Kairos

kairos.com
Identity & Access Management
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Instant Identity Verification powered by AI

How to Replace Kairos

Overview

Kairos is an AI-driven identity verification platform that enables developers and businesses to integrate face recognition, ID document verification, and liveness detection into their applications. The platform reduces user drop-off and deters fraud through automated, real-time image processing while maintaining accuracy across all ethnicities. Trusted by 1000+ global businesses with over 1 billion transactions processed worldwide.

Features

25 features across 14 categories

Anti-Fraud(2)

Anti-Spoof DetectionAI

Ensures security by checking the liveness of faces to prevent spoofing attacks

Liveness DetectionAI

Uses a single selfie to deter spoofing attempts and verify liveness with high accuracy to prevent identity fraud

Biometric Matching(1)

Biometric VerificationAI

Identifies potential fraudsters and searches face images against databases of blacklisted users, known fraudsters, or previous onboarding sessions

Compliance(1)

Age VerificationAI

Estimates user's age from a single selfie without requiring sensitive ID information, keeping users compliant with age restrictions

Also in: Insider CDP, Airtable, 1Password

Core Verification(1)

Identity VerificationAI

Combines ID scan, dynamic selfie comparison against photo ID, fraud checks, and real-time liveness check in a single seamless operation

Demographics(2)

Age DetectionAI

Detects age groups (child, young-adult, adult, senior) from facial analysis

Gender DetectionAI

Detects gender (female or male) of each face found in photos

Deployment(2)

Cloud Deployment

Cloud-based deployment option for Kairos solutions

On-Premise DeploymentPremium

Self-hosted solution allowing installation of facial recognition API on own premises

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

Developer Tools(1)

API Integration

Easy-to-integrate REST API for developers to build face recognition into applications

Also in: Jobber, Hugging Face, 1Password

Document Processing(4)

Data Visibility CheckAI

Validates data visibility and readability on identity documents

DOB CheckAI

Extracts and verifies date of birth information from identity documents

Expiry CheckAI

Verifies document expiry dates and alerts on expired credentials

ID Document VerificationAI

Automatically scans text and MRZs, authenticates 4000+ IDs from a single photo, and detects falsified or tampered documents

Face Analysis(6)

Diversity RecognitionAI

Provides unbiased algorithms that work accurately across all ethnicities and understand diversity of the human face

Face DetectionAI

Finds human faces in photos and images for detection and analysis

Face IdentificationAI

Searches for face matches to answer 'Who is this?' question

Face VerificationAI

Searches for someone's face to answer 'Is this [person]?' verification question

Facial CoordinatesAI

Detects facial size, pitch, roll, yaw, and key landmarks for detailed facial mapping

Multi-Face DetectionAI

Detects individuals, crowds, audiences and groups in photos

Management(1)

Dashboard

Web-based dashboard for managing API calls, keys, and manual uploads

Quality Assurance(1)

Image Quality CheckAI

Assesses and validates the quality of submitted images for verification

Security(1)

API Keys Management

Manage and control API keys for secure application access

User Interface(1)

Manual Upload Interface

Web interface for uploading ID documents and selfies without API integration

Verification(1)

Authentication ScoreAI

Provides authentication scoring to verify document authenticity and identity verification confidence

Pricing

Identity Verification Free

Free
  • 100 API transactions
  • No credit card required
  • Full Biometric Identity Verification
  • Full Document Verification
  • Selfie Matching to Document

Identity Verification Pro

Popular
Transaction-based pricing
  • 100 API Calls included with $49/month
  • Full Biometric Identity Verification
  • Full Document Verification
  • Selfie Matching to Document
  • Biometric Face Matching
  • Document Verification
  • Liveness
  • Price decreases with volume

Biometric Face Recognition On-Prem

Custom
  • Install solution on own premises
  • Custom deployment and support

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Kairos

Monthly$49/mo
Yearly$588/yr
5-Year Total$2.9k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~2 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $348
SaaS
$588
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $1k
SaaS
$1.8k
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $1.7k
SaaS
$2.9k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 25 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Kairos alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 25 features.

Buy Kairos

Better Value
Monthly cost$490/mo
3-year total$17,640
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Kairos saves ~$840 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 25 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.