ScreenVeritAI vs NameScan

Both are capable platforms. The honest question is not which is "better" overall, but which fits your priorities — here is where each one is the stronger choice.

How ScreenVeritAI and NameScan compare across the capabilities compliance teams evaluate.

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NameScan centres on a single, simple scan — which is exactly what makes it approachable. ScreenVeritAI is built around three levels of screening intelligence so you can match effort to risk. The deterministic Quick Check gives you an instant, no-AI lookup for volume. The AI-Enhanced Check expands the query to catch transliteration, aliases and name variants a plain lookup misses. The AI Review Check reasons about each match and flags likely false positives with reasoning you can read and export. You are not paying for AI on every low-risk name, and you are not stuck with a one-size-fits-all scan on the risky ones — you choose the level per check, or mix them across a batch.

NameScan is Australia-based and does not publish an EU data-residency position. ScreenVeritAI hosts its infrastructure in the EU (Finland), and data at rest never leaves the EU. For EU-regulated firms this is often the first question, not a nice-to-have: where does counterparty data physically live, and does anything reach an AI model? ScreenVeritAI answers both directly — the deterministic Quick Check and monitoring send no data to any AI model, and AI-assisted levels run on EU-hosted models with zero retention. If your regulator or data-protection officer needs that in writing, it should be a stated feature rather than something you have to infer from a hosting region.

A downloadable report tells you a result today; point-in-time evidence tells your auditor what you knew on the day you screened. ScreenVeritAI stores every screening as a snapshot and exports a PDF that reproduces the result exactly as of the screening date — it is never recalculated when lists change. Paired with 16 criminal watchlists screened by default and a dedicated PEP domain, that turns a check into a defensible record. For occasional individual checks this may be more than you need; for a compliance programme that has to withstand review, reproducible evidence is the point.

Q.01

Is NameScan cheaper than ScreenVeritAI?

NameScan sells prepaid scan packs at roughly £0.94–1.40 per scan, which can look comparable to ScreenVeritAI's per-check pricing (Quick €0.79, AI-Enhanced €1.39, AI Review €1.79, no platform fee). The difference is what a check includes: ScreenVeritAI bundles sanctions, PEP and 16 criminal watchlists, offers three screening levels, EU data residency and a point-in-time evidence PDF. Compare on cost per fully-covered, auditable check rather than headline scan price.

Q.02

Can I migrate from NameScan to ScreenVeritAI?

Yes. ScreenVeritAI is pay-as-you-go with no platform fee or contract, so you can run it alongside NameScan and compare before committing. Screen through the portal, upload a batch as CSV or XLSX, or use the REST API v1. Because there is no stored-data lock-in, migrating is really just directing new screening — and, if you wish, re-running recent counterparties to compare coverage, false-positive handling and evidence output.

Q.03

Which is better for EU companies?

ScreenVeritAI is the more natural fit for EU-regulated firms: it is EU-hosted in Finland, data at rest never leaves the EU, and deterministic screening and monitoring send no data to any AI model. NameScan is Australia-based and does not publish an EU data-residency guarantee. If EU data residency and an explicit no-AI mode matter to your compliance or data-protection team, ScreenVeritAI states both directly.

Q.04

Do both cover PEP screening?

Yes. NameScan includes PEP scanning but does not publish record or source counts. ScreenVeritAI runs a dedicated PEP domain of 750,000+ structured records from 134 public sources, enhanced with AI/OSINT discovery, and includes it in every check from the Quick Check level upward — so PEP is never a separate scan you have to remember to run.

• 01Best sanctions screening softwareAn honest, category-wide roundup of the main AML screening vendors.
• 02PEP screening750,000+ structured PEP records from 134 public sources.
• 03AI screening levelsQuick, AI-Enhanced and explainable AI Review checks.