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The biometrics outlive the contract

KYC & Compliance evaluated across published price you can act on, biometric custody & enforcement history, verified country & document coverage, and will they still be here in three years.
category.kyc_compliance.promise 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.
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Methodology
2026.04.0
published 2026-04-27
Providers tracked
520+
across 55 categories
Last verified
2026-08-05
editorial freshness
Editorial board
4
audit-log live
Decision guide
What matters most before choosing in this category
The right KYC provider depends on which chains you operate on and who you have to answer to. The decisive input is attribution defensibility: whether the methodology and data provenance behind a label would survive regulatory scrutiny, rather than whether the vendor asserts accuracy. Headline chain and typology counts are shown but never scored, because coverage that excludes your chains is zero coverage at any total.
Key question
From which markets do you onboard users, and are biometrics acceptable in all of them?
Key question
What is your monthly verification volume, and is the per-check price published?
Key question
What biometric data is retained, for how long, and under whose jurisdiction?
Default starting point
Veriff
Estonian identity verification with published rates and itemised add-ons
Data checked Aug 2026
Estonian identity verification with published rates and itemised add-ons. Strongest on published price you can act on (9/10): Publishes three self-serve tiers with per-verification rate AND monthly minimum ($0.80/$49, $1.39/$99, $1.89/$209), plus every add-on itemised to the cent: PEP & Sanctions +$0.64, ongoing monitoring +$0.09, extended retention +$0.3. States no setup or implementation fees. Only Enterprise is quote-only. Weakest on will they still be here in three years (7/10): Independent Estonian vendor, EU-domiciled, operating a self-serve funnel at scale with a 15-day/50-session trial; no acquisition absorption, no de-provisioned infrastructure, and no enforcement history found in this pass. Published price: Essential "$0.80 per verification", "$49/ month min." (full auto). Plus "$1.39 per verification", "$99/ month min." (hybrid AI + specialist review). Premium "$1.89 per verification", "$209/ month min." Enterprise custom, recommended 5000+ verifications/month.…
Best for
Published Price You Can Act On — 9/10Verified Country & Document Coverage — 9/10Biometric Custody & Enforcement History — 8/10
Main tradeoff
The 95% first-try figure and 230+ country count are Veriff's own marketing numbers with no methodology published, and 'countries and territories' is a laxer denominator than supported document issuance. The cheap $0.80 Essential tier is full-auto with no specialist review, so the tier most likely to hold up against deepfake-assisted fraud is $1.89 plus $0.64 for sanctions screening, i.e. roughly $2.53 all-in, not $0.80.
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Essential "$0.80 per verification", "$49/ month min." (full auto). Plus "$1.39 per verification", "$99/ month min." (hybrid AI + specialist review). Premium "$1.89 per verification", "$209/ month min." Enterprise custom, recommended 5000+ verifications/month. Add-ons per verification: "PEP & Sanctions check: +$0.64", "Ongoing monitoring: +$0.09", "Extended data retention 2 years: +$0.3". Default retention: 3 months (Essential), 6 months (Plus & Premium). 15-day trial, up to 50 live sessions, no card. No setup or implementation fees. 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%
Leading options
Shared shortlist for this category
These providers are pulled from the same category comparison catalog used in validation, so the category page, comparison page, and provider reviews stay aligned.
Veriff
Estonian identity verification with published rates and itemised add-ons
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Estonian identity verification with published rates and itemised add-ons. Strongest on published price you can act on (9/10): Publishes three self-serve tiers with per-verification rate AND monthly minimum ($0.80/$49, $1.39/$99, $1.89/$209), plus every add-on itemised to the cent: PEP & Sanctions +$0.64, ongoing monitoring +$0.09, extended retention +$0.3. States no setup or implementation fees. Only Enterprise is quote-only. Weakest on will they still be here in three years (7/10): Independent Estonian vendor, EU-domiciled, operating a self-serve funnel at scale with a 15-day/50-session trial; no acquisition absorption, no de-provisioned infrastructure, and no enforcement history found in this pass. Published price: Essential "$0.80 per verification", "$49/ month min." (full auto). Plus "$1.39 per verification", "$99/ month min." (hybrid AI + specialist review). Premium "$1.89 per verification", "$209/ month min." Enterprise custom, recommended 5000+ verifications/month.…
Best for: Published Price You Can Act On — 9/10
Sumsub
London-registered KYC/AML platform, deepest document coverage in the set
London-registered KYC/AML platform, deepest document coverage in the set. Strongest on verified country & document coverage (9/10): Own ID-verification page states "220+ countries and territories", "14,000+ documents supported", "<20 sec average verification time" and "12M+ Individuals verified per month". The 14,000 document-type figure is the highest verified in this comparison — 5.6x Entrust/Onfido's 2,500 and 2.8x Jumio's 5,000. Weakest on biometric custody & enforcement history (6/10): Publishes an unusually granular per-jurisdiction biometric retention schedule: max 3 years for Illinois residents, 1 year (or 5 years where retained for AML) for Texas, and Colorado deletion at the earliest of purpose fulfilment, 24 months from last interaction, or 45 days after data is deemed unnecessary. Against… Published price: 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…
Best for: Verified Country & Document Coverage — 9/10
Persona
US identity platform, configurable workflows, annual-contract entry tier
US identity platform, configurable workflows, annual-contract entry tier. Strongest on will they still be here in three years (8/10): The best-capitalised independent in this set, reported at a $2B valuation with 300M+ identity verifications annually and FedRAMP Authorized status for US federal work. Still independent, so no acquisition-absorption risk of the kind now affecting Onfido. Weakest on verified country & document coverage (7/10): Reported at 200+ countries and 10,000+ government ID types with 20+ languages, but this could NOT be confirmed on a Persona-owned page: withpersona.com/pricing and withpersona.com/product/verifications both returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch. Scored on search-sourced figures with that verification gap explicitly… Published price: Essential "starts at $250/month (on an annual contract)" with "500 free services (verifications or reports) per month, with any additional services beyond that free allotment priced at $1.50 per service." The "500 free services per month do not roll over" and…
Best for: Will They Still Be Here In Three Years — 8/10
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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.
Reviewed on: Published Price You Can Act On, Biometric Custody & Enforcement History, Verified Country & Document Coverage, Will They Still Be Here In Three Years.
This page is a maintained category surface, not a static marketing block. Review freshness, provider positioning, and recommendation logic should stay consistent with quiz and provider pages.
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.
REVIEWEDApr 2026METHOD4 criteriaCATEGORYkyc_compliance
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