Proof Holdings vs Ondato
Ondato is EU-native KYC with rare price transparency — from €0.50 per verification, AMLD/GDPR/eIDAS-aligned, out of Lithuania. Proof Holdings (also EU-built) handles the step before compliance: prove asset control for €0.0079, and collect nothing a regulator would ever ask you to protect.
Ondato is the right EU tool when AMLD applies. Proof is the EU-built layer for when it doesn't: €0.0079 per control proof versus €0.50+ per identity check, and nothing stored that GDPR would make you regret.
One API · One key
One key does what a stack of vendors does
Every vendor on this page verifies legal identity. Proof is a single API for the lighter job — proving control of an asset, with a signed, offline-verifiable ES256 token for each of these:
Flat price · Any asset
One flat price for every asset — phone, email, and domain today, with wallet and social coming soon. No per-seat, no per-MAU, no per-verification tiers — the meter that makes every rival's bill jump.
- Free every month
- 300 proofs
- Pay as you go
- €0.03 / proof
- At volume
- €0.0079 / proof
Feature Comparison
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| Feature | Proof Holdings | Ondato |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Pre-KYC: prove asset control (no PII) | Regulatory KYC/KYB/AML (EU-focused) |
| ID verification (Photo / Video / NFC) | No | Yes |
| AML screening + monitoring | No | Yes |
| Collects PII (name, ID, selfie) | No | Yes |
| Proves control of phone / email / domain | Yes | No |
| Portable proof token (offline) | ES256 JWT | Verification result + audit trail |
| Regulatory KYC/AML fit | No — pre-KYC | Yes |
| Composes alongside the other | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Per-proof (€0.0079) | Per-verification (from €0.50) |
Pricing
Pricing model
Proof Holdings
Per-proof: €0.0079, 300 free/month
Ondato
Per-verification: €0.50–€1.40 (+ AML €0.04–€0.45, KYB from €600)
Cost to screen early
Proof Holdings
Cheap, no-PII pre-filter before you pay for KYC
Ondato
A full identity check — priced accordingly
When the law requires KYC
Proof Holdings
Not what Proof does — use Ondato
Ondato
EU-aligned regulatory KYC/KYB/AML
Trust without collecting PII
Proof Holdings
Proof of asset control, no ID stored
Ondato
Collects government ID + biometric
Alongside, not instead
Ondato is an EU-focused identity suite — document, NFC-chip, and live-video verification with AML screening and KYB, explicitly aligned to AMLD, GDPR, and eIDAS. It's a strong fit when you carry an EU regulatory obligation. Proof Holdings proves control of an asset with no PII — a different job, and they compose.
The pattern is a pre-KYC filter: run Proof first, cheaply and with no PII, to screen out bots and obvious fraud, then send real applicants to Ondato for the full identity check. Proof runs *alongside* it, cutting how many verifications you pay for and how much PII you collect. Ondato is refreshingly transparent — from €0.50 per verification — which makes the layered economics easy to reason about.
The pre-KYC layer
For anti-abuse, account recovery, and marketplace trust, a full EU identity check is more than you need. Proof proves a real, distinct person or business controls the assets behind an account — no ID, no PII — and returns a portable proof token.
So the split: EU-regulated identity → Ondato; a cheap, no-PII signal → Proof, alongside or on its own. Ondato publishes per-verification pricing from €0.50; Proof is €0.0079 per proof with 300 free monthly and no PII collected.
When to use Ondato
- You have an EU regulatory KYC/AML obligation (AMLD-aligned)
- You need document, NFC-chip, or live-video identity verification
- You need AML screening, monitoring, and KYB in one EU-focused suite
- You want transparent per-verification pricing for full identity checks
- You need eIDAS/GDPR-aligned, ISO 27001-certified processing
When to use Proof Holdings
- You want a cheap, no-PII pre-KYC filter to run before Ondato
- You want to establish trust without collecting a government ID
- Your use case never needed full regulatory KYC
- You want a portable proof of asset control, not an identity dossier
- You'd rather pay per proof than per full identity verification
- You want to collect PII from fewer people
Frequently Asked Questions
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