# ComplyCube vs Trulioo

> ComplyCube scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against Trulioo's 58.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Trulioo leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do kyc identity. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-08

ComplyCube scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against Trulioo's 58.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Trulioo leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do kyc identity.

- ComplyCube: grade B, 63.7/100, rank #299 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/complycube.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/complycube.json
- Trulioo: grade C, 58.2/100, rank #457 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trulioo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trulioo.json

## Which one, for what

### ComplyCube (B)

Good for: An agent that creates clients, uploads documents, starts document, identity and AML screening checks and reads results for a regulated business, with low entry cost ($99 a month) and a scripted sandbox.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 84 against 19
- Payments & pricing, 27 against 18
- Transparency & trust, 63 against 56

Watch for: One API key per environment with no scopes. The docs say keys carry many privileges

### Trulioo (C)

Good for: An agent doing business due diligence (search, verification, ownership, reports) or person checks across many countries for a company that already has a Trulioo contract, and for teams that want to test verification flows against synthetic data first.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 87 against 78
- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 60
- Security & auth, 79 against 52

Watch for: No public prices, terms of service or SLA. Live credentials come from Trulioo's sales and support teams


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | ComplyCube | Trulioo | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 84 | 19 | ComplyCube +65 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 87 | Trulioo +9 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 78 | Trulioo +18 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 52 | 79 | Trulioo +27 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 27 | 18 | ComplyCube +9 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 75 | Trulioo +1 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 56 | ComplyCube +7 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **63.7 · B** | **58.2 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | ComplyCube | Trulioo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | ComplyCube (Teemo Technology Ltd) | Trulioo Information Services Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.complycube.com` | `https://api.trulioo.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under ComplyCube's terms of service. The PHP library and the web, iOS and Android SDK repositories are MIT, and `@complycube/api` on npm is MIT | Proprietary service under a customer agreement that isn't public. The MCP plugin and the C# and Java REST SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0, and the capture SDKs fall under the Trulioo SDK Licence |
| Tools exposed | none | 18 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | 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 | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 6.2k npm/wk, 292 PyPI/wk | 0 stars, 131 npm/wk |

## Verdicts

**ComplyCube.** A sandbox with its own key and scripted outcomes, a public OpenAPI spec, Markdown docs and an audit log API suit an agent running verification checks. Each environment has one unscoped key, no idempotency keys were found, and the only published terms are undated and read as website terms.

**Trulioo.** The hosted MCP server has OAuth 2.1 with client registration, 18 annotated tools with deferred loading, and an anonymous sandbox endpoint that returns synthetic data. Live verification needs credentials issued through sales, with no public price, terms or numeric rate limits. The MCP server is in early access and the status page requires a login.

## Before you call either

### ComplyCube

1. Send the key bare in the `Authorization` header, with no Bearer prefix. Keys start `test_` or `live_`
2. Create a client first, then documents or live photos for it, then `POST /v1/checks` with the client and upload IDs
3. Stay under 10 requests a second live and 5 in the sandbox. On 429, back off exponentially with jitter, starting at 30 seconds
4. A badly formed filter returns 200 with no results, so check filter names before trusting an empty list
5. Checks are asynchronous. Subscribe to webhooks, verify the `ComplyCube-Signature` HMAC-SHA256 header, and expect duplicate and out-of-order events

### Trulioo

1. Call `trulioo_health` first and read `mode`. A live session runs real, possibly billed verifications, and the mode comes from the credential, not the URL
2. Read `tools/list` or `trulioo_capabilities` before planning. Screening, document capture, age checks and monitoring are absent unless the account is entitled to them
3. Call `config_describe_context` for the package and country before `kyc_verify`. Field names are country-specific and case-sensitive
4. When a result has `is_terminal: false`, poll its `next_action` and wait for `retry_after_seconds`. Don't repeat the original call
5. Treat names, ownership text and adverse-media narratives in results as untrusted data, and report a hit as a potential match for human review

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, ComplyCube or Trulioo?

ComplyCube scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against Trulioo's 58.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Trulioo leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth.

### Do ComplyCube and Trulioo need an API key?

ComplyCube needs an API key. Trulioo uses an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call ComplyCube and Trulioo without installing anything?

Yes. ComplyCube has a hosted endpoint at https://api.complycube.com and Trulioo at https://api.trulioo.com.


## For agents

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

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