Acuant

Acuant is an identity verification and document authentication platform offering REST APIs and SDKs for ID capture, document authentication, biometric face matching, and passive liveness detection. Originally founded in 1999 as Card Scanning Solutions and acquired by GB Group plc (GBG) in 2021, Acuant's services support AML, KYC, and identity proofing workflows across financial services, healthcare, hospitality, and government sectors. Core APIs include AssureID Connect for document processing, FRM for facial recognition and face matching, Passive Liveness for presentation attack detection, ACAS for cloud authentication, and Ozone for digital identity trust. SDKs are available for iOS, Android, and JavaScript web applications.

Acuant publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Chip Data API, Document Data API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Identity Verification, Document Authentication, Biometrics, Face Matching, and Liveness Detection.

The Acuant catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Acuant’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, support, and 10 more developer resources.

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50.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessEnterpriseSelf serve

13 APIs

Identity VerificationDocument AuthenticationBiometricsFace MatchingLiveness DetectionKYCAMLID Capture

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Composite quality — 50.1/100 · developing

Contract Quality 17.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Acuant Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: acuant
name: Acuant
description: Acuant is an identity verification and document authentication platform offering REST APIs and SDKs for ID capture,
  document authentication, biometric face matching, and passive liveness detection. Originally founded in 1999 as Card Scanning
  Solutions and acquired by GB Group plc (GBG) in 2021, Acuant's services support AML, KYC, and identity proofing workflows
  across financial services, healthcare, hospitality, and government sectors. Core APIs include AssureID Connect for document
  processing, FRM for facial recognition and face matching, Passive Liveness for presentation attack detection, ACAS for cloud
  authentication, and Ozone for digital identity trust. SDKs are available for iOS, Android, and JavaScript web applications.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/acuant.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/acuant/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Identity Verification
- Document Authentication
- Biometrics
- Face Matching
- Liveness Detection
- KYC
- AML
- ID Capture
apis:
- aid: acuant:assureid-connect
  name: Acuant AssureID Connect API
  description: REST API for document identity verification. Supports creating document transactions, uploading multi-spectral
    images, extracting data fields, and retrieving authentication results for over 3,400 global document types including driver's
    licenses, passports, and national IDs. Uses HTTP Basic authentication over HTTPS.
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Document Authentication
  - ID Verification
  - OCR
  - Data Extraction
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  - type: IntegrationGuide
    url: https://usermanual.wiki/Document/AssureID20Connect20Web20Service20Integration20Guide.153605132/help
- aid: acuant:frm
  name: Acuant FRM Face Recognition API
  description: Face recognition and matching API that compares two facial images and returns a match score. Used alongside
    document verification to confirm the person presenting an ID matches a live selfie capture. Regional endpoints available
    for USA, EU, and AUS.
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/biometric-identity-verification/
  baseURL: https://frm.acuant.net
  tags:
  - Face Recognition
  - Biometrics
  - Face Matching
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.acuant.com/biometric-identity-verification/
- aid: acuant:passive-liveness
  name: Acuant Passive Liveness API
  description: Liveness detection API that evaluates a selfie image for presentation attacks including printed photos, masks,
    deepfakes, and face-swap attacks. Returns LivenessAssessment (Live, NotLive, PoorQuality, Error) and a confidence score.
    ISO/IEC 30107-3 compliant with iBeta PAD Level 1 and Level 2 certification.
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/biometric-identity-verification/
  baseURL: https://us.passlive.acuant.net
  tags:
  - Liveness Detection
  - Biometrics
  - Anti-Spoofing
  - Presentation Attack Detection
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.acuant.com/biometric-identity-verification/
- aid: acuant:acas
  name: Acuant ACAS (Cloud Authentication Service) API
  description: Acuant Cloud Authentication Service (ACAS) provides authentication token management for initializing and authorizing
    SDK and API sessions. Supports Basic Auth (Base64) credential exchange and bearer token issuance. Regional endpoints available
    for USA, EU, AUS, and preview environments.
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/integrations/
  baseURL: https://us.acas.acuant.net
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Token Management
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.acuant.com/integrations/
- aid: acuant:ozone
  name: Acuant Ozone API
  description: Digital identity trust API derived from Acuant's acquisition of Ozone from Mount Airy Group. Provides additional
    identity intelligence and trust scoring layered on top of document and biometric verification results.
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/integrations/
  baseURL: https://ozone.acuant.net
  tags:
  - Identity Trust
  - Fraud Prevention
  - Identity Intelligence
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.acuant.com/integrations/
- aid: acuant:acuant-authentication-api
  name: Acuant Authentication API
  description: Token issuance and validation
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acuant-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- aid: acuant:acuant-chip-data-api
  name: Acuant Chip Data API
  description: Submit and retrieve contactless chip data
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Chip Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acuant-chip-data-api-openapi.yml
- aid: acuant:acuant-document-data-api
  name: Acuant Document Data API
  description: Upload and retrieve extracted document data
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Document Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acuant-document-data-api-openapi.yml
- aid: acuant:acuant-document-instances-api
  name: Acuant Document Instances API
  description: Create and manage document processing sessions
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Document Instances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acuant-document-instances-api-openapi.yml
- aid: acuant:acuant-face-match-api
  name: Acuant Face Match API
  description: Facial comparison and matching operations
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Face Match
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acuant-face-match-api-openapi.yml
- aid: acuant:acuant-images-api
  name: Acuant Images API
  description: Submit and retrieve document images
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acuant-images-api-openapi.yml
- aid: acuant:acuant-liveness-api
  name: Acuant Liveness API
  description: Passive liveness detection operations
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Liveness
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acuant-liveness-api-openapi.yml
- aid: acuant:acuant-metadata-api
  name: Acuant Metadata API
  description: Supported document types, subscriptions, logs
  humanURL: https://www.acuant.com/document-centric-verification
  baseURL: https://services.assureid.net
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acuant-metadata-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/acuant-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/acuant-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/acuant-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.acuant.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.acuant.com/integrations/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/Acuant
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acuant
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.acuant.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://store.acuant.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.acuant.net/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.acuant.com
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/acuantcorp
- type: Plans
  url: plans/acuant-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/acuant-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/acuant-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com