# Alloy vs Plaid Identity Verification (slim)

> Plaid Identity Verification scores 67.1 (B) to Alloy's 52.4 (D) for identity verification. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Plaid Identity Verification scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Alloy's 52.4 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do identity verification.

- Alloy: D 52.4, rank #782 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alloy.min.md
- Plaid Identity Verification: B 67.1, rank #278 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plaid-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.
- Plaid Identity Verification, good for US, Canadian and UK companies that want KYC with data source checks, documents and selfies, especially those already on Plaid or wanting Monitor screening in the same flow. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 59; Schema & documentation, 91 against 73; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 52; Security & auth, 61 against 49; Payments & pricing, 15 against 0; Maintenance & community, 83 against 72; Transparency & trust, 77 against 62.

| Category | Alloy | Plaid Identity Verification |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Alloy | Plaid Identity Verification |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy) | Plaid Inc. |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Alloy's terms of service. The @alloyidentity/web-sdk capture package is MIT | Proprietary service under Plaid's developer policy and end-user terms. The OpenAPI file and client libraries are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-13 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-12 | 2025-12-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-12-01 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 21k npm/wk | 1.2M npm/wk, 656k PyPI/wk |