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Quantexa vs Signicat

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Quantexa

Cybersecurity

Entity resolution and network analytics for financial crime investigation

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Signicat

Cybersecurity

European digital identity hub connecting national eID schemes

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Quantexa pricing is never published and lands in the seven figure range annually for a tier one deployment, so it is out of reach for mid-sized institutions no matter how well the analytics would fit.; Signicat national eID scheme fees are passed through on top of Signicat's own charge, so a single-country business almost always pays less by integrating with the scheme directly.
  • They diverge on capability: Quantexa covers Entity resolution, Signicat covers eID scheme brokering.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Quantexa and Signicat actually diverge.

Attributes where Quantexa and Signicat differ
AttributeQuantexaSignicat
PlatformsWeb, LinuxWeb, 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 Quantexa

  • Entity resolution
  • Network generation
  • Contextual monitoring
  • Investigation workspace
  • Data fusion
  • Deployment on customer cloud

Only in Signicat

  • eID scheme brokering
  • Qualified electronic signatures
  • Document verification
  • AML screening
  • Authentication
  • Digital onboarding flows
  • eIDAS compliance

What people use each for

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

Quantexa

  • A bank whose AML alert backlog is dominated by false positives and wants network context to close them fasternot Signicat
  • Sanctions investigation where the sanctioned party is not the account holder but a connected director or shareholdernot Signicat
  • Merging customer records across retail, commercial and wealth divisions after an acquisition to see total exposurenot Signicat
  • A tax or benefits agency looking for organised fraud rings rather than individual claimantsnot Signicat

Signicat

  • A lender expanding from Norway into Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands without four separate eID integrationsnot Quantexa
  • An insurer needing eIDAS qualified signatures on policy documents that will hold up in a European courtnot Quantexa
  • A bank that wants customers to onboard with their existing national bank ID rather than photographing a passportnot Quantexa
  • A public sector body needing cross-border recognition of notified eID schemes under eIDASnot Quantexa

Where each one falls short

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

Quantexa

  • Pricing is never published and lands in the seven figure range annually for a tier one deployment, so it is out of reach for mid-sized institutions no matter how well the analytics would fit.
  • Output quality is bounded by input data quality, and organisations without governed customer data spend the first phase of the programme fixing feeds rather than catching criminals.
  • Implementation typically requires a systems integrator and runs into quarters rather than weeks, so the business case has to survive a long period with no operational benefit.
  • The platform augments rather than replaces existing transaction monitoring, so you keep paying for the incumbent system alongside it and total compliance technology spend rises before it falls.
  • Skills are scarce; the platform needs people who understand both Spark scale data engineering and financial crime typologies, and those people are hard to recruit and easy to lose.

Signicat

  • National eID scheme fees are passed through on top of Signicat's own charge, so a single-country business almost always pays less by integrating with the scheme directly.
  • Value is concentrated in Northern and Western Europe, and coverage in Southern and Eastern Europe is thinner, so a pan-European rollout still hits gaps requiring document fallback.
  • Pricing is per transaction and quoted, and because scheme rates vary by country the cost per onboarded customer differs materially between markets in ways that complicate unit economics.
  • Each eID scheme connection typically carries its own setup fee and approval process, so adding a country is a project with a lead time rather than a configuration change.
  • Availability is tied to the national schemes, meaning an outage at BankID or MitID stops your onboarding entirely and there is no vendor-side mitigation for it.

Pricing, plan by plan

Quantexa

On request
  • Quantexa Platform$undefined/year
    • Entity resolution and network generation
    • Deployed in customer cloud tenancy
    • Priced by data volume and use case count

Signicat

On request
  • Signicat Platform$undefined/year
    • Priced per transaction with national scheme fees passed through
    • Signature and verification products licensed separately
    • Setup fee per eID scheme connected

Which should you pick?

Choose Quantexa if

  • You need entity resolution.
  • You work on Web, Linux.
  • You also want network generation.
Quantexa review

Choose Signicat if

  • You need eid scheme brokering.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want qualified electronic signatures.
Signicat review

Questions people ask

Is Quantexa or Signicat better?
Neither clearly leads. Quantexa starts at On request and Signicat at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Quantexa or Signicat?
Quantexa starts at On request and Signicat at On request.
Does Quantexa or Signicat run on more platforms?
Quantexa runs on Web, Linux. Signicat runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Quantexa best used for?
Quantexa is most often used for a bank whose aml alert backlog is dominated by false positives and wants network context to close them faster, sanctions investigation where the sanctioned party is not the account holder but a connected director or shareholder, merging customer records across retail, commercial and wealth divisions after an acquisition to see total exposure, a tax or benefits agency looking for organised fraud rings rather than individual claimants. Of those, a bank whose aml alert backlog is dominated by false positives and wants network context to close them faster and sanctions investigation where the sanctioned party is not the account holder but a connected director or shareholder are not what Signicat is typically brought in for.
What can Quantexa do that Signicat cannot?
Quantexa covers Entity resolution, Network generation, Contextual monitoring, Investigation workspace. Signicat covers eID scheme brokering, Qualified electronic signatures, Document verification, AML screening.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Quantexa: Does Quantexa replace our transaction monitoring system?

No. It usually sits alongside it, adding network context to the alerts that system generates and to investigations.

Signicat: Is this an alternative to a document verification vendor?

Only where national eID exists. In markets with a mature bank ID scheme it is better; elsewhere you fall back to document checks, which Signicat also provides.

Quantexa: Where does our data go?

Into your own cloud tenancy in the normal deployment model. Quantexa does not require you to send customer data to a shared multi-tenant service.

Signicat: Do we still pay the eID schemes?

Yes. Scheme fees are passed through in addition to Signicat charges. Ask for the split when comparing to a direct integration.

Quantexa: How is it priced?

Not publicly. Expect an annual subscription scaled by data volume and number of use cases, plus separate implementation cost.

Signicat: Are signatures legally qualified?

Signicat supports eIDAS qualified electronic signatures, which carry the highest legal standing in the EU, as well as advanced signatures.

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