# Shufti vs Sumsub (slim)

> Sumsub scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against Shufti's 57.8 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Shufti leads on payments & pricing. 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 Shufti's 57.8 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Shufti leads on payments & pricing. Both do kyc identity.

- Shufti: C 57.8, rank #538 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shufti.min.md
- Sumsub: B 68.5, rank #200 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sumsub.min.md
- 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. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 35 against 25. Also Free to start without a card.
- 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 58; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 47; Security & auth, 80 against 62.

| Category | Shufti | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 58 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 47 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Shufti | Sumsub |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Shufti Pro Limited | Sum and Substance Ltd |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.shuftipro.com` | `https://api.sumsub.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Shufti's Terms and Conditions. The licences of the mobile capture SDKs were not checked | Proprietary service under Sumsub's terms and conditions. The agent skills repository and the @sumsub/websdk npm package are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 25 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-03 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-05-21 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2026-03-19 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| 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 | 673 npm/wk | 172k npm/wk |