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

> Sumsub scores 68.5 (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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Sumsub scores 68.5 (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 schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. 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
- Sumsub: B 68.5, rank #220 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sumsub.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 Schema & documentation, 84 against 78; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 60.
- Sumsub, good for An agent that starts verifications, sends links, reads results and AML cases, and works case queues for a regulated business, with one token limited to those permissions. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 70; Security & auth, 80 against 58; Payments & pricing, 25 against 20; Maintenance & community, 74 against 58. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 58 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido) | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Onfido Ltd (Entrust) | Sum and Substance Ltd |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.sumsub.com` |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| 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 Sumsub's terms and conditions. The agent skills repository and the @sumsub/websdk npm package are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-03 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-05-21 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-03-19 |
| 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 | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 59k npm/wk, 27k PyPI/wk | 172k npm/wk |