Cybersecurity · head to head
Quantexa vs Yoti
Quantexa
Cybersecurity
Entity resolution and network analytics for financial crime investigation
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Yoti
Cybersecurity
Reusable digital identity, facial age estimation and identity verification
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
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.; Yoti age estimation returns a probabilistic range rather than a verified date of birth, so it only works with a safety buffer above the legal threshold and cannot prove an exact age.
- They diverge on capability: Quantexa covers Entity resolution, Yoti covers Facial age estimation.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Quantexa and Yoti actually diverge.
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 Yoti
- Facial age estimation
- Reusable digital ID
- Identity verification
- UK right to work and rent
- Digital ID for retail
- Selective disclosure
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 Yoti
- Sanctions investigation where the sanctioned party is not the account holder but a connected director or shareholdernot Yoti
- Merging customer records across retail, commercial and wealth divisions after an acquisition to see total exposurenot Yoti
- A tax or benefits agency looking for organised fraud rings rather than individual claimantsnot Yoti
Yoti
- A social platform meeting UK Online Safety Act age assurance duties without collecting identity documents from teenagersnot Quantexa
- A supermarket removing staff interventions at self-checkout for age-restricted purchasesnot Quantexa
- A UK employer running digital right-to-work checks under the certified trust framework rather than inspecting passportsnot Quantexa
- A gambling operator needing an age gate with high completion rates before the account funding stepnot 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.
Yoti
- Age estimation returns a probabilistic range rather than a verified date of birth, so it only works with a safety buffer above the legal threshold and cannot prove an exact age.
- Estimation accuracy varies by demographic and reported error margins widen at the age bands that matter most for eighteen-year thresholds, which pushes borderline users into a document fallback you still have to pay for.
- Pricing is not published, so buyers cannot compare the cost of an estimation check against a document check without going through sales.
- Regulatory acceptance of facial estimation differs by jurisdiction, so a method that satisfies Ofcom may not satisfy a regulator elsewhere and multi-market platforms need more than one approach.
- The reusable digital identity app depends on consumer adoption, which is meaningful in the UK and thin elsewhere, limiting the reusability benefit outside its home market.
Pricing, plan by plan
Quantexa
On request- Quantexa Platform$undefined/year
- Entity resolution and network generation
- Deployed in customer cloud tenancy
- Priced by data volume and use case count
Yoti
On request- Yoti Age and Identity Services$undefined/year
- Per-check pricing quoted by volume and method
- Age estimation, document verification and digital ID priced differently
- Right to work and right to rent checks quoted separately
Which should you pick?
Choose Quantexa if
- You need entity resolution.
- You work on Web, Linux.
- You also want network generation.
Choose Yoti if
- You need facial age estimation.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, API.
- You also want reusable digital id.
Questions people ask
- Is Quantexa or Yoti better?
- Neither clearly leads. Quantexa starts at On request and Yoti at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Quantexa or Yoti?
- Quantexa starts at On request and Yoti at On request.
- Does Quantexa or Yoti run on more platforms?
- Quantexa runs on Web, Linux. Yoti runs on Web, iOS, Android, API.
- 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 Yoti is typically brought in for.
- What can Quantexa do that Yoti cannot?
- Quantexa covers Entity resolution, Network generation, Contextual monitoring, Investigation workspace. Yoti covers Facial age estimation, Reusable digital ID, Identity verification, UK right to work and rent.
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.
Yoti: Does age estimation store my face?
The image is used to produce an estimate and then deleted rather than retained, which is the specific property that makes it usable for age assurance on minors.
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.
Yoti: Is it accepted for UK Online Safety Act compliance?
Facial age estimation is one of the methods regulators have accepted as highly effective age assurance. Confirm the current position with your own counsel for your content category.
Quantexa: How is it priced?
Not publicly. Expect an annual subscription scaled by data volume and number of use cases, plus separate implementation cost.
Yoti: Can it prove someone is exactly 21?
No. It gives a range. If you need a precise age you need a document or database check, which Yoti also sells.
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