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Yoti
Reusable digital identity, facial age estimation and identity verification
As of 1 September 2026, Yoti's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A UK identity company best known for facial age estimation, which infers age from a selfie without storing an identity document. Softwr lists it under Cybersecurity. Yoti is made by Yoti Ltd, available on Web, iOS, Android, API.
Overview
What Yoti does
Yoti provides identity verification, a consumer reusable digital identity app, digital ID for age-restricted retail, and facial age estimation. The age estimation model returns an estimated age from a face image and then deletes the image, which is the property that makes it usable where retaining identity documents on minors would itself be a compliance problem. The commercial significance is regulatory. The UK Online Safety Act and comparable regimes elsewhere require highly effective age assurance for access to certain content, and regulators have accepted facial age estimation as one permitted method alongside document checks and credit reference matching. Because it needs no document and no account, completion rates are far higher than document-based flows, which for a consumer platform is the difference between a workable gate and a traffic cliff. Yoti also holds UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework certification, which matters for right-to-work and right-to-rent checks in the UK. Buyers are social platforms, adult content providers, gambling operators, supermarkets with self-checkout age gates and UK employers running digital right-to-work checks. The trade-off is that age estimation returns a probabilistic range, not a fact, so it works for thresholds with a buffer and fails where an exact age must be proven.
What people use it for
- A social platform meeting UK Online Safety Act age assurance duties without collecting identity documents from teenagers
- A supermarket removing staff interventions at self-checkout for age-restricted purchases
- A UK employer running digital right-to-work checks under the certified trust framework rather than inspecting passports
- A gambling operator needing an age gate with high completion rates before the account funding step
The honest half
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 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.
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Pricing
What Yoti costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Yoti Age and Identity Services
On request
- 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
- UK and EU data processing options
Capabilities
Features
Facial age estimation
Estimates age from a selfie and deletes the image, with no document or account required
Reusable digital ID
Consumer app holding verified attributes that can be shared selectively with businesses
Identity verification
Document and biometric verification for full KYC where age alone is insufficient
UK right to work and rent
Digital identity checks certified under the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework
Digital ID for retail
Age verification at self-checkout and for age-restricted delivery
Selective disclosure
Share only the attribute needed, such as over eighteen, without revealing name or date of birth
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.
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.
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.
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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