Real-time Ingest
Ingests your data by webhook, scheduled feed or file import. Records become entities and relationships.
ShadowDragon
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ShadowDragon Alternative: ShadowDragon vs. DigitalStakeout Nexus
ShadowDragon Horizon 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 ShadowDragon documents for the same capability.
16
core Nexus capabilities, each cited to the Nexus documentation
15
of them with no documented equivalent from ShadowDragon, November 14, 2026
What Nexus Does, and What ShadowDragon Documents
Each Nexus capability is backed by the Nexus documentation. Each ShadowDragon statement is quoted from ShadowDragon’s own documentation or blog.
Stage
DigitalStakeout Nexus
ShadowDragon
Ingest
Document Extraction
Extracts entities and relationships from reports, filings, emails and spreadsheets. Each fact links to its source document.
ShadowDragon
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Research
Case Chat AI Research
Answers questions inside the case. Writes each fact to the graph with its quote, source and status. Any turn can be undone.
ShadowDragon
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Audit Graph Verification
Checks each link against stored evidence and new sources. Proposes a verdict for the analyst to accept or reject.
ShadowDragon
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Transforms and Modules
Runs transforms on people and identity, corporate registry, social media, breach, blockchain, DNS and threat intelligence sources. Results link to the originating entity.
ShadowDragon: SocialNet
“SocialNet® maps aliases, identities, and social networks in real time”ShadowDragon SocialNet product page, shadowdragon.io/products/socialnet
Bulk Transform Runs
Runs transforms across many entities at once. Shows the cost before the run. Pause, resume or cancel.
ShadowDragon
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Model
Evidence on Every Link
Each link stores its source, supporting quote and status: established, alleged, not established or denied. Hedged claims are marked alleged. Unsupported links are dropped.
ShadowDragon
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Entity Resolution
Resolves accounts, emails, phones, domains and URLs written in different forms to one node. Scores probable matches with 35 matching methods.
ShadowDragon
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Governed Ontology
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.
ShadowDragon
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Analyze
Graph Analytics
Shortest path between two entities. Node ranking by degree, betweenness or closeness. Community detection.
ShadowDragon
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Searchable Entity Database
Searches every entity across all investigations. Filters by tag, collection or confidence. Saved searches. Collections group entities across investigations into watchlists.
ShadowDragon
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Monitor
Alerts on Case Entities
Alert rules set the entities watched, the trigger, the delivery method and the frequency.
ShadowDragon
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Report
Graph Reporting
Drafts a report from the investigation graph. Templates include executive summary, timeline and network analysis. Exports to PDF or a read only link.
ShadowDragon
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AI Reporting
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.
ShadowDragon
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Administer
AI Provider Choice
Select the AI provider for Case Chat, research, extraction, Audit Graph and reports. Supports Claude, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI and Google Gemini.
ShadowDragon
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Private Workspace
Each organization gets a private tenant. Access to shared investigations is set by role.
ShadowDragon
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ShadowDragon statements are quoted as published on November 14, 2026. Confirm current details with ShadowDragon.
ShadowDragon and Nexus Questions
Each ShadowDragon statement is quoted from ShadowDragon’s own documentation, blog or product pages, captured November 14, 2026. "Not listed" means our review of that material found no documented equivalent of the Nexus capability. Confirm current details with ShadowDragon.
Each Nexus capability is backed by the Nexus documentation and DigitalStakeout product briefs.
Nexus is quoted to your team, caseload and data needs.
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Every core Nexus capability beside Penlink’s own documentation: evidence on every link, Case Chat research, Audit Graph, entity resolution and cited reports.
Skopenow Alternative
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.
Maltego Alternative
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.
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