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Persona

Persona is a configurable identity platform that lets a business assemble its own verification flows from building blocks covering government identity documents, biometric face matching and passive liveness, business verification and beneficial ownership, sanctions and watchlist screening, third party data and case review. Flows can vary by customer type, geography, product and risk level, and the platform serves banks and fintechs alongside marketplaces, gig platforms and consumer apps.

Last VerifiedOctober 2, 2026
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Website
withpersona.com
Categories
aml-kyc-financial-crime, fraud-and-transaction-risk
Assessment

Capability Axes

Capability grades

15 of 15 axes rated · 13 graded A or B

AI Capability
AI Centrality
BB on AI CentralityThe models are the engine of a core capability, layered on a product that would still function without them as a rules or workflow system.
Vendor Published

Document reading, face matching, passive liveness and risk scoring are model work inside the building blocks. A configurable identity workflow platform drawing results from connected providers would stand without them, and that orchestration is what the marketing leads with.

Autonomy and Oversight Model
AA on Autonomy and Oversight ModelWhat the system runs alone, what constrains it, and how a person checks it are all published: modes, thresholds, sampling or audit controls, and the route a case takes to human review.
Vendor Published

Customers author flows that vary by geography, product and risk level, deciding where automation stops, and Cases gives a dedicated review surface with role based permissions. Platform agents can now review cases in place of a team, and what they may decide alone is not described.

Model Risk Management and Transparency
CC on Model Risk Management and TransparencyTransparency is claimed in general terms with no mechanism a model validator could interrogate.
Vendor Published

Because the customer authors flow logic and chooses providers, much of the decision path is known by construction. Face matching, document reading and liveness carry no published documentation, error rates or validation support.

Operational and Outcome Evidence
BB on Operational and Outcome EvidenceVendor aggregate claims with real figures, or audited scale disclosures from a publicly listed company.
Vendor Published

About a billion identities verified and more than 300 million fraud attempts stopped sit beside named customers such as Square, LinkedIn and OpenAI. Outcomes on the customers page are told in words rather than figures, and no number attaches to a named customer.

AI Safety and Data Stewardship
BB on AI Safety and Data StewardshipA categorical stewardship commitment is published without the retention schedule or the engineering detail behind it.
Vendor Published

Verification data is not sold, brokered or used to train AI or machine learning models, a categorical answer on the security page. Model hosting terms, supplier retention and lifecycle detail are not set out.

Regulatory and Compliance
GLBA and Data Privacy Posture
BB on GLBA and Data Privacy PostureA substantive privacy document that reaches the product itself, short of the subprocessor list or the full data handling detail.
Vendor Published

Identity documents, facial images and ownership records flow through the platform, with configurable automated retention and field level redaction stated on the security page. Linked subprocessor lists are absent, and the position on state biometric privacy statutes is not given.

Security Certifications and Trust Center
BB on Security Certifications and Trust CenterA recognized certification named in the vendor’s own material without the artifact, or with a scope or renewal question the buyer has to raise.
Vendor Published

FedRAMP authorization with a marketplace listing, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are named, with copies released through an account manager. Report dates and audit periods are absent.

Regulatory Status and Licensure
BB on Regulatory Status and LicensureThe regulatory position is clearly stated and appropriate to the product, with part of the verification left to the buyer.
Vendor Published

Marketplace seller verification, customer identification and age assurance duties are each named specifically, alongside anti money laundering obligations for financial buyers. Holding no financial license fits a software supplier.

AI Governance and Bias Disclosure
BB on AI Governance and Bias DisclosureAn independent demographic evaluation the vendor has submitted to, such as the NIST face evaluation class, or a governance framework with named process behind it.
Vendor Published

A bias post from October 2022, updated January 2026, states regular NIST evaluation of the face recognition models and internal audits against darker skin complexions, with a worst case single demographic false match rate of 0.00086 and false non match rate of 0.0019. Results by group with a method, and anything for liveness or age estimation, are not provided.

AI Liability and Recourse
BB on AI Liability and RecourseA published falsifiable commitment such as an accuracy figure with its method, or a real correction route for the affected person, such as step up verification instead of silent denial.
Vendor Published

Step up verification routes a user who would fail a check into an additional evidence path instead of a rejection, and a customer describes it recovering users who would otherwise be lost. Vendor liability is another matter: accuracy guarantees and remediation terms do not appear.

Integration and Deployment
Model Supply Chain Disclosure
CC on Model Supply Chain DisclosureThe architecture is described and no provider is named.
Vendor Published

Flows call out to third party providers the customer selects, an openly described orchestration design. Those data providers, the model providers for document reading and face matching, and a subprocessor list are unpublished.

Core Systems and Integration Depth
BB on Core Systems and Integration DepthNamed systems or a documented public API, with the depth or the production evidence left open.
Vendor Published

An API, SDKs and hosted flows let a team embed verification or hand off the full experience, with public documentation, a status page and marketplace apps from the Growth plan. Core banking, digital banking and case management integrations are not named.

Deployment Model and Data Residency
BB on Deployment Model and Data ResidencyStated residency commitments or regional hosting options.
Vendor Published

Google Cloud hosts the platform, with a choice of United States or European Union data centers. Where connected third party providers process documents and biometrics is not said, and an on premises option is not offered.

Commercial
Commercial Transparency
BB on Commercial TransparencyA published plan ladder, billing dimensions, or a stated commitment such as no fees, so a buyer can size the cost before making contact.
Vendor Published

Essential starts at $250 a month on a 12 month minimum, charged per successful verification with abandoned attempts free, while Growth and Enterprise are quoted. The per verification rate that drives cost at volume is not published.

Institution and Segment Coverage
BB on Institution and Segment CoverageNamed segments with dedicated material behind part of the coverage.
Vendor Published

Financial institutions, payments and cryptocurrency each get separate material, and the bank material covers parity between branch and online channels, with Hershey Federal Credit Union named. Marketplaces, digital health and government are served too, so a bank is one audience among many.

Tracked Since Listing

Product updates

Material product, regulatory, evidence and commercial changes at Persona, each verified against a live source and tagged to the capability axis it bears on. Funding rounds and awards are not product changes and are not logged.

Oct 20, 2026Security / compliance

Persona released iOS Inquiry SDK v4.0.0 with PersonaInquirySDK2Protected, a hardened build of the SDK with runtime app protection built in. An app links it in place of the standard PersonaInquirySDK2 product, published from the same package at the same version, with no source changes. The release also adds InquiryEvent reporting for Government ID, Document and Selfie camera and upload actions, camera failures and step transitions.

Bears on: Security Certifications and Trust CenterSource
Oct 14, 2026Product / capability

Persona added a Review Matches endpoint that records review decisions on Screening Report matches, either for every matched record at once or for a single record, with a review status and optional risk level and comment. Each review is logged in the report's history, and screening review webhooks now carry a reviewer token that shows whether a person, a Workflow run or an API key made the decision.

Bears on: Autonomy and Oversight ModelSource
Oct 6, 2026Product / capabilityPartially verified

Persona made Vision Mode for document extractions generally available. Instead of reading text with OCR and extracting from it, Vision Mode passes the document image straight to the AI model so it considers layout as well as text, aimed at non English documents and complex layouts such as Chinese business licenses. It is configured per extraction type, is part of the Enhanced Document Verification SKU enabled through the account team, and adds about 2 to 5 seconds to median processing time.

Bears on: AI CentralitySource
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Commercial

Pricing

Vendor-published figures are labeled as such. Figures labeled “Estimated” are derived from third-party sources and have not been confirmed by the vendor.

Entry Price Pricing Basis Data Protection Terms Implementation Source
From $250 a month on the Essential plan, with a 12 month minimum contract. Growth and Enterprise are quoted.
Three plans. Essential is self guided, starts at $250 a month on a 12 month minimum term, and is charged per successful verification, with no charge for abandoned attempts; it includes templated identity services, platform automation and email support. Growth adds the full verification and fraud suite, business verification, Graph, marketplace apps, guided implementation with a success team and advanced security such as redaction and permissions, and is quoted. Enterprise adds bespoke know your customer and anti money laundering programs, multi organization partitioning and access controls, and custom multi product pricing. The per verification rate is not published. A startup program gives eligible small companies a monthly allotment of free services on selected products. SOC 2 Type 2 infrastructure is stated on every plan. Redaction and granular permissions are listed from the Growth plan, and multi organization partitioning and custom access controls on Enterprise. No implementation fee is published. Guided implementation with a success team is included from the Growth plan; Essential is self guided. Vendor Published

Taken from Persona's own pricing page on 2 October 2026. The entry figure is a monthly starting price; the per verification rate that drives cost at volume is not published.

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