# Jumio vs Sumsub (slim)

> Sumsub scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against Jumio's 55 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do kyc identity. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Sumsub scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against Jumio's 55 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do kyc identity.

- Jumio: C 55, rank #521 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jumio.min.md
- Sumsub: B 68.5, rank #177 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sumsub.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.
- 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 65; Schema & documentation, 78 against 73; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 45; Security & auth, 80 against 63; Payments & pricing, 25 against 0; Transparency & trust, 74 against 60. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Jumio | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 45 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jumio | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Jumio Corporation | Sum and Substance Ltd |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.sumsub.com` |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service. No public service agreement was found. The @jumio/websdk npm package is marked UNLICENSED | Proprietary service under Sumsub's terms and conditions. The agent skills repository and the @sumsub/websdk npm package are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-03 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-05-21 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-04 | 2026-03-19 |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 72 stars, 2.1k npm/wk | 172k npm/wk |