Developer Tools · head to head
Fig vs Unit21
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Fig
Developer Tools
IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal
- From
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
Unit21
Cybersecurity
No-code fraud and AML risk operations platform for fintechs and neobanks
- From
- On request
- Free plan
- No
The short version
- Only Fig has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Fig shut down on 1 September 2024. Amazon acquired Fig in August 2023 and folded it into Amazon Q Developer, which now carries the terminal autocomplete; Unit21 it is built for fintech scale rather than card issuer scale, so organisations reaching very high transaction volumes generally re-evaluate against heavier platforms and face a migration.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Fig and Unit21 actually diverge.
Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Fig
Nothing recorded that Unit21 does not also cover.
Only in Unit21
- No-code rule builder
- Case management
- SAR filing
- Backtesting
- Identity and device signals
- Data ingestion API
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Fig
No use cases recorded yet. See the Fig review.
Unit21
- A neobank whose sponsor bank requires a documented monitoring programme before it will keep the BIN sponsorshipnot Fig
- A crypto exchange needing SAR filing and case management without building an internal compliance engineering teamnot Fig
- A payments startup where the fraud lead needs to ship a new rule the same day a new attack pattern appearsnot Fig
- A lender consolidating fraud alerts from three point tools into one investigator queue with a single audit trailnot Fig
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Fig
- Shut down on 1 September 2024. Amazon acquired Fig in August 2023 and folded it into Amazon Q Developer, which now carries the terminal autocomplete
- The standalone desktop app is no longer available or supported
- The completion specs remain open source on GitHub, but the product that consumed them is gone
Unit21
- It is built for fintech scale rather than card issuer scale, so organisations reaching very high transaction volumes generally re-evaluate against heavier platforms and face a migration.
- No-code rule authoring shifts power to the risk team, which is the point, but without governance it produces rule sprawl that nobody can explain to an examiner two years later.
- Detection quality depends on the signals you feed it, so a thin integration produces thin results and the platform cannot compensate with proprietary consortium data the way larger vendors do.
- Pricing is quoted by volume with an annual commitment, so a fintech whose growth stalls pays for headroom it did not use.
- SAR filing coverage is oriented to United States FinCEN reporting, so firms filing in the United Kingdom, European Union or Asia handle those submissions outside the tool.
Pricing, plan by plan
Fig
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Fig review.
Unit21
On request- Unit21 Platform$undefined/year
- Priced by monitored volume and modules, annual contract
- Fraud, AML and case management packaged separately
- Implementation and historical data backfill quoted with the subscription
Which should you pick?
Questions people ask
- Is Fig or Unit21 better?
- Neither clearly leads. Fig starts at Free and Unit21 at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Fig or Unit21?
- Fig has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Fig and On request for Unit21.
- Does Fig or Unit21 run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Fig for free?
- Yes. Fig has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Unit21 starts at On request.
- What can Fig do that Unit21 cannot?
- Unit21 covers No-code rule builder, Case management, SAR filing, Backtesting.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Unit21: Do we need engineers to run it?
Only for the initial data integration. After that the design intent is that risk and compliance staff author and deploy rules themselves.
Unit21: Does it file SARs?
Yes, it generates and electronically files suspicious activity reports to FinCEN. Non-US regimes are not covered to the same depth.
Unit21: Can we test a rule before it goes live?
Yes. Backtesting against historical data to see projected alert volume is one of the more useful parts of the product, because alert volume is the real cost.
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