# Middesk vs Persona (slim)

> Persona scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Middesk's 59 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do kyc business. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Persona scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Middesk's 59 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do kyc business.

- Middesk: C 59, rank #389 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.min.md
- Persona: B 69.5, rank #148 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/persona.min.md
- 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.
- Persona, good for A company that already runs Persona and wants an agent to create inquiries from templates, read verification and report results, screen against watchlists and work review cases with a permission-limited key. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 74 against 56; Security & auth, 73 against 56; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10; Maintenance & community, 75 against 64; Transparency & trust, 68 against 61.

| Category | Middesk | Persona |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 73 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 56 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Middesk | Persona |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Middesk, Inc. | Persona Identities, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.middesk.com/v1` | `https://mcp.withpersona.com` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Middesk's Business Verification Terms and Conditions. The Claude Code and Codex plugins on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under Persona's terms of service. The `persona` JavaScript client on npm is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 11 | 190 |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 2 stars | 570k npm/wk |