# Alloy vs Shufti (slim)

> Shufti scores 57.8 (C) to Alloy's 52.4 (D) for identity verification. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Shufti scores 57.8 (C) on agent readiness against Alloy's 52.4 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Alloy leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do identity verification.

- Alloy: D 52.4, rank #782 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alloy.min.md
- Shufti: C 57.8, rank #631 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shufti.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 Schema & documentation, 73 against 58; Agent ergonomics, 52 against 47.
- Shufti, good for A team that wants document, face, address, AML and KYB checks behind one endpoint, a free plan for low volume, and an MCP server that hands the person a hosted verification link. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 59; Security & auth, 62 against 49; Payments & pricing, 35 against 0; Transparency & trust, 71 against 62. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Alloy | Shufti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 47 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Alloy | Shufti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy) | Shufti Pro Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.shuftipro.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Alloy's terms of service. The @alloyidentity/web-sdk capture package is MIT | Proprietary service under Shufti's Terms and Conditions. The licences of the mobile capture SDKs were not checked |
| Tools exposed | none | 25 |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-12 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 21k npm/wk | 673 npm/wk |