Link Shield is a URL scanning API for detecting phishing, malware and otherwise suspicious links. It is developer infrastructure rather than an end-user product: you call it before a link reaches your users.
The obvious uses are any product where users submit URLs – comments, messaging, marketplaces, link shorteners, support tickets – where a single malicious link is a real incident. Alongside the scanning API it provides documentation, analytics on what has been scanned, and a self-serve onboarding path the vendor describes as minutes to explore.
Pricing is public and clearly staged: a 5-day free trial, then Hobby at $10/month for 10,000 scans with API access, email support and basic analytics, and Pro at $100/month for 100,000 scans with priority support. Yearly billing saves a month. That entry price makes it realistic for a side project, which is unusual in threat intelligence.
