Username and name checkers compared

Which username checker covers the most?

Zero To 1000 scores 87 out of 100 on our score and Namecheckly 74; the other nine score 20 to 58. Zero To 1000 is the only one to cover all six areas.

The six areas are domains, social sites, app stores, developer sites, trademarks and Web3 names.

Ranked by score, highest first. We give 10 free tokens a day, plus more for signing in or sharing. Checking one platform on its own page is free, up to 20 times a day. Three rivals' pages were read in archived copies.

Check a name on all six areas^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25]}

How do we score each checker?

We built a 100-point score from the five columns in the table, and Zero To 1000 is our own product.

• Areas covered: 5 points each, up to 30.
• Sites besides domains: 25 for 100+, 19 for 40 to 99, 13 for 25 to 39, 7 for 10 to 24, 0 if not stated.
• Domain endings: 15 for 100+, 10 for 25 to 99, 6 for 10 to 24, 3 for 1 to 9, 0 for none or not stated.
• App stores: 2.5 points each, up to 15.
• Free use: 15 for unlimited, 12 for no stated limit, 8 for an allowance of 10 or more a day, 4 for a small limit, 3 for 3 a day.

Where a count has a "+", we score the number shown. Our 128 endings are every ending we check: 11 on every search, plus 2 to 9 for the industry you pick. Where a rival's own pages give different counts, we score its higher one: Namecheckly's say 24+, 46+ and 50+ social sites, so we used 46+.

Rivals beat us on sites (Namechk and Instant Username list 100+), domain endings (Namify lists 300+) and free use (Namecheckly and HandleGrab are unlimited).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24]}

How does Zero To 1000 compare overall?

Zero To 1000 covers more kinds of platform than any of the 10. It checks fewer social sites than most, and its free use is 10 tokens a day rather than unlimited.

Where we're strong: all six areas, which no rival covers. We check 6 app stores, where no rival checks more than 2, and 7 developer sites, including npm, PyPI and crates.io. Two independent checks must agree, a taken name gets its closest available version, and there are no ads or accounts.

Where we're limited: 21 social and creator sites, where the biggest rivals list 40 to 100+, and 128 domain endings, where Namify lists 300+. Our 10 free tokens a day, plus any you earn, aren't unlimited like Namecheckly's and HandleGrab's. We have no results as you type, alerts, API or gaming names.^{[1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24]}

Which username checker should you use?

Use Zero To 1000 when one name has to work everywhere, including app stores, code packages and trademarks. Use a rival when you need the one thing it does best.

Check a name on Zero To 1000^{[1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 17, 18, 19]}

Where can you find each checker?

Each tool's own site is below, with the social accounts that site lists. Six sites list none.

• Zero To 1000: zero-to-1000.com · Instagram (opens in a new tab)
• Namecheckly: namecheckly.com (opens in a new tab) · Facebook (opens in a new tab) · Instagram (opens in a new tab) · X (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)
• HandleGrab: handlegrab.com (opens in a new tab)
• DNSChecker: Social Media Name Checker (opens in a new tab)
• NameCheckup: namecheckup.com (opens in a new tab)
• BrandSnag: brandsnag.com (opens in a new tab)
• Namecheck: namecheck.com (opens in a new tab)
• Namify: namify.tech (opens in a new tab) · LinkedIn (opens in a new tab) · Facebook (opens in a new tab) · X (opens in a new tab)
• Namechk: namechk.com (opens in a new tab)
• Instant Username: instantusername.com (opens in a new tab) · X (opens in a new tab) · Bluesky (opens in a new tab)
• MiniWebtool: Social Media Username Checker (opens in a new tab) · Facebook (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab) · Pinterest (opens in a new tab) · LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)^{[3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]}