How Sumsub’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 Score25/100
Agent-ready 56.2 × 0.30 = 16.86
API quality 11.4 × 0.20 = 2.28
Openness 12.0 × 0.20 = 2.40
Built-in AI 14.7 × 0.15 = 2.20
Automation 11.3 × 0.15 = 1.70
(16.86 + 2.28 + 2.40 + 2.20 + 1.70) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 25.44 ÷ 1.00 = 25.4
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-ready56.2/100×0.30 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) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt # Sumsub Documentation > Documentation for Sumsub Append .md to any documentation page URL to get its markdown version”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“Tailor colors, styles, and step instructions to match your brand across Web and Mobile SDKs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“Grant your team members access to your Sumsub account.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“Generate a security key or use biometric options to reduce the risk of account compromise.”
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/test-in-sandbox.md“Use Sandbox mode to test your integration before going live.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/webhooks.md“Sumsub’s Webhooks is a tool that allows you to automatically receive notifications for various events and changes related to your applicants’ verification process.”
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
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server”
Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server”
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.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/test-in-sandbox.md“Use Sandbox mode to test your integration before going live.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/webhooks.md“Sumsub’s Webhooks is a tool that allows you to automatically receive notifications for various events and changes related to your applicants’ verification process.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/swagger.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“Grant your team members access to your Sumsub account.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server”
Build against official SDKsweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/test-in-sandbox.md“Use Sandbox mode to test your integration before going live.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“Tailor colors, styles, and step instructions to match your brand across Web and Mobile SDKs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server”
Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/webhooks.md“Sumsub’s Webhooks is a tool that allows you to automatically receive notifications for various events and changes related to your applicants’ verification process.”
Agent-ready = 101.2 ÷ 180 × 100 = 56.2
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
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/swagger.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/swagger.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
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.sumsub.com/docs/test-in-sandbox.md“Use Sandbox mode to test your integration before going live.”
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/swagger.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
API quality = 8.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 11.4
Openness12.0/100×0.20 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.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/webhooks.md“Sumsub’s Webhooks is a tool that allows you to automatically receive notifications for various events and changes related to your applicants’ verification process.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/aml-screening.md“Configure your AML screening settings to suit your needs by screening against targeted lists and categories that are relevant to your business, and adjust fuzziness levels to suit.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“Tailor colors, styles, and step instructions to match your brand across Web and Mobile SDKs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“Grant your team members access to your Sumsub account.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt“Generate a security key or use biometric options to reduce the risk of account compromise.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.sumsub.com/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/swagger.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.sumsub.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/webhooks.md“Sumsub’s Webhooks is a tool that allows you to automatically receive notifications for various events and changes related to your applicants’ verification process.”
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 ÷ 50 × 100 = 12.0
Built-in AI14.7/100×0.15 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
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/aml-screening.md“Configure your AML screening settings to suit your needs by screening against targeted lists and categories that are relevant to your business, and adjust fuzziness levels to suit.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/liveness.md“In under a second, it confirms the applicant is a real, live person (not a deepfake, AI-generated image, paper mask, photo of a screen, or doll) and matches them to the account and documents on file.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
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.sumsub.com/docs/webhooks.md“Sumsub’s Webhooks is a tool that allows you to automatically receive notifications for various events and changes related to your applicants’ verification process.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/verification-levels.md“A level is a sequence of steps that your applicants have to take to verify their identity. Each level may include document-based or selfie-based verification, Liveness & Face match, Short video fragment, Questionnaire, Payment methods, and many other checks.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/aml-screening.md“Configure your AML screening settings to suit your needs by screening against targeted lists and categories that are relevant to your business, and adjust fuzziness levels to suit.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server”
Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
- [probe] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server”
Built-in AI = 13.2 ÷ 90 × 100 = 14.7
Automation11.3/100×0.15 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
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/reference/about-sumsub-api.md“With the Sumsub API, you can process the applicant data and documents submitted for verification through simple RESTful APIs.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/webhooks.md“Sumsub’s Webhooks is a tool that allows you to automatically receive notifications for various events and changes related to your applicants’ verification process.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/mcp-server.md“Use the MCP server to let AI agents perform Sumsub operations on your behalf, while keeping access controlled by your existing Sumsub role permissions.”
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3
3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/webhooks.md“Sumsub’s Webhooks is a tool that allows you to automatically receive notifications for various events and changes related to your applicants’ verification process.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/verification-levels.md“A level is a sequence of steps that your applicants have to take to verify their identity. Each level may include document-based or selfie-based verification, Liveness & Face match, Short video fragment, Questionnaire, Payment methods, and many other checks.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.sumsub.com/docs/aml-screening.md“Configure your AML screening settings to suit your needs by screening against targeted lists and categories that are relevant to your business, and adjust fuzziness levels to suit.”
Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 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
Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1
1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Automation = 9.0 ÷ 80 × 100 = 11.3