Provider profile · 2026 edition
Moody's Grid review 2026: scores, pricing and alternatives.
Moody's risk monitoring and screening database, combining sanctions, watchlists, PEPs and adverse media into structured risk profiles.
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Moody's risk monitoring and screening database, combining sanctions, watchlists, PEPs and adverse media into structured risk profiles.
Moody's Grid scores 1.6 out of 5 (31 out of 100) in the Buckingham Intelligence Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index 2026 and ranks 12 of 12. It is strongest for banks wanting a broad risk database to feed their own screening systems, and its best criterion is screening coverage at 4 out of 5. Not published or not stated on the pages read: coverage, pricing, data and security and clients.
Scores from the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index 2026.
No award in the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index 2026.
| Segment | Score out of 100 | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| For payment and e-money firms | 32 | 12 of 12 |
| For banks and lenders | 28 | 12 of 12 |
| For crypto firms | 32 | 12 of 12 |
The score out of 5 is the overall score out of 100 divided by 20. Leader goes to the top three overall, Best for to the first in each segment, and Top rated for to a score of 5 out of 5 on a criterion. Awards cannot be bought.
Where it scores best, and where to check closely, as shown in each ranking.
Banks wanting a broad risk database to feed their own screening systems.
What Moody's Grid publishes on its own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
Moody's risk monitoring and screening database, combining sanctions, watchlists, PEPs and adverse media into structured risk profiles. It publishes country and risk category coverage. It publishes no prices, update frequency, matching method, integration detail beyond an API name, or certifications on the page read.
| Fact | What the provider publishes |
|---|---|
| Coverage | "Combining adverse media, sanctions, watchlists, and politically exposed persons (PEPs) into structured risk profiles", with family members, close associates and "risk monitoring and screening". Payment screening not published. |
| Pricing | Not published on the page read. |
| Data | "Coverage across 200+ countries and jurisdictions with millions of profiles and sources"; "50+ risk categories". No update frequency stated. |
| Matching | Not published on the page read. |
| Integration | "Entity Verification API" listed; no batch, web tool or trial detail. |
| Security and clients | No certification or named clients on the page read. Moody's states it was "category winner for Financial Crime Data in the Chartis RiskTech100, 2026". |
| Date read | 26 October 2026 |
A fact that is not published is scored as not offered or, for a fee, as if it were high. It is never estimated.
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: moodys.com/web/en/us/kyc/products/grid.html.
Each score with the evidence behind it.
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
The other providers in the same ranking, ordered by score.
| Provider | Score out of 5 | Rank | Strongest for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ComplyAdvantage | 4.5 | 1 of 12 | Payment and e-money firms wanting full coverage with a published monthly price table |
| dilisense | 4.0 | 2 of 12 | Smaller payment and crypto firms wanting low published per-check prices |
| Castellum.AI | 3.8 | 3 of 12 | US banks and fintechs wanting very fresh data and automated alert review |
| sanctions.io | 3.8 | 4 of 12 | Fintechs and crypto firms wanting hourly list updates and quick API set-up |
| LSEG World-Check | 3.4 | 5 of 12 | Banks and larger firms wanting an established risk database with a free trial |
| OpenSanctions | 3.1 | 6 of 12 | Crypto and payment firms wanting the clearest published per-query prices and traceable sources |
| Facctum | 2.9 | 7 of 12 | Banks and payment firms wanting fast payment screening and a choice of hosting region |
| Dow Jones Risk & Compliance | 2.8 | 8 of 12 | Banks and investment firms needing ownership data on sanctioned parties |
| Napier AI | 2.7 | 9 of 12 | Banks wanting screening and monitoring on one platform with strong security credentials |
| Sanction Scanner | 2.6 | 10 of 12 | Smaller firms wanting one plan for screening, adverse media and daily monitoring |
| Ripjar | 2.4 | 11 of 12 | Large banks wanting entity-based screening across many languages |
Side by side on every criterion, fact and award.
Head-to-head comparisons cover pairs within the top five of each ranking. Moody's Grid is compared with its alternatives in the table above.
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