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Head to head · Identity verification · October 2026 research run

Shufti vs Vouched

Shufti scores 57.8 (C) on agent readiness against Vouched's 56.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Vouched leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do identity verification.

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ShuftiShufti Pro Limited · HTTP API C57.8/100#631 of 1076 VouchedVouched Identity, Inc. · HTTP API C56.4/100#673 of 1076

Which one, for what

Shufti C

Best 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

  • Reliability, 65 against 50
  • Security & auth, 62 against 40
  • Payments & pricing, 35 against 30
  • Maintenance & community, 72 against 60

Also in its favour

  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
  • 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

Vouched C

Best for US businesses in healthcare, finance, automotive and gig work that want document and selfie checks with published prices.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 81 against 58
  • Agent ergonomics, 66 against 47

Watch for

Rate limits are stated without a number

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runShuftiVouchedEdge
Reliability16%206550Shufti +15
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.25881Vouched +23
Agent ergonomics13%16.24766Vouched +19
Security & auth14%17.56240Shufti +22
Payments & pricing10%12.53530Shufti +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87260Shufti +12
Transparency & trust7%8.87174Vouched +3
Negative events≤1500
TotalC 57.8/100C 56.4/100

Facts side by side

FactShuftiVouched
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorShufti Pro LimitedVouched Identity, Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://api.shuftipro.comno (local only)
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP
AuthOAuth or keyAPI key
PricingFreemiumPay per use
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under Shufti's Terms and Conditions. The licences of the mobile capture SDKs were not checkedProprietary service under Vouched's Customer Terms of Service. The React Native capture package is Apache-2.0
Tools exposed25none
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
Last release2026-10-062026-08-28
Terms last updated2026-02-12
Privacy policy last updated2026-09-012022-12-05
Customer content may train modelsyes, with an opt-outyes
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingyes
Terms or service can change without noticeyes
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Popularity673 npm/wk69 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.

Vouched

Vouched publishes per-transaction prices from $0.75 with a $300 monthly minimum and a 14-day trial, and its docs carry llms.txt, OpenAPI fragments and filterable job search. Rate limits have no number, there is no idempotency key, server SDK or security.txt, and the API status page shows a 70-minute rise in rejections on 1 October 2026.

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

Vouched

  1. Use the private key in X-API-Key against verify.vouched.id or verify.eu.vouched.id, matching the account's region
  2. Check Find Jobs before resubmitting. There is no idempotency key and each job is billed
  3. Pass withPhotos=false and select fields on Find Jobs to keep responses small
  4. In a test account, use the name test pass for a clean result and any other name for a failure
  5. Back off on 429. All endpoints share one limit and no figure is published

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Shufti or Vouched?

Shufti scores 57.8 (C) on agent readiness against Vouched's 56.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Vouched leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics.

Do Shufti and Vouched need an API key?

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

Can an agent call Shufti and Vouched without installing anything?

Shufti has a hosted endpoint at https://api.shuftipro.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Vouched.

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