The Sumsub Alternative Everyone’s been switching to
Ever wondered how many vendors are hiding inside your verification stack?
With Shufti, none. The AI, OCR, biometrics, AML, and the full workflow are built and owned in-house, so there are no third-party data handoffs, no opaque ownership, and no surprises at renewal. But that’s not the case with off-the-shelf solutions that offer sub-bar performance due to reliance on many third parties.
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Powering safe customer journeys across 2000+ businesses & 240+ regions
Sumsub vs Shufti- Does Owning the Full Verification Stack Actually Produce a Better Outcome?
This question comes down to control. For enterprises looking for a Sumsub alternative, a stack like Shufti that is built and owned end to end, then proven in the world’s most difficult markets, can offer greater consistency than off-the-shelf tools that stitch together different vendors for each task and inherit the gaps those vendors carry.
How will the numbers change for you?
Sumsub friction costs you users you already paid to acquire — failed scans, selfie loops, review queues, and unsupported edge cases. Shufti offers clearer audit trails, passing more genuine users and reducing manual checks.
The takeaway
Switching to Shufti recovers users entering your funnel, slashes manual review, and turns more paid traffic into completed signups.
Note: Figures are directional examples. Use your own funnel to model the actual lift.
The truth behind “One Platform” and its dependance on Ten others
Sumsub is not one vendor doing the work but it is a chain of vulnerabilities. Every link is a roadmap you do not control, an SLA you cannot tighten, a compliance obligation you cannot guarantee, and a copy of your customers’ data sitting outside your perimeter.
Innovation Lag
Sumsub can only catch what its AML supplier has already learned to catch. Shufti builds its own models, so you are not stuck in someone else’s queue.
Data Privacy Chain
User data passes through companies you never chose. When one of them has a breach or a compliance failure, you inherit the problem.
SLA Fragmentation
When a verification stalls in an orchestrated stack, no one knows whose problem it is. With Shufti, the first call is the last.
Pricing Volatility
When a partner raises prices on Sumsub, Sumsub raises prices on you. With Shufti, there is no middle layer to mark up.
Country-by-Country OCR, Benchmarked Against Google
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150+ Languages Across 220+ Countries
Including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Devanagari, and Ge'ez, the scripts that generic OCR gets wrong most often, and the ones that come up most in emerging market onboarding.
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10,000+ Active Document
Shufti doesn't guess where the date of birth sits on a Ugandan voters card. Each document type is mapped, field by field, for each issuing country, so extraction is accurate from the first call.
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Compliance Output, Not Raw Text
What comes out isn't a string dump. It's a structured identity record, name, DOB, document number, expiry, ready to feed your KYC workflow without post-processing.
DON’T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT, HEAR FROM OUR CUSTOMERS
The Confidence
Our Clients Share
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“We’re proud to have one of the lowest fraud rates of any gaming marketplace globally and we are always searching for new solutions to better improve the safety of our customers. Shufti provided the most effective KYC solution, allowing us to streamline our customer’s experience on the Kinguin Marketplace, ensuring purchases are as secure and convenient as possible.”
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“We take our clients’ privacy very seriously, and we want them to know that we are constantly looking for new innovative solutions to ensure a safe banking experience. This is why we are proud of our recent partnership with Shufti, the AI-powered identity verification solutions provider, which will provide state-of-the-art identity verification. This collaboration falls under our strategy to provide a seamless and secure digital experience for our valued customers who prefer to use our online platform. We aim to improve our online banking and create an even safer service through the “Safwa Mobile” application.”
“As a relatively new brand, we need to absolutely ensure that initial brand interactions between Mintus and our customers are slick and smooth. To achieve this we need technology that is highly customisable to our needs and able to accurately verify individuals from across the globe. Not only does Shufti deliver this, it also does it quickly and easily – something our customers truly appreciate. We estimate that £150m of painting investments will be verified by Shufti this year.”
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“When potential customers informed us that our lengthy verification processes were hindering their due diligence verification, we knew we needed to make changes. Shufti had a reputation as a leading authentication expert that would be able to streamline our processes, while enhancing our risk detection. Through partnering with the team at Shufti we’ve been able to grow our customer numbers by 20%. At the same time we’re able to streamline their experience while on our platform and stop under-aged users and potentially fraudulent users from accessing our services. It’s a win win.”
“Given that we’re working with such vulnerable people, knowing exactly who is volunteering with us is vital, particularly as we need to have a large team on the ground. We needed a secure system that was not only highly accurate, but also time-saving. Shufti eliminated the need for our staff to implement extensive, manual ID verification processes and instead enabled us to focus on our two main projects in Ukraine – to deliver support to as many people as we can, and to grow the capacity of the charity so we can help even more people.”
Design Your Journey, Without Touching a Line of Code
Every business switching KYC providers has two concerns: where their users' data physically lives, along with its security, and whether the verification experience will feel like their product or a third-party widget. Unlike others, Shufti has clean answers.
Data Sovereignty
Data Stays Within One Perimeter
Keep your data secure by limiting it to a single vendor, reducing the risk of breaches from multiple stakeholders.
Choose Your Region: EU, UK, US, and More
Shufti ensures your data stays within your chosen region, fully compliant with local regulations, and not shared externally.
Complete Control with Custom Encryption
Shufti allows you to bring your own encryption keys, ensuring complete control over your sensitive data’s security.
On-Premise and Air-Gapped Options
For maximum security, Shufti offers on-premise and air-gapped deployments, keeping your data isolated from external threats.
Journey Builder
Native SDKs & Full Brand Control
Customize your journey with native SDKs and full brand control, all without the need for coding.
Drag-and-Drop Journey Builder
Easily design your verification flow with a drag-and-drop builder, creating a seamless experience on one canvas.
Risk-Based Routing
The flow adapts to the user, applying risk-based routing for tailored verification requirements.
Multi-Journey on One Account
Handle multiple journeys, Retail KYC, KYB, AML, and refresh checks, simultaneously in parallel on one account.
What Teams Ask Us Before They Switch
No “it depends.” No redirects to a sales call. Just direct answers to the questions that matter when you’re making a vendor decision.
Own the Stack. Stop Renting One.
2000+ businesses chose Shufti because they wanted to own the stack, not rent a supply chain they couldn't fully audit. Join them.
The migration is seamless. The first 10 verifications are free. The only thing left is the decision.
Geo-fencing, bank account verification, AI Suite, QES, and Travel Rule capabilities per the matching shuftipro.com product pages. Competitor lineups checked against their public product pages and 2026 announcements on August 19, 2026.
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29 December, 2025
Enterprise Guide to Choose Right Identity Verification Solution
A buyer's guide for enterprise teams weighing identity verification. Covers risk, compliance, user experience, growth and scale, with the questions to put to vendors.
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