# Identity verification: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "identity verification service" and as "KYC document and selfie verification tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-verification/2026-11

**Standing:** Sumsub leads with 21% of first choices; verdict contested. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Sumsub](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sumsub/index.md) | 21% | 11% | 46 |
| 2 | [Persona](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/persona/index.md) | 17% | 12% | 43 |
| 3 | [Didit](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/didit/index.md) | 13% | 0% | 11 |
| 4 | [Veriff](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/veriff/index.md) | 11% | 7% | 43 |
| 5 | [iDenfy](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/idenfy/index.md) | 11% | 0% | 21 |
| 6 | [Trulioo](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/trulioo/index.md) | 6% | 4% | 27 |
| 16 | [Stripe Identity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/stripe-identity/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 12 |
| 17 | [Socure](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/socure/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 16 |
| 18 | [Jumio](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jumio/index.md) | 0% | 29% | 42 |
| 23 | [Onfido](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/onfido/index.md) | 0% | 35% | 26 |
| 74 | [ID.me](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/id-me/index.md) | 0% | 75% | 12 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 74 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Trulioo; alternatives Middesk, Persona, Sumsub, iDenfy
- GPT-5.4 mini: Sumsub; alternatives Entrust IDV, Trulioo, Veriff
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Persona; alternatives Middesk, Sumsub
- Perplexity Sonar: Trulioo; alternatives Middesk, Persona, Sumsub, Veriff
- Grok 4.20: Shufti Pro; alternatives Persona, Socure
- Mistral Small: ComplyCube, Sumsub; alternatives Persona
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Persona, Sumsub; alternatives Alloy, Middesk
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: iDenfy; alternatives ComplyCube, Middesk, Persona
- Kimi K2: Persona, Sumsub; alternatives Trustpair, Veriff
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: ComplyCube, iDenfy; alternatives Jumio, Sumsub
- MiniMax M2.5: Trustpair; alternatives Incode Technologies, Jumio, Socure, Sumsub
- GPT-6 Luna: Persona; alternatives Middesk
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Sumsub; alternatives Persona, Trulioo, Veriff

## Sources the answers cite

74 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- veriff.com: 24 answers, 35 citations
- bureau.id: 23 answers, 31 citations
- g2.com: 19 answers, 24 citations
- didit.me: 17 answers, 29 citations
- getapp.com: 17 answers, 20 citations
- gbg.com: 16 answers, 24 citations
- slashdot.org: 16 answers, 18 citations
- sourceforge.net: 15 answers, 24 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://bureau.id/resources/blog/identity-verification-solutions (16 answers)
- https://beverified.org/providers/identity-verification (13 answers)
- https://shuftipro.com/blog/best-identity-verification-software-providers (13 answers)
- https://stackgo.io/resources/identity-verification-service-providers (10 answers)
- https://veriff.com/pricing (10 answers)
- https://1kosmos.com/resources/blog/best-identity-verification-software-providers (9 answers)
- https://bureau.id/resources/blog/identity-verification-api (9 answers)
- https://research.oz.spotlightar.com/reports/magic-quadrant-identity-verification-2024/leaders (9 answers)
- https://slashdot.org/software/identity-verification/f-mid-size-business?page=2 (9 answers)
- https://veridas.com/en/identity-verification-companies (9 answers)

## Warned against

- ID.me: 9 of 12 labels negative. "ID.me harvests personal data as a gatekeeper to public agencies—which have no business requiring citizens to use a for-profit intermediary." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Onfido: 9 of 26 labels negative. "What to Avoid - Jumio and legacy Onfido (now Entrust IDV) tend to require enterprise contracts" (Kimi K2, direct prompt)
- Jumio: 12 of 42 labels negative. "Jumio (Trustpilot: ~1.3/5) - Users frequently report that valid, original government documents are repeatedly rejected" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- Sumsub: 5 of 46 labels negative. "One of the lowest-rated verification platforms - Constant rejection of valid verification documents" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Persona (21%) to Sumsub (21%). Margin 4 points, within noise.

- Veriff: 17% to 11%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 2 → 4 of 74.
- Sumsub: 17% to 21%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 → 1 of 74.
- Persona: 21% to 17%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 1 → 2 of 74.
- Jumio: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 7 → 18 of 74.
- iDenfy: 8% to 11%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 5 of 74, unchanged.
- Stripe Identity: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 9 → 16 of 74.
- Didit: 12% to 13%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 4 → 3 of 74.
- Trulioo: 6% to 6%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 of 74, unchanged.
- Socure: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 17 of 74.
- Onfido: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 16 → 23 of 74.
- ID.me: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 61 → 74 of 74.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.