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IDnow vs Jumio: which is more reliable? (2026)

Jumio is more reliable than IDnow, scoring 84.5 vs 53.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days IDnow reported 4 incidents and Jumio reported 7, with effective uptime of 98.46% and 99.85% respectively. Jumio resolves incidents faster on average (2h 36m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

IDnow

53.9/100

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Jumio

84.5/100

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MetricIDnowJumio
Reliability score53.984.5
Rank (identity verification providers)#13#6
Uptime (90 days)98.46%99.85%
Incidents (90 days)47
Partial / major outages11
Avg time to resolve11h 33m2h 36m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where IDnow and Jumio differ

  • Jumio reported 75% more incidents than IDnow over the last 90 days (7 vs 4).
  • Jumio fixes problems faster: 2h 36m on average, against 11h 33m for IDnow (4.4× quicker).
  • IDnow's longest outage on record lasted 1d 8h (Aug 9, 2026); Jumio's lasted 1h 46m (May 9, 2026).

90-day uptime

IDnow

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 8, 2026: no incidentsAug 9, 2026: 5.31% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 10, 2026: 57.61% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026: no incidentsAug 16, 2026: 99.13% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 17, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026: no incidentsSep 16, 2026: 99.76% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.464% average daily uptimeToday

Jumio

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026: no incidentsAug 17, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026: no incidentsSep 2, 2026: 97.81% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026: no incidentsSep 30, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 1, 2026: 97.95% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026: 93.52% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 98.63% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 98.80% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.852% average daily uptimeToday

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