Penlink (including Cobwebs and Tangles) compared with DigitalStakeout Nexus, our investigative intelligence platform.
Nexus is an investigative intelligence platform where every link carries its source, its quote and its evidence status. Each Nexus capability below is set beside what Penlink documents for the same capability.
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core Nexus capabilities, each cited to the Nexus documentation
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of them with no documented equivalent from Penlink, November 14, 2026
Each Nexus capability is backed by the Nexus documentation. Each Penlink statement is quoted from Penlink’s own documentation or blog.
Stage
DigitalStakeout Nexus
Penlink
Ingests your data by webhook, scheduled feed or file import. Records become entities and relationships.
Penlink: PLX
“Upload mobile forensics, social media records, and financial transactions into the PenLink platform.”Penlink blog: How PLX and CoAnalyst Work Together
Extracts entities and relationships from reports, filings, emails and spreadsheets. Each fact links to its source document.
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Answers questions inside the case. Writes each fact to the graph with its quote, source and status. Any turn can be undone.
Penlink: CoAnalyst360
“Behind one plain-language request, CoAnalyst360 coordinates multiple investigative tasks at once.”Penlink blog: Inside a Single Prompt, How CoAnalyst360 Runs a Multi-Step Investigation
Checks each link against stored evidence and new sources. Proposes a verdict for the analyst to accept or reject.
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Runs transforms on people and identity, corporate registry, social media, breach, blockchain, DNS and threat intelligence sources. Results link to the originating entity.
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Runs transforms across many entities at once. Shows the cost before the run. Pause, resume or cancel.
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Each link stores its source, supporting quote and status: established, alleged, not established or denied. Hedged claims are marked alleged. Unsupported links are dropped.
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Resolves accounts, emails, phones, domains and URLs written in different forms to one node. Scores probable matches with 35 matching methods.
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One ontology defines entity and relationship types. Relationship types set direction, allowed endpoints and time behavior. A username cannot link directly to a person. Each case uses the subset it needs.
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Shortest path between two entities. Node ranking by degree, betweenness or closeness. Community detection.
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Searches every entity across all investigations. Filters by tag, collection or confidence. Saved searches. Collections group entities across investigations into watchlists.
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Alert rules set the entities watched, the trigger, the delivery method and the frequency.
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Drafts a report from the investigation graph. Templates include executive summary, timeline and network analysis. Exports to PDF or a read only link.
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Answers a question about a case, document or collection. Cites every claim and checks it against the source. States when the evidence does not answer the question.
Penlink: CoAnalyst
“CoAnalyst applies AI and natural language processing (NLP) to uncover insights faster than traditional review methods.”Penlink blog: How PLX and CoAnalyst Work Together
Select the AI provider for Case Chat, research, extraction, Audit Graph and reports. Supports Claude, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI and Google Gemini.
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Each organization gets a private tenant. Access to shared investigations is set by role.
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Penlink statements are quoted as published on November 14, 2026. Confirm current details with Penlink.
OSINT investigations
Every core Nexus capability beside ShadowDragon’s own documentation: evidence on every link, Case Chat research, Audit Graph, entity resolution and cited reports.
Entity investigations and reports
Every core Nexus capability beside Skopenow’s own documentation: evidence on every link, Case Chat research, Audit Graph, entity resolution and cited reports.
OSINT and link analysis
Every core Nexus capability beside Maltego’s own documentation: evidence on every link, Case Chat research, Audit Graph, entity resolution and cited reports.
Bring a closed case and we will work it in Nexus with you.
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