# Persona vs Shufti (slim)

> Persona scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Shufti's 57.8 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do kyc identity. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Persona scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Shufti's 57.8 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do kyc identity.

- Persona: B 69.5, rank #176 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/persona.min.md
- Shufti: C 57.8, rank #538 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shufti.min.md
- 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 Reliability, 70 against 65; Schema & documentation, 85 against 58; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 47; Security & auth, 73 against 62.
- 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. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Persona | Shufti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 47 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Persona | Shufti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Persona Identities, Inc. | Shufti Pro Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.withpersona.com` | `https://api.shuftipro.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Persona's terms of service. The `persona` JavaScript client on npm is MIT | Proprietary service under Shufti's Terms and Conditions. The licences of the mobile capture SDKs were not checked |
| Tools exposed | 190 | 25 |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 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 | 570k npm/wk | 673 npm/wk |