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

> Entrust Identity Verification scores 62.1 (B) to ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D) for sanctions screening. 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 ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on security & auth. Both do sanctions screening.

- ComplyAdvantage: D 52.6, rank #778 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.min.md
- Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido): B 62.1, rank #472 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/entrust-identity-verification.min.md
- ComplyAdvantage, good 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. Ahead on Security & auth, 68 against 58. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- 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 42; Payments & pricing, 20 against 10; Maintenance & community, 58 against 28; Transparency & trust, 70 against 50.

| Category | ComplyAdvantage | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 42 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 58 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ComplyAdvantage | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage) | Onfido Ltd (Entrust) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com` | no (local only) |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service. No service agreement is published, and the terms page on complyadvantage.com covers the website only | 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 | 2026-09-16 | 2026-08-31 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 |  |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 59k npm/wk, 27k PyPI/wk |