The short answer

BrandItScan and Ceartas are both established creator content-protection services with different public positioning. BrandItScan markets heavily around AI facial recognition and an agency program. Ceartas leans toward A-list talent and an enterprise track. The right pick comes down to where your leaks live, especially Telegram, how each escalates past the first notice, and whether you can verify their removal numbers.

How to compare them (the criteria that matter)

Don't choose on logos or a feature wall. Score any service, these two included, on the same five things.

• Telegram coverage. Does it scan Telegram itself, including invite-only channels, or does it mainly act on links you submit? For a lot of paid-content creators, this is where most leaks actually live.
• Escalation past the first notice. When a host ignores the DMCA, what happens next? Registrar, CDN, payment processor, search de-listing, then manual removal? And does it re-file when the same content reappears?
• Verifiable results. Can you confirm the removal rate somewhere outside the service's own dashboard, or are you trusting a number you can't audit?
• Privacy. Is the notice filed under the service's name so your legal name stays off public takedown records?
• Free scan and price. Can you see real leaks before paying, and how does the price scale with usernames or seats?

BrandItScan vs Ceartas at a glance

We don't run either company's software, so we won't assert what their dashboards do or restate their performance claims as fact. Pricing and plan details above are pulled from each provider's current site (linked); confirm them before you buy, since both change. One thing to note: BrandItScan offers a free scan, but Ceartas does not, so a true head-to-head free scan isn't possible against Ceartas.

Where each tends to fit

• Lean BrandItScan if AI image and face matching is your priority and you want an agency-friendly setup. Premium runs $69/mo with 3 stage names ($5/mo per extra) and White Glove runs $149/mo with unlimited stage names (branditscan.com/pricing). There's a free scan plus a 7-day trial with no card, so test whether it surfaces real leaks for your handle. One gap to weigh: Telegram isn't listed among its supported platforms.
• Lean Ceartas if you see yourself as enterprise or A-list talent and want a provider built around that track plus deepfake messaging. Pricing scales hard, from Star at $69/mo (Google only) up to Platinum at $1,200/mo, and Telegram plus deepfake removal only start at the VIP tier ($349/mo) (ceartas.io/pricing). There's no free scan, just 50% off the first month, and the enterprise track now sits under Midnight Labs. Check that the creator tier still gets real attention as the company pushes upmarket.

For category and market figures, go to a published source rather than trusting a vendor headline. Ceartas's own blog (blog.ceartas.io) publishes methodology and removal write-ups you can read and weigh yourself.

A third option to weigh: Fanlock

We built Fanlock because the gap we kept hitting was Telegram. For a lot of adult creators, most leaks live in Telegram channels, not on Google or tube sites. Fanlock scans Telegram itself, both public and invite-only, escalates across four tiers and re-files on re-upload, and files under its own name so your real identity stays off the paperwork. It starts at $49/mo with a free scan that needs no card and no selfie until after you see results, and it covers unlimited stage names tied to one creator. Our Google removals run about 97.5%, which you can confirm in Google's public Transparency Report rather than taking from a dashboard. The honest test: run the same username through all three free scans and compare what each one finds.

FAQ

Switch to Fanlock

If you're weighing BrandItScan or Ceartas, weigh us too. Sign up and Fanlock removes your content from leak sites, search, social, and Telegram automatically, files every notice under our name so your identity stays private, and re-files when leaks return. Our Pirate-Intent Search starts from the way leaks get discovered, the Google queries people run for your name, and removes what comes back across millions of leak sites. Our Google removals run about 97.5%, verifiable in Google's public Transparency Report.