Unicorn Intelligence: check customers and suppliers, follow rules, tenders and competitors from your browser
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Valid 90 days; for company accounts, once per email domain. Free needs no card until the credit is used up; then usage beyond the limits is charged to a card every week.
In short
- One account for five jobs: sanctions screening of customers and suppliers, full company dossiers graded from A to E, regulatory monitoring, public tenders and competitor intelligence, plus an Ask box that takes requests in plain words.
- The risk is concrete: in the United States a civil sanctions penalty can reach $377,700 per violation or twice the value of the transaction, and it can apply even if you did not know who was behind the deal.
- It works in the browser, with nothing to install. You start on Free with no card and a $50 welcome credit.
- Four packages: Free at no cost, Professional $199, Business $990 and Enterprise $9,900 a month; the year costs 10 months. A dossier costs $490 in every package.
- It is an information tool: decisions and legal obligations remain with your company.
Most companies choose customers and suppliers on price, quality and delivery time. The problems that cost the most usually sit elsewhere: an owner who ends up on a sanctions list, a supplier close to insolvency, a distributor with a fraud case pending, a new rule that changes how you can sell in a country.
Unicorn Intelligence brings these checks into one place. This article explains the problem it solves, which companies use it, how it works in practice and what the four packages cost.
The problem: risks that do not show on an invoice
Sanctions lists change every week. A customer that was clean when you signed can be listed months later, directly or through its owners. Authorities fine the company that deals with a listed party, even through an intermediary. The maximum penalties set by law are high:
- United States, OFAC: up to $377,700 per violation or twice the value of the transaction; criminal penalties up to $1,000,000 and 20 years in prison. (source)
- United States, BIS (export controls): up to $374,474 per violation or twice the value of the transaction. (source)
- United Kingdom, OFSI: up to £1,000,000 or 50% of the value of the breach; criminal penalties up to 7 years in prison. (source)
- European Union, Directive 2024/1226: fines on companies of at least 5% of worldwide turnover or €40,000,000, and prison terms of at least 5 years. (source)
- Germany: fines on companies up to €40,000,000. (source)
- Netherlands: fines on companies up to 10% of annual turnover. (source)
Maximum amounts set by law, as published by the authorities linked, checked on October 29, 2026.
Sanctions are only one part of the picture. An insolvent customer leaves unpaid invoices; an insolvent supplier can stop deliveries and keep your advance payments. Lawsuits and proceedings by authorities at a counterparty can reach you through claims, delays and questions from your bank. Meanwhile, new rules and public tenders appear in dozens of languages, and a competitor can change prices or raise money without you noticing.
Checking all of this by hand means spreadsheets, many websites and someone who remembers to look again. Unicorn Intelligence does the looking every day and tells you when something needs attention, with the official source and date of every item.
What Unicorn Intelligence does
Five services and one Ask box, in the same account:
- Sanctions and counterparty screening: instant checks of any name against official sanctions lists, and daily monitoring of the names you upload, with a review log of every decision.
- Company dossiers: a full report on a company with an overall grade from A to E and a traffic light. It covers registers, group, sanctions, court cases, proceedings by authorities, solvency, news and financial data.
- Regulatory monitoring: new rules in the countries you choose, summarized in your language, with a link to the original text.
- Public tenders: tenders from many countries matched to what you sell, with a translated summary, value, deadlines and documents.
- Competitor and startup intelligence: signals on the competitors and sectors you follow, with a briefing every Monday.
- Ask box: write what you need, for example "check this supplier" or "follow tenders for software in Italy", and the dashboard prepares the action and shows its price before you confirm.
Which companies use it
The same tools serve different teams. A few typical uses:
| Type of company | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Exporters and manufacturers | Screen distributors, end customers and their owners before every shipment; follow export rules in target countries. |
| Purchasing departments | Check new suppliers with a dossier before the first order; keep the whole supplier list under daily watch. |
| Banks | Screen business customers and counterparties on onboarding and every day after; keep an audit log of reviews. |
| Fintech companies | Connect screening to onboarding through the API and receive signed webhooks when a match appears. |
| Law, accounting and consulting firms | Check new clients, prepare dossiers for due diligence and follow rule changes for the sectors they advise. |
| Logistics and shipping | Screen shippers, consignees and partners; watch for sanctions on ports, routes and ownership changes. |
| Insurers | Screen policyholders and claimants, assess the solvency of corporate customers and follow sector rules. |
How to use it, step by step
- Open the site and sign in with your business email: the link arrives in your inbox and Free is active at once.
- Try a name in the instant check, or take the sanctions risk test to see which risks apply to your company.
- Upload your customers and suppliers, by hand or from Excel or CSV (from Professional), and choose the countries, tender profiles and competitors to follow.
- Order a dossier on the companies that matter most before you sign: the grade and the reasons appear in minutes.
- Receive alerts by email, in the dashboard, by API or by signed webhook, and record every review decision in the audit log.
The four packages
Each package includes everything in the previous one. Monthly payment is by card with automatic renewal; the year costs 10 months, and annual Business and Enterprise can also be paid by bank transfer.
| Service | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 |
| Professional | $199 | $1,990 |
| Business | $990 | $9,900 |
| Enterprise | $9,900 | $99,000 |
| Feature | Free | Professional | Business | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $199/month | $990/month | $9,900/month |
| Sanctions risk test | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Instant checks | 5 per month | 100 per month | 500 per month | 10,000 per month |
| Monitored names | 5 | 100 | 500 | 10,000 |
| Regulation, countries | 1 | 3 | 10 | 50 |
| Tender profiles | 1 | 10 | 50 | 500 |
| Competitors | 1 | 10 | 50 | 500 |
| Sectors | - | - | - | 3 |
| Dossiers with A to E grade | $490 each | $490 each | $490 each | $490 each |
| Alerts | Weekly email | Real time | Real time | Real time |
| Ask box | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Excel and CSV import | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Business software connectors | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| API | - | - | 100,000 per month | 1,000,000 per month |
| Users | 1 | 3 | 10 | 100 |
| Contract and DPA | - | - | - | ✓ |
| Payment | No card until the credit is used up | Card | Card or annual transfer | Card or transfer |
Prices in US dollars from the pricing page on October 30, 2026, taxes excluded where applicable. The pricing page always shows the current prices.
Nothing stops at the limits of a package. Beyond them you pay $3 per instant check, $5 a month per monitored name and $490 per dossier, and the price is shown before every paid action. The $50 welcome credit is used first, so on Free a card is needed only when usage goes past it.
Where to start
Everything is on the website and works from the browser: there is nothing to install. Start from the home page or compare the packages on the pricing page. None of the services needs a card to begin, thanks to the $50 welcome credit.
A mobile app, Sanction Check: Screening Test for iPhone and Android, is in review at the stores and coming soon.
Unicorn Intelligence is part of the services for companies of Unicorn Private LLC. Read how it works together with Unicorn Data and Unicorn Academy for Business in the article on the ecosystem.
What it does not do
Unicorn Intelligence is an information tool. It shows matches, grades and documents with their sources; it does not decide for you and does not replace your legal advisers. No result is proof that a counterparty has no proceedings, and no package makes your company compliant by itself. Decisions and legal obligations remain with your company.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. Unicorn Intelligence runs in the browser, and the API is available from the Business package for those who want to connect their own software.
Do I need a card to start?
No. Free has no monthly fee and needs no card. The $50 welcome credit covers usage beyond the limits; a card is asked only when usage goes past it.
What does the grade from A to E mean?
A means nothing significant in the sources consulted; B, minor signals; C, points to verify; D, high risk such as insolvency proceedings; E, a relationship that sanctions prohibit or restrict. Each grade comes with its reasons and sources.
Is there a mobile app?
The Sanction Check: Screening Test app for iPhone and Android is in review at the stores and coming soon. Until then everything works from the browser, also on a phone.
Does Unicorn Intelligence make my company compliant?
No. It is an information tool that helps your team check and document. Decisions and legal obligations, including sanctions compliance, remain with your company.
Unicorn Intelligence is an information tool. Decisions and legal obligations, including sanctions compliance, due diligence and tender participation, remain with the customer.
Try Unicorn Intelligence: $50 welcome credit, used before any charge
Valid 90 days; for company accounts, once per email domain. Free needs no card until the credit is used up; then usage beyond the limits is charged to a card every week.