How much does Dow Jones Risk & Compliance cost?
Dow Jones Risk & Compliance does not publish list prices. What follows is the cost structure behind the quote — and the published alternative if all you need is an OFAC list check.
Dow Jones Risk & Compliance does not publish a price list. Every figure you will find online is someone's estimate of someone else's contract. This page does not add another one — it sets out what actually moves the number, so the quote you receive is one you can read.
Checked 2026-07-26: dowjones.com/professional/risk — no figure published anywhere on the Risk & Compliance pages; the only route is “Contact sales”
What you are buying
Dow Jones Risk & Compliance is a risk-data business: sanctions, PEP, adverse-media and state-ownership data licensed as feeds and through an API. That framing matters more than the number: the cost of a compliance tool is mostly a function of how much of it you will use.
What drives the Dow Jones Risk & Compliance quote
| Cost driver | How it moves the number |
|---|---|
| Data scope | Sanctions lists, PEP data, adverse media and state-ownership research are licensed separately. Sanctions alone is the cheapest slice and rarely the one that is quoted. |
| Delivery method | A bulk data feed you host, and a hosted screening API, are priced on different models. |
| Named users | Research-database access is licensed per named user, so headcount moves the number independently of screening volume. |
| Redistribution rights | If you screen on behalf of your own customers, redistribution terms apply and change the contract materially. |
Questions to put in writing before you sign
- What is the annual minimum, and what is the shortest available term?
- What happens on overage — hard stop, or per-unit billing at a higher rate?
- Which modules are in the quoted figure and which are add-ons at renewal?
- Is sanctions screening available without the surrounding platform?
- What is the contractual latency, and is it measured at the API or in the UI?
- How many engineering weeks does the vendor expect implementation to take?
Is Dow Jones Risk & Compliance the right shape for your problem?
Dow Jones sells research depth — the state-ownership data behind the OFAC 50% Rule is genuinely hard to replicate. If your obligation is direct SDN list matching before a payment, you are licensing a research library to answer a lookup.
What SanctionsAI costs, for comparison
These are published prices, not estimates — you can check them on the pricing page before you talk to anyone.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | 5 checks/day, no API key, no signup |
| Dev | $19/mo for 10,000 checks/month |
| Pro | $99/mo for 100,000 checks/month |
| Pay-per-call | $0.05 per check, pay-per-call over x402 |
| Self-host | MIT-licensed self-host: pip install sanctions-mcp |
SanctionsAI screens names and wallet addresses against the OFAC SDN list and returns a machine-readable verdict with an audit record. It does not do blockchain forensics, identity document verification or adverse-media research. Where you need those, the vendors on this page are the ones that sell them — the comparison is about scope, not about who is better.
Frequently asked questions
Does Dow Jones Risk & Compliance publish pricing?
No. It is licensed by data scope, delivery method and named users, quoted per organisation.
Do I need Dow Jones data for OFAC compliance?
Not for direct SDN list matching — the OFAC SDN list is published by the US Treasury and is free to use. Licensed data becomes relevant for PEP screening, adverse media, and 50% Rule ownership research.
Is the OFAC SDN list free?
Yes. The US Treasury publishes it. SanctionsAI serves it through an API with a free tier of 5 checks/day; you are paying for the interface, freshness and audit trail, not for the list.
Screen against the OFAC SDN list for free
5 checks a day, no API key and no signup. Paid plans start at $19/month. See pricing or read the docs.
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