Verifex vs SanctScan
Two self-serve sanctions-screening products compared by current scope, access, evidence, and integration fit.
Choose from operating model, evidence requirements, and ownership cost. Vendor features and commercial terms change; confirm them directly before procurement.
- Coverage
- Source scope and update expectations
- Evidence
- What a reviewer can reconstruct
- Operations
- Implementation and commercial fit
Third-party details reviewed 13 August 2026. SanctScan pricing and API documentation (opens in a new tab)
Start with what your team wants to own.
SanctScan publishes a self-serve sanctions-screening product with a dashboard, continuous monitoring, webhooks, and a REST API. Its current pricing page lists nine sanctions jurisdictions, a free plan with 25 ad-hoc searches, and API access beginning with the $39/month Starter plan.
Verifex covers configured sanctions, PEP, watchlist, and debarment sources. It provides a REST API with OpenAPI specification, official SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go, and Rust, a disclosed production-engine benchmark, confidence scoring, and a 5-screen free trial.
Read the evaluation criteria
The useful comparison is not an undated list-count race. Map the authorities your policy requires, then test matching, unavailable-source behavior, monitoring, evidence retention, and the complete price for your expected workload.
For implementation detail, review the Verifex screening workflow, including coverage semantics, evidence, and integration boundaries.
Compare the operating model.
This table is a directional evaluation aid, not a substitute for current vendor documentation, a security review, or legal and procurement diligence.
| Decision point | Verifex | SanctScan |
|---|---|---|
| API plan entry | From €49/month | $39/month Starter |
| Evaluation tier | 5 trial screens, no card | 25 ad-hoc searches/month |
| Source coverage | Configured by plan and operational state | Nine jurisdictions advertised |
| PEP screening | Yes | No |
| Published SDKs | Python / Node / Go / Rust | Verify current language support |
| Internal benchmark | Yes | No |
| Fuzzy matching | Yes | Yes |
| Confidence scores | Yes | Yes |
| Batch API | Yes | Yes |
Choose Verifex when
You want the operation managed and the decision exposed.
- PEP screening included at no extra cost
- REST API with OpenAPI spec; official SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go & Rust
- 97.33% exact-name recall (95% CI 94.83–98.64%), measured August 12, 2026 on Production Engine vNext, self-administered and not independent validation. The deployed engine has changed since that measurement, so this describes the configuration tested on that date rather than current behaviour; the latest served measurement (October 13, 2026) is on the benchmark page, with every gate.
- Free trial to validate before paying
Choose SanctScan when
Its model aligns more closely with what you need to control.
- Simple and lightweight API surface
- Good fit for basic sanctions-only screening needs
- Dashboard UI for manual review workflows
The first useful proof is a real response.
curl -X POST https://api.verifex.tech/v1/screen \
-H "Authorization: Bearer vfx_your_api_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Rosneft", "type": "entity"}'Make the tradeoffs explicit.
How does current pricing compare?
Verifex publishes paid plans from €49/month after a 5-screen free trial. SanctScan's reviewed pricing page lists API access from its $39/month Starter plan after a 25-search free plan. Compare monitoring limits, overages, team access, evidence, and required sources, not the entry price alone.
Does SanctScan offer PEP screening?
SanctScan's reviewed product and API pages describe sanctions-list screening. Verifex offers plan-configured PEP screening. Confirm current source scope and licensing directly with either provider before relying on it for a regulated program.
Can I migrate from SanctScan to Verifex easily?
Both use REST patterns, but a safe migration also maps thresholds, source semantics, unavailable-source behavior, batch jobs, webhooks, retention, and historical evidence. Validate in parallel before changing production decision authority.
Which API has better matching accuracy?
Verifex publishes its current production-engine benchmark and methodology. Regardless of vendor claims, test both products on your own labelled corpus at the thresholds and failure modes you intend to deploy.
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