iDenfy alternatives in 2026: 7 options compared on checks, review and price

Published 2026-11-10 · By the Koncile team

iDenfy sells a hosted identity verification flow (document, selfie, liveness, human review) with AML, KYB and fraud signals around it, and its price page could not be read on 10 November 2026. The right iDenfy alternative depends on the part you use. For the full flow, Sumsub, Ondato, Didit and Veriff (below 5,000 a month) publish prices, Onfido sells on quote; if you mostly need the data and a check on the document, an SDK such as Regula or a document tool such as Koncile costs less, but does no face match. Facts come from each vendor's own pages, read between 4 and 10 November 2026.

Which iDenfy alternative fits which case

iDenfy sells a hosted identity verification flow: the user photographs a document, takes a selfie with liveness, then an AI analysis and, for unclear cases, a human reviewer return a status. Around it come AML screening, business verification (KYB), proof of address, bank verification and fraud signals. Pick an alternative from the part you actually use; our guide to KYC software maps these services to the four layers of a KYC program.

What iDenfy sells, according to its own documentation

iDenfy's website blocked our automated reading behind a bot check on 10 November 2026 (as it did on 4 and 8 November), so this section relies on its public developer documentation at documentation.idenfy.com, read the same day. The standard flow is simple: your server creates a session token, the user is redirected to iDenfy's page, an iframe or a mobile SDK, uploads the document and a selfie, and a webhook returns APPROVED, DENIED or SUSPECTED.

Three details matter for a comparison. First, the coverage figures are not consistent: one page says "3000+ types of documents" from 200+ countries, the supported documents page says "16,000+ supported identity document types". Ask which documents of your countries are covered with full checks. Second, iDenfy publishes its own targets: about 89 % of verifications approved automatically, up to 99 % with manual review, manual review in 3 minutes on average, 24/7. These are vendor figures, not an independent test. Third, a SUSPECTED status is not a rejection: iDenfy reports the flag (name mismatch, age, AML hit, duplicate face) and leaves the decision to you, so you need rules for each tag.

On data, the documentation states that document images, biometric data and extracted personal data are processed and stored in EU data centres by default, with other regions on enterprise plans, and lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications.

iDenfy pricing: what is public

We could not read iDenfy's pricing page: on 10 November 2026 it returned a Cloudflare bot check, and we do not work around those. Its documentation mentions a "Charge Per Completed" pricing model on Basic, Premium and Enterprise plans, credits consumed per verification, and separate credits for fraud probability checks, but gives no amounts. Per check figures for iDenfy found on competitors' blogs are second hand and undated in most cases; we quote none of them.

To compare honestly, price your own flow: ask what counts as a completed verification, whether a user who abandons after the document step is billed, what AML, NFC and proof of address add per check, and whether manual review is included. The cost table further down uses only prices we could read on the vendors' own pages.

Why teams look for an iDenfy alternative

• A price you cannot compare in advance. If the rate card is behind a sign up or a sales call, budgeting a new market means asking again.
• Human review in the loop. Mixing AI and human reviewers raises approval rates, but it adds minutes to some decisions and leaves SUSPECTED cases for your own team. Some products need a fully automated answer in seconds.
• Capture first design. The standard flow starts with the user photographing the document. Direct Processing accepts images by API, but it has to be activated on the contract and does no 3D liveness. Passports scanned by a branch or ID cards attached to an email are not what the flow is built for.
• A platform larger than the need. KYB, AML monitoring, age estimation and bank verification are useful for a fintech; they are extra weight for a team that only reads an ID once.
• Data residency outside the EU. EU storage is the default; other regions are an enterprise option. A US or Asian buyer with local storage rules may prefer a vendor with a local region on standard plans.

iDenfy remains a sensible choice for European fintech, crypto and marketplace onboarding: EU data storage by default, NFC reading, a broad compliance suite and human reviewers for hard cases are real reasons to stay. The question is whether you need all of it, and at what price.

The alternatives, one by one

1. Koncile: document reading and fraud checks, for files

Koncile, the publisher of this guide, reads passports, national ID cards on both sides, residence permits and driver licenses, and returns each printed field and the MRZ lines as JSON through an API or a web app. A fraud analysis runs on the same page and returns a score from 0 to 100 with the result of each test: PDF forensics, metadata, image edit detection and an AI fake detection model. It works on what you already have (a PDF, a scan, a phone photo sent by email) rather than on a capture session, and the same account reads the proof of address. Our passport OCR API page shows the request and the response.

Price (koncile.ai/en/pricing, read on 4 November 2026): 20 free credits at signup; Advanced €199 per month for 1,000 credits; Pro €799 for 5,000 credits; no commitment. Reading a page costs 1 credit; a page run through fraud detection costs 2 credits, extraction included. A passport is one page, a two sided ID card two.

The limit, said plainly: Koncile does not do face match, liveness, chip (NFC) reading, database lookups or sanctions screening, and there is no human reviewer behind the score. A good scan of a well made physical fake can pass, and a genuine document photographed badly can get a middling score: a score is a signal to verify, never an accusation. If your onboarding must prove that the person holding the phone owns the document, Koncile replaces iDenfy's document only sessions at most, and can sit next to a biometric provider.

2. Sumsub: the closest platform with public prices

Sumsub sells ID verification, liveness and face match on its Basic plan at $1.35 per verification with a $149 monthly minimum, and adds AML screening, ongoing monitoring and address verification on its Compliance plan at $1.85 with a $299 minimum (sumsub.com/pricing, read on 4 November 2026). It claims 14,000+ document types and NFC reading. Our page on the Sumsub alternative options details the plans.

Best for: teams that want iDenfy's scope with a price list. Watch: the monthly minimum, and extras such as proof of address billed on top.

3. Ondato: a European suite with a human fallback

Ondato lists identity verification at €1.40 to €0.50 per verification depending on volume (ondato.com, read on 4 November 2026). Every account includes document data extraction, liveness with biometric analysis, an AI fraud detection engine, deepfake detection, a KYC specialist fallback for unclear cases and unlimited data retention. AML screening is an extra at €0.45 to €0.04 per check, a proof of address check €0.60 to €0.30.

Best for: buyers who like iDenfy's mix of automation and human review and want a published grid. Watch: confirm the volume tier you will actually reach before you compare.

4. Didit: a full flow at the lowest visible price

Didit publishes every module price on didit.me/pricing (read on 4 November 2026). The free plan gives 500 full KYC verifications every month (ID, liveness, face match, device and IP analysis), then a full check costs $0.33, with no minimum and no contract. ID verification alone is $0.15, NFC reading $0.15, AML screening from $0.07. The page announced a pricing change on 1 November 2026, so check the current grid before you budget.

Best for: startups and price sensitive volume. Watch: a younger vendor; ask for references in your sector and country.

5. Veriff: self serve plans from $0.80, Enterprise on quote

Veriff's pricing page (read on 4 November 2026) shows an Enterprise plan for more than 5,000 verifications a month, priced in an order form, with setup, implementation and account management included, and retries after a blurry photo not billed for ID verification. It claims 12,500+ supported documents and a 6 second average decision. Its self serve tab, read on 11 November 2026, also lists three plans for fewer than 5,000 verifications a month: $0.80, $1.39 and $1.89 per verification, with $49, $99 and $209 monthly minimums and a 15 day free trial. Our page on Veriff pricing prices each plan at three volumes.

Best for: consumer apps that care about pass rates and speed. Watch: compare only on a written quote.

6. Onfido, now Entrust Identity Verification

Onfido belongs to Entrust since 2024. Its documentation (read on 6 November 2026) details a Document report with breakdowns (data validation, MRZ against printed text, visual authenticity, image integrity), an automated Instant version where Entrust says 95 % of results come back in under five seconds, NFC chip checks during a phone capture, and biometric reports. No price is published. Our Onfido alternatives guide describes each report.

Best for: enterprises that want fully automated answers with documented document checks. Watch: quote only, so you trade one opaque price for another.

7. Regula Document Reader SDK: document checks in your own app

Regula sells SDKs rather than a hosted flow. Its Document Reader SDK claims 17,000+ document templates (page read on 9 November 2026), reads the MRZ, barcodes and the chip, and runs authenticity checks on the device. Pricing is on request, with a 30 day free trial.

Best for: product teams that want iDenfy's document and NFC step inside their own app and will build the rest. Watch: no hosted workflow, human review or AML; you build or buy them separately. Our comparison of 10 passport OCR APIs covers Regula and other document tools in more depth.

iDenfy vs Sumsub vs Ondato at a glance

On public facts the three sell the same kind of bundle; iDenfy and Ondato both put humans behind the automated decision. The decision should come from a test on your own documents: run the shortlisted tools on the same few hundred real files, including the ones you rejected, and compare decisions and time to decision.

What 1,000 document checks a month cost

The table prices one month of 1,000 passports (one page each) at the public rates above. The rows do not buy the same thing: read the last column first.

Do you need the full flow or only the document data?

Most teams that leave iDenfy fall into one of two groups, and the right shortlist differs.

• You must prove the user is present. Regulated onboarding (bank account, crypto exchange, gambling) usually requires a selfie with liveness matched to the ID. Stay with full platforms: Sumsub, Ondato, Didit, Veriff or Onfido. Your compliance team, not the vendor, decides whether a selfie is required.
• You need the data and a check on the file. Pre filling a form, processing passports in a rental, travel or insurance file, reviewing an ID received by email: what matters is accurate fields, the MRZ and a signal that the image was edited. A document tool or an SDK is enough, and usually cheaper. Our MRZ OCR page explains what the machine readable zone lets you cross check.

How to move away from iDenfy without breaking onboarding

1. List the services you call. ID verification, document only sessions, NFC, AML, proof of address, KYB: note which ones run on every user and which ones only on some.
2. Map the statuses and tags. Write down what your system does with APPROVED, DENIED and each SUSPECTED tag, and decide which result of the new tool triggers the same action.
3. Plan the review work. If iDenfy's reviewers handled unclear cases, either pick a vendor with a human fallback or staff your own review queue before the switch.
4. Run both in parallel on a few hundred real files, including rejected ones, and compare decisions and time to decision case by case.
5. Export your records. The documentation says customers can export their data at any time before account closure and that accounts are removed 60 days after closure; export the verification reports you must retain first.
6. Time it with the contract. Check the notice period, then switch the webhooks and the capture screens in one release.

Sources

• iDenfy documentation, home, read on 10 November 2026
• iDenfy documentation, Identity Verification API (KYC), read on 10 November 2026
• iDenfy documentation, Direct Processing, read on 10 November 2026
• iDenfy documentation, Data residency, read on 10 November 2026
• iDenfy documentation, Supported documents, read on 10 November 2026
• iDenfy documentation, Fraud probability, read on 10 November 2026
• Sumsub pricing, read on 4 November 2026
• Ondato identity verification pricing, read on 4 November 2026
• Didit pricing, read on 4 November 2026
• Veriff plans and pricing, read on 4 November 2026, self serve tab on 11 November 2026
• Entrust documentation, Document report, read on 6 November 2026
• Regula Document Reader SDK, read on 9 November 2026
• Koncile pricing, read on 4 November 2026