KYTGate and Sumsub crypto transaction monitoring, compared
Sumsub is a verification platform whose main product is KYC; its crypto transaction monitoring uses blockchain data from third-party providers inside the same platform. KYTGate is the decision and evidence layer a broker puts in front of every crypto deposit and withdrawal. Here is where each is stronger, from each company's own public pages as read on 30 September 2026.
Where Sumsub is stronger
- KYC, fiat and crypto monitoring, Travel Rule and goAML reporting in one product.
- 600+ ready-made rules and wallet-ownership checks across 100+ chains.
- Its own Travel Rule solution supporting five protocols.
Where KYTGate is different
- Live issuer freeze checks on USDT and USDC.
- Signed, Bitcoin-anchored decisions that can be replayed and verified without us.
- No single score: each decision shows which checks ran and which could not.
- KYTGate accepts Sumsub's monitoring result directly, so a Sumsub customer can add it without moving.
Feature by feature
| Feature | KYTGate | Sumsub crypto transaction monitoring |
|---|---|---|
| Own attribution data | No proprietary attribution database. Public sources (OFAC, UK and EU lists, Tether and Circle contracts) plus, if you have one, your own Chainalysis or Elliptic licence called with your key | Uses third-party blockchain data providers |
| Live Tether/Circle freeze check | Yes: reads the USDT and USDC issuer contracts live on seven networks, plus a public freeze tracker | Not described in their public material |
| Signed, independently verifiable decision record | Yes: every decision is signed (Ed25519), batched daily into a Merkle root anchored to Bitcoin, verifiable offline without us | Audit trail with change control |
| Replay, back-test, shadow mode | Yes: replay a past decision, back-test a policy change, and run new rules in shadow mode | Test runs for rules |
| SAR/STR drafting | Draft STR/SAR as JSON, goAML v4 XML and a narrative pack | goAML XML for 50 countries |
| Wallet ownership proof | Yes: signed message or micro-transfer test, including Tron and Bitcoin | Signature, satoshi test, declaration or screenshot; 100+ chains |
| Broker lifecycle rules | Yes: deposit, trade and withdrawal rules written for brokers (20+) | 600+ ready-made rules |
| Fiat signals in the same case | Yes: chargebacks, card and IBAN signals from your processor in the same case file | Yes |
| Travel Rule | Records Travel Rule data your processor provides; does not send Travel Rule messages | Own solution, five protocols |
| KYC | No (works alongside your KYC provider) | Yes, the main product |
| Pricing | Published: free sandbox, then $99, $299 and $799 a month | KYC plans published; monitoring price not published |
Using both
KYTGate takes Sumsub's KYT transaction result as a processor signal (POST /api/v1/processor-signals/sumsub) and adds freeze checks and a signed record to the same decision.
Sources
- Sumsub crypto monitoring documentation
- Sumsub transaction monitoring webhooks
- KYTGate: pricing, methodology, anchors, freeze tracker.
Read from public pages on 30 September 2026. “Not described in their public material” means we could not find it there, not that the product lacks it. Sumsub and Sumsub crypto transaction monitoring are trademarks of their owner; this page is not endorsed by them. If anything here is wrong or out of date, write to hello@kytgate.com and we will correct it within one working day.
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KYTGate screens each crypto deposit and withdrawal against the OFAC, UK and EU lists and the USDT/USDC issuer freezes, decides under your written policy, and keeps a signed record an auditor can check without us.
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