Best for
Best for applicants and owners of German trade marks who want to search the official register and watch it for new filings themselves.
Trademark Search & Monitoring Comparison
DPMAregister vs. Markify
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for trademark attorneys and brand owners who order clearance reports and watches themselves, a few registers at a time.
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | DPMAregister | Markify |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free of charge The DPMA states that DPMAregister and the DPMAkurier alerts can be used free of charge; the DPMA connectPlus interface is supplied under an agreement against payment of the marginal cost of providing the data. | From $39 / year For a US Federal watch (USPTO and WIPO designating the US), all classes included. Comprehensive search reports are paid per report, from $89 for any single database and $169 for US Full. Prices exclude VAT and are listed at the same figures in euros, with combo discounts from 5% for two registers up to 30% for 7 to 25. |
| Free trial | Not stated | Free trial on request after creating an account; length not stated |
| Output | Configurable result lists that can be organised and downloaded, and register entries that print or download as a complete register extract | Not stated |
| API | DPMA connectPlus, an automated interface to the register and publication data, supplied under an agreement | API and raw data access to 190 trademark databases, on request |
| Languages | English and German | Website in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese and Japanese; goods and services translated into 40 languages |
| Hosting | Web app at register.dpma.de | Not stated |
| Made in | Germany | Sweden (Stockholm) |
| Registers and countries covered | German trade marks filed since 1 January 1998, registered German marks since October 1894 insofar as they were not deleted before 1 January 1995, an excerpt of rejected and withdrawn German marks, EU trade marks from the EUIPO, and WIPO international registrations where Germany or the EU is designated. The DPMA does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the EU and international data and points to the EUIPO and WIPO databases for a full search | 240 trademark databases: 190 country registers plus the 50 US states, with WIPO and Lisbon geographical indications among the international databases and daily data updates. Optional common law sources cover business names, domain names across 1,000+ TLDs, web search, images, social media and about 100 social network usernames. |
| Word, phonetic and image search | Basic, advanced and expert searches; the expert search queries register fields such as mark, type of mark, proprietor, classes, goods and services, colours and dates with comparison and proximity operators and wildcards, and figurative elements are searchable by Vienna Classification. The DPMA states that a similarity search is not possible | Word mark similarity search with relevance-ranked results, image search for design and figurative marks by algorithm or with analyst review using Vienna and US design codes, and Boolean search across trademark data fields including goods and services in ProSearch |
| Goods, services and Nice classes | Classes and goods and services are search fields of their own, with a link to the internationally harmonised classification of goods and services | Comprehensive word searches include up to five classes plus identical results across all classes, each additional class 2.5% more; watches include all classes; goods and services can be keyword-filtered and are translated into 40 languages |
| Clearance and conflict screening | A register search and not a clearance opinion: the DPMA does not check during the application procedure whether identical or similar marks are already registered, refers to commercial providers for similarity searches, and names patent information centres that search on your behalf for a fee | Comprehensive availability reports generated within minutes, with identical marks and dead marks in separate tabs, and analyst-driven reports in 2 business days (urgent) or 4 (standard). Image clearance runs by algorithm or with an analyst reviewing the results. |
| Watch and alerts | DPMAkurier sends automated e-mails daily, weekly or monthly on new publications and register changes, monitoring by file or publication number, by name, by class, by name and class, or user-defined; registration is needed before first use, the number of monitoring searches is not limited, and the DPMA states it can be used free of charge | Weekly watch reports by email and online across up to 190 registers, all classes included, plus owner watch, goods and services watch and domain name watch across 1,000+ TLDs. Bulk watching from 50 watches with template automation. |
| Reports and exports | Result lists can be configured, organised and downloaded, a register entry prints or downloads as a complete register extract, and issues of the Markenblatt trade mark journal from 1950 onwards can be downloaded | PDF by email, and PDF, Word, RTF, HTML and Excel online, with custom branding, sorting, colour coding and sharing with colleagues inside or outside the company |
| Integrations and API | DPMA connectPlus gives automated online access to the register and publication data with the query options of the expert search, plus weekly data packages for trade marks, usually on Fridays; data is supplied on the basis of an agreement against payment of the marginal cost of providing it | API and raw data access to 190 trademark databases on request; the vendor asks for the application, the markets and the expected daily API calls and publishes no price or format |
| AI features | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Support | Phone | more entries Email helpdesk, Phone |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Live online demos and webinars, On-site training | Not stated |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price DPMAregister Free of charge Markify From $39 / year
- Deployment DPMAregister Browser-based Markify Cloud (SaaS)
- Languages DPMAregister English and German Markify Website in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese and Japanese; goods and services translated into 40 languages
- Support DPMAregister Phone Markify Email helpdesk, Phone
- Made in DPMAregister Germany Markify Sweden (Stockholm)
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
DPMAregister
Strengths
- Covers EU trade marks and international registrations protected in Germany as well as German marks
- Watch alerts by name, class or file number, sent daily, weekly or monthly
- Expert search with proximity operators and Vienna Classification codes
- Telephone hotline for search questions and online-assisted searches with DPMA experts
Limitations
- No similarity search, as the DPMA itself notes
- The DPMA does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the EU and international data
- Covers marks with protection in Germany only
Markify
Strengths
- Watches from $39 a year for the US and $129 a year for 190 registers, all classes included
- Search reports ordered one at a time without a contract, from $89
- Image search that includes common law images from the web and social media
- Reports in PDF, Word, RTF, HTML and Excel, with custom branding
Limitations
- ProSearch, API and analyst prices are not published
- Analyst-reviewed image searches cost several times the algorithm price, for example $910 against $145 for a US design mark
- The image search page states two different surcharges for additional classes
Plans
Pricing
DPMAregister
- DPMAregister search Free of charge Online search of the official register and publication data, from the beginner's search to the expert search.
- DPMAkurier alerts Free of charge Alert e-mails on new publications and register changes; registration needed before first use.
- DPMA connectPlus Not stated Automated interface to the register data, supplied under an agreement against payment of the marginal cost of providing the data.
Markify
- US Federal Full watch $39 Per year, excluding VAT. USPTO and WIPO designating the US, all classes, weekly reports.
- Global watch $129 Per year, excluding VAT. 190 registers, weekly reports.
- Any Database Full search $89 Per report, excluding VAT. One trademark database, up to five classes.
- US Full search $169 Per report, excluding VAT. Common law can be added.
- EU Full search $589 Per report, excluding VAT. EU registers plus Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
- ProSearch Not stated Flat-rate screening and research tool, price on request with a free trial.
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
DPMAregister https://www.dpma.de/english/search/dpmaregister/index.html · checked against the official source on 2026-11-10
Markify https://www.markify.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-05
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