Web Risk

Protecting users from unsafe websites

Google Web Risk is a powerful Cloud service that leverages AI and ML to proactively protect your users and your platform from unsafe websites. Web Risk leverages Google's vast threat intelligence repository, scanning over 10 billion URLs and files daily to identify phishing sites, malware downloads, and sources of unwanted software. With Web Risk, currently protecting over 5 billion devices, you can: proactively block dangerous URLs, warn users about unsafe links, prevent the spread of harmful content and enhance user trust and security.

Safeguard your business and your users with Google Web Risk, the trusted choice for real-time web threat protection.

Features

Unmatched threat intelligence

Tap into Google's vast knowledge base, analyzing 10+ billion URLs and files daily to identify phishing, malware, and unwanted software threats in real time.

AI-powered brand protection at scale

Safeguard your brand's reputation across the web. Our advanced AI models proactively hunt for threats targeting your brand among the 10 billion URLs and files we scan every day, enabling rapid detection and disruption of malicious sites abusing your brand, reaching over 5 billion devices globally.

Industry-leading accuracy

Benefit from highly accurate verdicts with minimal false positives, ensuring reliable threat detection without disrupting legitimate user experiences.


Enterprise-grade security, backed by Google Safe Browsing

Uses the same proven technology that powers Google Safe Browsing, protecting over 5 billion devices worldwide.

Real-time threat updates

Stay ahead of emerging threats with constantly updated threat lists, ensuring your users are protected against the latest threats.

Automation and seamless integrations

Easily integrate Web Risk's powerful threat detection capabilities into your applications and platforms with our flexible suite of APIs and dashboards. Deploy the power of automation to reduce toil on your threat hunting and security teams.

How It Works

Learn how Web Risk protects users from unsafe websites.

Common Uses

Mitigate phishing risks and protect customer accounts

Prevent costly account takeovers and financial losses by proactively blocking phishing links and malicious websites, safeguarding your customers' sensitive financial information and building trust.

    Prevent costly account takeovers and financial losses by proactively blocking phishing links and malicious websites, safeguarding your customers' sensitive financial information and building trust.

      Ensure secure communication and protect user privacy

      Create a safe environment for your users to connect and share information by proactively identifying and blocking harmful links shared within your platform, protecting against scams, malware, and privacy breaches. The Update API allows you do this in a privacy preserving manner and at scale.

        Create a safe environment for your users to connect and share information by proactively identifying and blocking harmful links shared within your platform, protecting against scams, malware, and privacy breaches. The Update API allows you do this in a privacy preserving manner and at scale.

          Proactively protect citizens from online threats

          Enhance national cybersecurity and protect citizens from online threats by leveraging Google Web Risk's vast threat intelligence to identify and block malicious websites and curb losses due to scams and phishing.

            Enhance national cybersecurity and protect citizens from online threats by leveraging Google Web Risk's vast threat intelligence to identify and block malicious websites and curb losses due to scams and phishing.

              Strengthen your security posture with real-time threat intelligence

              Empower your security teams with Google's continuously updated threat data to proactively identify and block malicious URLs, enhancing your defenses against phishing, malware, and other web-based attacks.

                Empower your security teams with Google's continuously updated threat data to proactively identify and block malicious URLs, enhancing your defenses against phishing, malware, and other web-based attacks.

                  Pricing

                  Web Risk pricingPrice by monthly usage for Lookup, Update, and Submission APIs.
                  API featuresCall type1 to 100,000 calls/month100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month10,000,001+ calls/month

                  Lookup API

                  uris.search

                  No cost

                  $0.50 per 1,000 URLs

                  Lookup and Update API

                  hashes.search

                  $50 per 1,000 calls

                  threatLists.computeDiff to update your local database

                  Free

                  Update API

                  hashes.search to confirm threats

                  $50 per 1,000 calls

                  threatLists.computeDiff to update your local database

                  Free

                  Call type

                  1 to 100 submissions a month

                  101 to 200 submissions a month

                  More than 200 submissions a month

                  Submission API

                  uris.submit

                  Free

                  $2 per call

                  For more detailed pricing information, please view the pricing guide.

                  Web Risk pricing

                  Price by monthly usage for Lookup, Update, and Submission APIs.

                  Lookup API

                  Call type

                  uris.search

                  1 to 100,000 calls/month

                  No cost

                  100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month

                  $0.50 per 1,000 URLs

                  10,000,001+ calls/month

                  Lookup and Update API

                  Call type

                  hashes.search

                  1 to 100,000 calls/month

                  $50 per 1,000 calls

                  100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month
                  10,000,001+ calls/month

                  threatLists.computeDiff to update your local database

                  Call type
                  1 to 100,000 calls/month

                  Free

                  100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month

                  Update API

                  Call type

                  hashes.search to confirm threats

                  1 to 100,000 calls/month

                  $50 per 1,000 calls

                  100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month
                  10,000,001+ calls/month

                  threatLists.computeDiff to update your local database

                  Call type
                  1 to 100,000 calls/month

                  Free

                  100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month
                  Call type
                  1 to 100,000 calls/month

                  Call type

                  100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month

                  1 to 100 submissions a month

                  10,000,001+ calls/month

                  101 to 200 submissions a month

                  More than 200 submissions a month

                  Submission API

                  Call type

                  uris.submit

                  1 to 100,000 calls/month

                  Free

                  100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month

                  $2 per call

                  10,000,001+ calls/month

                  For more detailed pricing information, please view the pricing guide.

                  Free usage

                  Web Risk provides free usage: Lookup API uris.search: free for up to 100,000 calls per month; Submission API uris.submit: free for up to 100 calls per month; Update API threatLists.computeDiff: unlimited free use.

                  Flexible API options

                  Best practices for using the Lookup and Update API

                  Best practices for using the Submission API

                  The Lookup API lets your client applications check if a URL is included on any of the Web Risk lists.

                  The Update API lets your client applications download hashed versions of the Web Risk lists for storage in a local or in-memory database.

                  The Web Risk Submission API validates that the submitted URLs render content violating Safe Browsing policies.

                  Business Case

                  Reddit uses Web Risk to protect users against phishing, malware, and social engineering


                  Reddit logo

                  "Since deploying Web Risk, we have been able to take down tens of thousands of posts that contained harmful URLs. Additionally, we have been able to proactively identify tens of thousands of malicious links that would have otherwise been published on our platform, potentially harming our users."

                  Spencer Koch, Principal Security Engineer, Reddit

                  Read the blog

                  Featured benefits

                  Real-time identification of unsafe URLs.

                  High-volume scanning.

                  Nuanced response with risk scoring.

                  FAQ

                  What types of threats does Web Risk protect against?

                  Web Risk protects against a wide range of web-based threats, including phishing sites, malware downloads, and sites distributing unwanted software.

                  Web Risk leverages Google's vast threat intelligence network and advanced machine learning and AI to scan over 10 billion URLs and files daily, identifying and classifying malicious content with exceptional accuracy.

                  Web Risk offers industry-leading accuracy with minimal false positives. We leverage the same technology that powers Google Safe Browsing, protecting over 5 billion devices worldwide.


                  Web Risk's threat list is updated constantly, ensuring you have the latest protection against emerging threats.

                  Yes, you can explore Web Risk's capabilities with our free tier, which allows a limited number of API requests per day. You can also reach out to our sales team to conduct a proof of concept.

                  Web Risk provides well-documented APIs and client libraries in multiple programming languages, making integration straightforward. Our technical support team is also available to assist you throughout the process.

                  Web Risk offers a powerful Brand Protection solution that proactively hunts for threats targeting your brand among the 10 billion URLs and files we scan every day. When a threat is detected, we provide warnings to users across 5 billion devices. You also get access to a dashboard where you can track the impact of the solution and gain insights into the threats targeting your brand. When paired with the Submission API, Web Risk provides a comprehensive defense against the damaging effects of phishing and social engineering attacks on your brand's reputation and customer trust. You can reach out to our team to learn more about our solutions.

                  Web Risk offers flexible pricing based on your usage and scale. We have a free tier for exploration and a pay-as-you-go model for production use. You can also reach out to our sales team directly to receive a quote based on your volumes.

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