Comparison between KYC (Global) and KYC - ID Verification

ID Verification - KYC (Global) is an enhancement of ID Verification - KYC. KYC is short for Know Your Customer. ID Verification - KYC (Global) supports more document types and advanced anti-counterfeiting detection for document optical character recognition (OCR). This topic describes the differences between ID Verification - KYC (Global) and ID Verification - KYC. You can select one based on your business requirements.

Comparison

Note

If you want to use ID Verification - KYC (Global), you can activate it on the ID Verification page. Then, select the pay-as-you-go billing method or purchase a data transfer plan. On the Data Transfer Plan for ID Verification page, you can select a plan type based on your business requirements. For more information, see Purchase a data transfer plan and Activate ID Verification - KYC (Global).

Item		Name
Item		ID Verification - KYC	ID Verification - KYC (Global)
Supported documents		The system supports world passports and identity documents of people in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), and Taiwan (China). For more information, see Document types.	The system supports multiple types of documents of people who come from multiple countries and regions around the world, including ID cards, driver licenses, and passports. You can download and view the list of globally supported documents.
Supported regions for deployment	China (Hong Kong)	Supported	Supported
Supported regions for deployment	Others	Not supported	Not supported
Solutions	eKYC verification: The solution covers a complete electronic KYC (eKYC) process for identity verification, including document OCR, biometric data collection, and comparison between document images and customer faces.	Supported	Supported
	Face liveness verification: The system checks whether a customer is a natural and live person. The system also checks whether a customer is the same as a recorded person in an existing system by comparing the customer face with a face image that is stored in local databases. This solution is suitable for secondary verification.	Supported	Supported
	Liveness detection The system uses cameras to collect and detect the facial expressions and movements of customers in real time and checks whether the customers are live persons. The system allows access over a server-side-only API. The system analyzes the face images that are uploaded and checks whether customers are live persons.	Supported	Supported
	Document recognition: The system collects images from identity documents, extracts information from the collected images by using the OCR technology, and identifies forged and tampered documents.	Supported	Supported Note Document recognition is divided into document OCR and document verification. Document OCR does not support anti-counterfeiting. Document verification supports anti-counterfeiting. The output results are asynchronously returned.
	Face comparison: The system compares two face images that are uploaded in 1:1 mode, identifies facial characteristics, calculates the similarity of the images, and checks whether the faces belong to the same person.	Supported	Not supported Note ID Verification - KYC (Global) does not allow you to use a separate face comparison solution.
Integration methods	Native SDK	Supported You can use this method if you use an Android or iOS app.	Supported
	Web SDK (H5 page)	Supported You can use this method if you use a browser on a computer or WebView.	Supported
	Server-side-only API	Supported If you do not use a native or web SDK due to security or business requirements, you can use a server-side-only API to connect to the following solutions: Integration by using the Server-side mode Note Private deployment is supported. For more information, contact your account manager.	Not supported
Pricing details	Example: Pricing details of the eKYC verification solution	Pay-as-you-go: USD 0.14 per verification operation. Data transfer plan: You can obtain a greater discount when you purchase a data transfer plan that has higher specifications. Note For more information, see Billing overview.	Pay-as-you-go: USD 1.1 per verification operation. Data transfer plan: You can obtain a greater discount when you purchase a data transfer plan that has higher specifications. Note For more information, see Billing overview.
Features	Document coverage for OCR	The system supports world passports and identity documents of people in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), and Taiwan (China). For more information, see Document types.	The system supports multiple types of documents of people who come from multiple countries and regions around the world, including ID cards, driver licenses, and passports. You can download and view the list of globally supported documents.
	Document quality inspection	Supported The system inspects document quality in real time, recognizes the documents in complex environments, and collects document images that meet various verification requirements. The system implements verification from multiple dimensions, such as integrity, shooting angles, camera blur, and photography lighting (poor light or overexposure).	Supported
	Document collection	Supported The feature allows customers to manually take photos of one side or both sides of documents. The auto scan feature is under development.	Supported
	Anti-counterfeiting detection on documents	Supported The feature detects various types of risks, such as photos and copies of documents and documents that are tampered with. Detected risks are reported. ID Verification - KYC returns the result of anti-counterfeiting detection in real time. The result can be Y (passed) or N (failed). For more information, see CheckResult.	Supported The feature detects various types of risks, such as photos and copies of documents and documents that are tampered with. ID Verification - KYC (Global) may return the result of anti-counterfeiting detection after a specific latency. If you call the CheckResult operation to query the detection result, you can obtain Y (passed) or N (failed). Note If you want to know the rules based on which risks are detected on documents, you can contact your account manager. ID Verification - KYC (Global) supports output of various tags to meet your personalized requirements.
	Manual correction	Supported The feature allows customers to manually correct document recognition results. This way, you can obtain more accurate and comprehensive OCR results to meet more personalized requirements.	Not supported
	Face liveness detection	Supported The feature supports passive liveness detection. The feature collects flaws such as moire patterns and image deformities from a face image to check whether the object is a live person. The feature effectively protects against attacks that use colored photos, videos, and 3D models.	Supported
	Authoritative data source-based verification	Supported If you want to provide verification services to customers in the Chinese mainland, we recommend that you enable the authoritative data source-based verification feature. The feature helps prevent fraud risks that are caused by forged identity documents or facial images.	Not supported Note If you want to verify data based on official data sources of countries outside China, you can contact your account manager.

Enhancement

Compared with ID Verification - KYC, ID Verification - KYC (Global) provides the following enhancements:

Global document coverage

ID Verification - KYC (Global) covers multiple countries and regions around the world and supports different types of documents such as ID cards, driver licenses, and passports. ID Verification - KYC (Global) uses the OCR technology to achieve automatic extraction and structured output of identity document text. This efficiently resolves recognition issues on identity documents that may occur during the rapid expansion of multinational business. You can download and view the list of globally supported document types.

Enhanced anti-counterfeiting detection

ID Verification - KYC (Global) uses industry-leading intelligent algorithms and techniques, such as feature analysis, pixel analysis, and integrity check, together with large databases of camera signatures and software signatures. This way, ID Verification - KYC (Global) can automatically identify data that is tampered with and check whether images that are collected from documents are tampered with. ID Verification - KYC (Global) also supports various tags to meet your personalized requirements.

Orchestration

The verification process involves document image collection for OCR, face collection, and liveness detection phases. ID Verification - KYC (Global) provides the orchestration feature that allows you to configure the sequence of the phases based on your business requirements.

Scenarios

Industry	Requirement	Scenario
Finance and insurance	Remotely verify identities in seconds. This helps improve the efficiency of financial services, increase customer acquisition rates, and significantly reduce labor costs.	Online account creation Financial service review Remote logon Integrated risk control
Virtual currency	Prevent money laundering and identity thefts, and reduce the regulatory compliance risks that are caused by illegal business activities.	Account creation in exchanges Currency exchange
Social media and gaming	Match accounts with the identities of the account owners. This helps build sustainable healthy environments for socializing and reduce spam messages and frauds.	Member registration Member verification Password change Bank account association
Delivery service	Prevent false attendance records and ensure punctual delivery services.	Attendance of employees Payment to employees