Who is Cautellus for?

People checking whether a text, email, link, or screenshot is a scam before they reply or click.

How much does Cautellus cost?

Cautellus has a free plan; paid plans start at $9.99/mo, per its pricing page on 2026-10-17.

Yes, Cautellus has a free plan, per its pricing page on 2026-10-17.

Do people use Cautellus?

Little sign of use: ≈ 667 visits/mo · estimate, 2026-10.

Is Cautellus still maintained?

Actively maintained: site updated yesterday.

Cautellus is run by MCD LLC, per its privacy policy (2026-10-17).

Does Cautellus have a free trial?

Yes, a 7-day free trial, per its pricing page (2026-10-17).

How do I cancel Cautellus?

In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-17): “You may cancel your subscription at any time, and your access will continue until the end of your current billing period.”

Does Cautellus give refunds?

In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-17): “Once the Kit (or any file within it) has been downloaded or accessed from your account, the purchase is non-refundable.”

What are alternatives to Cautellus?

In Productivity, by use: Scamwise, IsThisSpam, ScamDefender.ai, ScamCheck, GuardianAI, VeriSense.

Cautellus

Checks pasted messages, links, phone numbers and screenshots against scam wording, lookalike domains and fraud reports.

Free plan · From $9.99/moActively maintained

ProductivitySecurityFree tier+1

cautellus.com ↗

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At a glanceswept Oct 22, 2026

≈ 667visits/mo

Little sign of use · estimate, read Oct 13, 2026

Cautellus667
#1 Figma11.3M

For: People checking whether a text, email, link, or screenshot is a scam before they reply or click.
Price: Free plan · From $9.99/mopricing page, read Oct 17, 2026 Trial & discounts: 7-day free trial
Activity: Actively maintainedsite updated yesterday
Company: MCD LLC · Domain since 2026privacy policy · domain registered
Runs as: Browser extension
Used for: check a suspicious text message before replying
see where a link really leads before tapping it
check whether a caller or texter's number has been reported
read off cautellus.com on Oct 17, 2026

Worth knowingcomputed from what we read · each with its source

Used more than 84% of the 803 tools on its shelfINITE Atlas →
Has an MCP server (1 in the registry)public registry →
Publishes llms.txt, a file written for AI assistantscautellus.com ↗

Pricingpricing page, read Oct 17, 2026

Free plan · From $9.99/mo

Trial & discounts 7-day free trial

pricing page

Your datawhat they publish, each line with its page · read Oct 17, 2026

Run byMCD LLCprivacy policy ↗
Trains on your dataNoprivacy policy ↗
Certifications they stateGDPRprivacy policy ↗

“Specifically: • User data is used solely to provide and improve the user-facing scam-scanning feature. • We do not sell user data to anyone, transfer it to third parties for advertising, or use it for credit-worthiness or lending purposes. • We do not use Extension data to train AI models.”
privacy policy ↗

These are Cautellus's own statements, read from its pages. We did not audit them. A line that is missing was not found on the pages we read; it does not mean the practice is absent.

How a program reaches itfound, not claimed · read Oct 17, 2026

MCP servercom.cautellus/scam-detectionverified in the MCP registry
Stateanswers, 3 toolschecked 2026-10-17
Address to connectcautellus.com/api/mcp
API docscautellus.com/developersthe vendor's page ↗
MCP docscautellus.com/agentsthe vendor's page ↗

MCP server details →

This card as JSON, for your agent →

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.

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Questions this page answers

What is Cautellus?
Checks pasted messages, links, phone numbers and screenshots against scam wording, lookalike domains and fraud reports. It is listed in the Atlas under Productivity and made by MCD LLC.
Who is Cautellus for?
People checking whether a text, email, link, or screenshot is a scam before they reply or click.
How much does Cautellus cost?
Cautellus has a free plan; paid plans start at $9.99/mo, per its pricing page on 2026-10-17.
Is Cautellus free?
Yes, Cautellus has a free plan, per its pricing page on 2026-10-17.
Do people use Cautellus?
Little sign of use: ≈ 667 visits/mo · estimate, 2026-10.
Is Cautellus still maintained?
Actively maintained: site updated yesterday.
Who owns Cautellus?
Cautellus is run by MCD LLC, per its privacy policy (2026-10-17).

Does Cautellus train AI on your data?
No, per its privacy policy (2026-10-17): “Specifically: • User data is used solely to provide and improve the user-facing scam-scanning feature. • We do not sell user data to anyone, transfer it to third parties for advertising, or use it for credit-worthiness or lending purposes. • We do not use Extension data to train AI models.”
Is Cautellus safe?
We do not audit vendors. What Cautellus publishes, read 2026-10-17: GDPR stated on its privacy policy; on training with your data, “Specifically: • User data is used solely to provide and improve the user-facing scam-scanning feature. • We do not sell user data to anyone, transfer it to third parties for advertising, or use it for credit-worthiness or lending purposes. • We do not use Extension data to train AI models.”.
Does Cautellus have a free trial?
Yes, a 7-day free trial, per its pricing page (2026-10-17).
How do I cancel Cautellus?
In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-17): “You may cancel your subscription at any time, and your access will continue until the end of your current billing period.”
Does Cautellus give refunds?
In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-17): “Once the Kit (or any file within it) has been downloaded or accessed from your account, the purchase is non-refundable.”
What are alternatives to Cautellus?
In Productivity, by use: Scamwise, IsThisSpam, ScamDefender.ai, ScamCheck, GuardianAI, VeriSense.

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