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

> Entrust Identity Verification scores 62.1 (B) to Shufti's 57.8 (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 Shufti's 57.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Shufti leads on payments & pricing and 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
- Shufti: C 57.8, rank #631 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shufti.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 Reliability, 70 against 65; Schema & documentation, 84 against 58; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 47.
- Shufti, good for A team that wants document, face, address, AML and KYB checks behind one endpoint, a free plan for low volume, and an MCP server that hands the person a hosted verification link. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 72 against 58. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Shufti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 47 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 58 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Shufti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Onfido Ltd (Entrust) | Shufti Pro Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.shuftipro.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| 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 Shufti's Terms and Conditions. The licences of the mobile capture SDKs were not checked |
| Tools exposed | none | 25 |
| Last release | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 59k npm/wk, 27k PyPI/wk | 673 npm/wk |