Pro vs open source version
Fingerprint Pro was started at the beginning of 2019 when the creator of the original FingerprintJS took feedback from existing open source users to implement a new professional version.
Since 2012, FingerprintJS has been used by thousands of companies on a traffic scale of billions of users.
Fingerprint Pro version is a commercially developed platform for fraud detection, user identification, marketing attribution and analytics that has numerous advantages, compared to the open source version.
The differences between the Pro and open source versions are summarized in the table below.
OSS |
Pro |
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|---|---|---|
Core Features |
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Mobile Native SDKs
Android, iOS, Flutter, React
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- | ✓ |
| Standard fingerprint signals
screen, os, device name
|
✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced fingerprint signals
canvas, audio, fonts
|
✓ | ✓ |
| ID type | fingerprint | visitorID** |
| ID lifetime | several weeks | months/years |
| ID origin | client | server |
| ID collisions | common | rare |
Additional features |
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| Incognito mode detection
works in all modern browsers - see our full
list of browsers supported
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- | ✓ |
| Server-side accuracy increase
based on additional server-side signals,
such as TLS crypto support, ipv4/v6 data and others
|
- | ✓ |
| Query API & realtime
Webhooks
build flexible workflows
|
- | ✓ |
| Geolocation
based on IP address
|
- | ✓ |
| Operations | ||
| Data security | Your infrastructure | Encrypted at rest |
| Storage | Your infrastructure | Unlimited up to 1 yr |
| Regions | Your infrastructure | Global, EU and Asia data centers |
| Compliance | Your infrastructure | GDPR, CCPA compliant*** |
| SLA | No SLA | 99.8% Uptime |
| Support | GitHub community | Support team via email, chat, and call-back within 1 business day |
| Get it on GitHub | Create Free Account | |
Pro version is open-source + server-side API
Overview of the different layers of the Fingerprint Pro identification process
The main difference between the open source and the Pro version is that the open source version is only a JavaScript file that queries browser attributes and computes a hash from them (performs fingerprinting). In a situation with identical browsers, it will generate identical fingerprints. If two different users use the same browser (same vendor and version) on the same phone model, you will get two identical fingerprints and will not be able to tell these two users apart.
To solve this, Fingerprint Pro processes the identification data on the server. In addition to regular fingerprinting, it analyzes vast amounts of auxiliary data (IP addresses, time of visit patterns, URL changes and more) to be able to reliably deduplicate different users that have identical devices.
Other differences between Pro and open source versions are explained below.
Security
Open source: generates the fingerprints directly in the browser, which makes it vulnerable to spoofing and reverse engineering.
Pro: processes all the information server-side and transmits it securely to you servers using server-to-server APIs. Information is never exposed in the browser, which makes it much harder to tamper with. All the information that is collected is never shared with 3rd parties. The security of your data is our priority.
SLA
Open source: provides no SLA or availability guarantees.
Pro: supports enterprise options with 99.9% uptime and availability SLA.
Support
Open source: only GitHub issues/questions with no response time guarantee.
Pro: provides guaranteed same business day response on paid plans.
Enterprise support options are available on request.
Updated 15 days ago