A lab on your side.
EngageIQ monitors changing honeypot activity and maintains the research behind the service.
PickupGate Honeypot by EngageIQ / Outbound calling
Their tricks change.
Our lab tracks them.
PickupGate Honeypot by EngageIQ is research-led honeypot protection for high-volume outbound calling on VICIdial. Customers see service activity, lookup usage, and billing. EngageIQ keeps its detection methods private.
$0.008 per unique human lookup
$0.001 per previously tagged cache hit
What PickupGate Honeypot is
Outbound-call protection,
not a cybersecurity decoy.
PickupGate Honeypot by EngageIQ is a planned research-led protection service for high-volume outbound calling on VICIdial. In this context, a honeypot is a phone destination or interaction intended to identify or study outbound callers; it is not the network-security software that imitates a vulnerable computer system. EngageIQ's research lab monitors changing honeypot patterns and converts that intelligence into a dedicated customer service. Customers can review activation status, protection activity, unique lookup usage, previously tagged cache hits, and the resulting charges. EngageIQ explains customer-visible service behavior and billing while keeping the underlying detection techniques private. Honeypot is activated independently from PickupGate AMD and PickupGate Hops, with separate API access and usage meters. Customer connection is subject to release availability and onboarding confirmation.
Protection with clarity
Focus on conversations.
Leave the hunt to us.
See service activity.
Review protection activity, unique lookups, tagged cache hits, and usage in the EngageIQ account.
Results without the recipe.
Customers receive the service and its visible outcomes. Detection methods remain private.
Planned connection
Keep Vici.
Add protection.
Request access
Share the Vici environment, call volume, and protection requirements.
Confirm availability
Review release status, pricing, and the account-specific connection path.
Create service access
Use the dedicated Honeypot service credentials supplied in the EngageIQ account.
Review visible outcomes
Monitor customer-visible activity, lookup usage, tagged cache hits, and billing.
Honeypot pricing
See the charge.
Know what it covers.
Unique lookup
$0.008
per unique human lookup
The first billable request for that human and phone under the applicable billing rules.
Tagged cache hit
$0.001
per previously tagged cache hit
Applies when the service returns an already identified honeypot from its cache.
Independent service
Separate
from AMD and Hops
Activate Honeypot independently, with its own access and usage billing.
Questions before you connect
PickupGate Honeypot FAQ
What is PickupGate Honeypot?
PickupGate Honeypot by EngageIQ is a planned research-led protection service for high-volume outbound calling on VICIdial. It is separate from cybersecurity honeypot software used to decoy network attackers.
Do you publish the detection methods?
No. EngageIQ explains customer-visible service activity, outcomes, and pricing while keeping the research and detection methods private.
Is Honeypot included with PickupGate AMD?
No. PickupGate Honeypot is a separate service with its own activation, access, and usage pricing.
How is Honeypot priced?
The published rates are $0.008 per unique human lookup and $0.001 per previously tagged cache hit.
What can customers review?
The planned account view includes service status, protection activity, unique lookup usage, previously tagged cache hits, and billing.
Request access
Their tricks evolve.
So does our research.
Tell us about the operation
Share the Vici environment and the protection outcomes you need. EngageIQ will confirm release availability and the appropriate onboarding path without asking you to disclose sensitive credentials or call data.
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