Comparison · 2026 edition
ComplyAdvantage vs sanctions.io: sanctions screening compared 2026.
ComplyAdvantage and sanctions.io side by side in the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index 2026: scores, evidence, published facts and awards.
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ComplyAdvantage and sanctions.io 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 3.8 (76), ranking 1 and 4 of 12. ComplyAdvantage also scores higher in every segment.
Overall and segment scores out of 100, and the score out of 5.
| Score | ComplyAdvantage | sanctions.io |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Score out of 100 | 91 | 76 |
| Overall rank | 1 of 12 | 4 of 12 |
| For payment and e-money firms (out of 100) | 91, rank 1 | 74, rank 3 |
| For banks and lenders (out of 100) | 90, rank 1 | 78, rank 3 |
| For crypto firms (out of 100) | 92, rank 1 | 76, rank 3 |
| Type | Sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening platform | Sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening API |
Each score with the evidence behind it.
| Criterion | ComplyAdvantage | sanctions.io |
|---|---|---|
| Screening coverage | 5/5 Sanctions, PEP, adverse media, ongoing monitoring and payment screening all published. | 5/5 Sanctions, PEP, adverse media, monitoring and transaction screening use published. |
| Published pricing | 4/5 Full monthly price table for screening and monitoring; payment screening and transaction monitoring not priced. | 1/5 Calculator published, but prices appear only after a contact form. |
| Data depth and freshness | 5/5 60+ jurisdictions and 11,000+ media sources published, with sanctions updates in minutes. | 5/5 75+ lists from 30+ jurisdictions published, updated every 60 minutes. |
| 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 and transliteration matching with allow and deny lists; adjustable thresholds and automated alert review not published. |
| Integration | 5/5 API, SFTP batch, web interface and online purchase published. | 5/5 API, batch API, portal with Excel upload and free trial published. |
| Security and clients | 4/5 ISO 27001 and SOC 2 stated without type, with a named regulated payment client. | 3/5 SOC 2 stated without type; no named regulated clients. |
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 | sanctions.io |
|---|---|---|
| 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 watchlists (Interpol Red Notices, FBI Most Wanted) and adverse media; monitoring "with real-time alerts"; API suited to "real-time onboarding and transaction screening use cases". |
| 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". | Pricing calculator by annual screening volume and entities; "Enter your details to access custom pricing options". No prices shown on the page. |
| 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". | "75+ sanctions & watchlists from 30+ jurisdictions", "Lists updated every 60 mins"; PEP database "more than 1M records"; adverse media from "over 60,000 sources in more than 100 countries". |
| Matching | "Name commonness matching"; lists covering "14 different languages"; agentic workflows "resolve up to 85% of routine alerts autonomously". | Name matching using NLP and machine learning covering "transliteration issues, nicknames, spelling errors, honorifics"; "custom allow- and deny-listing". |
| 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". | Screening API with average response "~350m"; batch screening API; screening portal with Excel upload; connectors for SAP, Salesforce, HubSpot and Shopify; "FREE Trial". |
| Security and clients | Mesh article lists "ISO27001 compliance" and "SOCII compliance" (type not stated). Customer stories name Monex and Recap. | "SOC2 compliant" (type not stated); Trust Center published. "Trusted by 400+ Organizations"; testimonial from Deel. |
| 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 sanctions.io: 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 sanctions.io, sanctions.io/pricing-calculator.
Awards follow from the published scores and cannot be bought.
From each provider's strongest criteria and published terms.
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