# Alloy vs Sumsub (slim)

> Sumsub scores 68.5 (B) to Alloy's 52.4 (D) for identity verification. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Sumsub scores 68.5 (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
- Sumsub: B 68.5, rank #220 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sumsub.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.
- Sumsub, good for An agent that starts verifications, sends links, reads results and AML cases, and works case queues for a regulated business, with one token limited to those permissions. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 59; Schema & documentation, 78 against 73; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 52; Security & auth, 80 against 49; Payments & pricing, 25 against 0; Transparency & trust, 74 against 62. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Alloy | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Alloy | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | First Mile Group, Inc. (Alloy) | Sum and Substance Ltd |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.sumsub.com` |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Alloy's terms of service. The @alloyidentity/web-sdk capture package is MIT | Proprietary service under Sumsub's terms and conditions. The agent skills repository and the @sumsub/websdk npm package are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-03 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-12 | 2026-05-21 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-03-19 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 21k npm/wk | 172k npm/wk |