iDenfy review

iDenfy sells identity verification and compliance tools for businesses onboarding customers. Its services cover identity-document checks, face matching and liveness, AML screening, business verification, and fraud detection. The product can be integrated into web and mobile apps or presented through iFrames, with API, SDK, and no-code options listed for Basic.

The ID check extracts data from documents issued in more than 200 countries and territories. Liveness options include 3D detection and passive verification from a single photo. For business checks, iDenfy says it accesses more than 180 company registries across 120 countries and can check UBOs and shareholders. Screening covers sanctions and watchlists, politically exposed persons (PEPs), and adverse media, with ongoing screening available.

This is infrastructure for companies that need to verify people or businesses—not a consumer identity app. Its value depends on verification volume and which checks a team needs.

The toolkit covers more than a basic ID scan. According to the product details, teams can combine document checks, face matching, liveness, AML screening, business checks, and fraud signals such as forged, stolen, expired, compromised, or blocklisted documents and identity details. That breadth may reduce the need to stitch together separate vendors, though the sources do not establish which checks are included in each configuration.

Other useful points for buyers:

• Document support spans 200+ countries and territories; business verification reaches 180+ registries in 120 countries.
• iDenfy offers API, SDK, no-code, web, mobile, and iFrame integration routes.
• The service describes in-house human review around the clock, with a review within three minutes. The pricing page separately lists 24/7 manual review as a $0.45-per-verification add-on, so confirm whether it is included in the package you are quoted.
• Enterprise lists volume-based annual pricing, up to eight-year data retention, a 99.9% uptime SLA, and up to $1 million in cyber insurance coverage.

For teams with enough checks to justify the minimum, the mix of automated and human review and broad screening options is a practical advantage.

The Basic price is not simply $1.35 for occasional use: the pricing page lists a $135 monthly minimum, equivalent to about 100 checks at that rate. If volume falls below that, the minimum can make the effective cost per verification higher. Premium and Enterprise prices are not published, and Enterprise uses custom annual pricing, which makes a clean plan comparison difficult. The listed 14-day free trial is attached to Premium; the sources do not say Basic has a trial.

Extras can raise the bill. The listed add-ons include $0.45 per verification for sanctions and PEP checks, $0.90 for proof of address, $0.20 for 3D face liveness, and $0.45 for 24/7 manual review. The full add-on list also prices approved-only verification at $0.50 extra. An iDenfy representative in one Reddit thread said standard billing charges each attempt, while approved-only charges $1.85 only for verified users; commenters questioned how retries and incomplete sessions are counted. Get billing definitions in writing before forecasting costs.

The sources also do not publish Premium’s per-check rate or Enterprise’s annual price.

iDenfy’s Basic plan has a $135 monthly minimum, with pricing listed at $1.35 per verification. It includes ID checks, face matching and liveness detection, plus 12-month data retention and API, SDK and no-code options. That minimum is the main catch for teams with low or unpredictable volume: you may pay $135 even when you do few checks.

Premium pricing per verification is not published. The plan includes Basic features and discounts on extras, and the pricing information lists a 14-day free trial. Enterprise uses custom, volume-based annual pricing; no annual price is published. It adds up to eight years of data retention, a 99.9% uptime SLA and up to $1 million in cyber insurance coverage.

Extras can push up the bill: sanctions and PEP screening is $0.45 per verification, 24/7 manual review is $0.45, and 3D face liveness is $0.20. Proof of address costs $0.90. Check which add-ons your workflow needs before comparing the $1.35 Basic rate with another provider. Enterprise’s annual commitment and undisclosed price also make a clean budget comparison harder.

A move to iDenfy means connecting its checks to your existing onboarding flow. The product supports web and mobile integrations and iFrames, and the pricing information lists API, SDK and no-code options. The effort will depend on which route you choose and how your current verification, AML and business checks are wired in; the published material does not specify migration services or a migration timeline.

Before switching, confirm what data you can export and how long it remains available. Basic and Premium list 12-month retention; Enterprise offers up to eight years. The published material does not describe export formats, deletion controls or what happens to records after cancellation, so get those terms in writing before moving production checks.

We can’t substantiate a Reddit-driven reason for leaving: no Reddit posts or comments were published for this review. The stated pricing does point to a practical pressure point. Teams with low or unpredictable volume may struggle to justify Basic’s $135 monthly minimum, while Enterprise buyers have to request a custom annual quote. Those are pricing concerns, not verified reports of customers leaving.