Is brilliant.org safe?
http://brilliant.org/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Brilliant.org is a long-established paid learning platform whose main risk is its auto-renewing, non-refundable subscription terms.
Brilliant.org presents itself as a personal tutor for math and coding and sells access through a subscription rather than a one-off purchase. The domain is over 25 years old, the site publishes a support email on its own domain and a postal address, and technical checks found no malware or certificate problems. Independent research is mixed: a large review base is positive, while a consumer complaint record describes billing, renewal and refund disputes. The site's own terms state that subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled and that payments are non-refundable, which is the main reason this is rated Low Risk rather than Safe.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe terms state subscriptions renew automatically for equivalent periods until cancelled and that all payments are non-refundable.
- ModerateOne customer complaint in public web research: "64 total complaints in the last 3 years."
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 9,377 days old, indicating a long-established operation.
- SupportsThe site publishes a support email on its own domain and a postal address.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsA review base of 367 reviews is broadly positive about the service and support team.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Brilliant.org presents itself as a personal tutor for math and coding and sells access through a subscription rather than a one-off purchase. The domain is over 25 years old, the site publishes a support email on its own domain and a postal address, and technical checks found no malware or certificate problems. Independent research is mixed: a large review base is positive, while a consumer complaint record describes billing, renewal and refund disputes. The site's own terms state that subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled and that payments are non-refundable, which is the main reason this is rated Low Risk rather than Safe.
A real, long-running education subscription
The page describes itself as a personal tutor for math and coding, and the registrable domain is 9,377 days old, which is consistent with a long-standing commercial operation rather than a throwaway storefront.
The operator is disclosed as Brilliant Worldwide, Inc. of San Francisco, and the site lists a support email on its own domain plus a postal address, so there is a reachable business behind the checkout.
The commercial path is a normal same-site funnel: a Pricing page and a help centre covering Premium plans, free trials, family plans, discounts, upgrades and gifting all lead back into Brilliant's own subscription checkout.
Clean technical checks, but real billing friction
There is no technical threat signal here: the browser threat feed returned no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so nothing suggests malware, phishing or a hijacked checkout.
The operator-side picture is more mixed. A consumer complaint record documents 64 complaints over three years, mainly around subscription renewals, billing and refunds, while a large review base of 367 reviews is broadly positive about the content and support team.
The site's own terms confirm the friction points: subscriptions continue indefinitely until cancelled, renew automatically for equivalent periods, and all payments are non-refundable, with any refund described as a voluntary courtesy rather than a policy.
What a visitor actually experiences
A visitor who clicks Pricing is taken into Brilliant's own checkout flow to buy a Premium subscription, which is the point at which a payment method is entered.
Once subscribed, the terms state the subscription renews automatically for an equivalent period unless the user cancels through the mechanisms provided on the site, so the charge can recur without a fresh decision each cycle.
Cancellation is possible by emailing support@brilliant.org or by logging into the account and selecting to cancel, but the terms also state that payments are non-refundable and that no refunds or credits are given for partially used periods.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 6, 2026 - stale
No detections across 61 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 31 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Clean
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Clean
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiEducation
- BitDefendereducation
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerbusiness and economy
- Googleeducation
- Sophoseducational institutions
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Your personal tutor for math and coding
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Your personal tutor for math and coding
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Brilliant | Your Personal Tutor for Math and Coding
- Meta description
Visual, interactive tutoring in math and coding, from 5th grade through college. Master concepts in algebra, calculus, Python, computer science, and more.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about/Read
- Terms/terms-of-use/Read
- Support / FAQ/help/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Brilliant | Your Personal Tutor for Math and Coding
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Saas
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 9,377 days old, indicating a long-established operation.
- 02The site publishes a support email on its own domain and a postal address.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for brilliant.org, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- Better Business Bureauopen
"64 total complaints in the last 3 years."
- Trustpilotopen
"Considering 367 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company."
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainbrilliant.org
- Redirects tobrilliant.org
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesorg.brilliant.android · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Feb 14, 2001Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 25 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 18, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
brilliant.org has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@brilliant.org).
- Phone number listed (800-352-5267).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for brilliant.org.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://brilliant.org/
- 2200https://brilliant.org/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The terms state subscriptions renew automatically for equivalent periods until cancelled and that all payments are non-refundable. · One customer complaint in public web research: "64 total complaints in the last 3 years."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 6, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 6, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Brilliant.org is a long-established paid learning platform whose main risk is its auto-renewing, non-refundable subscription terms.
Brilliant.org presents itself as a personal tutor for math and coding and sells access through a subscription rather than a one-off purchase. The domain is over 25 years old, the site publishes a support email on its own domain and a postal address, and technical checks found no malware or certificate problems. Independent research is mixed: a large review base is positive, while a consumer complaint record describes billing, renewal and refund disputes. The site's own terms state that subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled and that payments are non-refundable, which is the main reason this is rated Low Risk rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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