Comparison · 2026 edition
ComplyAdvantage vs dilisense: sanctions screening compared 2026.
ComplyAdvantage and dilisense side by side in the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index 2026: scores, evidence, published facts and awards.
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ComplyAdvantage and dilisense side by side in the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index 2026: scores, evidence, published facts and awards.
In the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index, ComplyAdvantage scores higher overall: 4.5 out of 5 (91 out of 100) against 4.0 (80), ranking 1 and 2 of 12. ComplyAdvantage also scores higher in every segment.
Overall and segment scores out of 100, and the score out of 5.
| Score | ComplyAdvantage | dilisense |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Score out of 100 | 91 | 80 |
| Overall rank | 1 of 12 | 2 of 12 |
| For payment and e-money firms (out of 100) | 91, rank 1 | 84, rank 2 |
| For banks and lenders (out of 100) | 90, rank 1 | 70, rank 4 |
| For crypto firms (out of 100) | 92, rank 1 | 86, rank 2 |
| Type | Sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening platform | Sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening API |
Each score with the evidence behind it.
| Criterion | ComplyAdvantage | dilisense |
|---|---|---|
| Screening coverage | 5/5 Sanctions, PEP, adverse media, ongoing monitoring and payment screening all published. | 5/5 Sanctions, PEP, adverse media, ongoing monitoring and transaction-time screening published. |
| Published pricing | 4/5 Full monthly price table for screening and monitoring; payment screening and transaction monitoring not priced. | 5/5 Per-call prices, a monthly plan with included volume and overage price published. |
| Data depth and freshness | 5/5 60+ jurisdictions and 11,000+ media sources published, with sanctions updates in minutes. | 5/5 10,000+ sources and 190+ jurisdictions published, updated hourly. |
| Matching and alert handling | 4/5 Name commonness matching, multi-language lists and automated alert resolution; adjustable thresholds not stated on the pages read. | 3/5 Fuzzy matching and adjustable thresholds published; cross-language matching and automated alert review not published. |
| Integration | 5/5 API, SFTP batch, web interface and online purchase published. | 5/5 API, Excel batch, free web search and free trial published. |
| Security and clients | 4/5 ISO 27001 and SOC 2 stated without type, with a named regulated payment client. | 0/5 No security certification published. |
Each criterion is scored 0 to 5 against the best published offer in the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index. 0 means not offered or not published. How it is scored
What each provider publishes on its own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
| Fact | ComplyAdvantage | dilisense |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Mesh platform lists Customer Screening, Company Screening, Ongoing Monitoring, Transaction Monitoring and Payment Screening, with data on Sanctions & Watchlists, PEPs & RCAs and Adverse Media. | "Sanctions, PEP, criminal and adverse media" screening, Ongoing Monitoring with "instant alerts when sanctions or PEP status changes", and screening "on every relevant transaction" through the API. |
| Pricing | Starter Plan: "Up to 100" monitor searches $119 a month billed monthly or $99 billed annually, up to 2,000 at $383 or $319. Starter with agentic workflows: $179 to $575 monthly, $149 to $479 annually. Minimum "100 monitored entities". Enterprise: "POA". | Starter: "EUR 0.10" per API call, "No monthly fee", "100 API calls free". Professional: "300 EUR/mo, 10,000 calls included, 0.03 EUR per additional call". |
| Data | Sanctions data from OFAC, HMT, EU consolidated lists "and over 60 additional jurisdictions", "updated in minutes rather than months". Adverse media: "over 11,000 verified national, regional, and local media sources across 200+ countries and territories", "updated every day". | "2.3M+ records · 10,000+ sources · 190+ jurisdictions"; API page states "10,000+ sources, hourly updated" and "All sources are updated multiple times per day." |
| Matching | "Name commonness matching"; lists covering "14 different languages"; agentic workflows "resolve up to 85% of routine alerts autonomously". | "Decide which lists to include, use fuzzy or exact search, and dial in your false-positive threshold"; secondary identifiers such as date of birth refine fuzzy matching. |
| Integration | "A choice of integration methods: API, SFTP, or via our web interface"; REST API following the OpenAPI specification; Starter Plan bought online, with set-up "within 1 business day". | REST API with JSON responses, Postman collection, SDKs and sandbox; Excel batch screening; free web search "without registration"; on-premise database download; "Every product offers a free trial." |
| Security and clients | Mesh article lists "ISO27001 compliance" and "SOCII compliance" (type not stated). Customer stories name Monex and Recap. | No ISO 27001 or SOC 2 published; site shows "GDPR" and "DORA" badges. "Trusted by 500+ companies worldwide"; logos include DFX Swiss and Availabill. Company: dilisense GmbH, Switzerland. |
| Date read | 26 October 2026 | 26 October 2026 |
Not published or not stated by ComplyAdvantage: security and clients and matching and alert handling.
Not published or not stated by dilisense: security and clients and matching and alert handling.
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: complyadvantage.com, complyadvantage.com/pricing, complyadvantage.com/starter-plan, complyadvantage.com/…, complyadvantage.com/…, complyadvantage.com/integration, complyadvantage.com/insights/…; and dilisense.com/en, dilisense.com/en/products/aml-screening-api.
Awards follow from the published scores and cannot be bought.
From each provider's strongest criteria and published terms.
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