Authonex vs Kairos Identity Verification

Authonex is an identity verification platform available through the web, an API, or self-hosting. It scans identity documents, screens watch lists, compares faces with ID photos, and issues digital IDs. Document checks cover format, barcode integrity, security features, expiry, revocation, field consistency, and fraud indicators. Digital IDs are cryptographically signed and can be shown as QR codes that refresh every 60 seconds. Zero-knowledge proofs can confirm claims such as age without exposing the underlying personal data. Risk tools include behavioral analysis, device fingerprinting, threat intelligence, real-time scoring, custom rules, and blocklists. The security page describes AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, and hybrid Ed25519 and Falcon-512 signatures. Authonex states it is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. Its open-source software is available under the MIT license for customer servers. Cloud verification costs $0.05, paid once. The free allowance is unclear: the homepage lists 100 verifications per month, while developer documentation lists 1,000.

Kairos Identity Verification combines document scanning, selfie comparison, fraud checks and liveness checking in an automated identity-verification operation. It detects fake or altered identity documents and compares a selfie with the document photo using 1:1 face verification. Kairos says its document coverage includes 4,000 passport and ID types from more than 190 countries. A single selfie is used to check that the image was captured live and deter spoofing. Developers can integrate the API using any programming language, while users can also upload selfie images and identity documents through the web interface for manual verification. Kairos says face images are masked as templates, stored data is encrypted with AES-256, and TLS protects data in transit. Its described security controls include role-based access, audit trails, monitoring, firewalls, masking and tokenization. The free plan includes 100 API transactions and a two-week trial. Pro costs $49 a month and includes 100 API calls; an on-premise option has pricing on request.