# Shufti vs Vouched

> Shufti scores 57.8 (C) to Vouched's 56.4 (C) for identity verification. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-14

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.

- Shufti: grade C, 57.8/100, rank #631 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shufti.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shufti.json
- Vouched: grade C, 56.4/100, rank #673 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vouched.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vouched.json
- Best identity and business verification APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/identity-verification/index.md
- All 119 verification comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/identity-verification/index.md

## 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.

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)

Good 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

| Category | Weight | Shufti | Vouched | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 50 | Shufti +15 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 81 | Vouched +23 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 66 | Vouched +19 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 40 | Shufti +22 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 30 | Shufti +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 60 | Shufti +12 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 74 | Vouched +3 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **57.8 · C** | **56.4 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Shufti | Vouched |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Shufti Pro Limited | Vouched Identity, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.shuftipro.com` | no (local only) |
| 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 under Vouched's Customer Terms of Service. The React Native capture package is Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 25 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-08-28 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-02-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2022-12-05 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 673 npm/wk | 69 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.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shufti-vs-vouched.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shufti-vs-vouched.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "shufti", "b": "vouched"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare shufti vouched`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shufti.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vouched.json

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