Updated September 28, 2026
What is Free scan?
In short
A free scan checks for copies of your work at no cost, so you can see what exists online before you pay for anything.
A free scan checks for copies of your work across the web at no cost, so you learn what is out there before you spend anything. BranditScan, Control D, CopyrightShark, DMCA.com and OpenDNS each offer one. That makes a scan the sensible first step for a creator whose material has spread, because it tells you which sites are hosting copies and how much work a paid monitoring plan would actually cover for you.
Sources
- branditscan.com, checked September 26, 2026
- controld.com, checked September 26, 2026
- copyrightshark.com, checked September 26, 2026
- dmca.com, checked September 26, 2026
- opendns.com, checked September 26, 2026