# ComplyAdvantage vs Middesk (slim)

> Middesk scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do kyc screening. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Middesk scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do kyc screening.

- ComplyAdvantage: D 52.6, rank #564 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.min.md
- Middesk: C 59, rank #440 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.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 Agent ergonomics, 67 against 56; Security & auth, 68 against 56.
- Middesk, good for An agent onboarding or re-checking US businesses for a bank, lender or marketplace that already holds a Middesk contract, with registry, TIN, sanctions and lien data in one object. Ahead on Reliability, 73 against 42; Maintenance & community, 64 against 28; Transparency & trust, 61 against 50.

| Category | ComplyAdvantage | Middesk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 42 | 73 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 56 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ComplyAdvantage | Middesk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage) | Middesk, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com` | `https://api.middesk.com/v1` |
| 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 Middesk's Business Verification Terms and Conditions. The Claude Code and Codex plugins on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 11 |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | none | 2 stars |