How much does KYC verification cost per check in 2026?

Published per-verification rates run from $0.33 (Didit Full KYC bundle) to $1.89 (Veriff Premium). The widely cited mid-market band sits at $0.80 to $1.35: Veriff Essential $0.80 + $49/mo min, Socure Launch $0.80 with $1,000 monthly free credits, Shufti Pro Essentials $0.95, Sumsub Basic $1.35 + $149/mo min, iDenfy Basic $1.35 + $135/mo min. Stripe Identity is GBP 1.25 (approximately $1.57 at June 2026 exchange rate). Six vendors (Onfido/Entrust, Persona, Jumio, Trulioo, Alloy, Plaid IDV) do not publish per-verification pricing; we do not infer rates for them and list them with a Quote Only badge.

Which KYC vendor is cheapest in 2026?

On a published list-price basis, Didit at $0.33 per Full KYC bundle (ID + passive liveness + face match + device/IP) is the cheapest, with 500 bundles per month free forever and no monthly minimum. Veriff Essential ($0.80) and Socure Launch ($0.80) are the next cheapest with a published USD list rate. Shufti Pro Essentials ($0.95) bundles AML screening in the base rate.

Why won't KYC vendors publish prices?

Enterprise KYC vendors (Onfido under Entrust, Persona, Jumio, Trulioo, Alloy, Plaid) operate sales-led pricing because their target buyer is a regulated firm signing a multi-year contract bundling KYC, AML, KYB and ongoing monitoring. We surface these vendors with a Quote Only badge and a sales-contact link rather than inferring a price.

Does PEP and sanctions screening cost extra?

It depends on the vendor model. Veriff and iDenfy publish a per-check PEP + Sanctions add-on ($0.64 and $0.50 respectively on the entry tier). Sumsub bundles AML into a Compliance tier that prices the whole base at $1.85 per verification with $299/mo minimum, not a la carte. Shufti Pro Essentials includes AML in the $0.95 base. Socure DocV + Watchlist costs $0.90 per evaluation.

KYC & Identity Verification · 8 public · 6 quote-only · Verified June 2026

KYC Pricing 2026: Veriff $0.80, Sumsub $1.35, Stripe £1.25, 6 Vendors Won't Quote

Per-verification math the vendors won't quote in writing. Didit $0.33 (500/mo free), Veriff Essential $0.80 + $49/mo min, Socure $0.80 with $1K credit, Shufti Pro $0.95, Sumsub $1.35 + $149/mo, iDenfy $1.35 + $135/mo, Stripe Identity GBP 1.25. Onfido (now Entrust), Persona, Jumio, Trulioo, Alloy and Plaid IDV are sales-led, we don't fabricate numbers. No demo, no NDA.

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Direct Answer

What does KYC cost per verification in 2026?

Published list prices run $0.33 to $1.89 per verification. Eight vendors publish; six are quote-only. Mid-market band is $0.80 to $1.35, with Sumsub Compliance at $1.85 if AML screening is bundled. Didit is the cheapest at $0.33 with 500/mo free, forever.

The 5.7x gap between cheapest and most expensive published per-check rate is real, and the matrix below shows exactly where each option lands. Quote-only vendors are listed with a contact-sales link, not an inferred rate.

Procurement Estimator

KYC vendor cost calculator

Tune your monthly verification volume and compliance mix. Calculator runs on published list prices for the 6 USD-public vendors. Stripe (GBP-listed), Ondato (EUR range), and the 6 quote-only vendors show below for context.

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Monthly verifications

PEP / Sanctions screening share (100%)

Manual review share (2%)

Require liveness detection on every check

Rank	Vendor	Monthly	Per check (effective)	Notes
1	Didit per verification	$2,475	$0.31	AML screening included in this tier at no extra per-check cost. First 500 verifications/month are free, remainder billed at $0.33.
2	Socure per verification	$5,400	$0.68	AML screening included in this tier at no extra per-check cost. Applied Socure Launch tier's $1,000 monthly free credits.
3	Shufti Pro per verification	$7,600	$0.95	AML screening included in this tier at no extra per-check cost.
4	Veriff per verification	$11,520	$1.44	Base rate applied.
5	Sumsub per verification	$14,800	$1.85	AML rate uses Sumsub Compliance tier delta ($1.85 vs $1.35); whole-account switch to Compliance applies once any AML is needed in practice.
6	iDenfy per verification	$16,888	$2.11	Base rate applied.
FX	Stripe GBP list price	Pricing published in GBP, not USD. Excluded from USD stack to avoid currency drift. See the vendor page for the GBP or EUR figure.
Q	Ondato Quote only	Pricing not publicly disclosed by Ondato. Contact Ondato sales.
Q	Onfido (Entrust) Quote only	Pricing not publicly disclosed by Onfido (Entrust). Contact Onfido (Entrust) sales.
Q	Persona Quote only	Pricing not publicly disclosed by Persona. Contact Persona sales.
Q	Jumio Quote only	Pricing not publicly disclosed by Jumio. Contact Jumio sales.
Q	Trulioo Quote only	Pricing not publicly disclosed by Trulioo. Contact Trulioo sales.
Q	Alloy Quote only	Pricing not publicly disclosed by Alloy. Contact Alloy sales.
Q	Plaid Quote only	Pricing not publicly disclosed by Plaid. Contact Plaid sales.

How we calculate: Base = monthly volume x per-verification rate. AML portion = volume x screening share x add-on rate (Sumsub uses the Compliance-tier delta because AML requires a tier upgrade rather than an a la carte add-on). Liveness add-on applied for vendors that do not include it (iDenfy). Manual review add-on at $0.55/check applied to iDenfy Basic. Monthly minimums enforced. Didit's permanent 500/month free tier and Socure's $1,000 monthly credit are subtracted from the raw total. Full methodology with sources ->

The 3-band answer

Most KYC procurements fall into three clear bands by monthly verification volume. The card most regulated buyers want is the middle one, 5,000 to 30,000 verifications per month, where the cheapest published USD list rate (Didit at $0.33 plus 500 free) and the most expensive entry tier still publishing prices (Veriff Premium at $1.89 + $209/mo) produce a 5.7x spread on the same workload. The lowest band, under 500 verifications per month, is dominated by free tiers from Didit, Stripe Identity, Shufti Pro and Socure's credit. The highest band, above 50,000 verifications per month, is where most quote-only vendors actually operate, including Onfido (Entrust), Persona, Jumio and Trulioo.

Under 500 verifications/mo

Free tiers cover it

Didit 500 Full KYC bundles free forever. Stripe Identity 50 free, no time limit. Shufti Pro 10/mo free forever. Socure $1,000 monthly credit covers roughly 1,250 DocV evaluations.

Spend: $0 to $135/mo

5,000 to 30,000 verifications/mo

Per-check math matters

Didit $0.33, Socure $0.80, Veriff Essential $0.80 + $49/mo, Shufti Pro $0.95, Sumsub Basic $1.35 + $149/mo, iDenfy $1.35 + $135/mo. PEP/sanctions add-on is the swing factor for regulated workloads.

Spend: $1.6K to $50K/mo

Above 50,000 verifications/mo

Quote-only territory

Onfido (Entrust), Persona, Jumio, Trulioo, Alloy and Plaid IDV all require a sales call at this volume. iDenfy Enterprise drops to $0.55 per check under negotiated terms. Sumsub Enterprise is custom. Veriff offers volume discounts.

Spend: $25K to $250K+/mo

All 14 vendors at a glance

Sorted by ascending per-verification rate, then quote-only vendors. Every cell links to the vendor's own pricing page (where one exists) and to a per-vendor dossier on this site. Six vendors flagged Quote Only below have no publicly disclosed price. We do not fabricate numbers for them, we link to their contact pages.

Vendor	Pricing	Per Verification	Monthly Min	Free Tier	Liveness	PEP / Sanctions
Didit Didit Full KYC Bundle	Public	$0.33	None	Free Tier 500 Full KYC bundles per month, forever	Included	Tier upgrade
Veriff Veriff Identity Verification	Public	$0.80	$49/mo	Free Tier 15-day trial, up to 50 sessions	Included	+$0.64
Socure Socure Launch	Public	$0.80	None	Free Tier $1,000 in free monthly credits on Launch tier	Included	Tier upgrade
Shufti Pro Shufti Pro Essentials	Public	$0.95	None	Free Tier 10 verifications per month, no card required	Included	Tier upgrade
Stripe Stripe Identity	Public	£1.25 GBP list price	None	Free Tier 50 verifications free, no time limit	Included	Quote
iDenfy iDenfy Identity Verification	Public	$1.35	$135/mo	Free Tier 14-day trial, 10 verification checks	+$0.25	+$0.50
Sumsub Sumsub KYC/AML Platform	Public	$1.35	$149/mo	Free Tier 14-day trial, 50 free checks	Included	Tier upgrade
Ondato Ondato Identity Verification	Public	Quote only	None	None	Included	Quote
Alloy Alloy Identity Decisioning Platform	Quote Only	Quote only	None	None	N/A	Quote
Jumio Jumio KYX Platform	Quote Only	Quote only	None	None	N/A	Quote
Onfido (Entrust) Entrust Identity Verification (formerly Onfido)	Quote Only	Quote only	None	None	N/A	Quote
Persona Persona Identity Platform	Quote Only	Quote only	None	None	N/A	Quote
Plaid Plaid Identity Verification	Quote Only	Quote only	None	None	N/A	Quote
Trulioo Trulioo GlobalGateway	Quote Only	Quote only	None	None	N/A	Quote

8 public · 6 quote-onlyMethodology & sources

Why per-verification prices vary 5.7x

On a workload of 10,000 verifications per month with 100% PEP/sanctions screening and liveness required, Didit quotes about $3,135/month (10K x $0.33, minus 500 free x $0.33) while Veriff Premium plus PEP add-on quotes about $25,300/month (10K x $1.89 + 10K x $0.64). That 8x spread is real, and it has four drivers.

Bundled vs add-on AML. Shufti Pro Essentials and Sumsub Compliance bundle AML screening into the per-check price. Veriff and iDenfy charge it separately. Didit charges per individual module.
Monthly minimum commit. Veriff $49, iDenfy $135, Sumsub $149, Veriff Plus $99, Veriff Premium $209, Sumsub Compliance $299, iDenfy Premium $325.
Liveness included vs add-on. Veriff, Sumsub, Stripe Identity and Shufti Pro include liveness in the base rate. iDenfy charges $0.25 per check (Basic) for 3D face liveness on top.
Manual review. iDenfy charges $0.55 per check for 24/7 manual review on the Basic tier; cheaper on Premium and Enterprise.

The six vendors that won't quote a price

Onfido (now operating as Entrust Identity Verification after the 2024 Entrust acquisition), Persona, Jumio, Trulioo, Alloy, and Plaid Identity Verification all require a sales call to learn the price. We do not infer historical or mid-market rates for them. See the quote-only vendors deep dive for the operational consequences of vendor opacity.

By industry

Different verticals have different KYC obligations. Crypto exchanges and iGaming operators carry the heaviest AML and PEP/sanctions load. Neo-banks and lenders carry CDD plus enhanced due diligence on high-risk customers. See KYC cost by industry for the per-vertical procurement math.

Per-vendor dossiers

Each dossier includes pricing-model explainer, full rate table, worked example and source URL. Eight published-pricing vendors plus six quote-only vendors.

Head-to-head comparisons

Didit vs Veriff: $0.33 bundle vs $0.80 Essential + $49/mo min.
Veriff vs Sumsub: $1.44 blended vs $1.85 Compliance with AML.
Veriff vs Onfido (Entrust): published vs quote-only since acquisition.
Sumsub vs Jumio: published vs quote-only enterprise KYX.
Stripe Identity vs Sumsub: lighter vs regulated-vertical default.
Persona vs Onfido (Entrust): orchestration vs first-party IDV.

Industry deep-dives

KYC for crypto exchanges: $1.40-$2.40 per onboard; FATF Travel Rule.
KYC for neo-banks: $1.20-$2.40 per onboard; CIP + Bank Secrecy Act.
KYC for iGaming: $1.40-$2.40 plus source-of-funds at thresholds.
KYC for lending: $1.00-$1.85 with step-up workflow.
KYC for marketplaces: $0.30-$1.60 seller verification.

Cost-line guides

AML screening cost: $0.50-$1.85 per check, add-on vs bundled.
KYB pricing: EUR 600 per check on the one published anchor.
Hidden KYC costs: minimums, implementation, escalators, ongoing.

Where to go next

Use the calculator above with your actual monthly verification volume.
For the regulatory framing, see sister sites soc2compliancecost.com for SOC 2 and pcicompliancecost.com for PCI DSS.
For the methodology, see methodology.
For why we treat Onfido, Persona, Jumio, Trulioo, Alloy and Plaid as quote-only, see quote-only vendors.