Nexiel Screen vs OpenSanctions
Nexiel Screen
nexiel.euOpenSanctions
opensanctions.orgSide by side
| Figure | Nexiel Screen | OpenSanctions |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $79/mo | 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 | 3 | 9 |
| Spec score · Sanctions Screening Software | 7.6 (#8) | 8.9 (#1) |
| Coverage | Sanctions data includes OFAC SDN, the UN Security Council Consolidated List, EU FISMA, and HMT UK, refreshed daily. | The licensing page lists 30 entity types, more than 470 sources and over 47 million facts. |
| Integrations | Official TypeScript and Python SDKs cover every Screen API and Verify API endpoint. | Documented integration options include OpenRefine, Senzing exports, OpenAPI-generated clients and the Taktile platform partnership. |
| Matching | Its self-hosted matching engine uses exact, full-text, Levenshtein fuzzy, and Double Metaphone phonetic matching; a fifth AI similarity layer is still in shadow mode. | The /match endpoint returns ranked candidates and supports screening queries using details such as names, dates of birth, nationality, or tax identifiers. |
| Privacy | When an evidence-pack key is registered, the pack is encrypted to the customer's key, delivered once, and not persisted by Nexiel. | OpenSanctions says on-premise matching lets customers keep customer personally identifiable information within their own environment. |
Plans
Nexiel Screen
- Enterprise overage$0.40, paid once
- Starter$79 a month
- Growth$249 a month
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
Nexiel Screen
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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.