Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published November 14, 2026 · Updated November 14, 2026
Teams look past ComplyAdvantage when they outgrow the 2,000-entity top of the Starter plan, when they need transaction monitoring that the public plan does not list, or when they want case work run for them. Most go to Salv, Napier AI or Lucinity first, or to Facctum for screening alone.
Short answer: The closest replacements for ComplyAdvantage in our AML compliance software ranking are Salv, Napier AI and Lucinity. Choose Salv if you want AML and fraud work handled in one platform rather than screening alone. The other 10 entries come from our Best AML Compliance Software in 2026 list as well, and every one is set against ComplyAdvantage specifically, with a note on the cases where ComplyAdvantage should stay.
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The Starter plan on the pricing page tops out at 2,000 monitored entities, from $99 a month at the smallest tier. Above that, Enterprise is shown as price on application, so a growing book of customers moves into a sales conversation.
The pricing FAQ says the system keeps working after the monthly monitor allowance is reached and that extra customers are charged in the next billing cycle. No per-unit rate is shown, so the cost of a busy month cannot be modeled in advance.
Transaction Monitoring and Payments Screening appear only in the Enterprise column. The Starter feature list covers screening, adverse media, PEPs and ongoing monitoring. A team that wants one vendor for screening and transactions has to ask for a quote.
Ordered by how well each fits a team leaving ComplyAdvantage; our own placement among 13 ranked products is in the last column.
| # | Alternative | Headquarters | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salv | Estonia | you want AML and fraud work handled in one platform rather than screening alone | #1 |
| 2 |  Napier AI | United Kingdom | you need an on-premise or headless deployment that a cloud-only service cannot give you | #2 |
| 3 |  Lucinity | Iceland | you would rather buy outsourced alert triage and investigation than run the queue yourself | #3 |
| 4 |  Facctum | United Kingdom | your main need is sanctions and customer screening delivered as SaaS in several regions | #4 |
| 5 |  Unit21 | United States | you want fraud and AML cases in one agentic workflow that reads from your existing database | #6 |
| 6 |  Sumsub | United Kingdom | you want onboarding checks and AML screening bought together from one vendor | #7 |
| 7 |  Fenergo | Ireland | you need a system of record for client onboarding and reviews, not only screening hits | #8 |
| 8 |  Quantexa | United Kingdom | your hard problem is linking customer, account and counterparty records into one network view | #9 |
| 9 |  IDnow | Germany | identity proofing and electronic signatures matter as much to you as watchlist screening | #10 |
| 10 |  SAS Anti-Money Laundering | United States | you run a large institution that wants monitoring, due diligence and reporting in one suite | #11 |
| 11 |  NICE Actimize | Israel | you need AML, fraud and markets compliance handled by one enterprise vendor | #13 |
Positioned as a financial crime platform for AML and fraud teams in one product, which is a wider brief than screening and monitoring alone. We found no pricing or hosting statement on the page we checked, so cost and deployment have to be requested from the vendor.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if you want AML and fraud work handled in one platform rather than screening alone.
Sold as a subscription with no prices shown. The company says it can run in the cloud, on premise or headless through an API, which is a hosting range ComplyAdvantage does not describe. The page does not say whether the cloud version is multi-tenant SaaS.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if you need an on-premise or headless deployment that a cloud-only service cannot give you.
Offered as Human AI Operations, a managed service in which Lucinity staff and AI handle triage and investigation with you. That moves effort off your analysts, but it also means buying an operating arrangement, not a self-service plan. No hosting model is stated.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if you would rather buy outsourced alert triage and investigation than run the queue yourself.
Covers AML, sanctions and customer screening on a cloud-native SaaS platform that the vendor says runs across more than thirty regions. We saw no on-premise option mentioned. Pricing is not published, so the comparison with a $99 entry tier needs a quote.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if your main need is sanctions and customer screening delivered as SaaS in several regions.
Described as an agentic platform for fraud and AML together, and the page says it can sit on top of any database. That suits a team whose data already lives elsewhere. No pricing or hosting statement appeared, so deployment details are an open question.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if you want fraud and AML cases in one agentic workflow that reads from your existing database.
Starts from identity verification and layers fraud checks, AML screening and case management on top. That order of build suits onboarding teams more than a compliance desk. The homepage gave no pricing or hosting statement, so the category figure was not confirmed there.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if you want onboarding checks and AML screening bought together from one vendor.
A client lifecycle management system of record, with a product called Fen-AI, instead of a screening engine. It is delivered as SaaS and its page markup says cloud and web-based. We found no on-premise mention. Expect a longer, quote-led project than a self-service signup.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if you need a system of record for client onboarding and reviews, not only screening hits.
Known for entity resolution and relationship data, and it names a product called Quantexa Cloud AML. The emphasis is on connecting records across your own data. No pricing or hosting model was stated on the page we opened, so scope must be confirmed with the vendor.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if your hard problem is linking customer, account and counterparty records into one network view.
An identity and trust platform whose homepage lists identity verification, risk, access and signatures. It is not presented as an AML-only tool, so a compliance team would be buying into a broader identity stack with screening as one part of it.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if identity proofing and electronic signatures matter as much to you as watchlist screening.
An analytics-led suite listing transaction monitoring, customer due diligence, entity resolution, investigation and regulatory reporting. The page offers a Request Pricing button and no figures. It fits an institution with its own data team more than a team seeking a quick start.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if you run a large institution that wants monitoring, due diligence and reporting in one suite.
Spans AML, fraud, financial markets compliance, case management and KYC under one vendor. The breadth is the point, and so is the buying process: no pricing or hosting statement is shown. It is aimed at institutions with several compliance programs to consolidate.
Switch from ComplyAdvantage if you need AML, fraud and markets compliance handled by one enterprise vendor.
ComplyAdvantage is still the right choice when your book fits inside the Starter tiers and you want screening you can start the same week. The pricing page lists adverse media, sanctions, PEPs, customer screening and ongoing monitoring from $99 a month, billing is monthly, and you can cancel by email. Early-stage start-ups may also qualify for ComplyLaunch.
The API returns JSON and offers a PDF certificate for each search. The documentation we read mentions no bulk export or CSV, so a large history means scripting the retrieval endpoints. Do this before cancelling, because the subscription ends with the billing cycle.
The delete-search call carries a warning that data removal from backups cannot be guaranteed. Raise that with your compliance officer. Standard contracts allow 600 API calls a minute, so a full history pull needs pacing to avoid HTTP 429 responses.
Billing is monthly and cancellation takes effect at the end of the cycle, so you can screen in parallel for one period at little extra cost. Compare hit rates on the same customers before you retire the old lists.
Yes, per search, in JSON through the REST API and as a PDF certificate. The documentation we read describes no bulk export or CSV, so a full history is retrieved by listing searches with the GET /searches endpoint and then pulling each record.
You can cancel at any time by emailing the company, and the subscription then runs to the end of the billing cycle. The pricing page states no minimum contract length. We could not read the terms of service, which returned a 404 on the addresses we tried.
The system keeps working, and the extra customers are charged in the next billing cycle. The pricing FAQ gives no per-unit rate for this. Starter lists tiers up to 2,000 entities, and plan upgrades go through the billing dashboard or by contacting the company.
Not with certainty. The delete-search documentation says the company cannot guarantee that all data is removed from its backups or its system after the call. If you hold data under strict retention rules, ask the vendor for a written position on deletion.
We found no self-hosted, on-premise or private cloud option. The homepage calls it a SaaS-based platform, and the API has regional roots for the EU, the US and Asia-Pacific. A buyer who must host internally should look at vendors that state that option.
No. The pricing page lists Transaction Monitoring and Payments Screening under Enterprise, which is priced on application. The Starter plan lists screening, adverse media, PEPs and RCAs, ongoing monitoring and company screening, plus agentic workflows on the Agentic tier.
Every price, plan limit and product statement about ComplyAdvantage here was read on the vendors' own pages on November 14, 2026. Either can change at any time, so read the figures as of that day.
Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page.
Founder of The Interregnum and of 2 Steps Ahead, an AI search visibility agency. Editorially responsible for every page here; research and drafting are AI-assisted. Last reviewed November 14, 2026.
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