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

> Plaid Identity Verification scores 67.1 (B) to Entrust Identity Verification's 62.1 (B) for identity verification. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Plaid Identity Verification scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido)'s 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) leads on payments & pricing. 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
- Plaid Identity Verification: B 67.1, rank #278 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plaid-identity-verification.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 Payments & pricing, 20 against 15.
- Plaid Identity Verification, good for US, Canadian and UK companies that want KYC with data source checks, documents and selfies, especially those already on Plaid or wanting Monitor screening in the same flow. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 91 against 84; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 65; Maintenance & community, 83 against 58; Transparency & trust, 77 against 70.

| Category | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Plaid Identity Verification |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 58 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Plaid Identity Verification |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Onfido Ltd (Entrust) | Plaid Inc. |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| 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 Plaid's developer policy and end-user terms. The OpenAPI file and client libraries are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-13 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-12-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2025-12-01 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| 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 | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 59k npm/wk, 27k PyPI/wk | 1.2M npm/wk, 656k PyPI/wk |