ComplyAdvantage

ComplyAdvantage provides AI-driven anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime risk detection - screening people and companies against sanctions and watchlists, politically exposed persons (PEPs and RCAs), and adverse media, with ongoing monitoring that alerts you when a customer's risk profile changes. The REST API (api.complyadvantage.com, with US and APAC regional bases) exposes searches, monitored searches, case management, comments, tags, and users with api-key auth, plus webhooks for match and monitoring updates. The newer Mesh platform API adds customer lifecycle screening, cases and alerts, transaction monitoring, and fraud detection workflows. Used by banks, fintechs, payments, and crypto firms for KYC/AML compliance, sanctions screening, and fraud prevention.

ComplyAdvantage publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Case Management API, Monitored Searches API, Searches API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Anti-Money Laundering, AML, Fraud Detection, Sanctions Screening, and Compliance.

ComplyAdvantage’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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42.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-03 · rubric v0.9

AccessPaidSelf serve

5 APIs

Anti-Money LaunderingAMLFraud DetectionSanctions ScreeningCompliancePEP ScreeningAdverse MediaKYCWatchlistsTransaction MonitoringFinancial CrimeRegTech

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-03 · rubric v0.9

Composite quality — 42.4/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

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 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 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 5

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

ComplyAdvantage Mesh Platform API

ComplyAdvantage's newer Mesh platform API, authenticated with OAuth2 bearer tokens (24-hour validity). Covers the full customer lifecycle - customer creation and screening (sync...

ComplyAdvantage Case Management API

Comments, tags, assignment, and match status workflow on searches.

ComplyAdvantage Monitored Searches API

Ongoing monitoring of searches, change differences, and acknowledgement.

ComplyAdvantage Searches API

Create and manage AML screening searches against sanctions, PEP, warning, and adverse media data.

ComplyAdvantage Users API

Users on your ComplyAdvantage account.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

ComplyAdvantage API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Complyadvantage Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Complyadvantage Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Complyadvantage Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Complyadvantage Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Complyadvantage Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Complyadvantage Agentic Access

19 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

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

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/complyadvantage/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: ComplyAdvantage
kind: company
description: ComplyAdvantage provides AI-driven anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime risk detection - screening
  people and companies against sanctions and watchlists, politically exposed persons (PEPs and RCAs), and adverse media, with
  ongoing monitoring that alerts you when a customer's risk profile changes. The REST API (api.complyadvantage.com, with US
  and APAC regional bases) exposes searches, monitored searches, case management, comments, tags, and users with api-key auth,
  plus webhooks for match and monitoring updates. The newer Mesh platform API adds customer lifecycle screening, cases and
  alerts, transaction monitoring, and fraud detection workflows. Used by banks, fintechs, payments, and crypto firms for KYC/AML
  compliance, sanctions screening, and fraud prevention.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · 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/complyadvantage.png
tags:
- Anti-Money Laundering
- AML
- Fraud Detection
- Sanctions Screening
- Compliance
- PEP Screening
- Adverse Media
- KYC
- Watchlists
- Transaction Monitoring
- Financial Crime
- RegTech
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: complyadvantage:complyadvantage-mesh-platform-api
  name: ComplyAdvantage Mesh Platform API
  tags:
  - Customer Screening
  - Transaction Monitoring
  - Fraud Detection
  - Cases
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.mesh.complyadvantage.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mesh.complyadvantage.com
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.mesh.complyadvantage.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: ComplyAdvantage's newer Mesh platform API, authenticated with OAuth2 bearer tokens (24-hour validity). Covers
    the full customer lifecycle - customer creation and screening (sync or async), risk scoring, cases and alerts with stage
    transitions and assignments, transaction screening and monitoring for payments fraud, custom and lookup lists, webhook
    and email notifications, data exports, user and role administration, and regulatory reporting (CTR/SAR prefill). Documented
    separately at docs.mesh.complyadvantage.com with its own OpenAPI schema for customers.
- aid: complyadvantage:complyadvantage-case-management-api
  name: ComplyAdvantage Case Management API
  description: Comments, tags, assignment, and match status workflow on searches.
  humanURL: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.complyadvantage.com
  tags:
  - Case Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/complyadvantage-case-management-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/api-docs/
- aid: complyadvantage:complyadvantage-monitored-searches-api
  name: ComplyAdvantage Monitored Searches API
  description: Ongoing monitoring of searches, change differences, and acknowledgement.
  humanURL: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.complyadvantage.com
  tags:
  - Monitored Searches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/complyadvantage-monitored-searches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/api-docs/
- aid: complyadvantage:complyadvantage-searches-api
  name: ComplyAdvantage Searches API
  description: Create and manage AML screening searches against sanctions, PEP, warning, and adverse media data.
  humanURL: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.complyadvantage.com
  tags:
  - Searches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/complyadvantage-searches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/api-docs/
- aid: complyadvantage:complyadvantage-users-api
  name: ComplyAdvantage Users API
  description: Users on your ComplyAdvantage account.
  humanURL: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.complyadvantage.com
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/complyadvantage-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com/api-docs/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/complyadvantage-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/complyadvantage-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/complyadvantage-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/complyadvantage
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/complyadvantage
- type: Website
  url: https://complyadvantage.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.complyadvantage.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://complyadvantage.com/pricing/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/complyadvantage-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/complyadvantage-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/complyadvantage-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://complyadvantage.com/insights/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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