"KYC provider" covers very different businesses. Some sell an identity verification API, some sell the data you screen against, some run a compliance system of record for a large bank, and some do the work for you. Comparing them as if they were the same product is a common way to end up with the wrong one.
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This list covers 14 companies by what they actually sell, and shows published prices where a vendor makes them public. The order follows company type and is not a ranking. Coverage numbers and certifications are as stated by each vendor on its own site, checked in November 2026 where we could open the page, so confirm them before you sign anything.
A note on independence: this article is published by Itexus, which appears first in the list. We do not sell a KYC product. We build and integrate these systems, including products on this list for clients, so we are listed as an implementation partner and not as an alternative to the vendors below.
The Five Types of KYC Company
- Implementation partners build onboarding around the vendors you choose and connect them to your core systems.
- Identity verification platforms check documents and faces, and many add screening and business verification.
- Data and decisioning providers supply the identity data or watchlists, or the logic that turns signals into decisions.
- Client lifecycle management (CLM) platforms run KYC as a workflow across a large institution.
- Managed services carry out KYC for you with their own staff.
Comparison Table
| Company | Type | Stated coverage | Published pricing |
| Itexus | Implementation partner | Depends on the vendors used | Project-based, not published |
| Sumsub | Identity verification | 14,000+ documents, 220+ countries and territories | From $1.35 per verification (non-regulated plan) |
| Veriff | Identity verification | 12,500+ documents, 230+ countries and territories | From $0.80 per verification; screening is an add-on |
| Jumio | Identity verification | 5,000+ ID types, 200 countries and territories | Not found |
| Entrust | Identity verification | Not reviewed | Not found |
| Shufti | Identity verification | 10,000+ document types, 240+ countries and territories | Free up to 10 a month; Essentials from $1.50 per verification; Enterprise quoted |
| ComplyCube | Identity verification | 220+ countries and territories | Per-check rates published |
| Socure | Identity verification | IDs from 195+ countries | $0.80-$1.30 per evaluation, depending on what is included |
| GBG | Identity verification | 195 countries (documents), 50 countries (data) | Not found |
| Trulioo | Identity verification | 195 countries, 14,000+ ID documents | Not found |
| Alloy | Data and decisioning | Not found | Not found |
| LSEG World-Check | Data and decisioning | Not found | Not found |
| Fenergo | CLM | KYC rules for 120+ jurisdictions | Not found |
| Vistra | Managed service | Not found | Not found |
Entry prices often exclude AML checks, and plans for regulated firms cost more, so read each plan before comparing. A dash or "not found" means we did not find the information on the vendor pages we reviewed, and "not reviewed" means we could not open them. Neither means the company lacks it.
1. Itexus
Itexus is a custom software company, founded in 2013, that designs and builds fintech products. For KYC, that means selecting providers, integrating them into onboarding and connecting the result to core banking and compliance tooling. It is the right kind of partner when a vendor alone does not solve the problem, for example when a legacy core is involved, when several providers need to work together, or when compliance teams need their own console.
Our work in this area includes a Top-7 US credit union's onboarding platform with automated KYC and KYB and an AS400 core integration, a MENA wealth platform that cut onboarding from 5-7 days to under 24 hours with Sumsub, a banking app for migrants using Alloy and Vouched, and a white-label mobile banking app using Socure. See also our API integration services.
Key Facts
- Type: Implementation partner, not a KYC product
- Best for: Banks and fintechs integrating KYC vendors into their own products and core systems
- Vendors used in published projects: Sumsub, Alloy, Vouched, Socure
2. Sumsub
Sumsub is a verification platform founded in 2015. Its KYC product covers document checks with liveness and face match, and it lets compliance teams set up AML flows with different logic by country and risk level without code. Its site also lists business verification and AML transaction monitoring. It publishes pricing, which makes early budgeting easier.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification platform
- Best for: Teams wanting one platform and published prices
- Stated coverage: 14,000+ documents from 220+ countries and territories
- Published pricing: Basic plan, aimed at non-regulated businesses, at $1.35 per verification with a $149 monthly minimum; a plan including AML and proof-of-address checks at $1.85 with a $299 minimum
- Stated certification: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS, listed in its trust center
3. Veriff
Veriff, established in 2015, sells identity verification on both self-serve and enterprise terms. Its pricing page describes a hosted no-code verification page and iBeta-conformant liveness detection. PEP and sanctions screening and ongoing monitoring are add-ons, at $0.64 and $0.09 per verification on its self-serve plans.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification platform
- Best for: Teams that want to launch quickly on a hosted flow
- Stated coverage: More than 12,500 government-issued ID documents from 230+ countries and territories
- Published pricing: Priced per verification, starting at $0.80, with a $49 monthly minimum on its Essential plan; plans for regulated industries at $1.39 ($99 minimum) and $1.89 ($209 minimum)
- Stated certification: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 30107-3 Levels 1 and 2
4. Jumio
Jumio offers identity verification and AI-powered AML screening and monitoring, with what it calls premium liveness detection. A company press release from October 2024 describes it as based in Sunnyvale, California. We did not find published pricing.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification platform
- Best for: Enterprises with international customers that need document verification and AML screening together
- Stated coverage: More than 5,000 ID types across 200 countries and territories
5. Entrust
Entrust completed its acquisition of Onfido in April 2024, with terms not disclosed, and onfido.com now redirects to Entrust's identity verification product. If you are researching Onfido, that is where to look. We could not review Entrust's product pages for this article, so check current capabilities and pricing with the company directly.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification, within a wider security company
- Relevant for: Existing Onfido users looking for where the product went
6. Shufti
Shufti, founded in 2017, brings identity verification, KYC, KYB, AML screening and risk assessment into one platform, with document, facial, NFC, eIDV and address verification, all through a single API.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification platform
- Best for: Teams wanting broad global coverage and NFC chip reads through one API
- Stated coverage: 240+ countries and territories, 150+ languages, 10,000+ document types
- Published pricing: A free plan with up to 10 verifications a month; Essentials from $1.50 per verification; Enterprise pricing on request
- Stated certification: iBeta Level 3 (ISO 30107-3), ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2, PCI DSS
7. ComplyCube
ComplyCube describes itself as a platform for automating identity verification, KYC, KYB and AML compliance through workflows and APIs, with biometric verification, liveness detection, and no-code case management. It publishes per-check prices, which is useful if you need to model screening costs separately from identity checks.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification platform
- Best for: Teams that want to model per-check costs before talking to sales
- Stated coverage: 220+ countries and territories
- Published pricing: Plans at $99 and $299 a month, with the fee usable as credit against checks; government ID checks at $0.75 to $1.05; AML, sanctions and level 1 PEP checks at $0.35 to $0.50; a bundled check adding adverse media at $0.85 to $1.05
- Stated certification: ISO 27001:2022, ISO 30107-3 Level 2 PAD, UK DIATF
8. Socure
Socure, founded in 2012, combines identity and document verification with liveness detection, sanctions and PEP screening, adverse media and watchlist monitoring. It publishes per-evaluation rates and free monthly credits for its self-serve product, while enterprise pricing is customized.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification platform, with fraud decisioning
- Best for: Teams combining identity checks with fraud decisioning
- Stated coverage: IDs from 195+ countries for document verification
- Published pricing: $0.80 per evaluation for document verification, $0.90 with watchlist, and $1.00 to $1.30 for KYC, fraud and watchlist bundles, with $1,000 in free monthly credits
- Stated certification: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001:2022, FedRAMP Moderate
9. GBG
GBG is listed on the London Stock Exchange and reports more than 1,000 experts across 15 countries. Its products cover data verification against trusted identity sources, plus document and biometric verification.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification, including data-based checks
- Best for: Organizations that want data-based verification alongside document checks
- Stated coverage: Data verification in 50 countries, document and biometric verification in 195 countries
10. Trulioo
Trulioo, headquartered in Vancouver, verifies both consumers and businesses on one platform, through an API or a no-code or low-code hosted interface. Its business verification goes as far as vetting ultimate beneficial owners, which makes it worth a look if KYB matters as much as KYC.
Key Facts
- Type: Identity verification, including business verification
- Best for: Companies onboarding both consumers and businesses across many countries
- Stated coverage: 195 countries, 14,000+ ID documents, 700 million business entities, 6,000+ watchlists
- Stated certification: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022
11. Alloy
Alloy focuses on identity risk for financial institutions and fintechs, and says it serves more than 900 of them. Its site describes perpetual KYC/KYB, AML and fraud checks, plus continuous monitoring of a portfolio with real-time risk signals, and it also lists transaction monitoring. In our banking app for migrants, Alloy automated the KYC decision on whether a user could register.
Key Facts
- Type: Data and decisioning for identity risk
- Best for: Financial institutions and fintechs automating onboarding and ongoing risk decisions
- Stated certification: SOC 2 Type 2
12. LSEG World-Check
World-Check is a risk intelligence data product from LSEG, not an identity verification tool. It supports KYC, AML, sanctions and due diligence screening, with records that can include sanctions, law and regulatory enforcement, PEPs and their relatives and close associates, state-owned enterprises and adverse media.
Key Facts
- Type: Screening data, not identity verification
- Best for: Compliance teams that need a screening dataset, used alongside a separate identity check
13. Fenergo
Fenergo sells client lifecycle management software for financial institutions, covering onboarding and KYC, due diligence and transaction monitoring, with continuous risk monitoring after onboarding and KYC rules for 120+ jurisdictions by its own count. It connects to third-party data, identity and screening providers, so it usually sits above verification vendors and does not replace them.
Key Facts
- Type: CLM platform
- Best for: Banks, asset managers and asset servicers managing KYC requirements across jurisdictions and complex entity structures
- Stated certification: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II
14. Vistra
Vistra is the managed-service option on this list. Its local experts handle KYC and AML requirements for clients' investors, coordinated centrally by a dedicated team, supported by a global AML platform for PEP, sanctions and adverse media checks. The service is aimed at fund managers, and the AML platform is also sold to other companies.
Key Facts
- Type: Managed service
- Best for: Fund managers that want to outsource investor KYC
How to Choose a KYC Provider
Start from what you need to get done, then test vendors against your own data.
Decide which type you need. A startup launching one onboarding flow needs a different product from a bank unifying KYC across business lines. Many teams need more than one type, such as an identity vendor plus a screening dataset.
Test on your real customer mix. Published coverage numbers do not tell you pass rates. Ask for a pilot on your own countries and document types, and measure completion, false rejections and manual review rates.
Model the full cost. A price per verification rarely includes everything. Check minimum commitments, retries, screening and ongoing monitoring, which can be priced separately, as several published price lists show.
Check requirements by market. KYC rules vary by country and change often. Our guide to KYC requirements in the US, EU and UK covers the current rules, including 2026 changes.
Compare products and automation separately. Our guides to KYC software and KYC automation tools go deeper, and what a KYC verification service does explains what you can outsource.
Plan for changing vendors. Keep provider-specific logic behind your own integration layer, and confirm how you can export verification records and audit trails if you leave.
Build, Buy or Integrate
Buying a verification product is the sensible default for most teams, because document fraud detection and global coverage are expensive to reproduce. The harder engineering is usually around the vendor: orchestrating several providers, connecting to a core system, building compliance consoles and handling exceptions.
For more on those choices, see our articles on KYC integration into financial software and building your own KYC from scratch.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a KYC service provider do?
It helps a business identify and verify customers and meet anti-money laundering obligations. Depending on the company, that can mean verifying documents and faces, supplying watchlist data, running a compliance workflow, or carrying out checks with its own staff.
How much do KYC services cost?
Entry-level published rates run roughly $0.80 to $1.50 per verification or evaluation (Veriff $0.80, Socure $0.80 per evaluation, Sumsub $1.35, Shufti $1.50), often with a monthly minimum. These are not like for like: Veriff's rate excludes screening, Socure's covers document verification only, and Sumsub's is its non-regulated plan. Plans for regulated firms cost more, and enterprise pricing is usually negotiated.
What is the difference between KYC software and a KYC service provider?
Software gives your team the tools to run checks. A provider can also mean a company that supplies data or does the work for you. Vistra, for example, offers managed KYC with its own experts, while Veriff sells verification technology.
Does using a KYC vendor make my company compliant?
No. A vendor supplies checks and evidence, but your institution remains responsible for its own program, policies and decisions. Confirm your obligations with qualified counsel.
