Which Type of MSP Are You?
"MSP" covers a wide range of business models. Here's how four common provider types use Breachsense and what each one tends to need most.
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Small Regional MSP
10 to 100 SMB clients
Stack dark web monitoring on top of your managed IT offering. Per-client PSA alerts and reports your account managers can hand to a non-technical owner.
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MSSP for Enterprise
Co-managed SOC for mid-market and up
Run a SOC for clients who already have security teams. High API volume powers your dashboards and threat intel reports stop being recycled OSINT.
What they use:High-volume APIsession token detectionhacker forum coverage -
MDR Provider
Detection & response adding dark web coverage
Add the missing pre-breach signal to your EDR and SIEM stack. Webhook alerts pipe into your detection pipeline so a credential hit becomes a case automatically.
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vCISO / Consultancy
Advisory firms running multiple engagements
Pull on-demand exposure data for client assessments, board reports, and incident retainers. Per-domain pricing fits project-shaped usage.
What they use:
Breachsense MSP vs Building It Yourself vs Reselling Consumer Tools
Most MSPs hit one of three paths when they add dark web monitoring. Here's how Breachsense compares to building from scratch or reselling a consumer-grade brand.
| Capability | Breachsense MSP plan | Building it yourself | Reselling consumer tools |
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| Per-client domain segregation | Included | You build it | Varies by vendor |
| Full-text search across leaked files from ransomware attacks | Included | Victim names only | Victim names only |
| Infostealer log coverage | Included | Hard to source | Varies by vendor |
| API for white-label dashboards | Included | You build it | Varies by vendor |
| Per-client alert routing | Included | You build it | Varies by vendor |
| Time to onboard | Under an hour | Months of engineering | Days per client |
| Cost predictability | Tiered by watchlist size | Crawler infra + staff time | Per-seat, scales painfully |
