Veriff owns the identity session - guided capture, face match, liveness, all in one hosted flow, with retention priced as a line item. Teams add or switch to TamperCheck when documents arrive server-side, outside that session, or when retention costs and per-verification pricing no longer fit.
Why teams look for a Veriff alternative
- Not every document goes through a camera flow. Bank statements, payslips and invoices that arrive by email or your own forms never touch Veriff's session at all.
- Retention is a priced add-on - two-year record retention costs an extra $0.30 per verification on top of the $0.80-$1.89 base rate, plus a $49-$209 monthly minimum.
- You need to verify document types beyond identity documents - Veriff's checks are built around the capture session, not PDF forensics.
At a glance
The same fifteen questions we answer on the homepage, with Veriff in the third column.
Documents covered
- TamperCheck.ai
- 100+ document types from 190+ countries
- Veriff
- Identity documents from 230+ countries and territories, 50 languages (their claim)
Forensic checks per document
- TamperCheck.ai
- 200+ forensic layers on every upload
- Veriff
- ID authenticity, liveness, face match, device and behaviour signals
AI-generated documents
- TamperCheck.ai
- Dedicated synthesis pass, resolved to the field
- Veriff
- Deepfake and presentation-attack detection on the capture
Image forgery detection
- TamperCheck.ai
- Pixel-level: splice, resave and edge-sharpness deltas
- Veriff
- On identity documents
PDF & file structure
- TamperCheck.ai
- Objects, fonts, metadata and editor traces
- Veriff
- Not the product
Field-level alteration
- TamperCheck.ai
- Yes - the altered field named and located
- Veriff
- Pass or fail per verification
Scans, photos & physical marks
- TamperCheck.ai
- Stamps, embossing, signatures, print artefacts
- Veriff
- ID security features
Automated QC on findings
- TamperCheck.ai
- Every finding re-validated before you see it
- Veriff
- Not published
What you get back
- TamperCheck.ai
- A verdict, the field named, in plain English
- Veriff
- A verification decision about a person
Time to verdict
- TamperCheck.ai
- About a minute, unattended
- Veriff
- Seconds per session
Price per document
- TamperCheck.ai
- $0.50, published
- Veriff
- $0.80 to $1.89 per verification by tier, published
Commitment
- TamperCheck.ai
- None - no seat fees, no minimum, no cap
- Veriff
- $49 to $209 monthly minimum by tier
How you start
- TamperCheck.ai
- Self-serve - first top-up matched free, live the same day
- Veriff
- Self-serve; 15-day trial, up to 50 sessions
Document retention
- TamperCheck.ai
- Zero - analysed in memory, never written to disk
- Veriff
- Records retained; two-year extended retention costs +$0.30 per verification
Training on your documents
- TamperCheck.ai
- Never
- Veriff
- Governed by contract, not published
| TamperCheck.ai | Veriff | |
|---|---|---|
| Detection depth | ||
| Documents covered | 100+ document types from 190+ countries | Identity documents from 230+ countries and territories, 50 languages (their claim) |
| Forensic checks per document | 200+ forensic layers on every upload | ID authenticity, liveness, face match, device and behaviour signals |
| AI-generated documents | Dedicated synthesis pass, resolved to the field | Deepfake and presentation-attack detection on the capture |
| Image forgery detection | Pixel-level: splice, resave and edge-sharpness deltas | On identity documents |
| PDF & file structure | Objects, fonts, metadata and editor traces | Not the product |
| Field-level alteration | Yes - the altered field named and located | Pass or fail per verification |
| Scans, photos & physical marks | Stamps, embossing, signatures, print artefacts | ID security features |
| Automated QC on findings | Every finding re-validated before you see it | Not published |
| What you get back | A verdict, the field named, in plain English | A verification decision about a person |
| Speed & cost | ||
| Time to verdict | About a minute, unattended | Seconds per session |
| Price per document | $0.50, published | $0.80 to $1.89 per verification by tier, published |
| Commitment | None - no seat fees, no minimum, no cap | $49 to $209 monthly minimum by tier |
| How you start | Self-serve - first top-up matched free, live the same day | Self-serve; 15-day trial, up to 50 sessions |
| Data handling | ||
| Document retention | Zero - analysed in memory, never written to disk | Records retained; two-year extended retention costs +$0.30 per verification |
| Training on your documents | Never | Governed by contract, not published |
Veriff figures are taken from their own published material - veriff.com pricing and product pages, checked September 2026. Anything they state about themselves and we cannot verify is marked “their claim”. For the full head-to-head breakdown, see the TamperCheck vs Veriff comparison.
What switching gets you
- No retention line item - documents are analysed in memory and never written to disk, so there's nothing to negotiate with a security reviewer.
- Server-side verdicts on files you already have, no camera SDK or hosted session required.
- Published $0.50/document pricing, no monthly minimum, self-serve from your first upload.
When Veriff is still the better fit
- You're building consumer onboarding from scratch and need liveness checks, face match and guided document capture in one hosted experience.
- Your compliance team requires a named IDV vendor with session-level audit trails and regulatory attestations across jurisdictions.
What changes, and what stays exactly where it is
For most teams evaluating this, Veriff's onboarding session isn't going anywhere - it's genuinely good at what it does, and TamperCheck doesn't do liveness or face match at all. The switch that actually happens is adding TamperCheck for the documents that arrive after onboarding: proof of income, invoices, certificates, tenancy agreements, where a full identity session would add friction without answering whether the document itself is genuine.
Where teams do fully move off Veriff is when retention pricing becomes the deciding factor - if you're paying the +$0.30/verification extended-retention fee just to satisfy a document-checking need that never required an identity session in the first place, a per-document forensic API with zero retention is both cheaper and a shorter conversation with your security team.
Veriff alternative: common questions
Is TamperCheck a Veriff alternative?
For document authenticity, yes. Veriff verifies a person inside a hosted session; TamperCheck verifies a document with no session at all - the bank statement emailed by an applicant, the invoice uploaded to your portal - and names the field that was altered.
Can I use Veriff and TamperCheck together instead of switching entirely?
Yes, and that's the more common pattern. Keep Veriff for onboarding identity, and add TamperCheck for every supporting document that follows, where a full identity session would add friction without answering whether the document itself is genuine.
How does TamperCheck avoid Veriff's retention fee?
It doesn't store documents at all, so there's no retention tier to price. Veriff charges an extra $0.30 per verification to keep records for two years because, for an identity platform, the stored record is part of what you're buying. TamperCheck never writes the file to disk in the first place.
See how TamperCheck handles your own documents
Add your first top-up and we'll match it in free credits. No contract, no minimum commitment. Upload your first document and get a verdict in about a minute.
Try now