Didit vs Daon: liveness evidence, published prices, one API

Last reviewed: 27 October 2026 (Daon sources checked 25 October 2026; Didit coverage checked 27 October 2026) · Editorial comparison based on published documentation

Pricing comparison: predictable unit costs vs quote-based procurement

Didit publishes unit prices for the modules priced below, allowing teams to model unit economics before writing integration code. Daon's public product pages route prospects to a free demo and a solutions-expert contact form, with no published price list.^SourceSource

Pricing assumptions: Didit KYC bundle consists of document verification ($0.15), passive liveness ($0.10), face match 1:1 ($0.05), and device & IP analysis ($0.03). Totals represent list-price budgets for completed successful checks; taxes, volume discounts, and additional modules are excluded. Database validation, national digital IDs, NFC reading, AML screening ($0.20), ongoing AML ($0.07/user/year), transaction monitoring ($0.02/tx), KYB (from $2.00 per business; registry search API is free; linked KYC for every owner), and wallet screening ($0.15 per check) are billed separately. Daon pricing status verified on daon.com as of 25 October 2026.

Capability breakdown: Didit vs Daon

While Daon centers its product suite on biometrics and enterprise orchestration, Didit provides a unified identity, fraud, and compliance engine. This breakdown evaluates both platforms across core identity tasks based on primary documentation.

Authoritative identity: government databases and live national digital IDs

Modern compliance architectures frequently benefit from verifying data against official sources in addition to physical document capture. Didit integrates direct authoritative lookup channels into its standard workflows:

• Direct government database validation: Direct database checks across 45 countries plus a Global group check identity attributes against government and other authoritative sources, operating standalone or as an additional check alongside document inspection.
• Six live national digital IDs: Didit supports six live national digital identity verification methods: MitID (Denmark), BankID Sweden (Sweden), iDIN (Netherlands), Finnish Trust Network (Finland), Smart-ID (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium), and Mobile-ID (Estonia, Lithuania). These schemes return a signed scheme result, which the buyer can assess under its verification policy (note that digital ID checks do not return a portrait image for facial matching).
• Non-document lookup: Allows verifying personal identities using national identification numbers directly against official repositories without requiring physical document capture (non-document verification methods).

By contrast, Daon documents external source face matching in TrustX (docs.trustx.com, checked 25 October 2026). However, direct access to these specific European national digital IDs or published 45-country database lookup services is not documented on the Daon pages we reviewed (checked 25 October 2026).

Verified public proof and security attestations

Didit provides audited institutional security standards and a published supervisory assessment:

• Liveness certification: Didit passive liveness is iBeta Level 1 and Level 2 certified for presentation attack detection (ISO/IEC 30107-3).
• Supervisory assessment: Spain's Treasury published the Didit sandbox conclusions; the supervisor records that SEPBLAC positively assessed the added safeguards for remote identification (informe-conclusiones-didit-pdf, accessed 27 October 2026).
• Security certifications: Certified under ISO/IEC 27001 and maintains independently audited SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 reports.^SourceSource
• More than 3,000 companies use Didit (public customer stories, checked 27 October 2026).
• Document coverage: Identity document verification covers more than 220 countries and territories.^Source
• Documented customer results: In a published customer story, crypto platform AhoraCrypto reported saving more than 20% per user compared with its previous verification provider and reducing manual review time by over 50% after moving to Didit.

The console view of a verification result

Didit identifies duplicate accounts by comparing the applicant’s face with previous sessions and blocklisted faces.

Watch: Duplicate Account Detection (Didit Academy)

Step-by-step migration from Daon to Didit

Migrating from Daon to Didit can be executed through an incremental parallel pilot:

1. Step 1Configure workflows:Assemble document verification, liveness checks, and risk rules in the Didit Business Console.
2. Step 2Import historical records:Submit historical verification data using the Import API (POST /v3/session/imports/). Run a dry run first (dry_run: true) with your workflow_id and status_mapping, monitor the import job to its terminal state, and reconcile created, updated, skipped, and failed counts. (Note that the import endpoint imports historical verification records; workflow logic and rules are configured in the console.)
3. Step 3Execute a parallel pilot:Direct a portion of live user onboarding through Didit SDKs to benchmark conversion rates, liveness accuracy, and review latency.
4. Step 4Production switch:Point full verification traffic to Didit, update webhook ingestion to standard Didit schemas, and manage review queues in the console.

The complete Didit platform: unified fraud defense and intelligent agents

Didit connects onboarding directly into ongoing risk management and compliance operations on a single record:

• Unified user lifecycle: Verified identities flow directly into ongoing AML monitoring ($0.07/user/year) and real-time transaction monitoring ($0.02 per transaction) without stitching disparate point solutions together.^SourceSource
• Crypto compliance: Wallet screening is available at $0.15 per check, pay as you go. Travel Rule support covers IVMS 101 messaging, a VASP directory, counterparty due diligence, a wallet address book and ownership proof.
• Business verification (KYB): Authoritative KYB starts from $2.00 per business, with a free corporate registry search API and beneficial owner KYC completed on the same platform.^Source
• Age estimation: Available at $0.10 per check for standalone age assurance workflows.^SourceSource
• AI Investigator agent: Operating at $0.20 per reviewed item, the Investigator agent reviews flagged verification sessions, transaction alerts, and watchlist hits, producing structured, cited review memos within your organizational autonomy policies.
• Console Copilot & MCP support: Copilot builds workflows, questionnaires, and database validation directly inside the console. Hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers secured via OAuth 2.1 allow your own AI agents to query identity and fraud data securely.
• Transparent commercial model: Start in the Business Console at business.didit.me without a sales call. As announced in Didit's public pricing update, from 1 November 2026 the Free plan includes $10 of credit each month.^Source

Didit also offers device and IP analysis ($0.03), email verification ($0.03), phone verification ($0.04 plus carrier charges), AML screening ($0.20), and ongoing AML monitoring ($0.07 per user per year). Didit pricing (checked 27 October 2026).

Sources

1. Products, Daon, checked 25 October 2026.
2. xProof identity verification, Daon, checked 25 October 2026.
3. xFace facial authentication, Daon, checked 25 October 2026.
4. TrustX, Daon, checked 25 October 2026.
5. Compliance, Daon, checked 25 October 2026.
6. Liveness detection, Daon, checked 25 October 2026.
7. Developers, Daon, checked 25 October 2026.
8. About us, Daon, checked 25 October 2026.
9. Pricing, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
10. Liveness detection, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
11. Liveness report, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
12. Liveness warnings, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
13. Face Search 1:N, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
14. Blocklist users, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
15. Certifications and attestations, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
16. Security and compliance, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
17. AML screening overview, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
18. Workflows, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
19. Web SDKs overview, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
20. Native SDKs overview, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
21. New pricing from 1 November 2026, Didit blog, checked 27 October 2026.
22. Face match, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
23. Age estimation, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
24. Manual review, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.
25. Supported document types, Didit docs, checked 27 October 2026.