{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "entrust-identity-verification", "name": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido)", "vendor": "Onfido Ltd (Entrust)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.entrust.com/products/identity-verification", "kind": "http-api", "category": "identity-verification", "summary": "Entrust Identity Verification, formerly Onfido, checks identity documents, selfies and liveness, runs watchlist and database checks and orchestrates them in Workflow Studio. Agents use the Onfido Public API v3.6 in EU, US and CA regions.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/entrust-identity-verification", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/entrust-identity-verification.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/entrust-identity-verification.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/entrust-identity-verification.json", "repo": "https://github.com/onfido/onfido-openapi-spec", "license": "Proprietary service under Entrust's terms. The OpenAPI spec and the server libraries (onfido-java, onfido-node, onfido-php, onfido-python, onfido-ruby) are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@onfido/api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "onfido-python" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API tokens per region and environment (`api_live.`, `api_sandbox.`, with `_us` and `_ca` variants) sent as `Authorization: Token token=\u003ctoken\u003e`, generated in the Dashboard under Developers, API authentication. From v3.6, OAuth client credentials issue 60-minute access tokens, with scopes and a per-application IP allowlist set in the Dashboard. Tokens remain valid until revoked. SDK tokens are separate and scoped to one workflow run. Live checks need billing details on the account (checked 2026-10-14).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No price list was readable. Entrust's pricing page answered 403. The UK G-Cloud 14 listing by Onfido Ltd gives £0.43 to £2.12 a transaction and says a free trial with sandbox access is available. Sandbox requests aren't charged (checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the API v3.6 reference or the OpenAPI spec (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 59334, "pypiWeekly": 26714, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://documentation.identity.entrust.com/", "llmsTxt": "https://documentation.identity.entrust.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/onfido/onfido-openapi-spec/blob/master/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "kyc.identity", "kyc.documents", "kyc.screening" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "api-key", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "sandbox", "status-page", "python", "typescript", "java", "ruby", "php", "soc2", "iso27001" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-31", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 472, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 84, "security": 58, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The v3.6 API has a public MIT OpenAPI file, server libraries in five languages, OAuth client credentials with scopes and an 18-month deprecation notice. Entrust's own site answered 403, so terms, privacy notice, pricing and security.txt weren't read. There is no idempotency key, and live tokens need a Dashboard account with billing details.", "bestFor": "A company already contracted with Entrust that wants an agent to create applicants, start workflow runs and read reports through typed libraries and a public spec.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0 file for v3.6 (85 operations, MIT) with official libraries in Java, Node.js, PHP, Python and Ruby", "OAuth client credentials with scopes and a per-application IP allowlist, alongside region-specific API tokens", "Rate limits stated, 400 requests a minute live and 120 in sandbox, with a free sandbox that returns predetermined results", "Written versioning policy with at least 18 months' notice before a version is deprecated", "Webhooks signed with HMAC-SHA256, retried five times over 10 hours and resendable for 30 days" ], "weaknesses": [ "entrust.com answered 403 to every request, so the terms, privacy notice, pricing page and security.txt weren't read", "No idempotency key on POST and no Retry-After header on 429", "The API release notes page has no entry after 27 February 2023", "A faulty deployment rejected valid tokens on the CA Public API for an hour on 7 September 2026", "Pricing is known only as a range of £0.43 to £2.12 a transaction from a 2024 UK G-Cloud listing" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the regional host for the account (api.eu, api.us or api.ca.onfido.com/v3.6). v3.6 has no default region", "Prefer an OAuth client with only the scopes the task needs over a live API token, and refresh the 60-minute access token", "Stay under 400 requests a minute live and 120 in sandbox, and back off on a 429 `rate_limit` error", "Check before retrying a POST. There is no idempotency key, so a retry can create a second applicant or check", "Treat webhook events as duplicates or out of order, and verify `X-SHA2-Signature` over the raw body" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 84, "security": 58, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install onfido-python" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/kyc.identity", "tool": "https://letme.dev/entrust-identity-verification" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Onfido Ltd", "domain": "onfido.com", "domainRegistered": "2013-02-22", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.entrust.com/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.entrust.com/sites/default/files/documentation/licensingandagreements/product-privacy-notice-identity-verification-services.pdf", "statusPage": "https://status.onfido.com", "changelog": "https://documentation.identity.entrust.com/api/release-notes", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The UK G-Cloud 14 listing names ONFIDO LTD as supplier. The docs say Onfido is now part of Entrust.", "onfido.com/terms-and-conditions and onfido.com/privacy redirect to the entrust.com URLs above, which answered 403, so neither was read.", "onfido.com/.well-known/security.txt redirects to entrust.com, which answered 403.", "The API answers on api.{eu,us,ca}.onfido.com, an onfido.com subdomain. The docs moved to documentation.identity.entrust.com.", "RDAP for onfido.com gives a registration date of 2013-02-22." ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/entrust-identity-verification.json", "live": { "slug": "entrust-identity-verification", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.onfido.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:10.845654397Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:10.845654397Z" } }, "answer": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Middesk's 59 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Middesk leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "middesk", "name": "Middesk", "vendor": "Middesk, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.middesk.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "identity-verification", "summary": "Business verification API from Middesk in San Francisco. It checks US and international businesses against registry, tax ID, sanctions and watchlist records, monitors them for changes, and files liens and state tax registrations, over REST and a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/middesk.json", "repo": "https://github.com/middesk/plugins", "license": "Proprietary service under Middesk's Business Verification Terms and Conditions. The Claude Code and Codex plugins on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.middesk.com/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access is granted by Middesk's sales team, and keys are then created in the dashboard under Settings, Developer, Credentials. An API key goes as the Basic auth username or as a Bearer token. `mk_test` keys work only against https://api-sandbox.middesk.com/v1 and `mk_live` keys only against https://api.middesk.com/v1. OAuth 2.0 authorisation code is available for acting in another Middesk user's account, with up to 5 clients an account, `read_only` or `read_write` scope, no consent screen, access tokens that don't expire and a revoke endpoint. The hosted MCP server takes OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, or a live API key as a Bearer token. The account's IP allowlist applies to OAuth requests.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public prices. Fees are set in an order form under the Business Verification Terms and Conditions, the site has no pricing page (middesk.com/pricing returns 404) and its buttons ask for a demo. A sandbox with mock data comes with every account. Middesk's plugin README says trial accounts exist and issue test keys only, and we didn't find how one is opened without sales. Creating a business places billable orders (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI spec or the site (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 11, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.middesk.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.middesk.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.middesk.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "kyc.business", "kyc.screening", "kyc.cases", "kyc.identity" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "enterprise", "sales-led", "api-key", "oauth", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "sandbox", "graphql", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 596, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 64, "payments": 10, "reliability": 73, "schema": 82, "security": 56, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 contract for 87 operations, llms.txt, Markdown docs and a dated weekly changelog make the REST API readable to an agent, and OAuth has a read-only scope. Access is sales-led. No price, self-serve signup or official SDK was found, and the hosted MCP server rejects sandbox keys.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 87 operations and 373 schemas, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "Dated changelog with nine entries between 20 July and 5 October 2026, breaking changes labelled as such", "OAuth 2.0 with `read_only` and `read_write` scopes and a revoke endpoint. The MCP server adds PKCE and dynamic client registration", "Sandbox at api-sandbox.middesk.com with documented trigger values for names, addresses, TINs, people and watchlist hits", "The public terms of 21 August 2026 bar training generative AI models on customer data in any form" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public price. Fees are set in an order form, and every docs page ends with a prompt to contact sales", "No official SDK found on npm, PyPI or RubyGems, and none in the vendor's GitHub organisation", "The hosted MCP server runs against production only, so a sandbox key fails on every call", "Creating a business places billable orders, and an empty `orders` array doesn't prevent that", "OAuth access tokens don't expire, and no security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Match the key to the host. `mk_test` keys work only at https://api-sandbox.middesk.com/v1 and `mk_live` keys only at https://api.middesk.com/v1", "Name the `orders` on `POST /v1/businesses`. Omitting them places a verification order plus every package the account runs automatically, all billed", "Send `address_line1` and `address_line2`. The API ignores `address_line_1` without an error", "A 201 means the business was created, not verified. Wait for the `business.updated` webhook or poll until `status` leaves `pending`", "Stay under 20 requests a second per account, and in sandbox wait the seconds in `Retry-After` after a 429 on business creation" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 64, "payments": 10, "reliability": 73, "schema": 82, "security": 56, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 78 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api-sandbox.middesk.com/v1/businesses \\\n -u $MIDDESK_SANDBOX_API_KEY: \\\n -H \"Accept: application/json\" \\\n -d name=Corporation \\\n -d addresses\\[0\\]\\[address_line1\\]=223+Grand+St. \\\n -d addresses\\[0\\]\\[city\\]=new+york \\\n -d addresses\\[0\\]\\[state\\]=NY \\\n -d addresses\\[0\\]\\[postal_code\\]=10013", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http middesk https://mcp.middesk.com/mcp \\\n --header \"Authorization: Bearer mk_live_...\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "middesk": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer mk_live_your_api_key" }, "url": "https://mcp.middesk.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/kyc.business", "tool": "https://letme.dev/middesk" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Middesk, Inc.", "domain": "middesk.com", "domainRegistered": "2018-11-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.middesk.com/policies/bv-msa", "privacy": "https://www.middesk.com/policies/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.middesk.com", "changelog": "https://docs.middesk.com/guides/get-started/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Business Verification Terms and Conditions (last updated 21 August 2026) define Middesk as Middesk, Inc. The website terms (last updated 9 November 2023) give the address 85 2nd St., Suite 710, San Francisco, CA 94105.", "The API answers at api.middesk.com and api-sandbox.middesk.com, and the MCP server at mcp.middesk.com, all middesk.com subdomains.", "security.txt returns 404 on www.middesk.com, docs.middesk.com and api.middesk.com.", "The privacy policy was last updated on 2 November 2025 and gives no retention periods.", "trust.middesk.com is a Vanta trust centre that only renders with JavaScript, so we couldn't read its contents.", "RDAP for middesk.com gives a registration date of 2018-11-20." ], "score": 78 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.json", "live": { "slug": "middesk", "probe": { "target": "https://api.middesk.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-14T09:41:58.376784664Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 223, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 199, "p95ms24h": 289, "samples24h": 248, "samples30d": 1432, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 93, "ok": 93 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 100, "ok": 100 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.middesk.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:20.219759487Z" }, "githubStars": 2, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://middesk.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:53.415982745Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.middesk.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:11:55.350435161Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "middesk.com", "registered": "2018-11-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/middesk.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:15:33.841683063Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.middesk.com/guides/get-started/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:15:15.883115675Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T19:50:33.168092919Z", "fingerprint": "7ca34d4bfc70" }, { "url": "https://www.middesk.com/policies/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:30:07.695118742Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a386a0eeeb69" }, { "url": "https://www.middesk.com/policies/bv-msa", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:30:05.218950698Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "26b54790c413" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:41:58.376784664Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Onfido Ltd (Entrust)", "b": "Middesk, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.middesk.com/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Entrust's terms. The OpenAPI spec and the server libraries (onfido-java, onfido-node, onfido-php, onfido-python, onfido-ruby) are MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under Middesk's Business Verification Terms and Conditions. The Claude Code and Codex plugins on GitHub are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "11", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-08-31", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "59k npm/wk, 27k PyPI/wk", "b": "2 stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Middesk's 59 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Middesk leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) or Middesk?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) and Middesk need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido). Middesk has a hosted endpoint at https://api.middesk.com/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) and Middesk without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 65 against 56", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 61" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A company already contracted with Entrust that wants an agent to create applicants, start workflow runs and read reports through typed libraries and a public spec.", "slug": "entrust-identity-verification", "watchFor": "entrust.com answered 403 to every request, so the terms, privacy notice, pricing page and security.txt weren't read" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 64 against 58" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "middesk", "watchFor": "No public price. Fees are set in an order form, and every docs page ends with a prompt to contact sales" } ], "job": { "capability": "kyc.identity", "name": "Identity verification" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alloy-vs-entrust-identity-verification.json", "title": "Alloy vs Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alloy-vs-entrust-identity-verification" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alloy-vs-middesk.json", "title": "Alloy vs Middesk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alloy-vs-middesk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-entrust-identity-verification.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-entrust-identity-verification" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-middesk.json", "title": "ComplyCube vs Middesk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/complycube-vs-middesk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/didit-vs-entrust-identity-verification.json", "title": "Didit vs Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/didit-vs-entrust-identity-verification" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/didit-vs-middesk.json", "title": "Didit vs Middesk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/didit-vs-middesk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-jumio.json", "title": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) vs Jumio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-jumio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-persona.json", "title": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) vs Persona", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-persona" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-plaid-identity-verification.json", "title": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) vs Plaid Identity Verification", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-plaid-identity-verification" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-shufti.json", "title": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) vs Shufti", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-shufti" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-socure-riskos.json", "title": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) vs Socure RiskOS", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-socure-riskos" }, { "json": 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No price, self-serve signup or official SDK was found, and the hosted MCP server rejects sandbox keys." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-middesk", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-middesk.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-middesk.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-middesk.min.md" }, "markdown": "Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Middesk's 59 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Middesk leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do identity verification.\n\n- Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido): grade B, 62.1/100, rank #472 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/entrust-identity-verification.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/entrust-identity-verification.json\n- Middesk: grade C, 59/100, rank #596 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/middesk.json\n- Best identity and business verification APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/identity-verification/index.md\n- All 119 verification comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/identity-verification/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) (B)\n\nGood for: A company already contracted with Entrust that wants an agent to create applicants, start workflow runs and read reports through typed libraries and a public spec.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 65 against 56\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 61\n\nWatch for: entrust.com answered 403 to every request, so the terms, privacy notice, pricing page and security.txt weren't read\n\n### Middesk (C)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 64 against 58\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No public price. Fees are set in an order form, and every docs page ends with a prompt to contact sales\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Middesk | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 73 | Middesk +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 82 | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 56 | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 56 | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 10 | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 64 | Middesk +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 61 | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **62.1 · B** | **59 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Middesk |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Onfido Ltd (Entrust) | Middesk, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.middesk.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Entrust's terms. The OpenAPI spec and the server libraries (onfido-java, onfido-node, onfido-php, onfido-python, onfido-ruby) are MIT | Proprietary service under Middesk's Business Verification Terms and Conditions. The Claude Code and Codex plugins on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 11 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 59k npm/wk, 27k PyPI/wk | 2 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido).** The v3.6 API has a public MIT OpenAPI file, server libraries in five languages, OAuth client credentials with scopes and an 18-month deprecation notice. Entrust's own site answered 403, so terms, privacy notice, pricing and security.txt weren't read. There is no idempotency key, and live tokens need a Dashboard account with billing details.\n\n**Middesk.** A public OpenAPI 3.1 contract for 87 operations, llms.txt, Markdown docs and a dated weekly changelog make the REST API readable to an agent, and OAuth has a read-only scope. Access is sales-led. No price, self-serve signup or official SDK was found, and the hosted MCP server rejects sandbox keys.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido)\n\n1. Use the regional host for the account (api.eu, api.us or api.ca.onfido.com/v3.6). v3.6 has no default region\n2. Prefer an OAuth client with only the scopes the task needs over a live API token, and refresh the 60-minute access token\n3. Stay under 400 requests a minute live and 120 in sandbox, and back off on a 429 `rate_limit` error\n4. Check before retrying a POST. There is no idempotency key, so a retry can create a second applicant or check\n5. Treat webhook events as duplicates or out of order, and verify `X-SHA2-Signature` over the raw body\n\n### Middesk\n\n1. Match the key to the host. `mk_test` keys work only at https://api-sandbox.middesk.com/v1 and `mk_live` keys only at https://api.middesk.com/v1\n2. Name the `orders` on `POST /v1/businesses`. Omitting them places a verification order plus every package the account runs automatically, all billed\n3. Send `address_line1` and `address_line2`. The API ignores `address_line_1` without an error\n4. A 201 means the business was created, not verified. Wait for the `business.updated` webhook or poll until `status` leaves `pending`\n5. Stay under 20 requests a second per account, and in sandbox wait the seconds in `Retry-After` after a 429 on business creation\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) or Middesk?\n\nEntrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Middesk's 59 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Middesk leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) and Middesk need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) and Middesk without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido). Middesk has a hosted endpoint at https://api.middesk.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-middesk.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/entrust-identity-verification-vs-middesk.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"entrust-identity-verification\", \"b\": \"middesk\"}`. 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