SaaS Screening That Scales Sustainably

Screen trial customers, paying customers, vendors and integration partners against comprehensive sanctions, PEP, adverse media and criminal watchlists. Use a fast 350ms API, web portal, or screen natively in HubSpot, Salesforce or Shopify.

Or score your screening coverage in 60 seconds
100+
Data sources
Millions
Daily screenings
60 min
List refresh frequency
300+
Satisfied customers

Four things that break screening in SaaS

The exposure that builds quietly in a SaaS model: an ecosystem of vendors and integrations, a global user base, and procurement asking for proof of screening.

Your vendor chain carries your exposure

SaaS runs on APIs, integrations and partner ecosystems, and each connection adds legal and jurisdictional exposure. Regulators expect continuous monitoring of vendors, processors and partners, not a check at contract signing.

Audit trail management killing deals

SOC 2 reviews and enterprise procurement ask for screening evidence: what was checked, against which list version, by whom, and when. Without a traceable record the security questionnaire becomes the bottleneck.

Inefficient screening bottlenecks sales

Automated due diligence and real-time screening cut onboarding delays by up to 70 percent. Where the check is manual, activation waits on a person, self-serve conversion stalls, and a delay is the first thing a new customer experiences.

Manual review does not survive your growth curve

Legacy and manual screening send false positive rates as high as 90 percent, and stale lists add more noise. A team clearing spreadsheets cannot keep pace with a self-serve funnel.

Interactive

Score your SaaS screening coverage

Set your model, the points in the lifecycle where screening runs today, and the markets you serve. The scorecard updates live: your coverage band, the list set behind the API request, and every gap left open.

Screening Across The Full Cycle

Six moments where a restricted party can reach your product, your data or your revenue. Select one to see what gets screened, and what it costs to miss it.

One API call, in your product and in your CRM

Screening at signup, even on a bare email domain

Trial accounts often give you one data point. Domain screening puts a check at the start of the journey, roughly 350 ms inside the signup call rather than behind it.

Restricted jurisdictions blocked at the edge

High-risk jurisdiction data as defined by FATF, FinCEN and OFAC, used to refuse signups or keep your IP blocking lists current automatically.

Continuous monitoring of customers and vendors

Lists refresh every 60 minutes and your base is re-screened automatically. A webhook fires the moment a customer, partner or processor is designated.

Audit trail procurement and auditors accept

Every alert, clear and override timestamped against the list snapshot used, exportable to CSV or JSON. Batch endpoints cover periodic sweeps of the account base.

POST /v2/search
{
  "name": "Acme Data Systems Ltd",
  "domain": "acme-data.example",
  "entity_type": "company",
  "data_source": "SDN,EU,UN,HMT,PEP",
  "min_score": 0.88
}
REST + webhooksBatch endpointCRM connectorsSOC 2 compliant

SaaS Case Study: data.world and sanctions.io

An enterprise data catalog platform screening a global user base where names arrive in dozens of languages.

Case study

"We chose sanctions.io for their collaborative mindset, innovative approach to high-volume screening processes, and willingness to partner with us throughout the implementation phase."

Allyson Keslar
Senior Counsel, Privacy and Contracts, data.world

Millions of users and naming conventions that follow no single pattern. Assisted screening plus smart matching handles the volume. Entity recognition reads email addresses and domains where a first and last name never existed.

Outcomes
Fewer false positives
A significant reduction, and less manual load on a small team.
Millions screened
Regular screening of the whole user base, 30+ jurisdictions.
Ready to grow
Time and cost savings, plus a path to full automation.
Next step

Twenty minutes on your screening flow

Bring your signup, billing and vendor onboarding flow. We'll map where the API call goes, what it costs at your volume, and what changes for your team.

What happens next
A 20-minute call
Your signup flow, your vendor list, your volume. No discovery deck.
A sandbox key the same day
Screen real names against live lists before any contract.
Live in just days
Most teams ship in under a week.
SANCTIONS SCREENING GUIDE

The practical guide to sanctions screening

How screening programmes are built, tuned and defended: list selection across OFAC, EU, UN and HMT/OFSI, thresholds you can defend, false-positive management, and the evidence examiners ask for.

VENDOR SELECTION GUIDE

Selecting a Suitable Screening Vendor

The evaluation criteria that separate providers: list coverage and refresh cadence, match-quality benchmarking, latency under load, data residency, and the commercial terms that bite at volume. Includes an RFP question set.

PRODUCT DATA SHEET

sanctions.io product data sheet

The one-pager procurement and IT ask for: list inventory, refresh cadence, endpoint reference, latency and uptime figures, security posture and data residency.