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AML and transaction monitoring · October 2026 Edition

Sanction Scanner vs Ondato

Zero of fourteen models named Sanction Scanner first on the direct prompt; zero named Ondato. Sanction Scanner was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Ondato by eight and Sanction Scanner carries 17 labels and Ondato 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Sanction Scanner

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Ondato

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share13%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1714A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sanction Scanner reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ComplyAdvantage was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. ComplyAdvantage vs Sanction Scanner · ComplyAdvantage vs Ondato · Flagright vs Sanction Scanner

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AML and transaction monitoring page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Sanction ScannerFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOndato
Direct00
Paraphrase21
Comparative01
Budget-constrained50
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Sanction Scanner
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Sanction Scanner and Ondato were named in the same answer thirteen times, of the 48 answers naming Sanction Scanner and the 39 naming Ondato. In those answers Ondato took the first choice two times and Sanction Scanner seven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Sanction Scanner and Ondato stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Sanction Scanner Ondato first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sanction Scanner on the left and Ondato on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Sanction Scanner and Ondato stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.1 FastFlagright alternatives: Alessa, Hummingbird, Ondato
Llama 4 MaverickSphinx alternatives: FraudNet, Ondato, Shuftipro, Tookitaki
Muse Glimmer 30BUnit21 alternatives: Alessa, Eftsure, Feedzai, Hawk AI, Napier AI Continuum, Sanction Scanner

Neither was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Alessa, ComplyAdvantage alternatives: Napier AI, Unit21
GPT-5.4 miniUnit21 alternatives: Feedzai, Fenergo
Gemini 3.5 FlashAlloy alternatives: ComplyAdvantage, Sumsub, Unit21
Perplexity SonarTrustform alternatives: ComplyAdvantage, Flagright, Hawk AI
Mistral SmallFeedzai alternatives: Alessa, ComplyAdvantage, Napier AI, ThetaRay, Unit21
DeepSeek V4 FlashComplyAdvantage alternatives: Alessa, Unit21
Qwen 3.7 FlashComplyCube alternatives: Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Sumsub, Trulioo
Kimi K2ComplyAdvantage, Flagright alternatives: Alessa, Lucinity, Sift
GLM 4.7 FlashXComplyAdvantage, NorthRow alternatives: Alloy, SEON
MiniMax M2.5no first choice
GPT-6 LunaUnit21 alternatives: Alloy, ComplyAdvantage, Sardine

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Sanction Scanner leads by eight points.
Sanction Scanner15%#3 of 14
Ondato7%#5 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Sanction Scanner leads by twelve points.
Sanction Scanner13%#3 of 13
Ondato2%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Sanction Scanner0%#– of 11
Ondato0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Sanction Scanner

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Explicitly described as screening-only / sanctions and PEP, not full transaction monitoring.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Sanction Scanner if you want the best all-around balance of features and usability.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Positioned as a budget-friendly AML for businesses of any size with tier-based pricing.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Sanction Scanner - Cost-effective screening solution - API-first approach” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Ondato

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“I would recommend starting with Ondato or ComplyCube if you need something relatively fast to deploy” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For best all-around AML suite: ComplyAdvantage, Tookitaki, or Ondato.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Ondato is ideal if you want a comprehensive, user-friendly platform with strong ongoing monitoring and identity verification.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.