idcheckidcheck.now vs Onfido
An honest comparison — pricing, minimums, document coverage, liveness certification, and features. Including the part most vendor-written comparisons skip: where Onfido is genuinely the better choice.
Last updated: July 26, 2026 · Competitor data as of July 2026, from public pricing pages and market reportsTwo different bets
Onfido (now part of Entrust) is one of the longest-standing enterprise KYC vendors. It's built for large organizations with procurement teams, global user bases, and compliance departments that want a recognized name on the vendor list. Onfido does not publish self-serve pricing — contracts are sales-negotiated, and market reports put per-check costs around $1.50–$3.00+ with enterprise minimums estimated at $20,000–$80,000 per year.
idcheck.now is built for US-focused products that want deep driver's-license forensics (AAMVA PDF417 decode, barcode↔OCR cross-checks, FL/IL/WI license-number recomputation) plus selfie, liveness, and OFAC screening — at a public $0.99 per completed check, with the first 100 checks each month free and no monthly minimum.
Feature and pricing comparison
Anything we couldn't verify from public sources is marked "not publicly listed" rather than guessed.
| Feature | idcheck.now | Onfido |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing per check | $0.99Per completed check; first 100/mo free | ~$1.50–3.00+Estimate from market reports — quote-only |
| Monthly minimums | $0No minimums, no platform fees | Est. $20–80k/yrEnterprise contracts; not publicly listed |
| Doc coverage | US driver's licenses & state IDs, all 50 statesAAMVA v01–v12 · NFC passport add-on | Global — thousands of document templatesAdvertised by vendor |
| Liveness certification | In-house presentation-attack detectioniBeta/ISO certification on roadmap | Vendor-advertisediBeta / ISO 30107-3 PAD — verify current level |
| Sanctions screening | YesOFAC SDN + DOB corroboration on every check | YesWatchlist screening advertised |
| Duplicate-face network | Yes1:N across a 2.6M-face network | Not publicly listed |
| Device intelligence | YesDevice signals on every session (Growth+) | Not publicly listed |
| Free tier | Yes100 checks/mo, free forever, no card | No free tier publicly listed |
| No-sales-call signup | YesSign up and verify in minutes | No — sales-led signup |
| Hosted flow | Yesverify.idcheck.now — biometrics never touch your servers | Yes |
| REST API | YesSessions, decisions, full check detail | Yes |
| Webhooks | YesSigned, hash-chained audit trail | Yes |
Competitor data as of July 2026, from public pricing pages and market reports. Estimates are labeled as estimates.
Where Onfido is stronger
We wrote this section first. If any of these are must-haves for you, stop reading and go with Onfido.
Global document coverage
Onfido supports identity documents from well over a hundred countries, with thousands of templates — vendors using Regula-grade template libraries advertise 15,000+. If you onboard users outside the US, that coverage matters and we don't match it today.
Brand trust in procurement
For banks and large enterprises, 'we use Onfido/Entrust' is a sentence that ends security review meetings. A younger vendor simply can't replicate that institutional trust.
Enterprise certifications
Onfido advertises mature compliance credentials (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001) and certified liveness (iBeta / ISO 30107-3 PAD — verify current level with the vendor). Our SOC 2 program is on the roadmap, and we say so openly.
Mature enterprise integrations
Years of enterprise deployments mean prebuilt integrations and implementation partners for complex, multi-region rollouts.
Where idcheck.now is stronger
Price
A public, flat $0.99 per completed check — first 100 each month free. Hard declines for fraud or sanctions matches are never billed.
No minimums
$0 monthly floor. Slow months cost nothing. There is no annual commit and no platform fee to amortize.
Transparent pricing
Every price is published, including an interactive cost calculator on our pricing page. No 'request a quote' wall — for any tier, including ours.
A real free tier
100 completed checks a month, free forever, no credit card. Document, selfie, liveness, and OFAC all included.
2.6M-face duplicate network
Every enrolled face is searched 1:N against a 2.6-million-face network, catching repeat fraudsters rotating identities across documents and merchants. None of the vendors in this series publicly list an equivalent.
Ungated docs and tools
Full API documentation, sandbox test sessions, and a working integration without talking to anyone. Five lines of JavaScript to a verified user.
AI-readable everything
llms.txt, machine-readable docs, and structured data on every page — built so both developers and their AI tools can evaluate us without a demo call.
So, which one?
Choose Onfido if…
- You onboard users globally and need document coverage far beyond US licenses and passports.
- Your procurement or compliance team requires SOC 2 Type II / ISO 27001 from vendors today.
- You have enterprise budget and want an established vendor with a long reference list.
Choose idcheck.now if…
- You're US-focused and want the deepest driver's-license forensics available: live PDF417 decode, barcode↔OCR cross-checks, FL/IL/WI license-number recomputation.
- You want to start today — free tier, no credit card, no sales call — and scale at a flat, public $0.99/check.
- You want duplicate-face detection across a 2.6M-face network included, not as an enterprise negotiation.
- Predictable bills matter: $0 minimums, no platform fees, and fraud declines never billed.
FAQ
Common questions
Is idcheck.now cheaper than Onfido?
Yes, by a wide margin at most volumes. idcheck.now charges a public $0.99 per completed check with the first 100 free each month and no minimums. Onfido doesn't publish pricing; market reports estimate roughly $1.50–$3.00+ per check with enterprise contracts estimated at $20,000–$80,000 per year. As of July 2026.
Does Onfido have a free tier?
Onfido does not publicly list a free tier — access is sales-led with enterprise contracts. idcheck.now's Starter tier is free forever: 100 completed checks per month including document, selfie, liveness, and OFAC screening.
Which has better document coverage, idcheck.now or Onfido?
Onfido, for global coverage — it advertises thousands of document templates from over a hundred countries. idcheck.now goes deeper on US driver's licenses specifically: live PDF417 barcode forensics, barcode↔OCR cross-checks, and FL/IL/WI license-number recomputation, plus NFC passport verification as an add-on.
Test us against Onfido — free.
100 completed checks a month, free forever. Run the same users through both and compare the decisions.