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BioCatch vs Sift

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

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VS
B

Choose BioCatch if…

  • you're in its core audience: retail banks, fraud prevention teams
S

Choose Sift if…

  • you're in its core audience: fraud operations teams, trust & safety managers

Side by side

Feature BioCatch Sift
Pricing modelContact for pricingContact for pricing
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionKept as long as needed for purposes, legal obligations, or legal positionKept while legitimate business need exists; then deleted or anonymized
Security and complianceGDPR, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001—
Payment fraud screening
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategorySecurity & FraudSecurity & Fraud
CompanyBioCatch Ltd.Sift Science, Inc.
Based inIsraelUnited States
Founded20112011
Part of——

Key features

B BioCatch

  • Behavioral analysis of user sessions in real time
  • Account opening fraud and synthetic identity detection
  • Account takeover detection beyond login
  • Mule account detection across the account lifecycle
  • Scam detection from hesitation and pressure signals
  • Receiving-account trust scoring without sharing PII
  • Device risk assessment with DeviceIQ
  • Rule Manager, Push API and Insights Query Engine

S Sift

  • Real-time payment fraud decisions
  • Account takeover detection and blocking
  • Fake account signup prevention
  • Attack Detection Agent for anomaly alerts
  • Global network data from 1T+ annual events
  • Automated review routing and workflows
  • Sift Score API for custom risk models
  • Expert fraud strategy services

Plans and prices

From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.

BioCatch

Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.

Sift

Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.

Strengths and limitations

BioCatch

  • Collects 3,000+ behavioral and device signals through one SDK
  • Assesses risk in under 500 ms
  • Covers onboarding, account takeover, scams and mules in one platform
  • Site says 350+ banks use it
  • No public pricing; you have to contact sales
  • Built mainly for financial institutions, not general businesses

Sift

  • Shared intelligence from a network of 700+ brands and 1T+ annual events
  • Clearbox visibility into the signals and models behind decisions
  • Covers the full journey from signup to post-transaction
  • API with public documentation
  • No public pricing; you need a demo or sales contact
  • No free trial or free plan listed

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