# Shufti vs Socure RiskOS

> Socure RiskOS scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Shufti's 57.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do kyc identity. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Socure RiskOS scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Shufti's 57.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do kyc identity.

- Shufti: grade C, 57.8/100, rank #538 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shufti.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shufti.json
- Socure RiskOS: grade B, 63.5/100, rank #357 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/socure-riskos.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/socure-riskos.json

## Which one, for what

### Shufti (C)

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 in its favour:
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: No OpenAPI file or other machine-readable contract was found. The reference is prose tables plus Postman collections

### Socure RiskOS (B)

Good for: A company in the United States that wants one decision from combined KYC, document, fraud and watchlist checks through a single evaluation call.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 75 against 65
- Schema & documentation, 84 against 58

Watch for: No service agreement or API terms are published. The only terms pages are website terms of use and end-user terms for document capture


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Shufti | Socure RiskOS | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 75 | Socure RiskOS +10 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 84 | Socure RiskOS +26 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 46 | Shufti +1 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 60 | Shufti +2 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 35 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 75 | Socure RiskOS +3 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 68 | Shufti +3 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **57.8 · C** | **63.5 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Shufti | Socure RiskOS |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Shufti Pro Limited | Socure Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.shuftipro.com` | `https://mcp.riskos.socure.com/sandbox` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Shufti's Terms and Conditions. The licences of the mobile capture SDKs were not checked | Proprietary service. No service agreement is published, and the OpenAPI file states its licence as Proprietary |
| Tools exposed | 25 | 9 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |
| Popularity | 673 npm/wk | 35k npm/wk |

## Verdicts

**Shufti.** One endpoint covers document, face, address, AML and KYB checks, with a free plan of 10 verifications a month, and a hosted MCP server adds OAuth with three scopes. No OpenAPI file, server SDK or idempotency key was found, and the status page history could not be read.

**Socure RiskOS.** A public OpenAPI file, llms.txt, 15 documented error codes and dated release notes cover a ten-operation REST API, and Socure Launch publishes prices from $0.80 an evaluation with a free sandbox. API keys carry no scopes, no idempotency header is defined, no service terms are published, and production stays at zero requests until Socure activates it.

## Before you call either

### Shufti

1. POST every verification to `https://api.shuftipro.com/` with a unique `reference` of 6 to 250 characters and one object per service. Read results from `/status` with that reference
2. Register the callback domain in the back office first. An unregistered `callback_url` is rejected
3. Stay under 60 requests a minute per IP on a production account and 20 on a trial account
4. Check the `Signature` response header. Accounts created after 15 March 2023 hash the Secret Key with SHA-256 before appending it to the raw response
5. Through MCP, identity checks return a `verification_url` for the person to open. No tool accepts an image, so use the REST API for offsite proofs

### Socure RiskOS

1. Send `Authorization: Bearer <key>` to `https://riskos.sandbox.socure.com/api/evaluation` for tests and `https://riskos.socure.com/api/evaluation` for live checks. The two environments use separate keys.
2. Use dummy data only in the sandbox. It returns predefined results, connects to no live data source and expects the documented test values.
3. Store the `eval_id` from every `POST /api/evaluation` response. No list or search endpoint exists to find it later.
4. On 429 wait the seconds given in `X-Retry-After`. Do not blindly resend a failed `POST /api/evaluation`, because no idempotency header is documented and Launch bills each initiated evaluation.
5. The MCP server at `https://mcp.riskos.socure.com/sandbox` reads docs, workflows and webhooks with its own MCP Server Key. It cannot run evaluations or read results.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Shufti or Socure RiskOS?

Socure RiskOS scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Shufti's 57.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.

### Do Shufti and Socure RiskOS need an API key?

Shufti takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Socure RiskOS needs an API key.

### Can an agent call Shufti and Socure RiskOS without installing anything?

Yes. Shufti has a hosted endpoint at https://api.shuftipro.com and Socure RiskOS at https://mcp.riskos.socure.com/sandbox.


## For agents

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- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shufti.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/socure-riskos.json

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