CLEAR1 vs Microblink BlinkID
CLEAR1
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| Figure | CLEAR1 | Microblink BlinkID |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Identity Verification Software | 7.6 (#28) | 8.2 (#11) |
| Pricing | The product site directs prospective customers to contact CLEAR; it does not state a price on the opened product pages. | The plans page says customers can contact Microblink for a custom plan tailored to their business needs. |
| Purpose | CLEAR1 provides digital identity verification for organizations, combining multiple identity signals to verify that a person is who they claim to be. | BlinkID extracts information from identity documents. |
| Security | CLEAR says biometric data is stored in its own environment and does not touch customer systems; it also describes encryption at rest using FIPS 140-2 compliant methods and TLS 1.2 in transit. | Microblink says it is ISO 27001 certified and conducts regular SOC 2 audits. |
| Use cases | The product page describes use in onboarding, account recovery, transaction monitoring, and compliance reviews. | Microblink lists KYC and AML compliance, digital onboarding, age verification, check-in, and visitor management as use cases for its products. |
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CLEAR1
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Microblink BlinkID
Microblink BlinkID extracts information from identity documents for workflows such as digital onboarding, age verification, check-in, visitor management, and KYC and AML compliance. It supports more than 2,500 document types from over 140 countries, and the maker says its machine-learning capture and extraction models support Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic characters. Capture detects a document when image quality is sufficient; checks cover document data, liveness, manipulation, and integrity signals. Documentation says extraction happens on the device and document data does not leave it. Integration options include SDKs for TypeScript, Kotlin, Swift, React Native, and Flutter, a C SDK for desktop apps and custom hardware, and a self-hosted API that can run alongside a customer backend. The product supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows, as well as API and self-hosted deployments. Microblink offers a 30-day trial with unlimited scans. There is no free plan; pricing is available on request for a custom plan.