Kronaxis Intelligence / Compare / vs ComplyAdv.
Comparison · Watchlist data · Deep, not wide
The modern, cheap, API first end: fast real time sanctions and PEP screening and adverse media, popular with fintechs. Easy to integrate, light to adopt. ComplyAdv. · ~£1k to £15k/yr
Capability, side by side
| Capability | ComplyAdv. | Kronaxis |
|---|---|---|
| Global sanctions and PEP lists | ||
| UK beneficial ownership resolved | ||
| Resolved relationship graph, both directions | ||
| UK property and land tied to entities | ||
| Daily current adverse media | ||
| Confidence score and source on every match | within a week, subject to contract | |
| Fuse your own data onto the graph | ||
| Live in days, not a rollout | ||
| Unlimited users, no seat licence |
Delivery model, where the cost really sits
| ComplyAdv. | Kronaxis Intelligence | |
|---|---|---|
| Whose data | Their real time AML data | The UK graph, ready; plus your own data |
| Time to first answer | Fast, API first | Same day, your data within a week |
| Pricing model | API and tiered | Volume banded, unlimited users |
| Entry price | ~£1k to £15k | £7,500 a year |
This is a list. A vast, well kept list, and you should screen against one. But a name on a watchlist is one node, checked once. It cannot see the network around the name, the property behind it, or the story that broke this morning. ComplyAdvantage is a strong, affordable screening layer, and for a fintech that only needs fast sanctions and PEP checks it is a sensible choice. But it is largely the same public watchlists behind a good API, thin on network, ownership and UK asset depth. Kronaxis Intelligence is the layer you add when a name passing a watchlist is not the same as knowing who you are dealing with.
ComplyAdvantage is a strong, affordable screening layer, and for a fintech that only needs fast sanctions and PEP checks it is a sensible choice. But it is largely the same public watchlists behind a good API, thin on network, ownership and UK asset depth. Kronaxis Intelligence is the layer you add when a name passing a watchlist is not the same as knowing who you are dealing with.
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