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Jumio vs Soketi

Jumio logo

Jumio

Cybersecurity

Document-based identity verification for regulated onboarding

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite
Soketi logo

Soketi

Developer Tools

Self-hosted, Pusher-compatible WebSockets server with a stalled maintenance record

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Soketi has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Jumio no pricing is published at any tier, so a buyer cannot size the cost without entering a sales process, and benchmarking requires a competitive bid from a vendor that does publish.; Soketi maintenance has effectively stalled: the maintainer has said time is severely limited, releases are infrequent, and the community has been discussing whether the project is abandoned, which means security fixes may not arrive.
  • They diverge on capability: Jumio covers Document verification, Soketi covers Pusher protocol compatibility.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Jumio and Soketi actually diverge.

Attributes where Jumio and Soketi differ
AttributeJumioSoketi
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquoteOpen source, no licence fee
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidLinux, macOS, Windows
CategoryCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Identical on both: 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 Jumio

  • Document verification
  • Liveness detection
  • AML screening
  • Identity orchestration
  • Risk signals
  • Data residency options
  • Case review console

Only in Soketi

  • Pusher protocol compatibility
  • Presence and private channels
  • Horizontal scaling
  • App management backends
  • Webhooks
  • Prometheus metrics

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Jumio

  • A bank that needs iBeta certified liveness evidence to satisfy an internal control requirementnot Soketi
  • A gambling operator required to verify age and identity across multiple regulated European marketsnot Soketi
  • An organisation with an EU data residency mandate that cannot send biometric data to US processingnot Soketi
  • A marketplace needing one vendor contract covering document checks, screening and ongoing monitoring rather than threenot Soketi

Soketi

  • A Laravel application that already uses Echo and wants to stop paying a hosted realtime providernot Jumio
  • Realtime notifications or presence indicators where data must not leave your own infrastructure for compliance reasonsnot Jumio
  • A local or CI environment that needs a Pusher-compatible server without hitting a paid accountnot Jumio
  • A high-connection-count application where hosted per-connection pricing has become the largest line in the infrastructure billnot Jumio

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Jumio

  • No pricing is published at any tier, so a buyer cannot size the cost without entering a sales process, and benchmarking requires a competitive bid from a vendor that does publish.
  • Contracts are structured on annual committed volume, meaning a business whose growth stalls pays for verifications it never consumed and there is usually no rollover.
  • AML screening is licensed separately from identity verification, so the quote that wins on document price can be materially more expensive once screening and monitoring are added.
  • Pass rates degrade for lower quality documents and older smartphones, and the resulting manual review queue is a staffing cost that does not appear in the vendor quote.
  • As an established vendor with a large enterprise base, product changes move at enterprise pace, and buyers wanting rapid iteration on new fraud vectors often find newer entrants ship faster.

Soketi

  • Maintenance has effectively stalled: the maintainer has said time is severely limited, releases are infrequent, and the community has been discussing whether the project is abandoned, which means security fixes may not arrive.
  • Dependency drift on Node and uWebSockets.js will eventually force you to fork or migrate, and that cost is unbudgeted at the point you adopt it.
  • There is no commercial support to buy, so a production incident at three in the morning is entirely your problem with no escalation path.
  • Scaling beyond a single node needs Redis and careful configuration, and getting presence channels correct across nodes is a genuine source of subtle bugs.
  • It implements the Pusher protocol rather than tracking it, so any protocol feature Pusher adds later will not appear, and the compatibility guarantee slowly decays.

Pricing, plan by plan

Jumio

On request
  • Jumio Platform$undefined/year
    • Priced per verification with annual volume commitment
    • Overage rates apply above committed volume
    • AML screening priced separately from document checks

Soketi

Free
  • SoketiFree
    • MIT licensed
    • Unlimited connections subject to your own hardware
    • No vendor billing

Which should you pick?

Choose Jumio if

  • You need document verification.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want liveness detection.
Jumio review

Choose Soketi if

  • You need pusher protocol compatibility.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, macOS, Windows.
  • You also want presence and private channels.
Soketi review

Questions people ask

Is Jumio or Soketi better?
Neither clearly leads. Jumio starts at On request and Soketi at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Jumio or Soketi?
Soketi has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Jumio and Free for Soketi.
Does Jumio or Soketi run on more platforms?
Jumio runs on Web, iOS, Android. Soketi runs on Linux, macOS, Windows.
Can I use Soketi for free?
Yes. Soketi has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Jumio starts at On request.
What is Jumio best used for?
Jumio is most often used for a bank that needs ibeta certified liveness evidence to satisfy an internal control requirement, a gambling operator required to verify age and identity across multiple regulated european markets, an organisation with an eu data residency mandate that cannot send biometric data to us processing, a marketplace needing one vendor contract covering document checks, screening and ongoing monitoring rather than three. Of those, a bank that needs ibeta certified liveness evidence to satisfy an internal control requirement and a gambling operator required to verify age and identity across multiple regulated european markets are not what Soketi is typically brought in for.
What can Jumio do that Soketi cannot?
Jumio covers Document verification, Liveness detection, AML screening, Identity orchestration. Soketi covers Pusher protocol compatibility, Presence and private channels, Horizontal scaling, App management backends.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Jumio: Does Jumio publish prices?

No. Everything is quoted, normally as a per-verification rate against an annual committed volume with overage pricing above it.

Soketi: Is Soketi still maintained?

Barely. The maintainer has stated that available time is very limited and releases have been sparse; treat it as community-maintained.

Jumio: Is biometric data processed in the EU?

Regional processing including EU data residency is offered. Confirm the specific region and retention period in the contract rather than assuming it.

Soketi: Do I need to change my client code?

No. Pusher client SDKs and Laravel Echo work by changing the host, port and credentials.

Jumio: Is AML screening included?

Not by default. Screening and ongoing monitoring are priced separately from document verification.

Soketi: What does it cost?

Nothing in licence fees. It is MIT licensed; you pay for the server it runs on.

Soketi: What are people moving to?

Laravel Reverb for Laravel applications, and Sockudo, a Rust reimplementation, for others.

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