{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "complyadvantage", "name": "ComplyAdvantage", "vendor": "IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage)", "vendorUrl": "https://complyadvantage.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "identity-verification", "summary": "ComplyAdvantage screens people and companies against sanctions lists, watchlists, politically exposed person registers and adverse media, with ongoing monitoring and case management. Agents reach its Mesh platform through a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/complyadvantage.json", "license": "Proprietary service. No service agreement is published, and the terms page on complyadvantage.com covers the website only", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "The Mesh API uses the OAuth2 client credentials flow. A Mesh admin, or a custom role with the API credential permissions, creates a credential in the web application under Settings, Access Management, API Credentials, choosing its permissions and an optional expiry date. The integration sends the access key and secret to `POST /v3/token` and receives a bearer token valid for 24 hours, with no refresh. A credential can't be edited, its secret is shown once, and deactivating it invalidates tokens already issued. The older username and password flow at `POST /v2/token` remains supported for existing integrations. Accounts are opened by ComplyAdvantage after a Starter Plan purchase or a sales contract, so there is no self-serve key (https://docs.mesh.complyadvantage.com/docs/getting-started, https://support.complyadvantage.com/articles/5045588818-creating-api-credentials, checked 2026-10-08).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The Starter Plan is priced by monitored entities a month. Essentials runs from $119 a month for up to 100 entities to $383 for up to 2,000 on monthly billing ($99 to $319 on annual billing), and the Agentic version from $179 to $575. Entities over the allowance are charged at 1.5 times the unit rate. Enterprise, which adds transaction monitoring and payment screening, is priced on application. No free tier or trial was found. Sandbox and production logins come with a paid account, set up by staff within one working day, and the pricing page says the API is included. ComplyLaunch gives early-stage start-ups free access on application (https://complyadvantage.com/pricing/, https://complyadvantage.com/starter-plan/, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$119 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Mesh API docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing pages (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.mesh.complyadvantage.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.mesh.complyadvantage.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.mesh.complyadvantage.com/openapi/mesh-api.json", "capabilities": [ "kyc.screening", "kyc.cases" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "sandbox", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "aml", "sanctions", "audit-log", "iso27001", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.6, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 564, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 28, "payments": 10, "reliability": 42, "schema": 82, "security": 68, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The Mesh API has a public OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 165 described operations, per-credential permissions and audit log endpoints, which suits an agent screening customers and working alerts. No status page, changelog, SDK, service agreement or subprocessor list was found in public, and access starts with a paid plan bought by a person.", "bestFor": "An agent that screens customers and companies against sanctions, politically exposed person and adverse media data, keeps them under monitoring and works the resulting alerts and cases.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 165 operations, each with a summary and description, and 124 naming the permission the call needs", "API credentials carry their own permissions and optional expiry, and deactivation invalidates tokens already issued", "Six audit log endpoints cover the account, cases, customers, roles, transactions and users", "Rate limits are published (1,000 requests a minute in production, 300 in Sandbox) with `Ratelimit-Limit`, `Ratelimit-Remaining` and `Ratelimit-Reset` headers", "`llms.txt` on the docs site, and every guide and reference page is served as Markdown" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public status page or incident history was found. `status.complyadvantage.com` does not resolve", "No changelog or release notes were found for the Mesh API", "No service agreement, data processing agreement or subprocessor list is published. The terms page covers the website only", "No free tier or self-serve trial. The Starter Plan starts at $119 a month and accounts are set up by staff within a working day", "No official SDK was found. Access tokens last 24 hours with no refresh", "Screening results carry third-party adverse media text, and no prompt-injection guidance was found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Exchange the access key and secret at `POST /v3/token` for a bearer token. It lasts 24 hours and can't be refreshed, so request a new one before expiry", "Ask for a credential with only the permissions the task needs. Permissions can't be edited later, and each reference page names the ones a call requires", "Create a screening configuration first and keep its `configuration_identifier`. Creating and screening a customer needs it", "Give each customer a unique external identifier. A concurrent request for the same identifier returns 409 with a pointer to the first workflow", "Read `Ratelimit-Remaining` and `Ratelimit-Reset` on every response. A 429 body is only `API rate limit exceeded`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 28, "payments": 10, "reliability": 42, "schema": 82, "security": 68, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com/v3/token \\\n -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n -d '{\"access_key\": \"\u003cyour access key\u003e\", \"secret\": \"\u003cyour secret\u003e\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/kyc.screening", "tool": "https://letme.dev/complyadvantage" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Essentials Starter Plan, up to 100 monitored entities", "unit": "month", "usd": 119, "note": "monthly billing; $99 a month on annual billing" }, { "item": "Essentials Starter Plan, up to 1,000 monitored entities", "unit": "month", "usd": 323, "note": "monthly billing; $269 a month on annual billing" }, { "item": "Essentials Starter Plan, up to 2,000 monitored entities", "unit": "month", "usd": 383, "note": "monthly billing; $319 a month on annual billing" }, { "item": "Agentic Starter Plan, up to 100 monitored entities", "unit": "month", "usd": 179, "note": "monthly billing; $149 a month on annual billing" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage)", "domain": "complyadvantage.com", "domainRegistered": "2014-07-05", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://complyadvantage.com/privacy-notice/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy notice (last updated 12 June 2026) names IVXS UK Limited, trading as ComplyAdvantage, 86-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE, registered with the UK Information Commissioner under ZA054290, and covers its products and services as well as the website.", "No `terms` is given. https://complyadvantage.com/terms-and-conditions/ is the website's terms of use, and no service agreement, API terms or data processing agreement was found on the site, the docs or the help centre.", "The Mesh API answers at api.mesh.complyadvantage.com and regional hosts under mesh.complyadvantage.com.", "https://complyadvantage.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt return 404.", "status.complyadvantage.com does not resolve, and no status page is linked from the site, the docs or the help centre. docs.mesh.complyadvantage.com/changelog returns 404.", "RDAP for complyadvantage.com gives a registration date of 2014-07-05." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.json", "live": { "slug": "complyadvantage", "probe": { "target": "https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:19.594708384Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 40, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 52, "p95ms24h": 91, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:19.594708384Z" } }, "answer": "ComplyCube scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "complycube", "name": "ComplyCube", "vendor": "ComplyCube (Teemo Technology Ltd)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.complycube.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "identity-verification", "summary": "ComplyCube verifies people from identity documents and a liveness check, screens people and companies against sanctions, PEP and adverse media lists, and runs address and bureau checks. Agents reach it through a REST API with separate test and live keys.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complycube", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complycube.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complycube.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/complycube.json", "repo": "https://github.com/complycube/complycube-php", "license": "Proprietary service under ComplyCube's terms of service. The PHP library and the web, iOS and Android SDK repositories are MIT, and `@complycube/api` on npm is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.complycube.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@complycube/api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "complycube" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Every request carries an API key in the `Authorization` header, with no Bearer prefix. Each account has a test key (prefix `test_`) and a live key (prefix `live_`), created and rotated on the API keys page of the Web Portal by a signed-in Owner, Administrator or Developer. Keys have no scopes, and the docs say they carry many privileges. The live key opens when the account is activated from Test to Live in the portal. Client-side SDKs use short-lived tokens from `POST /v1/tokens` (https://docs.complycube.com/documentation/api-reference/authentication).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Starter is $99 a month and Core $299, each converted to credits spent per check, with further checks billed at plan rates. On Starter a document check is $1.05, standard AML screening $0.50 and a photo liveness check $0.35. Growth and Enterprise are quoted by sales. Only completed verifications are charged. The sandbox is free with a test key, and a 14-day trial of 50 checks starts on activation to Live (https://www.complycube.com/en/pricing/, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$99 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 6182, "pypiWeekly": 292, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.complycube.com/documentation", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.complycube.com/documentation/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://2245032618-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FkAhgmUKSf8CFUFVL3GEe%2Fuploads%2FcpxxltxmYAxOotxgEkmP%2Fcomplycube-openapi.yaml?alt=media\u0026token=aa988fe0-8ce8-431c-a69a-6657f5eacf28", "capabilities": [ "kyc.identity", "kyc.documents", "kyc.screening", "kyc.business" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-based", "sandbox", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "status-page", "python", "typescript", "php", "dotnet", "iso27001", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 299, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 27, "reliability": 84, "schema": 78, "security": 52, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A sandbox with its own key and scripted outcomes, a public OpenAPI spec, Markdown docs and an audit log API suit an agent running verification checks. Each environment has one unscoped key, no idempotency keys were found, and the only published terms are undated and read as website terms.", "bestFor": "An agent that creates clients, uploads documents, starts document, identity and AML screening checks and reads results for a regulated business, with low entry cost ($99 a month) and a scripted sandbox.", "strengths": [ "Test and live environments have separate keys, and sandbox outcomes are set by test data such as a client last name of attention or failed", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.0 spec (version 1.7.3, 52 operations), `llms.txt`, and every docs page served as Markdown", "Audit log API records the team member, trigger, action and a field-level diff of old and new values", "Per-check prices are public for the Starter and Core plans, and failed or incomplete verifications are not charged", "Statuspage lists API, Web Portal and each check type for four regions, with no incident recorded since August 2022" ], "weaknesses": [ "One API key per environment with no scopes. The docs say keys carry many privileges", "No idempotency keys, and no Retry-After header documented for 429 responses", "The only published terms are undated, read as website terms and cite the Data Protection Act 1998. No service agreement or DPA was found on a public page", "No `security.txt`, disclosure policy or bug bounty found, and the trust centre is drawn by script", "Company search, address search and redaction endpoints are in the API reference but not in the OpenAPI spec", "The ComplyCube MCP server serves documentation only and cannot reach account data" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key bare in the `Authorization` header, with no Bearer prefix. Keys start `test_` or `live_`", "Create a client first, then documents or live photos for it, then `POST /v1/checks` with the client and upload IDs", "Stay under 10 requests a second live and 5 in the sandbox. On 429, back off exponentially with jitter, starting at 30 seconds", "A badly formed filter returns 200 with no results, so check filter names before trusting an empty list", "Checks are asynchronous. Subscribe to webhooks, verify the `ComplyCube-Signature` HMAC-SHA256 header, and expect duplicate and out-of-order events" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 27, "reliability": 84, "schema": 78, "security": 52, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install --save @complycube/api", "http": "curl -X GET https://api.complycube.com/v1/clients \\\n -H 'Authorization: \u003cYOUR_API_KEY\u003e'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/kyc.identity", "tool": "https://letme.dev/complycube" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "converted to usage credits; 1,000 checks a month quota" }, { "item": "Core plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "converted to usage credits; 8,000 checks a month quota" }, { "item": "Document verification check, Starter", "unit": "tx", "usd": 1.05, "note": "per completed check; $0.75 on Core" }, { "item": "Standard AML screening, Starter", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.5, "note": "per completed check; $0.35 on Core" }, { "item": "Extensive AML screening, Starter", "unit": "tx", "usd": 1.05, "note": "per completed check; $0.85 on Core" }, { "item": "Liveness and facial similarity check (photo), Starter", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.35, "note": "per completed check; $0.20 on Core" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Teemo Technology Ltd", "domain": "complycube.com", "domainRegistered": "2018-05-24", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.complycube.com/en/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://www.complycube.com/en/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.complycube.com", "changelog": "https://docs.complycube.com/documentation/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy policy gives ComplyCube as the trading name of TEEMO TECHNOLOGY LTD, company number 12392069, Crown House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX. The terms of service name only ComplyCube, registered in England and Wales, at that address.", "The terms of service are the only terms published. They define the Services to include ComplyCube's data and software services, but are written around website use, carry no date and cite the Data Protection Act 1998. No separate service agreement or DPA was found on a public page.", "The privacy policy covers the website and the Service and carries no date.", "The API answers at api.complycube.com, the Web Portal at portal.complycube.com and the docs at docs.complycube.com.", "www.complycube.com/.well-known/security.txt redirects to a 404 page, and api.complycube.com returns 403 for the same path.", "RDAP for complycube.com gives a registration date of 2018-05-24." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complycube.json", "live": { "slug": "complycube", "probe": { "target": "https://api.complycube.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:19.619695507Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 36, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 33, "p95ms24h": 67, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.complycube.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:48.052186709Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:48.052186709Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage)", "b": "ComplyCube (Teemo Technology Ltd)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com", "b": "https://api.complycube.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "not published", "b": "$0.50 per transaction", "name": "Price for kyc screening" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service. No service agreement is published, and the terms page on complyadvantage.com covers the website only", "b": "Proprietary service under ComplyCube's terms of service. The PHP library and the web, iOS and Android SDK repositories are MIT, and `@complycube/api` on npm is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-16", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-06-12", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "6.2k npm/wk, 292 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "ComplyCube scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ComplyAdvantage or ComplyCube?" }, { "answer": "ComplyAdvantage uses an OAuth sign-in. ComplyCube needs an API key.", "question": "Do ComplyAdvantage and ComplyCube need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ComplyAdvantage has a hosted endpoint at https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com and ComplyCube at https://api.complycube.com.", "question": "Can an agent call ComplyAdvantage and ComplyCube without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 67 against 60", "Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 52" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that screens customers and companies against sanctions, politically exposed person and adverse media data, keeps them under monitoring and works the resulting alerts and cases.", "slug": "complyadvantage", "watchFor": "No public status page or incident history was found. `status.complyadvantage.com` does not resolve" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 42", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 27 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 74 against 28", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 50" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that creates clients, uploads documents, starts document, identity and AML screening checks and reads results for a regulated business, with low entry cost ($99 a month) and a scripted sandbox.", "slug": "complycube", "watchFor": "One API key per environment with no scopes. The docs say keys carry many privileges" } ], "job": { "capability": "kyc.screening", "name": "Kyc screening" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-didit.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Didit", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-didit" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-jumio.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Jumio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-jumio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-middesk.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Middesk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-middesk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-persona.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Persona", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-persona" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-sumsub.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Sumsub", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-sumsub" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-trulioo.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Trulioo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-trulioo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-veriff.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Veriff", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-veriff" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-didit.json", "title": "ComplyAdvantage vs Didit", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-didit" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-jumio.json", "title": "ComplyAdvantage vs Jumio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-jumio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-middesk.json", "title": "ComplyAdvantage vs Middesk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-middesk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-persona.json", "title": "ComplyAdvantage vs Persona", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-persona" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-sumsub.json", "title": "ComplyAdvantage vs Sumsub", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-sumsub" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-trulioo.json", "title": "ComplyAdvantage vs Trulioo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-trulioo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-veriff.json", "title": "ComplyAdvantage vs Veriff", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-veriff" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 42, "complyadvantage": 42, "complycube": 84, "edge": "complycube", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "complyadvantage": 82, "complycube": 78, "edge": "complyadvantage", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 7, "complyadvantage": 67, "complycube": 60, "edge": "complyadvantage", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "complyadvantage": 68, "complycube": 52, "edge": "complyadvantage", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 17, "complyadvantage": 10, "complycube": 27, "edge": "complycube", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 46, "complyadvantage": 28, "complycube": 74, "edge": "complycube", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 13, "complyadvantage": 50, "complycube": 63, "edge": "complycube", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "ComplyCube scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth. Both do kyc screening.", "verdicts": { "complyadvantage": "The Mesh API has a public OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 165 described operations, per-credential permissions and audit log endpoints, which suits an agent screening customers and working alerts. No status page, changelog, SDK, service agreement or subprocessor list was found in public, and access starts with a paid plan bought by a person.", "complycube": "A sandbox with its own key and scripted outcomes, a public OpenAPI spec, Markdown docs and an audit log API suit an agent running verification checks. Each environment has one unscoped key, no idempotency keys were found, and the only published terms are undated and read as website terms." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-complycube", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-complycube.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-complycube.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-complycube.min.md" }, "markdown": "ComplyCube scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth. Both do kyc screening.\n\n- ComplyAdvantage: grade D, 52.6/100, rank #564 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/complyadvantage.json\n- ComplyCube: grade B, 63.7/100, rank #299 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complycube.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/complycube.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ComplyAdvantage (D)\n\nGood for: An agent that screens customers and companies against sanctions, politically exposed person and adverse media data, keeps them under monitoring and works the resulting alerts and cases.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 52\n\nWatch for: No public status page or incident history was found. `status.complyadvantage.com` does not resolve\n\n### ComplyCube (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that creates clients, uploads documents, starts document, identity and AML screening checks and reads results for a regulated business, with low entry cost ($99 a month) and a scripted sandbox.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 84 against 42\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 27 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 74 against 28\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 50\n\nWatch for: One API key per environment with no scopes. The docs say keys carry many privileges\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ComplyAdvantage | ComplyCube | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 42 | 84 | ComplyCube +42 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 78 | ComplyAdvantage +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 60 | ComplyAdvantage +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 52 | ComplyAdvantage +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 27 | ComplyCube +17 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 28 | 74 | ComplyCube +46 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 63 | ComplyCube +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.6 · D** | **63.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ComplyAdvantage | ComplyCube |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage) | ComplyCube (Teemo Technology Ltd) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com` | `https://api.complycube.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| Price for kyc screening | not published | $0.50 per transaction |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service. No service agreement is published, and the terms page on complyadvantage.com covers the website only | Proprietary service under ComplyCube's terms of service. The PHP library and the web, iOS and Android SDK repositories are MIT, and `@complycube/api` on npm is MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 6.2k npm/wk, 292 PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ComplyAdvantage.** The Mesh API has a public OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 165 described operations, per-credential permissions and audit log endpoints, which suits an agent screening customers and working alerts. No status page, changelog, SDK, service agreement or subprocessor list was found in public, and access starts with a paid plan bought by a person.\n\n**ComplyCube.** A sandbox with its own key and scripted outcomes, a public OpenAPI spec, Markdown docs and an audit log API suit an agent running verification checks. Each environment has one unscoped key, no idempotency keys were found, and the only published terms are undated and read as website terms.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ComplyAdvantage\n\n1. Exchange the access key and secret at `POST /v3/token` for a bearer token. It lasts 24 hours and can't be refreshed, so request a new one before expiry\n2. Ask for a credential with only the permissions the task needs. Permissions can't be edited later, and each reference page names the ones a call requires\n3. Create a screening configuration first and keep its `configuration_identifier`. Creating and screening a customer needs it\n4. Give each customer a unique external identifier. A concurrent request for the same identifier returns 409 with a pointer to the first workflow\n5. Read `Ratelimit-Remaining` and `Ratelimit-Reset` on every response. A 429 body is only `API rate limit exceeded`\n\n### ComplyCube\n\n1. Send the key bare in the `Authorization` header, with no Bearer prefix. Keys start `test_` or `live_`\n2. Create a client first, then documents or live photos for it, then `POST /v1/checks` with the client and upload IDs\n3. Stay under 10 requests a second live and 5 in the sandbox. On 429, back off exponentially with jitter, starting at 30 seconds\n4. A badly formed filter returns 200 with no results, so check filter names before trusting an empty list\n5. Checks are asynchronous. Subscribe to webhooks, verify the `ComplyCube-Signature` HMAC-SHA256 header, and expect duplicate and out-of-order events\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ComplyAdvantage or ComplyCube?\n\nComplyCube scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do ComplyAdvantage and ComplyCube need an API key?\n\nComplyAdvantage uses an OAuth sign-in. ComplyCube needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ComplyAdvantage and ComplyCube without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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