DomCop is a large database of expiring and dropped domains that you pay for by the month or the year and filter yourself. SEODomain is the other way round: a short list of expired domains we have already checked, each with its Ahrefs report, its first registration year and an asking price on the listing, plus a direct link to buy it from whoever holds it.
Membership $24.50/mo billed yearly, or $49/mo. One listing unlocked free when you open an account. DomCop's cheapest plan that searches dropped domains is $148 a month.
| Domain | DR | Backlinks | Ref. domains | Age | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
cus*****nce.io
Technology
|
51 | 214 | 164 | 12 years | $1,800 |
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por*****hub.io
Premium SEO domain
|
42 | 626 | 228 | 7 years | $2,400 |
The short answer
The closest alternatives to DomCop are SpamZilla, SEODomain, CatchDoms and ExpiredDomains.net. SpamZilla is the direct like-for-like: a finder database billed at $37 a month instead of DomCop's $98 to $148. ExpiredDomains.net is the free version of the same idea with far less data. CatchDoms is a European database with an API at 468 EUR a year. SEODomain is not a database at all: it is a short list of expired domains that have already been vetted, with the Ahrefs report and an asking price attached.
Pick a database when you buy domains every week and enjoy the filtering. Pick SEODomain when you need one or two good domains, would rather read a report than build a filter, and want to know the price before you commit.
DomCop plans and prices checked on domcop.com in October 2026.
Including the columns where DomCop wins outright, because a comparison that hides them is an advertisement, and you would find out on your own within a week.
| Source | Access cost | What you search | Who vets it | How you buy the domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEODomain | $24.50/mo billed yearly ($294/yr), or $49/mo. One listing free on sign-up. | A short hand-picked list with DR, backlinks, referring domains, age and price shown before you pay | We do, before listing, and hand you the Ahrefs report | At the asking price, direct from the registrar or broker holding it. Members can send an offer instead. |
| DomCop | Starter $98/mo or $816/yr, Pro $148/mo or $1,152/yr, Team from $246/mo. No free trial, 14 day refund for new customers. | About 3.3 million expiring names from 10 marketplaces and drop lists across 228 extensions, with 90 plus metrics from Moz, Majestic, Ahrefs, Semrush and Estibot | You do, using the metrics and its Google ban check | You bid or register at GoDaddy, NameJet, Dynadot, Namecheap or the registrar yourself |
| SpamZilla | $37/mo billed monthly. Free plan reviews 25 domains. | Millions of expired and expiring names, 70 plus filters, a spam score and 1,850 credits a month for your own lists | You do, using the spam score | You bid or buy at the source yourself |
| CatchDoms | 468 EUR/yr according to its own DomCop comparison page | Expired domain database with quality scoring, language detection and API access | You do | You bid or buy at the source yourself |
| ExpiredDomains.net | Free with registration | Raw drop and auction lists with basic metrics | Nobody | You bid or register at the source yourself |
DomCop figures are from domcop.com and its pricing page. SpamZilla figures are from spamzilla.io. CatchDoms states its own price on its comparison page. DomCop checked October 2026, the others September 2026; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's site before you pay.
DomCop now bills by the month as well as by the year, which removes the old objection that you had to commit to twelve months up front. It does not change what each tier opens. Starter at $98 a month, or $816 a year, only shows the Expiring section, which is names still sitting in auctions or about to be released. To search domains that have already dropped, the part most SEO buyers actually want, you need Pro at $148 a month or $1,152 a year.
For an agency or a portfolio builder buying a domain a week, $148 a month is nothing. For a founder or a marketer who needs one strong domain for one project, a single month is tight: you build the filters, open archive snapshots for the shortlist, then bid in an auction that can run for ten days and settle above your budget. Lose it and the second month is billed too. The 14 day money-back guarantee covers first purchases only, and DomCop voids it when data was exported, which is most of what a real search involves.
That is the gap this page exists for. SEODomain membership is $294 a year or $49 for a single month. The 2 domains in the catalogue right now are priced from $1,800 to $2,400, with Ahrefs DR 42 to 51 and 164 to 228 referring domains, and every one of those numbers is public on the listing before you pay a cent. A DomCop subscriber finds the same kind of domain after a few evenings of filtering, then bids for it against everyone else who set the same filters.
Coverage. DomCop's own front page counts about 3.3 million expiring names from 10 marketplaces and drop lists across 228 extensions, pulled from GoDaddy, NameJet, SnapNames, Dynadot and Namecheap auctions, closeouts, pending-delete lists and its own archive of older drops. Nobody on this page matches that breadth, and if the domain you want is a specific name rather than a specific quality, a big net is the only way to catch it.
Metrics. It attaches more than ninety of them, including Ahrefs, Moz Domain Authority and Page Authority, Majestic Trust Flow and Topical Trust Flow, the Estibot valuation and Semrush traffic, and it runs its own check on whether Google has de-indexed the name. That saves a lot of tab switching for someone who evaluates fifty candidates a day.
The crawler. DomCop sells a personal expired domain crawler as an add-on to Pro and Team, from 10 slots at $50 a month to 50 slots at $450. You point it at a site, a keyword or a list of URLs and it reports every free domain it finds with its metrics, which is how the best private domain finds happen. That is a professional tool for a professional buyer.
The honest criticism is the one that applies to every database. It hands you candidates, not decisions. The Moz and Majestic numbers say nothing about whether the links are from real publications or a link seller's network, and the Google ban check catches only the domains that were caught. The evenings spent opening archive snapshots are the real price, and they do not appear on the invoice.
Every listing shows Ahrefs DR, backlinks, referring domains, first registration year and the asking price with the name masked. No filters to build.
Your first unlock is free when you open an account. Membership unlocks every listing, the full Ahrefs report and the direct purchase link, and e-mails you when a new domain passes the checks.
The domain is bought separately from the registrar or broker holding it, at the price on the listing. Members can send an offer instead of paying the asking price.
DomCop is worth its price for a buyer who purchases several expired domains a month and wants one screen that covers GoDaddy Auctions, NameJet, Dynadot and the public drop lists with Moz, Majestic, Estibot and Semrush metrics attached. For a buyer who needs one clean domain this quarter, the cheapest plan that actually searches dropped domains is Pro at $148 a month or $1,152 a year, and a month is rarely enough to find, win and vet a good name, which is more than many good domains cost.
DomCop lists three plans, billed monthly or yearly. Starter is $98 a month or $816 a year and covers the Expiring section only. Pro is $148 a month or $1,152 a year and adds the Expired and Archived sections. Team starts at $246 a month for three seats. The personal crawler is an add-on from $50 a month for 10 slots.
No. DomCop states on its pricing page that it does not offer a free trial. New customers get a 14-day money-back guarantee on their first purchase, which is void if data was exported or the account was shared before the request. Renewals are not refunded.
It depends on which part of DomCop you are replacing. For a short vetted list with the Ahrefs report handed over and a fixed asking price, SEODomain. For a similar database at a lower monthly price, SpamZilla at $37 a month. For raw drop lists at no cost, ExpiredDomains.net. For a European database with API access, CatchDoms. No single tool replaces every part of DomCop.
They do the same job at different prices. SpamZilla costs $37 a month and leans on its spam score and 70 plus filters. DomCop costs $98 or $148 a month for one person, or $816 or $1,152 a year, covers more sources including archived drops, and sells a personal crawler as an add-on. A buyer who wants to cancel after one search is better off with SpamZilla. A buyer who searches every week all year is better off with DomCop.
No. DomCop is a research database. It shows domains that are expiring, at auction or already dropped, with metrics, and links you to the auction house or registrar where the name can be bought. You still bid or register at that source, at whatever price the auction settles for, and you still do the vetting yourself.
No. DomCop now says a Starter or Pro account is for one person with their own sign-in, and accounts shared between several people are closed. A team takes the Team plan, from $246 a month for three named seats. The cheap shared logins advertised on forums are a way to lose the account, not a discount.
Open an account, reveal one listing and read its Ahrefs report without paying anything. If the shortlist is not better than what you would filter out of DomCop yourself, you have lost ten minutes and nothing else.
Comparing other options? Read the DomCop pricing breakdown, the DomCop review, SpamZilla vs DomCop, the SpamZilla alternative, the Odys Global alternative, or go straight to expired domains with backlinks and high DA domains for sale.