The short answer
Disclosure up front: Fanlock competes with Bruqi. We've written this from public information (their site, pricing page, and public SERP behavior), flagged their self-reported numbers as theirs, and kept our opinions labeled as opinions. Check anything that matters at bruqi.com — pricing moves.
Bruqi is a legitimate DMCA takedown service for creators, notable for a free do-it-yourself tier where you file notices yourself. Paid plans at last check ran from $29 (Side Hustle) to $249 (Top 1%), with social coverage widening as tiers go up. It fits budget-first creators; heavier leak situations need deeper escalation than a notice generator.
Is Bruqi legit?
Yes. Bruqi is a real company with a working product, public pricing, and notices filed under its own company name (so your legal name stays off public takedown records — the same privacy approach we use). It also earns real search visibility for removal keywords, which means real usage. "Legit" and "right for you" are different questions, though, and the rest of this review is about the second one.
What Bruqi offers (verified against their site, July 2026)
- DIY — free. Bruqi's standout: a free tier where the tooling helps you find and file DMCA notices yourself — their pricing page lists monthly basic scans and DIY removal resources, with no automatic removals. If your budget is zero and your leak problem is small, this is genuinely useful and nobody else in the category offers quite that.
- Side Hustle — $29/mo. Their entry paid plan. The pricing page lists weekly scans and removals covering Google and what Bruqi describes as 1.7M+ websites.
- Creator Pro — $99/mo. Daily scans and removals, adding Bing and impersonator handling per their published plans. Its Social Media row lists "X, Reddit, Telegram+" — so Telegram shows up here grouped with the other social platforms, which reads as social-post coverage rather than dedicated leak-channel scanning. If Telegram is where your leaks live, ask them which one it is.
- Top 1% — $249/mo. Their heaviest tier for high-volume creators: hourly scans and removals, plus what their pricing page calls "all social media."
Re-verify all of this at bruqi.com before deciding; tiers and prices change.
How we scored it (same criteria we apply to everyone, including us)
- Telegram coverage (25%). Bruqi's pricing page lists Telegram from Creator Pro up, but inside a "Social Media" row alongside X and Reddit ("X, Reddit, Telegram+"), and Top 1% broadens that to "all social media." Grouped that way, it reads as social-post coverage, not the dedicated Telegram leak-channel scanning we weight this criterion on. What to ask them: does the service scan Telegram channels itself or work from links you submit, and how fast do removals land? Their site is the source of truth here; we can't verify turnaround from outside.
- Escalation (25%). A DMCA notice is step one. What matters is what happens when a host ignores it: registrar, payment processor, search de-listing, manual follow-up, and re-filing when content returns. On the free DIY tier, escalation is you. On paid tiers, ask for specifics before you buy.
- Verifiable results (20%). We couldn't find a Bruqi removal rate you can check outside their own reporting. That's normal for the category (most competitors are the same), but it's the thing we'd push any provider on. For contrast, this is checkable for us: 97.5% Google removal, verifiable in Google's public Transparency Report.
- Privacy (15%). Files under the company name. Good.
- Price and free entry (15%). The free DIY tier is the best free option in the category, full stop. Paid tiers are priced below most rivals.
Where Bruqi fits, in our honest opinion
Pick Bruqi if: you're starting out, leaks are occasional, budget is the constraint, and you're willing to do some of the work yourself. The free tier is a real answer, not a trial in disguise.
Look further if: your content is spreading through Telegram channels and re-uploading faster than single notices can catch, or you need proof the removals actually happened. High-volume PPV leaks are a re-filing war, and winning it is about escalation depth and re-scan cadence, not the first notice.
That second situation is what Fanlock's DMCA takedown service is built for: Pirate-Intent Search scans Google for the same terms pirates use to find your content, catches leaks as they surface, and removes them automatically across Google, Bing, and Yahoo, plus Telegram itself (public and invite-only channels, removals in ~7 days). We're the competitor writing this review, so don't take our word for the difference — run our free scan next to Bruqi's findings and compare the lists.
FAQ
Is Bruqi legit or a scam?
Legit. Real company, public pricing, working product, notices filed under its own name. Whether it's the right depth for your leak situation is a separate question.
How much does Bruqi cost?
As of July 2026: free (DIY), $29/mo Side Hustle, $99/mo Creator Pro, $249/mo Top 1%, with discounts for annual billing. Verify at bruqi.com.
Does Bruqi cover Telegram?
Their pricing page lists Telegram from the Creator Pro tier up, but inside a "Social Media" row next to X and Reddit ("X, Reddit, Telegram+"); Top 1% widens it to "all social media." That grouping reads as social-post coverage rather than dedicated Telegram leak-channel scanning. Ask whether Telegram channels are actively scanned or whether it works from links you submit, before you rely on it.
What's the difference between Bruqi's free tier and a full service?
The free tier helps you file notices yourself. A full service finds the leaks, files, escalates past ignored notices, and re-files when content returns, without you doing the work.
Sources
All sources checked live July 2026. Search-visibility statements are based on live Google US SERP checks, July 5–6, 2026.
- bruqi.com — published pricing and feature pages — All Bruqi pricing and feature statements paraphrase their published site, re-verified July 2026. Competitor link is nofollow per house policy.
- Google Transparency Report — copyright removal requests — Independent verification of Fanlock's 97.5% Google removal rate — the contrast standard we hold every provider to, including ourselves.
- 17 U.S.C. § 512 — the DMCA framework both services operate under (law.cornell.edu)
The easy way to compare: run both scans
Fanlock's free scan shows you every leak we can find before you pay anything — no card, no selfie. Put it next to what Bruqi finds and the decision usually makes itself. Plans from $49/mo, with removals you can verify in Google's public Transparency Report. Start the free scan.
Don't decide from a review, decide from a scan
Run Fanlock's free scan next to what Bruqi finds and compare the lists. No card, no selfie until you've seen the leaks.
About Zander Small
co-founder of Fanlock
Zander Small is a co-founder of Fanlock and the engineer who built its detection and takedown system. He's a creator himself, with a following of around 2 million, and started Fanlock after seeing how hard it is for creators to get stolen content removed and keep it down. He writes about how DMCA enforcement actually works in practice, across search, social, Telegram, and piracy sites. More about the Fanlock team →