# ComplyAdvantage vs Persona (slim)

> Persona scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do kyc screening. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Persona scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do kyc screening.

- ComplyAdvantage: D 52.6, rank #564 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.min.md
- Persona: B 69.5, rank #157 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/persona.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.
- Persona, good for A company that already runs Persona and wants an agent to create inquiries from templates, read verification and report results, screen against watchlists and work review cases with a permission-limited key. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 67; Security & auth, 73 against 68; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10; Maintenance & community, 75 against 28; Transparency & trust, 68 against 50.

| Category | ComplyAdvantage | Persona |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 42 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ComplyAdvantage | Persona |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage) | Persona Identities, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com` | `https://mcp.withpersona.com` |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service. No service agreement is published, and the terms page on complyadvantage.com covers the website only | Proprietary service under Persona's terms of service. The `persona` JavaScript client on npm is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 190 |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 | couldn't be read |
| 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 | 570k npm/wk |