{ "$schema": "https://5cip.com/schemas/competitive-benchmark-v1.json", "generated": "2026-05-24", "subject": "5CIP", "subject_url": "https://5cip.com", "category": "Crypto Forensic Investigation Platform", "incumbents_compared": ["Chainalysis Reactor", "Elliptic Investigator", "TRM Labs Forensics"], "comparison_basis": "Publicly documented vendor positioning (product pages, marketing collateral, analyst notes) cross-checked against 5CIP's documented Methodology, Trust Center, and pricing page as of 2026-05-24. Vendor-internal capabilities not enumerated on their public surface are not considered.", "dimensions": [ { "id": "entry-price", "label": "Entry price (single-case engagement)", "5cip": "$5,000 USD per case (one-off, no subscription)", "chainalysis": "Not offered per-case; Reactor is annual enterprise seat license (low five to six figures)", "elliptic": "Not offered per-case; Investigator + Lens are annual enterprise contracts", "trm_labs": "Not offered per-case; Forensics platform is enterprise seat license", "5cip_position": "differentiated" }, { "id": "contract-length", "label": "Minimum contract term", "5cip": "None (pay per case, or month-to-month for monitoring subscriptions)", "chainalysis": "Annual minimum, multi-year typical", "elliptic": "Annual minimum", "trm_labs": "Annual minimum", "5cip_position": "differentiated" }, { "id": "evidence-integrity", "label": "Court-grade evidence integrity (WORM + cryptographic signature)", "5cip": "MinIO Object Lock GOVERNANCE 90-day retention + GPG-signed PDF + SHA-256 hash anchors per artifact", "chainalysis": "Reactor exports; chain-of-custody is counsel's responsibility", "elliptic": "Lens / Investigator exports; chain-of-custody is counsel's responsibility", "trm_labs": "Forensics exports; subpoena support via Compliance product", "5cip_position": "advantaged" }, { "id": "confidence-tiers", "label": "Per-claim confidence transparency", "5cip": "Explicit Tier 1A (direct TX, 99%) / 1B (event log, 95%) / 2 (indirect, 80%) / 3 (needs corroboration, 50%) labels in every deliverable, with cross-source verification matrix shown inline", "chainalysis": "Aggregate risk score; methodology not publicly enumerated", "elliptic": "Holistic Screening risk score", "trm_labs": "Risk score with category attribution", "5cip_position": "advantaged" }, { "id": "public-methodology", "label": "Public methodology documentation", "5cip": "Versioned at /methodology with last-reviewed dates per release", "chainalysis": "NDA-gated whitepapers + sales channel", "elliptic": "Whitepapers + sales channel", "trm_labs": "Whitepapers + sales channel", "5cip_position": "differentiated" }, { "id": "subpoena-packet", "label": "Subpoena-ready evidence packet (TX hashes + timestamps + block numbers + token contracts)", "5cip": "Included in base package; JSON + rendered PDF per consolidation point", "chainalysis": "Available via Government / Compliance teams (consulting)", "elliptic": "Available via Investigations team (consulting)", "trm_labs": "Available via Government / Compliance product (consulting)", "5cip_position": "differentiated" }, { "id": "multichain-bridge-attribution", "label": "Multichain bridge attribution (Stargate / Across / cBridge / Hop / Multichain remnants)", "5cip": "Included in base case package", "chainalysis": "Yes — Crypto Crime Investigation product", "elliptic": "Yes — Holistic Screening", "trm_labs": "Yes — base platform", "5cip_position": "parity" }, { "id": "apac-typology-coverage", "label": "APAC pig-butchering / USDT-on-TRON typology depth", "5cip": "Native intake checklists for HK / SG / MY / TH / PH; APAC analyst team; documented at /apac and /topics/pig-butchering-apac", "chainalysis": "Available globally; primary market focus US + EU", "elliptic": "Available globally; primary market focus UK + EU", "trm_labs": "Available globally; primary market focus US", "5cip_position": "advantaged-by-focus" }, { "id": "self-serve-trial", "label": "Self-serve trial / public risk lookup (no login)", "5cip": "Public address lookup at /search — no login, no credit card; returns basic risk score + entity tags", "chainalysis": "Sales-led demo", "elliptic": "Sales-led demo", "trm_labs": "Sales-led demo (limited trial)", "5cip_position": "differentiated" }, { "id": "smallest-viable-customer", "label": "Smallest viable customer profile", "5cip": "Solo investigator on a single case", "chainalysis": "Compliance team, law enforcement agency, exchange compliance", "elliptic": "Compliance team, financial institution, regulator", "trm_labs": "Compliance team, financial institution, government agency", "5cip_position": "differentiated" }, { "id": "chains-supported", "label": "Number of supported chains (forensic depth, not just listed)", "5cip": "11 chains with deep forensic tooling (ETH, BTC, TRX, SOL, BSC, ARB, OP, BASE, AVAX, MATIC, TON)", "chainalysis": "20+ chains; depth varies", "elliptic": "20+ chains; depth varies", "trm_labs": "30+ chains (largest publicly claimed coverage)", "5cip_position": "narrower" }, { "id": "data-licensing", "label": "Third-party data licensing model", "5cip": "MistTrack + Arkham + Etherscan + Bitquery cross-source verification (transparent to customer)", "chainalysis": "Proprietary clustering + entity-attribution dataset", "elliptic": "Proprietary clustering + entity-attribution dataset", "trm_labs": "Proprietary clustering + entity-attribution dataset", "5cip_position": "differentiated" } ], "summary": { "advantaged": 2, "differentiated": 7, "parity": 1, "narrower": 1, "advantaged-by-focus": 1, "interpretation": "5CIP differentiates on per-case economics, evidence integrity, confidence transparency, and public methodology. Incumbents differentiate on breadth of chain coverage (TRM Labs) and depth of proprietary clustering data (all three). The two product shapes serve adjacent but distinct buyer segments." }, "license": "Apache-2.0 for the dimension schema; vendor positioning is paraphrased from public sources, vendor names and trademarks belong to their respective owners." }