✅ Testing

Testing & Accuracy

We obsess over accuracy. Here's the proof — 200,000 validated samples with full methodology.

97.38%
F1 Score
97.70%
Precision
97.06%
Recall
354K
Samples/sec

Large-Scale Validation Results

December 2024 • 200,000 programmatically generated samples across 5 categories (40,000 each)

79,324
True Positives
19,500
True Negatives
966
False Positives
210
False Negatives

Per-Category Performance

40,000 samples tested per category (200K total) with 80/20 valid/invalid split.

CategorySamplesPrecisionRecallF1 Score
PII40,00095.10%95.88%95.49%
Secrets40,000100%90.46%94.99%
Contact40,00098.77%99.99%99.37%
Financial40,00097.54%100%98.76%
Healthcare40,00097.32%99.00%98.15%
Overall200,00097.70%97.06%97.38%
Excellent Recall (99%+)
Contact (99.99%) and Financial (100%) categories achieved near-perfect recall — minimal false negatives.
High Precision (97%+)
Secrets category achieved 100% precision — when we flag something, we're right every time.

Industry Benchmark Comparison

How Redactorr compares to enterprise alternatives based on published benchmarks.

ToolF1 ScoreSpeedData Privacy
Redactorr97.38%354K/sec100% Local
Open Source Libraries~79%VariesSelf-hosted
Cloud NLP Services~65%APICloud
Enterprise Cloud DLP~35-50%APICloud

Test Methodology

Sample Generation

  • 200,000 programmatically generated samples (40,000 per category)
  • Realistic data patterns matching real-world formats
  • 80% valid sensitive data, 20% edge cases/invalid
  • Context simulation with surrounding text

Test Categories

  • PII: SSN, DOB, Driver's License, Passport, Names
  • Secrets: API Keys, Tokens, Passwords, AWS Keys, Private Keys
  • Contact: Email, Phone, IP Address, Physical Address
  • Financial: Credit Cards, Bank Accounts, IBAN, Crypto Wallets
  • Healthcare: MRN, Insurance ID, NPI, DEA Numbers, ICD Codes

Speed Measurement

565ms
Total test duration (200K)
200,000
Samples processed
354K/sec
Processing speed

What We Detect

Our detection engine includes 2,910 enterprise-grade patterns covering 50+ countries across these categories:

Personal Identifiers

  • Social Security Numbers
  • Driver License
  • Passport Numbers
  • National IDs

Contact Information

  • Email Addresses
  • Phone Numbers
  • Physical Addresses
  • IP Addresses

Financial Data

  • Credit Card Numbers
  • Bank Accounts
  • Routing Numbers
  • IBAN (40+ countries)

Credentials

  • API Keys
  • Passwords
  • Access Tokens
  • Secret Keys

Infrastructure

  • Database Connections
  • Server URLs
  • Internal Hostnames
  • AWS/GCP Keys

Healthcare

  • Medical Record Numbers
  • Patient IDs
  • Health Plan Numbers
  • NPI Numbers

See It In Action

BEFORE

Name: John Smith

SSN: 487-52-8914

Email: john.smith@acme.com

API Key: sk_live_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc

Card: 4532-8891-2234-5567

AFTER

Name: [NAME_a7f2]

SSN: [SSN_b3c1]

Email: [EMAIL_d4e8]

API Key: [API_KEY_f9a2]

Card: [CREDIT_CARD_c5b7]

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