FinScan vs OpenSanctions
FinScan
finscan.comOpenSanctions
opensanctions.orgSide by side
| Figure | FinScan | OpenSanctions |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 9 |
| Spec score · Sanctions Screening Software | 7.4 (#10) | 8.9 (#1) |
| Headquarters | FinScan lists its headquarters at 790 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220-8127, United States. | Berlin, Germany |
| Matching | FinScan says its matching technology can reduce false positives by up to 80%. | The /match endpoint returns ranked candidates and supports screening queries using details such as names, dates of birth, nationality, or tax identifiers. |
| Support | FinScan’s contact page provides a customer support option and invites organizations to speak with a solution expert. | The licensing process says support staff help customers test and evaluate data before signing a license. |
Plans
OpenSanctions
- Non-commercial accessFree
- Screening API€0.10, paid once
- Screening API 500 credits€50, paid once
- Screening API 5,000 credits€400, paid once
- Screening API 30,000 credits€2,000, paid once
- Screening API 100,000 credits€5,000, paid once
- Screening API 500,000 credits€15,000, paid once
- Reseller licensePriced on request
- Screening licensePriced on request
In their own words
FinScan
FinScan is an AML and sanctions-screening platform for organizations that need KYC checks, data quality controls, and precision matching. It screens sanctions, politically exposed persons, adverse media, payments, and watchlists. Before screening, its data-quality tools identify missing, inconsistent, or duplicate customer information. FinScan says its matching technology can reduce false positives by up to 80%. Deployment options include SaaS, on-premise, and hybrid setups. Processing supports real-time screening and batch work involving hundreds of millions of records. An open API can send results to web-services-enabled applications. Payment screening covers SWIFT, ISO 20022, SEPA, FedNow, Fedwire, ACH, and instant-payment flows. The product supports API access, batch screening, transaction screening, PEP screening, ongoing monitoring, and custom list management. Listed controls include AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, role-based access control, and immutable audit logs. FinScan identifies banking, insurance, fintech, healthcare, real estate, wealth management, and government among its industries. It runs through API, self-hosted, and web platforms. Pricing is on request, with a demo required.
OpenSanctions
OpenSanctions provides a structured database of sanctions, politically exposed persons, and other public-interest information assembled from hundreds of sources. It deduplicates entities across sources and models links such as ownership, family ties, political roles, and sanctions designations. The hosted API supports entity matching, full-text search, and full-record retrieval. Its /match endpoint returns ranked candidates for screening details such as names, birth dates, nationality, or tax identifiers. Users can download the full dataset; commercial license customers can run the matching API on their own infrastructure, keeping customer personally identifiable information in their environment. OpenSanctions says data points are traceable to source material and its data pipeline is open source. API access is listed at €0.10 per query, with a 30-day trial; commercial screening and reseller licenses are quoted. The company says it holds ISO 27001:2022 certification and operates under a 99.8% uptime SLA. It supplies data and matching technology, not an end-user compliance application with alert review, case management, and approval workflows. Its data collection is licensed as a complete collection rather than selected parts.