# ComplyAdvantage vs Shufti

> Shufti scores 57.8 (C) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do kyc screening. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes…

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Shufti scores 57.8 (C) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do kyc screening.

- ComplyAdvantage: grade D, 52.6/100, rank #653 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/complyadvantage.json
- Shufti: grade C, 57.8/100, rank #538 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shufti.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shufti.json

## Which one, for what

### ComplyAdvantage (D)

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:
- Schema & documentation, 82 against 58
- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 47
- Security & auth, 68 against 62

Watch for: No public status page or incident history was found. `status.complyadvantage.com` does not resolve

### Shufti (C)

Good for: A team that wants document, face, address, AML and KYB checks behind one endpoint, a free plan for low volume, and an MCP server that hands the person a hosted verification link.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 65 against 42
- Payments & pricing, 35 against 10
- Maintenance & community, 72 against 28
- Transparency & trust, 71 against 50

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: No OpenAPI file or other machine-readable contract was found. The reference is prose tables plus Postman collections


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | ComplyAdvantage | Shufti | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 42 | 65 | Shufti +23 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 58 | ComplyAdvantage +24 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 47 | ComplyAdvantage +20 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 62 | ComplyAdvantage +6 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 35 | Shufti +25 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 28 | 72 | Shufti +44 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 71 | Shufti +21 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **52.6 · D** | **57.8 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | ComplyAdvantage | Shufti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage) | Shufti Pro Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com` | `https://api.shuftipro.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service. No service agreement is published, and the terms page on complyadvantage.com covers the website only | Proprietary service under Shufti's Terms and Conditions. The licences of the mobile capture SDKs were not checked |
| Tools exposed | none | 25 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 | 2026-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |
| Popularity | none | 673 npm/wk |

## 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.

**Shufti.** One endpoint covers document, face, address, AML and KYB checks, with a free plan of 10 verifications a month, and a hosted MCP server adds OAuth with three scopes. No OpenAPI file, server SDK or idempotency key was found, and the status page history could not be read.

## Before you call either

### ComplyAdvantage

1. 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
2. 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
3. Create a screening configuration first and keep its `configuration_identifier`. Creating and screening a customer needs it
4. Give each customer a unique external identifier. A concurrent request for the same identifier returns 409 with a pointer to the first workflow
5. Read `Ratelimit-Remaining` and `Ratelimit-Reset` on every response. A 429 body is only `API rate limit exceeded`

### Shufti

1. POST every verification to `https://api.shuftipro.com/` with a unique `reference` of 6 to 250 characters and one object per service. Read results from `/status` with that reference
2. Register the callback domain in the back office first. An unregistered `callback_url` is rejected
3. Stay under 60 requests a minute per IP on a production account and 20 on a trial account
4. Check the `Signature` response header. Accounts created after 15 March 2023 hash the Secret Key with SHA-256 before appending it to the raw response
5. Through MCP, identity checks return a `verification_url` for the person to open. No tool accepts an image, so use the REST API for offsite proofs

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, ComplyAdvantage or Shufti?

Shufti scores 57.8 (C) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth.

### Do ComplyAdvantage and Shufti need an API key?

ComplyAdvantage uses an OAuth sign-in. Shufti takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call ComplyAdvantage and Shufti without installing anything?

Yes. ComplyAdvantage has a hosted endpoint at https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com and Shufti at https://api.shuftipro.com.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-shufti.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complyadvantage-vs-shufti.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "complyadvantage", "b": "shufti"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare complyadvantage shufti`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/complyadvantage.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shufti.json

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