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Wallet Sleuth vs. MetaSleuth: Which Fund-Tracing Tool Should You Use?
Short answer: pick MetaSleuth if you're tracing a fund flow across many chains at once (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and a dozen more) and want a polished graph export for a report. Pick Wallet Sleuth if the trail runs through Solana, Base or Ethereum and you want to keep watching the wallets at the end of it after the trace is done, with real-time alerts and a Behavior Score, not just a one-time map.
What MetaSleuth does
MetaSleuth, built by BlockSec, is a cross-chain investigation tool that maps how funds moved between addresses across 13+ blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and Polygon. It draws an interactive flow graph, applies address labels pulled from a database of 400M+ tagged addresses, and lets investigators set custom alerts on specific addresses or transactions. Pricing is a free tier (11 chains, core investigation features) plus paid individual plans at $30/month (Basic), $100/month (Pro), and $500/month (Ultra, aimed at law enforcement), with team plans starting around $90/month.
What Wallet Sleuth does
Wallet Sleuth tracks wallets on Solana, Base and Ethereum with real-time buy/sell/transfer alerts over email, SMS, or push. Scout traces fund flows hop-by-hop the same way MetaSleuth does, but it's built Solana-native rather than EVM-first, and tracing isn't where the job ends: every wallet the trace surfaces can be added to a tracking page, scored with a Trader Behavior Score (0–100, built from twelve on-chain signals like dump risk and exit pace), and clustered by identity with a confidence score. That page can be made public, useful for an investigator who wants to hand someone else a live link instead of a static graph export. Pricing is a free tier (50 wallets per tracking page), then $50, $90, and $160/month tiers that add wallet capacity, SMS alerts, identity-graph deanonymization, and team access. See the full pricing breakdown.
Feature-by-feature
| MetaSleuth | Wallet Sleuth | |
|---|---|---|
| Chain coverage | 13+ chains (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, Polygon, Solana, more) | Solana, Base, Ethereum |
| Free tier | 11 chains, core investigation tools | 50 wallets / tracking page |
| Entry paid tier | $30/mo (Basic) | $50/mo |
| Fund-flow tracing | Yes, cross-chain graph | Yes, hop-by-hop (Scout) |
| Address labeling | Yes, 400M+ label database | Yes, identity clustering with confidence scoring |
| Ongoing real-time alerts | Custom per-address alerts | Email, SMS, push, in-app, on every tracked wallet |
| Wallet Behavior Score | No | Yes (0–100, 12 signals) |
| Public/shareable tracking page | No (exports/screenshots) | Yes, live link |
| Trade execution | No | No, tracking only, never touches funds |
MetaSleuth's edge is breadth and polish for a single investigation: more chains, a bigger label database, and a graph built to be exported into a report. Wallet Sleuth's edge is what happens after the trace: the wallets you just found stay watched and scored (and, on Solana, clustered), with a link you can hand to someone else instead of a static export.
A finished map beside a recorder that keeps running. The clipboard holds a labelled flow graph, the kind of map a single cross-chain investigation exports into a report. The drum recorder is what happens after the trace: it keeps logging the wallets the trace found and rings the bell when one of them moves.
Which one fits you
- You're tracing a hack or scam across many chains and need the widest possible coverage for a one-time investigation or report → MetaSleuth.
- The trail runs through Solana, Base or Ethereum and you want to keep watching the wallets you find, with real-time alerts, scoring, and a public link you can share → Wallet Sleuth.
- You want to run both → they don't conflict. Some investigators use MetaSleuth to map the initial cross-chain flow and Wallet Sleuth's Scout to keep tracing the Solana leg, with tracking pages watching the wallets on Solana, Base or Ethereum once the money lands there.
FAQ
Is MetaSleuth cheaper? MetaSleuth's free tier covers more chains, and its Basic tier ($30/mo) is less than Wallet Sleuth's entry tier ($50/mo). But MetaSleuth's paid tiers are priced per investigator for one-off tracing, while Wallet Sleuth's tiers are priced for ongoing monitoring with SMS alerts included. Compare current numbers on MetaSleuth's pricing and Wallet Sleuth's pricing before deciding, both change over time.
Does Wallet Sleuth trace funds across the same chains MetaSleuth does? No. Wallet Sleuth's Scout traces Solana wallets, and tracking pages watch wallets on Solana, Base and Ethereum. That focus is what funds the ongoing monitoring (real-time alerts, Behavior Score, public tracking pages) that a general-purpose cross-chain forensics tool isn't built to do.
Can I use a tracking page as public proof of where funds went? Yes, that's a Wallet Sleuth-specific use case. A public tracking page lists the wallets Scout traced and their live activity, so anyone can check it themselves, without you re-running a trace and re-sharing a new export each time. MetaSleuth's graphs are built for one-time export, not a live page.
Where do the numbers in this comparison come from? MetaSleuth's chain count, label database size, and pricing are from metasleuth.io and its pricing page as of October 2026. Wallet Sleuth's numbers are read live from our pricing page. MetaSleuth's product can change its pricing or features after this was published, check their site for the current numbers.