KYC & Compliance evaluated across a published price you can act on, who holds the biometric data and the enforcement history, verified coverage of countries and documents, and whether the vendor will still be there in three years.
Ranked here: KYC and compliance services that verify customers, for a reader who must do so and needs a price and a country list they can act on. Not ranked here: compliance products that do not verify customers, whatever else they offer.
#1 of 7 · published ranking
Sumsub
80ChainChoice Score
4199
Why it leads
Sumsub is 2 points ahead of Veriff, mainly because it scores higher on its data custody risk.
Show the arithmetic
Ahead of Veriff on data custody risk (+3.7 points)
Cost
$1,788 your cost/yr · Transactions per year: 1k
ReviewedNext review by Published Methodology v2026.11.1
How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means every product ranked on this page was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
No provider can pay for a position in this table. The code that computes this order cannot read which links carry a referral code, and every build proves it. Every score below rebuilds from the published criteria.Ranking v2026.11.1 · 4 criteria · 7 products · same inputs, same order
How we review · 7 ranked of 7 assessed · 4 criteria · 0 sponsor weight
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What KYC & compliance cost you
Your inputs update the cost column. The independent ranking stays fixed.
The cheapest published tier that covers your usage. List price before any discount; add-ons priced separately are excluded.
Verified Country & Document Coverage — 9/10Trade-off: Customers contracting with SUMSUB TECH LTD (Cyprus) that are not incorporated in Cypr...
80score
your cost/yr
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Sumsub · sumsub.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
2
VeriffEstonian identity verification with pub...
Published Price You Can Act On — 9/10Trade-off: The 95% first-try figure and 230+ country count are Veriff's own marketing numbers wi...
78score
Lowest at your inputs
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Veriff · veriff.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
3
ComplyCubeUK verification platform with a per-che...
Published Price You Can Act On — 9/10Trade-off: Unusually, the headline per-check rates undercut Sumsub and Veriff, but the component...
76score
your cost/yr
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ComplyCube · complycube.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
4
DiditSan Francisco/Barcelona freemium KYC, 5...
Published Price You Can Act On — 10/10Trade-off: The pricing is real and the cheapest here by 4-5x, but a regulated crypto business pu...
74score
your cost/yr
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Didit · didit.me. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
5
PersonaUS identity platform, configurable work...
Published Price You Can Act On — 7/10Trade-off: Persona's pages answer plain fetches with a Cloudflare challenge (HTTP 403); rendered...
72score
your cost/yr
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Persona · withpersona.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
6
JumioLong-established US IDV vendor, quote-o...
Verified Country & Document Coverage — 6/10Trade-off: The SEC matter concerns the pre-bankruptcy entity and its founder, not today's Jumio...
59score
-Not published
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Jumio · jumio.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
1 more assessed and ranked below — none of them hidden for commercial reasons.
Ranked on 4 published criteria weighted 30/30/25/15, which set goal alignment — 30 of the 86 points. The rest: regional access 20 (constant here), evidence depth 18 (constant here), ease of use 10 (constant here), institutional trust 8 (constant here). Profile match is shown in breakdowns but carries no weight.
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
Exit failure: you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
Scored by Will They Still Be Here In Three Years · 15% (Sumsub 7/10, Veriff 7/10, ComplyCube 4/10)
Information failure: the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.
Scored by Biometric Custody & Enforcement History · 30% (Sumsub 6/10, Veriff 4/10, ComplyCube 5/10)
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Published Price You Can Act On (30%), Verified Country & Document Coverage (25%).
Audit
Infrastructure
Methodology
2026.11.1
published 10 November 2026
Providers tracked
860+
across 121 categories
Last verified
3 November 2026
newest dated pricing or sentiment read
Named on the roster
2 people
managing directors · 6 automated processes
Decision guide
What matters most before choosing in this category
Weighted on published price you can act on (30), biometric custody & enforcement history (30), verified country & document coverage (25), and will they still be here in three years (15). The heaviest is published price you can act on: Whether the vendor publishes a per-verification rate and monthly minimum on its own site, itemised by check type, without a sales call.
From which markets do you onboard users, and are biometrics acceptable in all of them?
What is your monthly verification volume, and is the per-check price published?
What biometric data is retained, for how long, and under whose jurisdiction?
Default starting point
The #1 overall and the scoring weights
SumsubData checked Nov 2026
London-registered KYC/AML platform publishing over 14,000 supported document types
London-registered KYC/AML platform publishing over 14,000 supported document types. Strongest on verified country & document coverage (9/10): Sumsub states on its ID-verification page that its platform supports over 14,000 document types across 220+ countries and territories, with built-in liveness detection. Weakest on biometric custody & enforcement history (6/10): Sumsub's service privacy notice says personal data, including biometric data, is destroyed on the client's instructions and kept no longer than the contract with the client, and it sets a separate maximum retention period for Illinois residents. Sumsub publishes no fixed default biometric retention window. Published price: Sumsub pricing page (sumsub.com/pricing, read 3 November 2026): Basic "$1.35 per verification" with "$149 min. monthly commitment" ("Perfect for non-regulated businesses looking to deter fraudsters and maximize pass rates in any country.").
Best forVerified Country & Document Coverage — 9/10
Main tradeoffCustomers contracting with SUMSUB TECH LTD (Cyprus) that are not incorporated in Cyprus must warrant that use of the Services takes place exclusively outside Cyprus (Terms cl. 9.4), so a business with a Cypriot branch or establishment should confirm which Sumsub entity it contracts with. Both self-serve tiers carry a monthly minimum ("$149 min. monthly commitment" on Basic, "$299 min. monthly commitment" on Compliance), and the $1.85 Compliance tier is the one the pricing page says "Includes AML and PoA checks".
Verify before signupSumsub pricing page (sumsub.com/pricing, read 3 November 2026): Basic "$1.35 per verification" with "$149 min. monthly commitment" ("Perfect for non-regulated businesses looking to deter fraudsters and maximize pass rates in any country."). Compliance "$1.85 per verification" with "$299 min. monthly commitment", "Includes AML and PoA checks", "Ideal for regulated businesses conducting verification at a smaller scale." "For the Enterprise Plan, a custom rate will be offered". "The minimum amount that you pay each month. Once you exceed this amount, you will be charged for all additional checks." Free trial: "a 14-day free trial with 50 free checks available". "No, you will be charged for successful verifications only" for applicants who do not complete; but if the customer elects not to use all plan features, "the user verification will still be charged at full cost." No annual price is published. USD.
Weighted criteria
Published Price You Can Act On30%
Biometric Custody & Enforcement History30%
Verified Country & Document Coverage25%
Will They Still Be Here In Three Years15%
Methodology
How this category is reviewed
Reviewed on published price you can act on, biometric custody & enforcement history, verified country & document coverage, and will they still be here in three years.
The order on this page is the published ranking for this category. Every criterion, weight and source behind it is on the methodology page.
Frequently asked
Questions people ask before choosing KYC & compliance
What happens to my users' biometric data?
It is retained, and that retention outlives your contract. What is scored is what is kept, for how long, and under whose jurisdiction — because if the vendor is breached, that is your exposure. One provider in this pool was breached through a compromised operator account and now serves a 503 while directories still list it as active.
Are advertised country counts real?
Not as headline totals. Coverage is verified against each vendor's own published document tables rather than accepted from a marketing figure, because a country listed with one accepted document is not the same coverage as one with a full set.
What matters most when picking a KYC provider?
A price you can act on, and what happens to the biometrics — 60% of the weight between them. Retention is the liability that outlives the contract, and this pool contains a provider breached through a compromised operator account that is now serving a 503 while directories still list it active.
Reviewed3 November 2026Method4 criteriaCategorykyc_compliance
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