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Rock Solid vs Silent Eight

Rock Solid logo

Rock Solid

Government

Parks and Recreation Management

From
$350/month
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite
Silent Eight logo

Silent Eight

Cybersecurity

AI adjudication of sanctions screening and AML alerts

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • They diverge on capability: Rock Solid covers Program Registration, Silent Eight covers Alert adjudication.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Rock Solid and Silent Eight actually diverge.

Attributes where Rock Solid and Silent Eight differ
AttributeRock SolidSilent Eight
Starting price$350/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Linux
CategoryGovernmentCybersecurity
Founded2001Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Rock Solid

  • Program Registration
  • Facility Scheduling
  • Membership Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Reporting & Analytics
  • Payment Gateways
  • QuickBooks
  • Marketing Tools

Only in Silent Eight

  • Alert adjudication
  • Narrative generation
  • Name screening automation
  • Quality assurance
  • Shadow mode
  • Model transparency reporting

What people use each for

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

Rock Solid

  • Citizen Servicesnot Silent Eight
  • Records Managementnot Silent Eight
  • Public Safetynot Silent Eight
  • Civic Engagementnot Silent Eight

Silent Eight

  • A bank whose level one screening team spends most of its time closing obvious false name matchesnot Rock Solid
  • A payments institution with alert volumes growing faster than it can recruit and train analystsnot Rock Solid
  • A compliance function asked by a regulator to demonstrate consistency of alert decisions across offshore teamsnot Rock Solid
  • An institution that has just tightened screening thresholds after an enforcement action and cannot staff the resulting alert increasenot Rock Solid

Where each one falls short

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

Rock Solid

Nothing recorded yet. See the Rock Solid review.

Silent Eight

  • Automated disposition has to clear model risk governance and a regulator, and the shadow running period before auto-close is permitted can consume most of the first year of the contract.
  • It does not improve detection, so an institution with a poorly tuned monitoring system automates the handling of bad alerts rather than fixing why they exist.
  • Pricing is tied to alert volume, which means efficiency gains elsewhere that reduce alerts also reduce the vendor bill in a way sales teams structure minimums against.
  • The headcount saving is only realised if the institution actually reduces the analyst pool, and many banks redeploy rather than cut, leaving the business case unrealised on paper.
  • As a mid-sized private vendor serving tier one banks, concentration risk cuts both ways; the loss of one large client materially affects the company, and buyers should ask about financial stability during diligence.

Pricing, plan by plan

Rock Solid

$350/month
  • Recreation Management$350/month
    • Program Registration
    • Facility Scheduling
    • Payment Processing

Silent Eight

On request
  • Iris$undefined/year
    • Priced by alert volume adjudicated
    • Deploys against existing screening and monitoring systems
    • Shadow mode evaluation period

Which should you pick?

Choose Rock Solid if

  • You need program registration.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want facility scheduling.
Rock Solid review

Choose Silent Eight if

  • You need alert adjudication.
  • You work on Web, Linux.
  • You also want narrative generation.
Silent Eight review

Questions people ask

Is Rock Solid or Silent Eight better?
Neither clearly leads. Rock Solid starts at $350/month and Silent Eight at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Rock Solid or Silent Eight?
Rock Solid starts at $350/month and Silent Eight at On request.
Does Rock Solid or Silent Eight run on more platforms?
Rock Solid runs on Web, Ios, Android. Silent Eight runs on Web, Linux.
What is Rock Solid best used for?
Rock Solid is most often used for citizen services, records management, public safety, civic engagement. Of those, citizen services and records management are not what Silent Eight is typically brought in for.
What can Rock Solid do that Silent Eight cannot?
Rock Solid covers Program Registration, Facility Scheduling, Membership Management, Payment Processing. Silent Eight covers Alert adjudication, Narrative generation, Name screening automation, Quality assurance.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Silent Eight: Does Silent Eight replace our screening system?

No. It consumes alerts from your existing screening and monitoring systems and decides them. The detection layer stays where it is.

Silent Eight: Will a regulator accept AI closing alerts?

It depends on your jurisdiction and your model governance evidence. Banks typically run extended shadow mode first and phase auto-closure by alert type.

Silent Eight: Where is the company based?

Singapore, with offices in New York, London and Warsaw.

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