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Biometrics

Score 22.1 / 100 45 providers +6 via APIs 19 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (45)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 7 Solid coverage with minor gaps
iDenfyAMLAge VerificationBank Verification14 APIs62.7DiditIdentityIdentity VerificationKYCKYB1 API62.0Nefesh AICompanyHuman StateStress Detection4 APIs61.9UnicoIdentity VerificationFacial RecognitionLiveness Detection3 APIs57.7TypingDNACompanyAuthenticationTyping Biometrics3 APIs55.3MetaMapIdentity VerificationKYCAMLCompliance1 API55.0TruliooIdentity VerificationKYCKYBAML1 API54.9
Developing 11 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
OuraActivityCardiovascularFitness2 APIs53.61KosmosIdentityAuthenticationIdentity VerificationPasswordless1 API50.9KeyoCompanyIdentityAuthentication1 API47.3CLEARCompanyIdentityIdentity VerificationAuthentication1 API46.6ID AnalyzerIdentity VerificationKYCAMLDocument OCR13 APIs45.7Smile IdentityCompanyIdentity VerificationKYCKYB1 API44.8OnfidoAuthenticationIdentityVerificationIdentity Verification1 API42.8KeynuaCompanyElectronic SignatureDigital SignatureIdentity Verification1 API41.8UbbleCompanyIdentity VerificationKYCAML1 API41.0VivaLNKConnected HealthRemote Patient MonitoringRPMWearables1 API39.8MV sistemasCompanyHealthcareHealth ITHospitals18 APIs39.7
Thin 11 Limited public surface area
AcuantIdentity VerificationDocument AuthenticationFace Matching4 APIs38.0Kairos ARCompanyFace RecognitionFacial Recognition1 API37.6IncodeIdentity VerificationKYCLiveness1 API35.4AuthsignalAuthenticationPasskeysMFAStep-Up1 API34.1Seventh SenseCompanyFace RecognitionIdentity Verification1 API32.1AnyVisionFacial RecognitionComputer VisionVideo AnalyticsPhysical Security2 APIs30.9World (Worldcoin)Proof of PersonhoodIdentityWorld IDMini Apps6 APIs28.9PassbaseCompanySecurityIdentity VerificationKYC1 API27.4AU10TIXIdentity VerificationDocument AuthenticationKYC1 API27.2VeriffKYCIdentity VerificationFraud Prevention15 APIs27.1JumioKYCIdentity VerificationAML14 APIs26.5
Emerging 8 Early or largely undocumented
Alcatraz AICompanyAccess ControlFacial Authentication1 API24.7Clearview AIFacial RecognitionIdentityInvestigations3 APIs20.7MetalenzCompanySemiconductorsOpticsMeta-Optics1 API17.3Pindrop SecurityCompanySecurityVoiceAuthentication17.0BeaconcureCompanyClinical TrialsClinical DataLife Sciences1 API16.3CaidyaCompanyClinical ResearchContract Research OrganizationHealthcare16.0ChuiCompanyFacial RecognitionComputer VisionMachine Learning15.9Workwell TechnologiesCompanyWorkforce ManagementTime TrackingAttendance1 API13.1
Minimal 8 Almost no public developer surface
OostoCompanyEnterpriseFacial RecognitionComputer Vision10.4AnoriaCompanyWearablesEmotional Intelligence6.3Blink IdentityCompanyIdentityFacial Recognition5.8AstraeaCompanyClinical TrialsHealthcareLife Sciences5.3StickyCompanyEnterpriseEye TrackingMarket Research4.1FaceptionCompanyFacial RecognitionComputer VisionMachine Learning3.8NovotechCompanyHealthcareContract Research OrganizationClinical Trials3.7OMsignalCompanyConsumerWearables0.0

APIs with this tag (19)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Strong 6 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Orange Business Live Identity Verify APIReal-time identity verification combining ID-document capture, liveness detection, and biometric match agai...64.9Nefesh Human State APIREST API on api.nefesh.ai (FastAPI): POST /v1/ingest takes a session_id, an ISO 8601 timestamp and at least...61.9Unico IDCloud APIThe API contract (internally TCA / Check.Integration) — used when the integrator's own application owns the...57.7Unico IDCloud Web & SDK APIThe Web & SDK contract — used when Unico hosts the verification journey. The process is created before capt...57.7Claro Face Match APIBiometric face-match validation against Claro Brasil's own image records, sold as an identity-assurance ste...55.8Trulioo Identity Document Verification APICapture, classify, and verify government-issued identity documents (driver's license, passport, national ID...54.9
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Banuba Face Liveness SDKBanuba Face Liveness SDK provides anti-spoofing technology that verifies a face is real and present in real...50.2ID Analyzer Biometric APIREST API for 1:1 face matching between an identity document photo and a live selfie or uploaded image. Incl...45.7SEON Identity VerificationSEON Identity Verification (IDV) is an AI-powered identity verification product combining document checks, ...45.4Shufti Pro Biometric Authentication APIBiometric authentication and re-verification API enabling face-based login and identity re-confirmation for...40.8
Thin 6 Limited public surface area
Acuant FRM Face Recognition APIFace recognition and matching API that compares two facial images and returns a match score. Used alongside...38.0Acuant Passive Liveness APILiveness detection API that evaluates a selfie image for presentation attacks including printed photos, mas...38.0Oosto OnAccess APIPer-deployment REST API for Oosto OnAccess, the facial access-control product (internal codename "Abraxas")...30.9AU10TIX Face Comparison & Liveness APICompares a captured selfie against the portrait on a verified ID document (1:1 face match) and performs pas...27.2Jumio Authentication APISelfie-driven biometric reverification of returning customers. Compares a fresh selfie against the previous...26.5Jumio selfie.DONE APIFrictionless reverification flow that recognizes returning trusted users with a single selfie - no need to ...26.5
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
Alcatraz Admin Portal APICustomer-facing REST API for the Alcatraz Admin Portal, used by third-party projects and applications to ad...24.7Clearview AI Facial Recognition PlatformThe Clearview AI facial recognition platform provides image-based identity matching backed by an indexed co...20.7KakaoPay Face Recognition APIREST API providing facial detection and comparison capabilities for identity verification and authenticatio...20.1

Companies reaching this through an API (6)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Biometrics” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

América Móvil Banuba KakaoPay Orange Business SEON Shufti Pro

Score breakdown

Frequency
49.1
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
1.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
39.1
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
11.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Identity Verification 28 co-occurrences Facial Recognition 8 co-occurrences Liveness Detection 7 co-occurrences Document Verification 9 co-occurrences AML 13 co-occurrences KYC 22 co-occurrences Liveness 6 co-occurrences Face Recognition 5 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag45
Api tag19

Cohort brief

Auto-generated

The 45 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged Biometrics, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
45
all scored
Mean Kin Score
31.8
+8.9 vs catalog 22.9
Mean Agent Readiness
18.2
+6.3 vs catalog 11.9
Spread
0–62.7
median 32.1 · σ 18.2
How the 45 split by band
Exemplar 0Strong 7Developing 11Thin 11Emerging 8Minimal 8
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Contract Quality 31.1 17.6 +13.5 45
Developer Ergonomics 33.2 23.2 +10 45
Operational Transparency 20.8 13.7 +7.1 45
Discoverability 65 58.1 +6.9 45
Access Clarity 32.6 26.5 +6.1 45
Contract Governance 7 6.3 +0.7 45

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 9% 14% -5
MCP server (first-party) 9% 12% -3
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 13% 11% +2
Security 98% 98% 0
Arazzo workflows 7% 2% +5
Governance rules 16% 14% +2

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 iDenfy 62.7
  2. 2 Didit 62
  3. 3 Nefesh AI 61.9
  4. 4 Unico 57.7
  5. 5 TypingDNA 55.3
  6. 6 MetaMap 55
  7. 7 Trulioo 54.9
  8. 8 Oura 53.6
  9. 9 1Kosmos 50.9
  10. 10 Keyo 47.3
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 Didit 59.8
  2. 2 Trulioo 53.9
  3. 3 iDenfy 41.5
  4. 4 TypingDNA 35.4
  5. 5 Unico 33.5
  6. 6 CLEAR 33.3
  7. 7 MV sistemas 32.5
  8. 8 MetaMap 31.6
  9. 9 Nefesh AI 30.1
  10. 10 Oura 29.4
All 45 members of this roster resolve to a scored provider in the catalog.Generated from the catalog build of 5 October 2026, across 29093 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

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