Persona

Persona provides identity verification and fraud prevention APIs. Their platform allows businesses to verify the identity of their users through document verification, selfie checks, database verifications, and more.

Persona publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, Inquiries API, Lists API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Fraud Prevention, Identity Verification, and KYC.

Persona’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, signup flow, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

37.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

7 APIs

Fraud Prevention Identity Verification KYC

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 37.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Access Clarity 12.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 7

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

Open Collections 10

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Persona Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Signup

Signup

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: persona
name: Persona
description: Persona provides identity verification and fraud prevention APIs. Their platform allows businesses to verify
  the identity of their users through document verification, selfie checks, database verifications, and more.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · 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/persona.png
tags:
- Fraud Prevention
- Identity Verification
- KYC
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/persona/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-30'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: persona:persona-accounts-api
  name: Persona Accounts API
  description: Manage end-user account records that group identity data and inquiries.
  humanURL: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://withpersona.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Account
  tags_raw:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/persona-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/authentication
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: openapi/persona-asyncapi.yml
- aid: persona:persona-inquiries-api
  name: Persona Inquiries API
  description: Create, manage, and review identity verification inquiries.
  humanURL: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://withpersona.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Inquiries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/persona-inquiries-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/authentication
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: openapi/persona-asyncapi.yml
- aid: persona:persona-lists-api
  name: Persona Lists API
  description: Manage allowlists, blocklists, and other reference lists.
  humanURL: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://withpersona.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - List
  tags_raw:
  - Lists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/persona-lists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/authentication
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: openapi/persona-asyncapi.yml
- aid: persona:persona-reports-api
  name: Persona Reports API
  description: Run database-driven reports such as watchlist or adverse media checks.
  humanURL: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://withpersona.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/persona-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/authentication
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: openapi/persona-asyncapi.yml
- aid: persona:persona-transactions-api
  name: Persona Transactions API
  description: Track monitored transactions tied to an account.
  humanURL: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://withpersona.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Transaction
  tags_raw:
  - Transactions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/persona-transactions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/authentication
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: openapi/persona-asyncapi.yml
- aid: persona:persona-verifications-api
  name: Persona Verifications API
  description: Retrieve and manage individual verification checks within an inquiry.
  humanURL: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://withpersona.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Verification
  tags_raw:
  - Verifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/persona-verifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/authentication
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: openapi/persona-asyncapi.yml
- aid: persona:persona-webhooks-api
  name: Persona Webhooks API
  description: Manage webhook subscriptions for asynchronous event delivery.
  humanURL: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://withpersona.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/persona-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.withpersona.com/reference/authentication
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: openapi/persona-asyncapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/persona-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/persona-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/persona-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/persona-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/persona-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/withpersona
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/persona-identities
- type: Portal
  url: https://withpersona.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.withpersona.com/
- type: Signup
  url: https://withpersona.com/dashboard/sign-up
- type: Login
  url: https://withpersona.com/dashboard/login
- type: Pricing
  url: https://withpersona.com/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://withpersona.com/legal/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://withpersona.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.withpersona.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://docs.withpersona.com/docs/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://withpersona.com/blog
- type: Website
  url: https://withpersona.com/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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