ISTwatch Online

ISTwatch Online is a service from Intelligent Search Technology, Ltd. You can contact Thuy Pham at 800-287-0412 for sales information or go directly to ISTwatch.

We recommend ISTwatch because of its low cost and “pay-as-you-go” pricing structure. For example, if you need to check fewer than 500 names and organizations, ISTwatch will charge you $50 for those checks. For further pricing information, take a look at this chart (you may have to click on the Price Model link) and refer to the ISTwatch Batch & XML column.

Compared to WatchDog Pro 5.0 and PatriotAGENT, ISTwatch is not as polished or intuitive. Buttons and menu items feel clunky and reports look raw and are hard to read. On the other hand, it accepts Microsoft SQL or Access databases to check against and the phone support was excellent.

It’s worth taking a look at ISTwatch to see if it fulfills your searching requirements. A free trial of 50 record checks is available here. They also have a simplified application that checks an individual person or organization, which we cannot comment on since we did not test it for the purposes of this review.

We have prepared training materials to help you use this application. If, after using these materials, you still have questions, please email mott@techsoupglobal.org.

• ISTwatch Slides (1 MB PDF)
• Training Exercises (41 KB PDF)
• Step-by-step Instructions (1 MB PDF)
• Sample Data (1 KB XLS)