Proof Holdings vs Veriff
Veriff publishes its prices — rare in KYC — and does regulatory identity properly: government ID plus biometric selfie, AML screening included. Proof Holdings answers a lighter question first: is there a real, reachable person behind this account? No documents, no PII, a fraction of the cost.
Veriff for the regulated check; Proof for the question most flows actually ask. Phone, email, and domain control — proven with no documents — is a strong realness signal at roughly 1% of a KYC check's price, and you start with 300 free.
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 | Veriff |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Pre-KYC: prove asset control (no PII) | Regulatory KYC: verify legal identity |
| Government ID + biometric liveness | No | Yes |
| 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 |
| Composes alongside the other | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Per-proof (€0.0079) | Per-verification ($0.80–$1.89) |
Pricing
Pricing model
Proof Holdings
Per-proof: €0.0079, 300 free/month
Veriff
Per-verification: $0.80–$1.89 ($49–$209/mo min)
Cost to screen early
Proof Holdings
Cheap, no-PII pre-filter before you pay for KYC
Veriff
A full identity check — priced accordingly
When the law requires KYC
Proof Holdings
Not what Proof does — use Veriff
Veriff
Purpose-built regulatory identity verification
Trust without collecting PII
Proof Holdings
Proof of asset control, no ID stored
Veriff
Collects government ID + biometric
Alongside, not instead
This isn't a competition. Veriff verifies legal identity — it matches a government ID to a live selfie and screens against sanctions and PEP lists, which is exactly what you need when a regulator requires KYC. Proof Holdings proves control of an asset — a phone, an email, a domain — with no ID and no PII. Those are different jobs, and they compose.
The common pattern is a pre-KYC filter: run Proof first, cheaply and without collecting any PII, to weed out bots, throwaway signups, and obvious fraud — then send only the real, promising applicants on to Veriff for the full identity check. You spend on expensive KYC only where it's warranted, and you collect PII from fewer people. Proof runs *alongside* Veriff, not against it.
When you don't need KYC at all
Plenty of "verify the user" moments never needed a passport: anti-abuse, account recovery, marketplace trust, rewarding a real account over a throwaway. For those, a government-ID check is friction and liability you don't need — and Proof stands on its own, proving a real, distinct person or business controls the assets behind an account without ever learning who they are.
So the split is simple: when the law requires identity, use Veriff (with Proof as a cheap pre-filter if you like). When it doesn't, Proof alone is the lighter, no-PII trust signal. Veriff publishes clear per-verification pricing ($0.80–$1.89, with monthly minimums); Proof is €0.0079 per proof with no PII collected.
When to use Veriff
- You have a regulatory obligation to verify a customer's legal identity (KYC/AML)
- You need a government-ID check with biometric liveness and sanctions/PEP screening
- You're in regulated financial services, crypto, lending, gambling, or age-gated markets
- You need auditable identity records for a regulator
- You want clear per-verification pricing for full identity checks
When to use Proof Holdings
- You want a cheap, no-PII pre-KYC filter to run before Veriff
- You want to establish trust without collecting a government ID
- Your use case (anti-abuse, recovery, marketplace trust) never needed full 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 reduce how many people you collect PII from
Frequently Asked Questions
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