How Persona’s scores are calculated
The full audit trail, recomputed from the verdict data at build time through the same code that produced the leaderboard: verdict × quality × story weight per cell, cells sum to dimension scores, dimensions blend into the PA Score. Every number on the product page is reproducible from this page alone; for why the formula looks like this, see the methodology.
verdict factors: full ×1.0 · partial ×0.6 · disputed ×0.3 · none ×0.0 · n/a excluded from both sides · cell points = weight × quality × factor · cell max = weight × 10
PA Score23/100
Agent-ready 33.3 × 0.30 = 9.99
API quality 11.4 × 0.20 = 2.28
Openness 30.0 × 0.20 = 6.00
Built-in AI 10.0 × 0.15 = 1.50
Automation 18.0 × 0.15 = 2.70
(9.99 + 2.28 + 6.00 + 1.50 + 2.70) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 22.47 ÷ 1.00 = 22.5
Scores are stored to 1 decimal; the product page’s pills round to whole numbers for display. Each dimension below shows the stories, verdicts, and cited evidence behind its number.
Agent-ready33.3/100×0.30 of the PA blend
Outside-in: can YOUR agent reach and drive this product — API, MCP, CLI, headless runs, agent docs.
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt # Persona ## Instructions for AI Agents - For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL - For section-s”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.md“The Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.”
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/integration-testing.md“the following Simulate Actions can be specified to evoke Inquiry and Verification lifecycle behavior, thereby replicating the necessary conditions required for programmatically testing”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/environments.md“Sandbox mode is provided so that you can test your integration without incurring any usage charges. Real verifications are not performed within sandbox mode.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.md“The Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.”
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Use an official CLIweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.md“The Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/webhooks.md“Webhooks can notify your service about events that happen on any Persona resource.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/environments.md“Sandbox mode is provided so that you can test your integration without incurring any usage charges. Real verifications are not performed within sandbox mode.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/integration-testing.md“the following Simulate Actions can be specified to evoke Inquiry and Verification lifecycle behavior, thereby replicating the necessary conditions required for programmatically testing”
- [probe] https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt # Persona ## Instructions for AI Agents - For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL - For section-s”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Build against official SDKsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2
2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 14.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/webhooks.md“Webhooks can notify your service about events that happen on any Persona resource.”
Agent-ready = 60.0 ÷ 180 × 100 = 33.3
API quality11.4/100×0.20 of the PA blend
The programmable surface once an agent is there — machine-readable spec, interactive docs, sandbox, versioning discipline.
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.md“The Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.”
- [probe] https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt # Persona ## Instructions for AI Agents - For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL - For section-s”
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1
1 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 8.0 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/environments.md“Sandbox mode is provided so that you can test your integration without incurring any usage charges. Real verifications are not performed within sandbox mode.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/integration-testing.md“the following Simulate Actions can be specified to evoke Inquiry and Verification lifecycle behavior, thereby replicating the necessary conditions required for programmatically testing”
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
API quality = 8.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 11.4
Openness30.0/100×0.20 of the PA blend
Can you leave, inspect, or self-host — data export, open source, portability.
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.md“The Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/inquiry-templates.md“Inquiry templates house the configuration for a single use case by defining the screens, verifications, decisioning, and theming.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/workflows.md“Workflows are a flexible, intuitive, and powerful way to streamline your identity processes. You can use them to automate repetitive manual decisions and decrease manual review time.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/inquiry-templates.md“Dynamic Flow Templates allow for greater flexibility in data collection by allowing custom UIs and collection fields along with dynamic friction.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/integration-testing.md“the following Simulate Actions can be specified to evoke Inquiry and Verification lifecycle behavior, thereby replicating the necessary conditions required for programmatically testing”
Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Self-host the core productweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Openness = 6.0 ÷ 20 × 100 = 30.0
Built-in AI10.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Inside-out: how agentic the product itself is for its users — built-in assistants, autonomous features.
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/workflows.md“Workflows are a flexible, intuitive, and powerful way to streamline your identity processes. You can use them to automate repetitive manual decisions and decrease manual review time.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/webhooks.md“Webhooks can notify your service about events that happen on any Persona resource.”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Built-in AI = 6.0 ÷ 60 × 100 = 10.0
Automation18.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.
Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3
3 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 10.8 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/workflows.md“Workflows are a flexible, intuitive, and powerful way to streamline your identity processes. You can use them to automate repetitive manual decisions and decrease manual review time.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/webhooks.md“Webhooks can notify your service about events that happen on any Persona resource.”
Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1
1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/workflows.md“Workflows are a flexible, intuitive, and powerful way to streamline your identity processes. You can use them to automate repetitive manual decisions and decrease manual review time.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/inquiry-templates.md“Inquiry templates house the configuration for a single use case by defining the screens, verifications, decisioning, and theming.”
Automation = 10.8 ÷ 60 × 100 = 18.0