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NICE Actimize vs Resolver

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NICE Actimize

Cybersecurity

Financial crime, risk and compliance suite for regulated institutions

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Resolver

Cybersecurity

Risk, incident and investigations platform for corporate security and operational risk teams, owned by Kroll

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: NICE Actimize modules are licensed separately, so a bank that starts with AML and later needs fraud and surveillance faces three negotiations and a bill that compounds rather than a suite price.; Resolver kroll ownership since 2022 means the product is sold alongside risk consulting services, so buyers who want software with no services attach should expect that conversation and should price the licence separately in negotiation.
  • They diverge on capability: NICE Actimize covers Suspicious activity monitoring, Resolver covers Incident management.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which NICE Actimize and Resolver actually diverge.

Attributes where NICE Actimize and Resolver differ
AttributeNICE ActimizeResolver
PlatformsWeb, Linux, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Cybersecurity).

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 NICE Actimize

  • Suspicious activity monitoring
  • Watchlist filtering
  • Customer due diligence
  • Payment fraud detection
  • Markets surveillance
  • Case management
  • X-Sight marketplace

Only in Resolver

  • Incident management
  • Investigations
  • Enterprise risk management
  • Internal audit
  • Compliance and obligations
  • Business continuity
  • Risk Event Management
  • Configurable dashboards

What people use each for

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

NICE Actimize

  • A bank under a regulatory consent order that needs a monitoring system with an audit trail examiners already recognisenot Resolver
  • A broker dealer required to implement trade surveillance covering both orders and trader communicationsnot Resolver
  • A regional bank outgrowing spreadsheet-based sanctions screening and needing documented model governancenot Resolver
  • A payments firm needing real time fraud scoring on faster payments alongside batch AML monitoringnot Resolver

Resolver

  • A national retailer consolidating store incident reporting, loss prevention cases and investigations into one system with defensible evidence handlingnot NICE Actimize
  • A bank that needs operational risk events captured against a risk and control register rather than in spreadsheets and emailnot NICE Actimize
  • A university security operations centre running dispatch, case management and clery-style reporting from a single recordnot NICE Actimize
  • An organisation that already retains Kroll for investigations and wants case intake and vendor handoff in the same platformnot NICE Actimize

Where each one falls short

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

NICE Actimize

  • Modules are licensed separately, so a bank that starts with AML and later needs fraud and surveillance faces three negotiations and a bill that compounds rather than a suite price.
  • Tuning and model validation are consultant-heavy, and the services spend over a deployment often exceeds the first year licence cost.
  • The older on premises deployments carry batch-oriented architecture that makes true real time decisioning harder than in newer cloud native rivals.
  • Rule and model changes go through a controlled release process, so a bank reacting to a new fraud typology may wait weeks for a change that a modern platform would ship in days.
  • Because it is the incumbent at so many institutions, criminals have a good working understanding of what the standard rule sets detect, and undifferentiated out of the box configurations catch predictable behaviour.

Resolver

  • Kroll ownership since 2022 means the product is sold alongside risk consulting services, so buyers who want software with no services attach should expect that conversation and should price the licence separately in negotiation.
  • Configuration flexibility comes at the cost of implementation time, with deployments commonly running several months and typically requiring vendor or partner services, so the first-year cost is well above the annual licence.
  • Module-based pricing means the platform gets expensive quickly once you add audit, compliance and continuity to a security-led purchase, and modules bought later rarely carry the discount of the original deal.
  • The IT and cyber compliance side is thinner than dedicated tools, so organisations chasing SOC 2 or ISO 27001 evidence automation will find it does not replace a Drata or Vanta.
  • Reporting is capable but the drag and drop builder has a real learning curve, and organisations that do not train an internal administrator end up raising support tickets for changes that should be self-service.

Pricing, plan by plan

NICE Actimize

On request
  • NICE Actimize$undefined/year
    • Licensed per module, not as one suite
    • Scaled by institution asset size or transaction volume
    • On premises or Actimize cloud deployment

Resolver

On request
  • Resolver Core$undefined/year
    • Priced by modules selected and number of users
    • Annual or multi-year enterprise agreement
    • Implementation and configuration quoted separately

Which should you pick?

Choose NICE Actimize if

  • You need suspicious activity monitoring.
  • You work on Web, Linux, Windows.
  • You also want watchlist filtering.
NICE Actimize review

Choose Resolver if

  • You need incident management.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want investigations.
Resolver review

Questions people ask

Is NICE Actimize or Resolver better?
Neither clearly leads. NICE Actimize starts at On request and Resolver at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, NICE Actimize or Resolver?
NICE Actimize starts at On request and Resolver at On request.
Does NICE Actimize or Resolver run on more platforms?
NICE Actimize runs on Web, Linux, Windows. Resolver runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is NICE Actimize best used for?
NICE Actimize is most often used for a bank under a regulatory consent order that needs a monitoring system with an audit trail examiners already recognise, a broker dealer required to implement trade surveillance covering both orders and trader communications, a regional bank outgrowing spreadsheet-based sanctions screening and needing documented model governance, a payments firm needing real time fraud scoring on faster payments alongside batch aml monitoring. Of those, a bank under a regulatory consent order that needs a monitoring system with an audit trail examiners already recognise and a broker dealer required to implement trade surveillance covering both orders and trader communications are not what Resolver is typically brought in for.
What can NICE Actimize do that Resolver cannot?
NICE Actimize covers Suspicious activity monitoring, Watchlist filtering, Customer due diligence, Payment fraud detection. Resolver covers Incident management, Investigations, Enterprise risk management, Internal audit.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

NICE Actimize: Is Actimize one product?

No. It is a family of separately licensed modules covering AML, fraud, due diligence and surveillance. You buy what you need and each has its own price.

Resolver: Who owns Resolver?

Kroll, which acquired it in 2022. It is marketed as a Kroll business and sold alongside Kroll risk and investigations services.

NICE Actimize: Can it run in the cloud?

Yes, Actimize offers cloud deployment, though a large share of the installed base still runs on premises for data residency reasons.

Resolver: What does Resolver cost?

Pricing is not published. It is quoted by module and user count on an annual or multi-year enterprise agreement, with implementation charged separately.

NICE Actimize: Who owns it?

NICE Ltd, an Israeli company listed on Nasdaq. Actimize is its financial crime division.

Resolver: Is Resolver a SOC 2 compliance tool?

No. It is a risk, incident and investigations platform. Automated evidence collection for security certifications is not its strength.

Resolver: How long does implementation take?

Months rather than weeks for a multi-module deployment, and most customers use vendor or partner services to configure it.

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