How much does Sumsub cost?
Sumsub publishes per-verification rates with a monthly minimum — unusual in this category. Here is what that price covers, and where it stops.
Sumsub does publish pricing, which makes it one of the few in this category you can price without a sales call. These figures are read from the vendor's own page, not estimated:
| Plan | Published price |
|---|---|
| Basic | $1.35 per verification, $149 minimum monthly commitment |
| Compliance | $1.85 per verification, $299 minimum monthly commitment — adds AML screening, ongoing AML monitoring and proof-of-address |
| AML screening line item | $0.08 per initial check and per checked match thereafter |
| Enterprise | Not published — contact sales |
Read from sumsub.com/pricing on 2026-07-26. The unit is a verification of a person, not a screen of a name: on the Basic and Compliance plans a user verification is billed at full rate even if you do not use every feature it bundles. The $0.08 AML line item sits in the detailed-features table further down that page.
What you are buying
Sumsub is a full KYC/KYB identity-verification platform with sanctions and PEP screening as one module among many. 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 moves the Sumsub number
| Cost driver | How it moves the number |
|---|---|
| Verification volume | Priced per completed verification, not per screen. If you only need a sanctions check, you are still buying the identity-verification unit around it. |
| Module selection | Sanctions/PEP screening, liveness, document checks, KYB and travel-rule are separate line items. The sanctions module rarely sells standalone. |
| Applicant retention | Ongoing monitoring of an existing applicant is usually billed separately from the initial verification. |
| Region coverage | Document coverage for additional countries changes the per-verification rate. |
Questions worth asking before you outgrow the published tier
- 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 Sumsub the right shape for your problem?
Sumsub is the right tool when you are onboarding human users and need identity documents verified. It is the wrong shape when an autonomous agent needs a yes/no on a counterparty name or wallet before it releases a payment — there is no applicant to onboard.
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 Sumsub publish its pricing?
Yes, unusually for this category. Sumsub publishes per-verification rates on its pricing page: $1.35 per verification on Basic with a $149 minimum monthly commitment, and $1.85 on Compliance with a $299 minimum, which adds AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Enterprise is quoted. Figures read from sumsub.com/pricing on 2026-07-26.
How much does Sumsub's AML screening cost on its own?
Sumsub lists AML screening at $0.08 per initial check and per checked match thereafter. Note the pricing page's own footnote: on the Basic and Compliance plans a user verification is charged in full even if you do not use all the bundled features, so the line-item rate is not the same as a standalone screening price.
Can I buy only Sumsub's sanctions screening?
Sanctions and PEP screening is sold as a module of the verification platform rather than as a standalone screening API. Ask explicitly whether a screening-only contract is available before you scope the rest.
What is the cheapest way to screen a name against OFAC?
The free tier of an OFAC-specific API. SanctionsAI allows 5 checks/day with no API key and no signup; paid plans start at $19/month for 10,000 checks, and pay-per-call is $0.05 per check over x402.
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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