Proof Holdings vs Onfido
Onfido — now Entrust Identity Verification — brings 2,500+ document types and Atlas AI to regulatory KYC. When the law requires that, use it. Proof Holdings covers the moments before and beside it: prove control of a phone, email, or domain with no ID, no identity data, and no sales call.
When regulation demands identity, use Onfido/Entrust. Everywhere else, Proof gives you the trust signal without the dossier: control of real assets, proven from €0.0079, with a signed token instead of stored identity data.
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:
Same price · Any asset
The same price for every asset — phone, email, and domain today, with wallet and social coming soon. No per-seat or per-MAU fees — the meters that make rivals' bills jump.
- Free every month
- 300 proofs
- Pay as you go
- €0.03 / proof
- At volume
- €0.0079 / proof on the €79 plan
Feature Comparison
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| Feature | Proof Holdings | Onfido |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Pre-KYC: prove asset control (no identity data) | Regulatory KYC: verify legal identity |
| Government ID + biometric liveness | No | 2,500+ document types |
| AML / sanctions / PEP screening | 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 |
| Pricing | Per-proof, published (from €0.0079) | Sales-led (contact sales) |
| Owner | Independent | Entrust (acquired Onfido, 2024) |
Pricing
Pricing model
Proof Holdings
Per-proof: from €0.0079, 300 free/month, self-serve
Onfido
Sales-led — contact sales, no public per-verification rate
When the law requires KYC
Proof Holdings
Not what Proof does — use Onfido/Entrust
Onfido
Purpose-built regulatory identity verification
Trust without collecting identity data
Proof Holdings
Proof of asset control, no ID stored
Onfido
Collects government ID + biometric
Getting a price
Proof Holdings
Published, per-proof, start today
Onfido
Enterprise sales cycle
Alongside, not instead
Onfido — rebranded Entrust Identity Verification after Entrust acquired it in 2024 — verifies legal identity: it checks a government document (2,500+ types) against a biometric selfie and screens for AML, which is what a regulator expects for KYC. Proof Holdings proves control of an asset with no ID and no identity data. Different jobs, and they compose.
The natural pattern is a pre-KYC filter: run Proof first — cheap, no identity data — to screen out bots and obvious fraud, then send the real applicants to Onfido/Entrust for the full identity check. Proof runs *alongside* it, cutting how many expensive checks you pay for and how much PII you collect.
When you don't need KYC at all
Many trust moments — anti-abuse, account recovery, marketplace trust — never required a government ID. For those, Proof stands on its own: it proves a real, distinct person or business controls the assets behind an account, without learning who they are or storing any identity data.
So: when the law requires identity, use Onfido/Entrust (with Proof as a pre-filter if you like). When it doesn't, Proof alone is the lighter, no-identity-data signal. One note on the comparison — Onfido's pricing is sales-led, so treat any per-check figure quoted online as unofficial.
When to use Onfido
- You have a regulatory obligation to verify legal identity (KYC/AML)
- You need broad global document coverage (2,500+ types) with biometric liveness
- You're standardizing on Entrust's broader identity portfolio
- You need auditable identity records for a regulator
- You're an enterprise comfortable with sales-led procurement
When to use Proof Holdings
- You want a cheap, no-identity-data pre-KYC filter to run before Onfido/Entrust
- You want to establish trust without collecting a government ID
- Your use case never needed full regulatory KYC
- You want published, self-serve, per-proof pricing you can start today
- You want a portable proof of asset control, not an identity dossier
- You want to collect PII from fewer people
Frequently Asked Questions
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