united-domains Monitoring vs. nebty: what happens after the hit?
united-domains and nebty both monitor brand abuse; only nebty runs the takedowns itself. united-domains starts at €30/month and refers enforcement to a partner law firm. At nebty, the monitoring subscription is €99/$119/month; nebty runs takedowns itself for €400/$450 on success (€300/$340 for monitoring customers).
- Best fit
- Monitoring + takedown
- Monitoring (subscription)
- €99/month
- Takedown (single case)
- €400 on success
Prices last verified: July 2026
The short version
Two German providers, two published prices.
united-domains starts at €30/month, nebty at €99/$119/month; both prices are public.
The core difference: who takes the fake offline?
united-domains refers you to a partner law firm. nebty runs the takedown for €300/$340 on success when monitoring is active.
Monitoring is the start, not the solution.
An alert is the start. What matters is speed and predictable cost through to removal.
The day monitoring fires
A phishing page with your logo is live. Both services report it. After that, the paths diverge.
united-domains
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The report flags the hit. Monthly or weekly by email, depending on the plan.
- 2
Referral to the partner law firm. Specialist legal experts handle takedowns, cease-and-desist letters and dispute resolution.
- 3
Legal fees per case. The legal route for legally complex cases; the amount is not fixed in advance.
nebty
- 1
Alert typically within hours. 24/7 monitoring, one click to confirm.
- 2
nebty runs the takedown. Registrar, host and blocklisting: the channels that actually take a site offline.
- 3
€300/$340, only on success. For monitoring customers, with the stays-offline guarantee.
For cases where you want to take legal action against the offender (not just get the site offline), the law-firm route is the right escalation; nebty customers bring in lawyers for that too. The question is what the standard case should be.
united-domains Automated Monitoring and nebty compared
| Criterion | united-domains |  |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | united-domains, Starnberg (registrar, 300,000+ customers) | nebty GmbH, Munich |
| Core offering | Domain monitoring in four plans; free one-time domain scan; Enterprise as a managed service | Monitoring plus in-house takedowns from a single provider |
| Coverage | Domain registrations (including variants and typos); from the Advanced plan, also brand-name screening on third-party websites | Lookalike domains, fake websites, phishing pages, fake profiles |
| Monitoring price | From €30/month (Starter, monthly report) to €190/month (Professional, weekly); Enterprise on request (as of July 2026) | €99/$119/month per brand |
| Pricing public? | Public Except Enterprise | Public Yes, fully, on one page |
| Takedown / enforcement | No in-house takedowns; enforcement via specialist legal experts at a partner law firm, legal fees per case | €400/$450 per successful takedown, also without a subscription (€300/$340 for monitoring customers) |
| Cost when it counts | Legal fees, hard to quantify in advance | Fixed price, only on success; stays-offline guarantee |
| Contract | Annual billing, no setup fee | Monthly, cancel anytime, no setup fee |
| Trust signals | Bechtle, Payback, Targobank and others; member of the BSI Alliance for Cyber Security | OpenRouter, Cashlink, Finanzguru |
| Detection | Report by email: monthly (Starter/Advanced) to weekly (Professional) | 24/7 monitoring, detection typically within hours |
united-domains' strengths
united-domains is a Starnberg registrar with 300,000+ customers and an entry-level brand protection offering. The domain scan is free, prices from €30 per month are public (rare in this category), and there are no setup fees. Higher plans filter and expand the results, up to the Enterprise plan with a dedicated contact. Customers include Bechtle, Payback and Targobank; united-domains is a member of the BSI Alliance for Cyber Security.
If all you want to know is which domains are being registered around your own brand, this is the right fit at a lower price than nebty.
Where monitoring alone isn't enough
The difference shows on the day monitoring fires. A phishing page with your logo is live, the first customers are clicking, and now what?
At united-domains, the referral goes to the legal experts. Enforcement runs through a partner law firm, billed per case as legal fees. This route fits legally complex cases in particular: trademark infringements, cease-and-desist notices, damages. But it has two traits that hurt in a phishing case: the cost is not fixed up front, and the legal route is rarely the fastest when the host sits overseas.
At nebty, the takedown is the product. We go straight through registrar, host and blocklisting, the channels that actually take a page offline. €400/$450 per case (€300/$340 for monitoring customers), billed only on success, with the stays-offline guarantee: if the page comes back, we act again at no charge.
The coverage differs too. Automated Monitoring watches domain registrations, and from the Advanced plan your brand name on third-party websites, delivered as a monthly or weekly report. nebty additionally monitors fake websites, phishing pages and fake profiles on social networks, around the clock: impersonation stopped being a domain-only problem long ago.
Pricing: predictable or case by case
As of July 2026, Automated Monitoring at united-domains starts at €30 per month (Starter, monthly report) and runs up to €190 per month (Professional, weekly report), each billed annually and with no setup fee; the Enterprise plan is available on request. The one-time domain scan is free. What enforcement through the partner law firm costs depends on the case and cannot be quoted reliably in advance, which is the nature of legal billing, not a trait of united-domains.
At nebty, monitoring and takedowns are two separate services, bookable individually or together. Monitoring is a subscription: €99/$119 per month per brand, cancellable monthly, no setup fee, two months free on the annual plan. Takedowns are ordered per case, with or without a subscription: €400/$450 per successful takedown, €300/$340 as a monitoring customer. No success, no fee, plus the stays-offline guarantee. Full details on one public page. A worked example: a year of monitoring plus three successful takedowns costs around €2,100, and that amount is fixed in advance.
Only watch, never enforce? Then united-domains is the cheaper choice. As soon as fakes need to go offline, compare nebty's fixed price of €400/$450 on success with an open-ended legal bill per case.
The process
How nebty works
Monitoring (a subscription) and takedowns (per case) are two independent services, bookable separately or together. Combined, they interlock like this:
- 01
We monitor around the clock.
Lookalike domains, phishing clones, fake shops and fake profiles abusing your brand, detection typically within hours.
- 02
You confirm, we act.
You just send us the URL. We handle registrar, host and blocklisting, fully managed, in English or German.
- 03
You pay on success.
€400/$450 per takedown, only when the page is offline. If it comes back, we act again at no charge.
Common questions
FAQ
Does united-domains do its own takedowns?
What does united-domains Automated Monitoring cost?
Can I combine both services?
Why does nebty monitoring cost more than €30?
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