# Persona vs Sumsub (slim)

> Persona scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Sumsub's 68.5 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Sumsub leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. 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 Sumsub's 68.5 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Sumsub leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do kyc identity.

- Persona: B 69.5, rank #148 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/persona.min.md
- Sumsub: B 68.5, rank #167 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sumsub.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 Schema & documentation, 85 against 78; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 60; Payments & pricing, 35 against 25.
- 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 73; Transparency & trust, 74 against 68.

| Category | Persona | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Persona | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Persona Identities, Inc. | Sum and Substance Ltd |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.withpersona.com` | `https://api.sumsub.com` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Persona's terms of service. The `persona` JavaScript client on npm is MIT | Proprietary service under Sumsub's terms and conditions. The agent skills repository and the @sumsub/websdk npm package are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 190 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-03 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-05-21 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 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 | 570k npm/wk | 172k npm/wk |