1lookup

Data and validation APIs

From $6.00

per 1,000 sanctions screenings; $14.85 on Starter

Sanctions screening data

Starter Essentials from $99 a month on annual billing ($119 on monthly billing) for up to 100 monitored entities

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Compliance platform plans vs a price per screening

ComplyAdvantage's Starter plan begins at $99 a month for up to 100 monitored entities, and 1Lookup bills $0.015 for each completed screening.

Looking for a ComplyAdvantage alternative? This page sets ComplyAdvantage pricing beside 1Lookup, with every ComplyAdvantage figure taken from its own published pages, checked October 2026.

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7-day free trial on every plan
No contract and no minimum volume

3
Credits per screening
about $0.01 on Starter
12
US government lists in one call
Treasury, Commerce and State
Up to 10
Ranked matches per answer
strongest first, with aliases and addresses
0
Credits when the lists cannot be read
never answered as clear

At a glance

Here is where 1Lookup wins against ComplyAdvantage, and where ComplyAdvantage still wins.

These are different shapes of product. ComplyAdvantage is an anti-money-laundering platform: global sanctions and watchlists, politically exposed persons, adverse media, ongoing monitoring and case management, sold as monthly plans sized by the number of entities you monitor, with a custom Enterprise plan above that. 1Lookup is a single check: a name goes in, a verdict of clear, possible match or match comes back from 12 US government lists, and you pay for each completed screening.

1lookupWhere 1Lookup wins

Pay for each completed screening, with no allowance of monitored entities to size and no 100-entity minimum
A verdict of clear, possible match or match with a recommended action, and up to ten ranked matches, from one API call or one CSV column
A request that is refused or cannot be answered because the lists are unreadable costs nothing and is never read as clear
One key on a 7-day free trial, on the same balance that pays for phone, email and IP checks

What it costs

From $6.00

per 1,000 sanctions screenings; $14.85 on Starter

Where ComplyAdvantage wins

Much wider coverage: the Starter plan page promises 'real-time access to global sanctions, watchlists, PEPs, and adverse media data', and the plan table lists sanctions and watchlists, PEPs and RCAs, adverse media, customer screening and company screening.
Ongoing monitoring: customers are monitored, not only screened once, and 'Ongoing Monitoring' is a listed feature of the Starter plans, which a one-time check does not do.
A compliance platform around the search: case management, reports, and an Agentic tier that resolves 'approximately 85% of routine alerts' on its own.
Enterprise adds transaction monitoring and payments screening, with premium support and unlimited usage listed on the plan.
An API as well as the platform: the pricing page says 'All functionality is available via the API or case management', and access comes with sandbox and production credentials.

What it costs

Starter Essentials from $99 a month on annual billing ($119 on monthly billing) for up to 100 monitored entities

Short answer

ComplyAdvantage's Starter plan is priced by monitor searches: up to 100 for $99 a month on annual billing ($119 on monthly billing), rising to up to 2,000 for $319 ($383 monthly), with Enterprise on application. The page prints no price per screening. 1Lookup's Sanctions Screening bills 3 credits per completed screening, about $0.015 on Starter, and monitors nothing.

What replaces what

Here is which 1Lookup product matches each ComplyAdvantage job.

ComplyAdvantage's Starter plan prices a monthly allowance of monitor searches, and its page says one-off screens count toward that volume. This is the one-off version on its own: one API call per name, billed only for completed screenings, with no monitored entities to size.

One-off screen of a customer (Starter plan, counted in the monthly volume)
Sanctions Screening API
A name in, with an optional two-letter country; a verdict of clear, possible match or match out, with the recommended action (approve, verify or review), up to ten ranked matches with the matched name, list, agency, programs, aliases and addresses, how many records were checked and when the lists were updated. It screens 12 US government lists once, when you ask. It does not cover EU, UN, UK or other lists, politically exposed persons or adverse media, and it does not monitor a name afterwards.
3 credits per completed screening, billed for every completed screening, a clear one included

Side by side

Both products are measured on the same criteria, using ComplyAdvantage's own published numbers.

Criteria	1lookup
Contact-data coverage	EmailPhoneIP	EmailPhoneIP
Pricing model	Monthly plans with universal credits; core phone, email and IP lookups cost 1 credit, enrichment and intelligence products cost more	Starter plans priced by monitored entities ('monitor searches'), billed monthly or annually. Essentials: up to 100 entities $119 a month, 250 $197, 500 $239, 750 $281, 1,000 $323, 1,500 $353 and 2,000 $383, or $99, $164, $199, $234, $269, $294 and $319 on annual billing. An Agentic tier adds AI alert resolution from $179 a month ($149 annual) for 100 entities. Enterprise is priced on application. One-off screens count toward the monthly volume but are not cumulative; monitored entities are.
Starting price	$99/mo for 20,000 credits. At 3 credits each (Sanctions Screening API), that is $14.85 per 1,000 sanctions screenings on Starter, down to $6.00 on Enterprise.	Starter Essentials from $99 a month on annual billing ($119 on monthly billing) for up to 100 monitored entities.
Free option	Free single lookups via the online tools at 1lookup.io/tools, no account required	ComplyLaunch, a program for early-stage start-ups, 'gives you free access to enterprise-grade AML solutions', per the pricing page.
Free trial	7-day free trial on every plan: $5 of credits on Starter, $20 on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise, with no payment today	None published
Do credits expire?	Unused monthly credits roll over for 3 months; separately purchased credits last 1 year	No credits: plans are monthly allowances, and unused one-off screens do not carry over to the next billing cycle.

At volume

This is what ComplyAdvantage charges at each volume it publishes.

Volume	Price	Per 1,000
1Lookup, every plan	$99 to $1,999 a month	$2.00 to $4.95
Up to 100 monitored entities (Starter Essentials, annual billing)	$99 a month	-
Up to 100 monitored entities (Starter Essentials, monthly billing)	$119 a month	-
Up to 1,000 monitored entities (Starter Essentials, monthly billing)	$323 a month	-
Up to 2,000 monitored entities (Starter Essentials, monthly billing)	$383 a month	-

ComplyAdvantage figures verified October 2026 against complyadvantage.com.

How you buy

This is how you buy from 1Lookup and from ComplyAdvantage.

1lookup

How it is sold
Monthly plans with universal credits; core phone, email and IP lookups cost 1 credit, enrichment and intelligence products cost more
What it starts at
$99/mo for 20,000 credits
How you try it
7-day free trial on every plan: $5 of credits on Starter, $20 on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise, with no payment today

How it is sold
Starter plans priced by monitored entities ('monitor searches'), billed monthly or annually
What it starts at
Starter Essentials from $99 a month on annual billing ($119 on monthly billing) for up to 100 monitored entities
How you try it
ComplyLaunch, a program for early-stage start-ups, 'gives you free access to enterprise-grade AML solutions', per the pricing page

A real result

This is what one 1Lookup result looks like.

Send a name
POST a person's, company's or vessel's name of 2 to 150 characters, with a two-letter country if you have one. A name that cannot be screened, such as an empty one or one with no Latin letters, is refused with a clear error and costs nothing.
We search the 12 lists
The name is reduced to its words, so word order, accents and legal forms do not matter, and a near spelling still matches. Every record on the Treasury, Commerce and State lists that shares a word is scored, and the best matches are ranked.
Get the verdict, flat and structured
The outcome, the recommended action and the matches arrive in one JSON payload. Every completed screening bills 3 credits, a clear one included, and a name that cannot be screened bills nothing.

See the full product page

api.1lookup.ioPossible match

One call returns a verdict and the closest records for a name

Name screened: Sample Trading Company
Outcome: Possible match
Recommended action: VERIFY
Closest match: SAMPLE TRADING CO
Match score: 0.86
List: Entity List
Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security
Alias: Sample Trade Limited
Address on the list: 1 Example Road, Sampletown, XX

200 OK, 3 creditsShow

{
  "classification": {
    "screened": true,
    "outcome": "possible_match",
    "strong_match_count": 0,
    "possible_match_count": 1,
    "top_match_name": "SAMPLE TRADING CO",
    "top_match_list": "EL (Entity List)",
    "lists_checked": 12,
    "list_updated": "2026-10-25"
  },
  "insights": {
    "sanctions_screening_result": {
      "matches": [{ "match_strength": "possible", "score": 0.86, "list_code": "EL" }],
      "data_source": "us_consolidated_screening_list"
    }
  },
  "metadata": { "credits_used": 3 }
}

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The evidence

Here is the evidence behind every number on this page.

Here are ComplyAdvantage and 1Lookup side by side on the terms you check before you sign.

The terms that decide what a year actually costs, rather than what the first month does. “Not listed” means we could not verify it on either product’s published pages, not that the answer is nothing.

Term	1Lookup	ComplyAdvantage
Minimum commitment	None. Monthly plans with no contract and no minimum volume; cancel any time	The minimum contract volume is 100 monitored entities (Starter plan FAQ). Annual billing is priced lower per month than monthly billing.
Going over your quota	Not listed	Additional monitored entities beyond the plan are charged at 1.5x the per-unit rate in the next billing cycle; the platform keeps working in the meantime.
API access	Included on every plan and during the free trial; there is no tier that unlocks it	The pricing page FAQ says 'Yes, you can use the API. All functionality is available via the API or case management.' Sandbox and production credentials are sent within 24 hours (Monday to Friday) after payment.
Rate limit	200 requests per 10 seconds for each API key on standard lookups and 1,000 requests a minute for each key on number type, HLR and MNP, and each account can make up to 1,000 requests a minute in total across all its keys; higher limits are available on request	Not listed
Support	Starter: Email Support; Growth: Priority Email & Chat Support; Professional: Chat + Live Meeting; Enterprise: Dedicated CSM	Not listed

This is the ComplyAdvantage fine print worth reading twice.

Published terms that change what ComplyAdvantage costs or what you can do with it. Each one links to the ComplyAdvantage page it was read on, because a claim about somebody else’s contract should be checkable in one click.

On the Starter plan, Agentic AI alert resolution is a premium add-on with a flat fee, sold as the Agentic tier above Essentials.
Read it on ComplyAdvantage’s site
Additional monitored entities beyond the plan are charged at 1.5x the per-unit rate in the next billing cycle.
Read it on ComplyAdvantage’s site

1Lookup

Source: 1lookup.io homepage, captured August 2026

ComplyAdvantage

Source: complyadvantage.com homepage, captured October 2026

ComplyAdvantage pricing and product facts verified against complyadvantage.com as of October 2026. Prices change, so confirm on the vendor’s site. 1Lookup numbers come from the live rate card.

Who it is for

Pick 1Lookup or stay with ComplyAdvantage depending on the job in front of you.

1lookup

Choose 1Lookup if

you screen names one by one or in a file and want to pay per completed screening, with no plan of monitored entities to size, no 100-entity minimum and nothing to set up beyond a key.

ComplyAdvantage

Consider ComplyAdvantage instead if

you need a full compliance platform: ComplyAdvantage covers global sanctions and watchlists, politically exposed persons and adverse media, monitors customers on an ongoing basis, and adds case management, alert resolution and, on Enterprise, transaction monitoring.

Questions

People ask these questions before they switch from ComplyAdvantage.

What is ComplyAdvantage used for?

Anti-money-laundering screening and monitoring. The Starter plan page promises real-time access to global sanctions, watchlists, politically exposed persons and adverse media data, and its plan table lists customer screening, company screening and ongoing monitoring. Enterprise adds transaction monitoring and payments screening. Every function is available through the API or through case management.

How does ComplyAdvantage pricing work?

Starter plans are priced by monitor searches. Essentials on monthly billing: up to 100 for $119 a month, 250 for $197, 500 for $239, 750 for $281, 1,000 for $323, 1,500 for $353 and 2,000 for $383. On annual billing the same steps are $99, $164, $199, $234, $269, $294 and $319 a month. An Agentic tier adds AI alert resolution, from $179 a month ($149 annual) for 100 entities. Enterprise is priced on application. Checked October 2026.

How much does 1Lookup charge for the same screening?

3 credits per completed screening, billed for every completed screening, a clear one included. On the Starter plan ($99 a month for 20,000 credits) a screening is about $0.015, which covers 6,666 names a month and is $14.85 per 1,000. At the Enterprise end of the rate card it is about $0.006. ComplyAdvantage prints no price per screening, so no per-screening figure is set against ours.

What happens when I go over a ComplyAdvantage plan?

The platform keeps working. Additional monitored entities beyond the plan are charged at 1.5 times the per-unit rate in the next billing cycle, and the page suggests upgrading to a higher tier to avoid overages. Unused one-off screens do not carry over to the next billing cycle, and the minimum contract volume is 100 monitored entities.

What does ComplyAdvantage return, and what does 1Lookup add?

ComplyAdvantage returns screening results into a platform with alerts, case management and reports, and its Agentic tier resolves approximately 85% of routine alerts on its own. 1Lookup returns one answer per name: a verdict of clear, possible match or match, a recommended action, and up to ten ranked matches with list, agency, programs, aliases and addresses. It leaves the case in your own system.

Where does ComplyAdvantage beat 1Lookup?

On scope and workflow. It covers global sanctions and watchlists, politically exposed persons and adverse media where 1Lookup covers 12 US government lists. It monitors customers on an ongoing basis, runs case management and alert review, and on Enterprise adds transaction monitoring and payments screening with premium support. 1Lookup is a point-in-time check and takes Latin-letter names only.

How quickly can I start with each?

ComplyAdvantage's Starter page says access is granted within 24 hours, Monday to Friday, with login credentials for sandbox and production environments and onboarding guidance. 1Lookup starts with an API key and a 7-day free trial, and the same key and balance also pay for phone, email and IP checks.

What is the best ComplyAdvantage alternative?

If you need a full compliance platform, with global lists, politically exposed persons, adverse media, monitoring and case management, ComplyAdvantage is built for it. If you need a name checked against US government lists, with a clear, possible match or match answer and no plan of monitored entities to size, 1Lookup's Sanctions Screening bills 3 credits for every completed screening.

Is ComplyAdvantage worth it in 2026?

Yes, if you must screen globally, watch customers over time and manage alerts in one place: its Starter plan is a way into a full platform, and ComplyLaunch offers early-stage start-ups free access. The cheapest plan assumes at least 100 monitored entities. If you only need one-off name checks against US lists, compare the per-screening price of 1Lookup.

1lookup

Screen a name against 12 US government lists and see the verdict

Try 1Lookup free for 7 days and compare it with ComplyAdvantage on your own work.

3 credits a completed screening, about $0.015 on Starter, on the same balance as phone, email and IP checks. Start with the 7-day free trial.

Start the 7-day free trial See per-lookup pricing

ComplyAdvantage's Starter plan begins at $99 a month for up to 100 monitored entities, and 1Lookup bills $0.015 for each completed screening.

Here is where 1Lookup wins against ComplyAdvantage, and where ComplyAdvantage still wins.

Here is which 1Lookup product matches each ComplyAdvantage job.

Sanctions Screening API

Both products are measured on the same criteria, using ComplyAdvantage's own published numbers.

This is what ComplyAdvantage charges at each volume it publishes.

This is how you buy from 1Lookup and from ComplyAdvantage.

This is what one 1Lookup result looks like.

Try the Free Sanctions List Search, one of 1Lookup's free tools.

Here is the evidence behind every number on this page.

Here are ComplyAdvantage and 1Lookup side by side on the terms you check before you sign.

This is the ComplyAdvantage fine print worth reading twice.

Pick 1Lookup or stay with ComplyAdvantage depending on the job in front of you.

People ask these questions before they switch from ComplyAdvantage.

Try 1Lookup free for 7 days and compare it with ComplyAdvantage on your own work.

Keep researching ComplyAdvantage with the matching 1Lookup pages.