Hosted vs self-hosted
HashScanner vs a self-hosted NSRL RDS
Skip the ~700 GB download and the quarterly rebuilds. HashScanner is the online NSRL RDS alternative — query 1.5 billion+ known files by API or dashboard, with none of the local upkeep.
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HashScanner Cloud Platform |
Local NSRL RDS + hfind |
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| Dataset | Full NIST NSRL RDS | NIST NSRL RDS |
| Scale | 1.5B+ known files | Whatever you download |
| Setup | None — API key | ~700 GB download + tooling |
| Stays current | Maintained for you | Re-download each quarter |
| Bulk lookups | Up to 100k / job, async | Local — bound by your hardware |
| Global edge | ✓ | Your machine |
| Web dashboard | Usage dashboard + API keys | None |
| CSV upload (UI) | Paste or upload a list | Command-line tools |
| Results export (UI) | CSV from the dashboard | Manual |
| SLA / support | Email + SLA on paid plans | Self-supported |
| Cost | Free tier, then from $79/mo | Free software, your storage & time |
| Start free | About the RDS |
Hosted vs self-hosted
Self-hosting the RDS makes sense when you need full offline control and have the storage and time to download ~700 GB, stand up hfind or hashdb, and rebuild it every quarter — for example in an air-gapped lab.
HashScanner is built for teams that want the full NSRL at scale without that overhead: large bulk jobs, predictable throughput on a global edge network, a dashboard and CSV upload/export, a maintained dataset, and support — no download, no upkeep. A match means a file is known, so you can filter it out and focus on the unknown.