IDVero vs Onfido.
Onfido is a leading global identity verification provider — and for African platforms, that global center of gravity is exactly the trade-off to weigh.
Onfido (part of Entrust) offers document and biometric verification at global enterprise scale, with broad international document support.
Where IDVero is different
IDVero starts free and scales in local currency — ZAR, NGN, GHS, KES — via Paystack. You don't need a dollar corporate card or an enterprise contract to run your first thousand verifications.
POPIA alignment with africa-region data residency, NDPR consideration for Nigeria, FICA-aware retention for South African financial services — not an afterthought to GDPR.
Business verification with director and UBO discovery for African companies, in the same API as your KYC.
Sign up, mint a test key, verify — the whole platform is self-serve with public pricing, and you only talk to sales for Enterprise volume.
If your users are primarily in Europe or North America, a global-first provider may fit better. IDVero wins when Africa is a core market: local documents, local currency, local compliance, and pricing a seed-stage company can actually start on.