Sumsub

Identity verification and AML screening priced per verification

As of 1 September 2026, Sumsub starts at $1.35/verification. A KYC, KYB and AML platform that publishes its per-verification price, which almost none of its competitors do. Softwr lists it under Cybersecurity. Sumsub is made by Sum and Substance Ltd, available on Web, iOS, Android.

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Overview

What Sumsub does

Sumsub verifies identity documents, runs liveness and face matching, screens against sanctions and PEP lists, verifies businesses and their beneficial owners, and monitors transactions. Coverage extends to documents from more than two hundred countries and territories, and the platform includes a no-code flow builder so compliance teams can change verification steps without engineering work. The commercially distinguishing fact is price transparency. Sumsub publishes a Basic plan at 1.35 US dollars per verification with a 149 dollar monthly minimum, and a Compliance plan at 1.85 dollars per verification with a 299 dollar monthly minimum, where the Compliance tier adds AML screening, ongoing monitoring and proof of address. Rivals in this category almost universally refuse to publish, so a buyer can benchmark against Sumsub in a way that changes negotiations elsewhere. The catch is in the minimum: a business doing fifty checks a month on Basic pays roughly three dollars a check, not 1.35. Buyers are crypto exchanges, gambling operators, fintechs and marketplaces, particularly outside the United States. The trade-off is that pay-per-verification pricing punishes drop-off. If a third of your applicants abandon partway or resubmit, you pay for attempts that never became customers, and improving your own funnel becomes a direct cost lever rather than a growth one.

What people use it for

A crypto exchange needing KYC plus Travel Rule handling under one contract
A gambling operator entering several European markets and needing document coverage without a separate vendor per country
A fintech that wants a published price it can model in a business case before speaking to a salesperson
A marketplace verifying both individual sellers and the companies behind them without buying two products

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Sumsub.

The published per-verification rate is undercut by a monthly minimum of 149 or 299 dollars, so low volume businesses pay a much higher effective rate than the headline suggests.
You are billed per verification attempt in most configurations, meaning applicant drop-off and resubmissions cost money without producing a customer.
Pass rates and document support vary noticeably by country, and a market that works well in Europe can produce materially worse rejection rates in parts of Africa and South East Asia.
The AML screening tier bundles list coverage that large institutions would normally buy separately and tune, giving less control over match thresholds than a dedicated screening vendor.
The company originated in Russia before restructuring to a UK entity, and some financial institutions still raise that history in vendor risk review, which can slow or block procurement at conservative banks.

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Pricing

What Sumsub costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Basic

$1.35 /verification

149 USD minimum monthly spend
Document verification and liveness
No-code flow builder
Global document coverage

Compliance

$1.85 /verification

299 USD minimum monthly spend
Everything in Basic
AML sanctions and PEP screening
Ongoing AML monitoring
Proof of address check

Enterprise

On request

Negotiated volume rate
Custom jurisdictions and languages
Dedicated support
Contract terms by agreement

Capabilities

Features

Document verification
Checks identity documents from over two hundred countries with liveness and face match
AML screening
Sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening with ongoing monitoring
KYB verification
Company registry checks and ultimate beneficial owner resolution
No-code flow builder
Compliance teams change verification steps without a code release
Transaction monitoring
Rules over payment flows with case management
Travel Rule
Originator and beneficiary data exchange for crypto transfers
Fraud and duplicate detection
Cross-client signals for repeat and synthetic applicants

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

What does a verification actually cost?

1.35 USD on Basic and 1.85 USD on Compliance, but with 149 and 299 USD monthly minimums respectively. Below roughly 110 or 160 checks a month you are paying the minimum, not the rate.

Do failed verifications get charged?

Attempts are generally billable, so a poor onboarding funnel raises your bill. Confirm the exact resubmission policy in your contract.

Does it cover business verification?

Yes, KYB with company registry lookups and beneficial owner resolution is part of the platform rather than a separate product.

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