# ComplyAdvantage vs Sumsub (slim)

> Sumsub scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics. Both do kyc screening. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Sumsub scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against ComplyAdvantage's 52.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ComplyAdvantage leads on agent ergonomics. Both do kyc screening.

- ComplyAdvantage: D 52.6, rank #564 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complyadvantage.min.md
- Sumsub: B 68.5, rank #177 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sumsub.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 60.
- Sumsub, good for An agent that starts verifications, sends links, reads results and AML cases, and works case queues for a regulated business, with one token limited to those permissions. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 42; Security & auth, 80 against 68; Payments & pricing, 25 against 10; Maintenance & community, 74 against 28; Transparency & trust, 74 against 50.

| Category | ComplyAdvantage | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 42 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ComplyAdvantage | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IVXS UK Limited (trading as ComplyAdvantage) | Sum and Substance Ltd |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com` | `https://api.sumsub.com` |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Price for kyc screening | not published | $1.85 per transaction |
| Licence | Proprietary service. No service agreement is published, and the terms page on complyadvantage.com covers the website only | Proprietary service under Sumsub's terms and conditions. The agent skills repository and the @sumsub/websdk npm package are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-03 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-05-21 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 | 2026-03-19 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | none | 172k npm/wk |