Cybersecurity · head to head
Resolver vs Socure
Resolver
Cybersecurity
Risk, incident and investigations platform for corporate security and operational risk teams, owned by Kroll
- From
- On request
- Rated
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Socure
Cybersecurity
Predictive identity verification and fraud scoring for the US market
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- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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.; Socure coverage and accuracy depend on US consumer data density, so international expansion means adding a second, document-based vendor rather than scaling the same contract.
- They diverge on capability: Resolver covers Incident management, Socure covers ID+ identity verification.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Resolver and Socure actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 Resolver
- Incident management
- Investigations
- Enterprise risk management
- Internal audit
- Compliance and obligations
- Business continuity
- Risk Event Management
- Configurable dashboards
Only in Socure
- ID+ identity verification
- Synthetic identity detection
- Document verification
- Watchlist screening
- Consortium signals
- Reason codes
- Account intelligence
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Resolver
- A national retailer consolidating store incident reporting, loss prevention cases and investigations into one system with defensible evidence handlingnot Socure
- A bank that needs operational risk events captured against a risk and control register rather than in spreadsheets and emailnot Socure
- A university security operations centre running dispatch, case management and clery-style reporting from a single recordnot Socure
- An organisation that already retains Kroll for investigations and wants case intake and vendor handoff in the same platformnot Socure
Socure
- A US lender losing money to synthetic identities that pass document verification and thin-file credit checksnot Resolver
- A credit union that wants to open accounts without asking applicants to photograph a driving licencenot Resolver
- A government benefits programme needing identity assurance for applicants without in-person enrolmentnot Resolver
- A fintech that needs auditable reason codes for every decline to support adverse action noticesnot Resolver
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
Socure
- Coverage and accuracy depend on US consumer data density, so international expansion means adding a second, document-based vendor rather than scaling the same contract.
- Data-only verification performs worst on thin-file populations, and young, recently arrived or credit-invisible applicants are declined at higher rates, which creates a fair lending exposure a bank must monitor.
- Pricing is per decision with an annual commitment and is not published, so the cost of a traffic spike or a bot attack on your signup flow lands on your bill.
- Modules for verification, fraud and compliance are licensed separately, so the shortlist price rarely matches the final contract once screening and document fallback are added.
- A probabilistic score is harder to defend to an examiner than a documented identification procedure, so US institutions still have to map the score to explicit Customer Identification Programme controls themselves.
Pricing, plan by plan
Resolver
On request- Resolver Core$undefined/year
- Priced by modules selected and number of users
- Annual or multi-year enterprise agreement
- Implementation and configuration quoted separately
Socure
On request- Socure ID+$undefined/year
- Priced per identity decision with annual commitment
- Modules for verification, fraud and compliance priced separately
- US data coverage strongest, international more limited
Which should you pick?
Choose Resolver if
- You need incident management.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want investigations.
Choose Socure if
- You need id+ identity verification.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want synthetic identity detection.
Questions people ask
- Is Resolver or Socure better?
- Neither clearly leads. Resolver starts at On request and Socure at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Resolver or Socure?
- Resolver starts at On request and Socure at On request.
- Does Resolver or Socure run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Resolver best used for?
- Resolver is most often used for a national retailer consolidating store incident reporting, loss prevention cases and investigations into one system with defensible evidence handling, a bank that needs operational risk events captured against a risk and control register rather than in spreadsheets and email, a university security operations centre running dispatch, case management and clery-style reporting from a single record, an organisation that already retains kroll for investigations and wants case intake and vendor handoff in the same platform. Of those, a national retailer consolidating store incident reporting, loss prevention cases and investigations into one system with defensible evidence handling and a bank that needs operational risk events captured against a risk and control register rather than in spreadsheets and email are not what Socure is typically brought in for.
- What can Resolver do that Socure cannot?
- Resolver covers Incident management, Investigations, Enterprise risk management, Internal audit. Socure covers ID+ identity verification, Synthetic identity detection, Document verification, Watchlist screening.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
Socure: Does Socure work outside the United States?
International coverage exists but the data depth that makes the US product accurate is not replicated everywhere. Most global buyers pair it with a document vendor.
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.
Socure: Can it verify without a document photo?
Yes, that is the core proposition. Document verification is available as a step-up when the data-only score is inconclusive.
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.
Socure: Is pricing published?
No. It is quoted per decision against an annual volume commitment.
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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