Footprint Finder vs Mine: Which Inbox Scanner Wins?
Mine pioneered the inbox-scanning approach. Footprint Finder takes the same idea and adds aggressive contact discovery, broker scanning, and a stronger deletion engine — at a competitive price.
We're the most direct comparison
Of all the privacy services, Mine is the closest to what we do. Both scan your email for service accounts. Both generate deletion requests.
The differences are in the depth and the breadth: how aggressively we find privacy contacts, what we do beyond inbox scanning, and how we price it.
Discovery quality
Mine: Identifies senders, classifies them as services, surfaces them in a clean dashboard. Coverage is solid for major services.
Footprint Finder: Same baseline, plus we use multi-layered probing (sitemap, footer scraping, URL guessing) to find the actual privacy@ contact for each service. This dramatically improves deletion success rate.
If a service buries its privacy contact 4 clicks deep on a /legal/privacy/contact page, we find it. Most competitors give up.
Beyond inbox scanning
Mine focuses almost entirely on inbox-discovered accounts. Their broker coverage is minimal.
Footprint Finder Complete adds 20+ data broker scans on top of inbox scanning. Same product, two coverage layers.
We also do breach checking via HaveIBeenPwned integration on the free tier — Mine charges for similar visibility.
Pricing
Mine: Free tier (limited), then Mine Premium at $99/year. They've changed pricing multiple times — verify current rates.
Footprint Finder: Free (genuinely useful), Pro $79/year, Complete $129/year. Three clear tiers.
Pro at $79 directly competes with Mine Premium at $99 and includes deeper discovery.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Footprint Finder | Mine (SayMine) |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 1 email, 3 deletions/mo | Limited free tier |
| Pro/Premium price | $79/yr | $99/yr |
| Inbox scanning | Deep multi-layer | Standard sender classification |
| Privacy contact discovery | Aggressive multi-probe | Basic |
| Data broker scanning | Complete tier | Limited |
| Breach monitoring | Free tier includes it | Premium feature |
Verdict
If you've used Mine and like the idea but want better deletion success and broader coverage, Footprint Finder is the natural upgrade. Same approach, more depth, lower entry price.