ComplyAdvantage Pricing and ComplyAdvantage Alternatives for Sanctions Screening
ComplyAdvantage Starter starts at $99 a month for a small allowance of monitored customers, with larger tiers up to 2,000 monitored entities priced on a slider. Enterprise, which adds payment screening and transaction monitoring, is quote only, and Vendr reports a median contract of about $112,500 a year. OfacScanner publishes every price, from $288 a year for 1,000 sanctions checks a month.
How much does ComplyAdvantage cost in 2026
Two very different products share one name. The self service Starter plan on the ComplyAdvantage pricing page reads "from $99 per month" and is sold by the number of monitored entities, in steps of 100, 250, 500, 750, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000. PricingSaaS, which tracks the page, lists Starter Essentials at $119 a month billed monthly or $99 a month billed yearly, and Starter Agentic, which adds AI review workflows, at $179 monthly or $149 a month yearly.
Starter includes sanctions and watchlists, PEPs and their relatives and close associates, adverse media, customer and company screening and ongoing monitoring. Customers you monitor above your allowance are billed in the next cycle. Enterprise is "price on application" and adds unlimited usage, payment screening, transaction monitoring and premium support.
Enterprise is where most of the money sits. Vendr, which negotiates software contracts for buyers, reports a median ComplyAdvantage deal of $112,500 a year across 9 purchases, with a range from $17,090 to $328,791.
ComplyAdvantage vs OfacScanner pricing and features
Facts for ComplyAdvantage come from its pricing page, PricingSaaS and Vendr. Where ComplyAdvantage does not state something publicly, the table says so.
| ComplyAdvantage | OfacScanner | |
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| How price is shown | Starter "from $99" on a slider, Enterprise by quote | Fixed prices on the pricing page |
| What you pay for | Monitored entities (customers screened or monitored) | Checks per month, plus saved records for rescreening on Growth |
| Entry plan | Starter Essentials, $119 monthly or $99 a month yearly | Starter, 1,000 checks a month for $49 monthly or $288 a year |
| Upper self service limit | 2,000 monitored entities on Starter | Growth, 50,000 checks and 50,000 monitored records a month for $2,988 a year |
| Enterprise | Quote only, Vendr median about $112,500 a year | Scale, 500,000 checks a month with API for $11,988 a year, Enterprise from $4,999 a month |
| Sanctions lists | Global sanctions and watchlists | OFAC SDN and Consolidated on Starter, plus UN, EU, UK, Canada and Australia on Growth |
| PEP and adverse media | Yes, on every plan | No, sanctions lists only |
| Transaction monitoring | Enterprise only | No, payment screening of names on Scale |
| Evidence per check | Case record in the platform, PDF per check not stated | PDF certificate with list version, time, user and score breakdown |
| API | Available, plan and price not stated for API only use | REST API and webhooks on Scale |
ComplyAdvantage details checked on complyadvantage.com/pricing, PricingSaaS and Vendr in October 2026. Prices change, so confirm them with the vendor before you decide.
What a sanctions program costs at three sizes
A rough yearly comparison for a team that only has to screen sanctions lists. ComplyAdvantage charges for PEP and media data you get either way, so this is only fair if you do not need it.
| Your situation | ComplyAdvantage | OfacScanner plan | OfacScanner yearly cost |
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| Under 1,000 new names a month, OFAC only, no rescreening | Starter, from $1,188 a year at the smallest tier | Starter | $288 |
| A 5,000 customer file rescreened after every list update | Above the 2,000 entity Starter limit, Enterprise quote | Growth, 50,000 monitored records | $2,988 |
| Payments screened in real time through an API | Enterprise quote, often five or six figures (Vendr) | Scale | $11,988 |
The ComplyAdvantage figure in the first row is $99 a month billed yearly, the lowest published Starter price. Larger Starter tiers cost more. OfacScanner Starter does not rescreen saved records, which is why the second row needs Growth.
When ComplyAdvantage is the better choice
Choose ComplyAdvantage if you run a full AML program. A bank, money transmitter, card issuer or crypto exchange usually has to screen customers for politically exposed persons and adverse media, not just sanctions, and often has to monitor transactions for suspicious patterns too. ComplyAdvantage covers all of that in one platform, and its Starter plan includes PEP and media data even at $99. OfacScanner covers sanctions lists only.
It also makes sense when you onboard customers in many countries and need one vendor for every market, or when your bank partner names ComplyAdvantage in its program requirements. If your scope looks like that, read our page on AML sanctions screening to see which part we cover and which part you would still need elsewhere.
Why sanctions-only teams choose OfacScanner instead
These buyers usually have an OFAC requirement from a bank, insurer, auditor or large customer, and no requirement to screen PEPs.
A published price at every size
Starter, Growth and Scale all show a fixed monthly and yearly price. You do not need a sales call to learn what 50,000 checks a month will cost.
Past 2,000 records without a quote
Growth monitors up to 50,000 saved customers or vendors and rescreens them after each list update. On ComplyAdvantage that file size is past the Starter ceiling.
A PDF for every decision
Each check saves a certificate with the list version, the time, the user and how the score was built. That is the page an examiner or bank partner asks to see.
The lists a U.S. program needs
OFAC SDN and Consolidated on every plan, plus UN, EU, UK, Canada and Australia on Growth. You do not pay for PEP and media data your policy never asked for.
Rescreening after list changes
Ongoing sanctions monitoring rechecks your saved records each time OFAC or another list changes and alerts only on new possible matches.
A whole file in one upload
Batch sanctions screening rates every row of a CSV of customers or suppliers and opens a case for each possible match.
How to compare a ComplyAdvantage quote with fixed plans
Run this before you sign an Enterprise order form or move up a Starter tier.
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Count monitored entities and checks
ComplyAdvantage bills by monitored entity. Count every customer you keep under monitoring, then count new checks per month, because that is how we bill.
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Write down what your policy requires
If your written program asks only for sanctions screening, PEP, adverse media and transaction monitoring are cost without use.
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Price both at real volume
Ask ComplyAdvantage for the price at your entity count and term, and what happens to overage. Take our figure from the pricing page.
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Test with your hardest names
Run a few difficult names in the console at the top of this page, open the PDF and decide whether it would satisfy your auditor or bank partner.
Questions to ask before you sign
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What is the total cost over the full contract term, including renewal increases
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How are entities counted, and what does overage cost per entity
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Is API access included in the plan you are quoted, or priced separately
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Can you download a dated record of a single check for an examiner
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Do you need PEP, adverse media and transaction monitoring now, or only sanctions
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How fast are list updates applied, and are saved customers rescreened automatically
A match score is a lead, not a verdict
No screening tool decides whether a person or company is sanctioned. Both products score how close a name is to a listed entry. Confirm a likely match against the official Treasury Sanctions List Search and involve your compliance lead or counsel before you block, reject or report anything. Comparing other vendors too? See our sanctions.io pricing comparison, how we work as an EasyOFAC alternative and the small business screening roundup.
ComplyAdvantage pricing questions
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