OFACScreen vs OpenSanctions
OFACScreen
ofacscreen.comOpenSanctions
opensanctions.orgSide by side
| Figure | OFACScreen | OpenSanctions |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $49/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 9 |
| Spec score · Sanctions Screening Software | 7.9 (#4) | 8.9 (#1) |
| Continuous monitoring | Saved names are re-screened against all eight lists daily, with email alerts when a match appears. | Documentation describes re-screening counterparties when watchlist data changes. |
| Support | Starter includes email support, Professional and Business include priority support, and Enterprise includes a dedicated account manager. | The licensing process says support staff help customers test and evaluate data before signing a license. |
Plans
OFACScreen
- 14-day trialFree
- Free searchFree
- One-time screening report$9.99, paid once
- Starter$49 a month
- Professional$149 a month
- Business$349 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
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
OFACScreen
OFACScreen screens people and organizations against sanctions lists for US businesses. It covers eight sources: OFAC SDN and Non-SDN, BIS, UN, EU, UK OFSI, Canada SEMA and Swiss SECO. The lists refresh automatically each day, and fuzzy matching is designed to account for transliterations, aliases, alternate spellings and other name differences. Screening is available on the web or through a REST API, including on the trial; API batch requests can contain up to 100 names. Users can also upload CSV files, with row limits that depend on the plan. Saved names are checked daily, with email alerts for matches. Paid plans keep timestamped search records and allow CSV export of the audit trail. Free searches allow 25 searches per day per IP without an account or saved history. A one-time report is $9.99, paid once. Starter costs $49 a month billed annually, and the 14-day trial includes 25 searches, three users, five monitored names and API access. The privacy policy says audit logs stay for seven years and uploaded CSV files are deleted within 30 days.
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.