# Alloy vs Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) (slim)

> Entrust Identity Verification scores 62.1 (B) to Alloy's 52.4 (D) for identity verification. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Alloy's 52.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Alloy leads on maintenance & community. Both do identity verification.

- Alloy: D 52.4, rank #782 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alloy.min.md
- Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido): B 62.1, rank #472 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/entrust-identity-verification.min.md
- Alloy, good for Banks and fintechs that already run onboarding through Alloy and want an agent to submit journey applications, read decisions and work investigations. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 72 against 58.
- Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido), good for A company already contracted with Entrust that wants an agent to create applicants, start workflow runs and read reports through typed libraries and a public spec. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 59; Schema & documentation, 84 against 73; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 52; Security & auth, 58 against 49; Payments & pricing, 20 against 0; Transparency & trust, 70 against 62.

| Category | Alloy | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 58 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Alloy | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy) | Onfido Ltd (Entrust) |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Alloy's terms of service. The @alloyidentity/web-sdk capture package is MIT | Proprietary service under Entrust's terms. The OpenAPI spec and the server libraries (onfido-java, onfido-node, onfido-php, onfido-python, onfido-ruby) are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-08-31 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-12 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 21k npm/wk | 59k npm/wk, 27k PyPI/wk |