Sumsub is an AI-powered identity verification platform for KYC, KYB, and AML compliance. See Sumsub's features, pricing, and reviews on Gappsy.
Category
Security
Pricing
Usage-based pricing with monthly minimum commitments: Basic plan at $1.35 per verification ($149/month minimum), Compliance plan at $1.85 per verification ($299/month minimum), and a custom-quoted Enterprise plan; a 14-day free trial with 50 complimentary checks is available., from $1.35
Sumsub is an identity verification and compliance platform founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Singapore, Riga, Limassol, Berlin, Miami, Dubai, and Tel Aviv. The platform helps fintech, crypto, iGaming, trading, and marketplace businesses verify individual and business customers (KYC/KYB), screen transactions and counterparties for anti-money-laundering (AML) risk, and detect fraud using liveness detection and deepfake detection. Beyond onboarding, Sumsub offers ongoing AML monitoring, a case management and workflow builder, a configurable rule engine for risk scoring, Travel Rule compliance tooling for crypto transfers, and an AI copilot ('Summy') to help automate verification decisions. Sumsub reports supporting 14,000+ document types across 220+ countries and 50+ languages, and says it is used by 4,000+ companies worldwide, verifying more than 2 million people daily.
Key Features
Identity verification — ID document checks, liveness detection, and deepfake detection to verify individual users.
Business verification (KYB) — Verifies companies and business entities as part of onboarding.
AML screening & monitoring — Screens users and transactions for anti-money-laundering risk with ongoing monitoring.
Case management & workflow builder — Tools for compliance teams to manage verification cases and build custom review workflows.
Travel Rule compliance — Compliance tooling for crypto transfers, integrating with Travel Rule networks like Fireblocks and Sygna.
Rule engine & risk scoring — Configurable rules engine for automated risk scoring and decisioning, supported by the Summy AI copilot.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Broad global document and identity coverage: 14,000+ document types across 220+ countries and 50+ languages
Purpose-built compliance tooling, including AML screening, ongoing monitoring, and Travel Rule support for crypto transfers
Security- and compliance-oriented trust center highlighting SOC 2, GDPR, PCI DSS, and penetration testing practices
Free trial available (14 days, 50 complimentary checks) before committing to a paid plan
Cons
Paid plans carry monthly minimum commitments ($149/mo on the Basic plan, $299/mo on the Compliance plan) in addition to per-verification fees, which may be costly for very low-volume businesses
Full AML monitoring and proof-of-address checks require stepping up to the higher-priced Compliance plan rather than being included in the entry-level plan
Enterprise-tier pricing and the full feature set require contacting sales rather than transparent self-serve pricing
Feature set is oriented toward regulated, higher-volume industries, which may be more than smaller or non-regulated businesses need