ComplyAdvantage
by ComplyAdvantage · Payment Fraud & Risk
AI-driven AML platform for sanctions/PEP screening, transaction monitoring and ongoing risk monitoring.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Works with
- API / Batch / SFTP
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Pricing
- Subscription (Starter) / Quote-based (Enterprise)
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
Overview
ComplyAdvantage is a financial crime risk-intelligence company, founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, that sells ComplyAdvantage Mesh, an AI-native SaaS platform for anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. The company has raised around $158M from investors including Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Goldman Sachs and Andreessen Horowitz, acquired knowledge-graph company Golden in 2024, and reports customers including Santander, CIMB, Mollie, Plaid, Ramp, Banxa, Allianz and Nissan Financial Services.
Mesh covers customer and company screening at onboarding, ongoing monitoring of existing customers, transaction and payment screening, and sanctions/PEP/adverse-media data drawn from the vendor's own risk-intelligence database (claimed to connect 23 million entities). 'Agentic workflows' aim to resolve routine alerts automatically -- the vendor claims 65-85% of profiles are processed without human intervention -- alongside case management, configurable risk scoring, and dashboards/analytics. The platform is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified and states GDPR alignment with encryption at rest and in transit.
ComplyAdvantage integrates via real-time API, batch processing and SFTP; its public site does not describe a certified connector into an ERP (NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage Intacct or Acumatica), and it is typically embedded into a bank, fintech or payments company's own onboarding and payment-screening workflow rather than a corporate ERP payment run.
Features & capabilities
Customer & Company Screening
Onboarding-time risk checks against sanctions, PEP and adverse-media data.
- Customer (individual) screening against sanctions, watchlists, PEPs/RCAs
- Company screening for business-entity risk assessment
- Adverse-media screening
- Configurable, dynamically updated risk scoring
Ongoing & Transaction Monitoring
Continuous risk re-assessment and payment-level screening.
- Ongoing Monitoring for continuous, autonomous risk updates on existing customers
- Transaction Monitoring for real-time payment/activity surveillance
- Payment Screening for compliance checks on payment flows
- Sub-minute sanctions and watchlist data ingestion
Agentic Workflows & Case Management
Automation of routine alert review plus investigator tooling.
- Agentic AI that the vendor states resolves 65-85% of profiles without human intervention
- Tunable rules, thresholds and audit-ready decision tracing
- Single-screen case management with priority ranking and cross-team collaboration
- Comprehensive audit trails documenting decision rationale
Risk Intelligence & Analytics
The underlying data layer and reporting.
- Proprietary risk-intelligence database connecting a claimed 23 million entities
- Sanctions, PEP/RCA and adverse-media data
- Pre-configured business-metric dashboards
- Risk data sliceable by AML type, country and customer risk level
Common use cases
- Screening new customers or businesses against sanctions, PEP and adverse-media lists at onboarding
- Continuously re-screening an existing customer base as sanctions lists and risk profiles change
- Screening outbound or inbound payments for sanctioned counterparties in real time
- Automating routine AML alert review with agentic workflows to cut analyst workload
- Standing up an AML program quickly at an early-stage startup via the ComplyLaunch program
- Investigating and documenting AML case decisions with an audit-ready trail for regulators
- Layering payment-level screening on top of a payments company's or fintech's own transaction stack
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Agentic AI workflows the vendor states resolve 65-85% of routine alerts automatically and reduce false positives by up to 82%
- Proprietary risk-intelligence database strengthened by the 2024 acquisition of knowledge-graph company Golden
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified with GDPR-aligned data handling
- Published self-service Starter plan pricing (from $99/month) alongside a quote-based Enterprise tier, unusual transparency for this category
- ComplyLaunch program offering free enterprise-grade AML tooling to qualifying early-stage startups
Considerations
- No published ERP connector (NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage Intacct or Acumatica); integrates via API/batch/SFTP into banking, payments and fintech workflows rather than a corporate ERP
- Transaction Monitoring and Payment Screening are gated to the Enterprise tier, not included in the entry-level Starter plan
ERP integrations
General-purpose integration methods for connecting customer, transaction and payment data into Mesh; no ERP-specific connector documented
Pricing
Starter plan covers customer/company screening, adverse media, sanctions & watchlists, PEPs/RCAs and ongoing monitoring for up to 2,000 entities, billed monthly. Enterprise plan adds Payment Screening and Transaction Monitoring, unlimited usage and premium support, priced by custom quote. ComplyLaunch offers free access for qualifying early-stage startups. Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
Technical & security
- Hosting
- SaaS
- Compliance
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
About the vendor
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Employees
- ~484
- Ownership
- Private (~$158M raised; investors include Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Goldman Sachs, Andreessen Horowitz)
- Notable customers
- Santander, CIMB, Mollie, Plaid, Ramp, Banxa, Allianz, Nissan Financial Services, AJ Bell, Zendesk
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ComplyAdvantage — frequently asked questions
What does ComplyAdvantage do?
ComplyAdvantage provides ComplyAdvantage Mesh, an AI-native AML platform for customer/company screening, ongoing monitoring, transaction and payment screening, and sanctions/PEP/adverse-media risk intelligence, used by banks, fintechs, payment companies and insurers.
How much does ComplyAdvantage cost?
The Starter plan is published at from $99/month for up to 2,000 monitored entities and covers screening, watchlists and ongoing monitoring. The Enterprise plan, which adds transaction and payment screening plus unlimited usage, is quote-based. Qualifying early-stage startups can apply for free access via ComplyLaunch.
Does ComplyAdvantage integrate with an ERP like SAP or NetSuite?
No certified ERP connector is published. ComplyAdvantage integrates via real-time API, batch processing or SFTP, typically into a bank's, fintech's or payment company's own onboarding and payment-screening systems rather than a corporate ERP.
What compliance certifications does ComplyAdvantage hold?
ComplyAdvantage states it is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, and describes its data handling as GDPR-aligned with encryption at rest and in transit.
What is ComplyAdvantage's agentic AI feature?
ComplyAdvantage's agentic workflows are AI-driven automation the vendor says resolves 65-85% of routine alert profiles without human intervention, with tunable rules, thresholds and audit-ready decision tracing, while reducing false positives by up to 82%.
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