# Jumio vs Middesk (slim)

> Middesk scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Jumio's 55 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Jumio leads on security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do kyc identity. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Middesk scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Jumio's 55 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Jumio leads on security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do kyc identity.

- Jumio: C 55, rank #521 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jumio.min.md
- Middesk: C 59, rank #440 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.min.md
- Jumio, good for An enterprise with a Jumio contract that wants document, selfie and liveness checks, watchlist screening and Latin American, Thai and Australian database checks behind OpenAPI-described endpoints. Ahead on Security & auth, 63 against 56; Maintenance & community, 75 against 64.
- 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 Reliability, 73 against 65; Schema & documentation, 82 against 73; Agent ergonomics, 56 against 45; Payments & pricing, 10 against 0. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Jumio | Middesk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 73 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 45 | 56 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jumio | Middesk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Jumio Corporation | Middesk, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.middesk.com/v1` |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service. No public service agreement was found. The @jumio/websdk npm package is marked UNLICENSED | 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 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-04 | no date given |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 72 stars, 2.1k npm/wk | 2 stars |