# Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) vs Middesk (slim)

> Entrust Identity Verification scores 62.1 (B) to Middesk's 59 (C) for identity verification. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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 & community. Both do identity verification.

- Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido): B 62.1, rank #472 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/entrust-identity-verification.min.md
- Middesk: C 59, rank #596 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.min.md
- Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido), good 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. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 65 against 56; Payments & pricing, 20 against 10; Transparency & trust, 70 against 61.
- Middesk, good 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. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 64 against 58. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Middesk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 73 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 56 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 58 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Middesk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Onfido Ltd (Entrust) | Middesk, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.middesk.com/v1` |
| 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 |
| Tools exposed | none | 11 |
| Last release | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 59k npm/wk, 27k PyPI/wk | 2 stars |