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Feature checklists make every tool look equivalent. This table leads with the three things that actually differ — what it costs you before it works, whether your files leave your device, and where the free version stops.
| WhereGoeswheregoes.com | urlscan.iourlscan.io | VirusTotalvirustotal.com | Cover Your Trackscoveryourtracks.eff.org | |
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| What it does | Follows a shortened link through every redirect and names the final destination | Opens a suspicious URL in a sandbox and shows you everything the page loaded | Runs a file, URL or hash past seventy-odd antivirus engines at once | Measures how uniquely identifiable your browser is to a tracker |
| What it costs you | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. |
| Your files | Runs on their server | Runs on their server | Runs on their server | Runs on their server |
| Where it stops | It reports where the link goes, not whether the destination is malicious — pair it with a reputation scanner. | Anonymous submissions default to public, so a link containing a token or a personal identifier becomes searchable by anyone. | Anything you upload is shared with the security industry and may be downloadable by researchers, so never submit a confidential document. | It measures one browser profile at one moment against EFF's own sample, so the uniqueness figure is indicative rather than an absolute. |
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| Category | Privacy & Security | Privacy & Security | Privacy & Security | Privacy & Security |
| Last checked | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Open the site | Open | Open | Open | Open |
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