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Identity verification

Veriff

A managed identity-verification provider for supported documents, selfie or biometric checks, and review workflows across configured markets.

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Editorial verdict

Choose Veriff when its current document and market support, review model, privacy terms, retention, failure handling, and commercial package match the defined proofing requirement.12

Best for

  • Managed document-verification workflows
  • Teams needing explicit document-support checks
  • Products prepared to govern sensitive identity data and review outcomes
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Not ideal for

  • Products needing only account authentication
  • Unsupported document, country, age, or evidence requirements
  • Teams unable to implement fallback, appeal, deletion, and lawful biometric handling
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Main trade-off

A managed verification service reduces model and review implementation while adding sensitive-data, support-matrix, retention, policy, contract, and provider dependence.12

Product boundary

Whether Veriff's supported documents, geographies, review model, privacy, retention, and commercial terms fit the proofing flow.

Veriff provides verification outcomes for configured evidence. It is not account authentication, a universal identity guarantee, a legal eligibility ruling, or the application's final authorization and appeal process.12

For: Products evaluating a managed identity-verification flow across documented countries and evidence types

  • The supported-document matrix does not cover the product's markets.
  • Retention, biometric, privacy, residency, or deletion requirements conflict with policy.
  • Failure and manual-review outcomes cannot be integrated into a fair fallback process.

Why teams consider Veriff

  • Document matrixOfficial documentation enumerates supported document types and markets.12
  • Managed verificationAutomated and plan-dependent review workflows can support identity proofing.12
  • Retention policyOfficial policy documents state default and variable retention boundaries.12

Pricing

Veriff publishes self-serve subscription minimums and per-verification rates, while volume, products, review, support, and enterprise terms vary; model the exact package and completion definition.4

Managed verification

Essential, Plus, or negotiated plan

Record monthly minimum, per-verification rate, review model, included products, countries, documents, support, retention, and volume terms.4

Reviewed Essential rate
$0.80 per verification with a $49 monthly minimum4
Plan boundary
Review model and commercial terms vary by package and volume4
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Veriff vs alternatives

Persona

Choose when
Configurable components, workflows, cases, and broader proofing orchestration are required.
Avoid when
A managed document-verification flow is sufficient.
Compared with Veriff
Platform configurability replaces Veriff's managed verification emphasis.56

Stripe Identity

Choose when
Stripe alignment and its supported verification methods reduce integration work.
Avoid when
Required markets, evidence, or workflow exceed the Stripe Identity boundary.
Compared with Veriff
Stripe integration replaces an independent managed provider.78

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Official product, policy, and pricing

  • Veriff supported document types
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  • Veriff privacy notice
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  • Veriff data retention
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  • Veriff self-serve plans
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    Veriff supported document types

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    Veriff privacy notice

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    Veriff data retention

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    Veriff self-serve plans

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    Persona government ID verification

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    Persona pricing

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    Stripe Identity

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    Stripe Identity terms

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