Equifax Identity & Fraud vs. NameScan

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Equifax Identity & Fraud
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Equifax Identity & Fraud, based on technology acquired with Kount, offers fraud management, identity verification and online authentication technology for digital businesses, online merchants and payment service providers. The solution helps businesses approve more orders, uncover new revenue streams, and improve their bottom line while minimizing fraud management cost and losses.N/A
NameScan
Score 7.2 out of 10
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NameScan, a member of the Neurocom group, is based in Australia and provides a publicly accessible online service which enables users to check the names of individual persons or companies instantly, against the Dow Jones Watchlists, which the vendor presents as the most detailed and accurate global watchlists available today of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), officially sanctioned individuals and persons of Special Interest.
$12
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Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Sapphire
$12
pay as you go
Sapphire
$160
20 scans
Emerald
$375
250 scans
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Equifax Identity & Fraud
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
We have used RDR with our processing company. There was defiantly a lack of knowledge with the processing company when we had questions. Midigator has been very responsive to our needs.
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
We currently have personnel to care for chargebacks. An administrator to keep track of all chargebacks and even retrieve a couple ones that Midigator misses to let us know about. The administrator also helps by notifying the company ahead of time when chargebacks are …
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
Midigator is good because it combines different types of alerts in one place instead of having to subscribe to multiple SOSs' for fraud prevention.
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
Similar offerings, however, during the set-up process, Chargebacks 911 asked for detailed personal information on the principal owner of our organization. We were not comfortable with assigning corporate liability to an individual person.
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
We utilized Kount and Midigator concurrently for a short period of time. I have zero negatives to share about Kount, but we did not continue with them because we found Midigator to fill all of our current needs. In all truth, Kount and Midigator paired well together to cast a …
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
We didn't use other products when we were first evaluating different options in the space. We actually asked several people who they used and they pretty much all recommended Midigator, so we used them. They've been great to work with and I haven't even thought of switching or …
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Midigator provides high level professional support any time we have had an issue. The fact that we were able to speak directly to the CEO in the early days of decision making was absolutely a factor. We loved that we could reach directly out to him any time, if needed. Their …
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
Other choices are more expensive and difficult to incorporate, but Kount provides the best value. However, this convenience comes at a price. As a result of this decision, we've opted for a more difficult integration solution, but one that provides far superior fraud detection …
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
Kount is cheaper and less complex to integrate than other options. However, that ease comes with reduced accuracy. The other option we have chosen was much more complex to integrate, but also has way more accuracy in determining actual fraudulent transactions. This can be …
Chose Equifax Identity & Fraud
Kount is one of the leaders in the industry in fraud prevention, when we analyzed, we stacked it up vs Fraud.net and Amazon Fraud Detector. Kount was the laser focused solution that we were looking for, it brought speed and efficiency to our payment verification method. It was …
NameScan
Chose NameScan
NameScan well integrated with our existing system, with less false positives results, where as with AuditGenius we get search results are not that great & sanctions list such as WorldCompliane, Dow Jones not up to mark, we have also issues with integration with our system .
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Chose NameScan
Based on the information from other university colleagues, it seems that NameScan is a more reliable and complete software than others of the same category. However, as already mentioned in another answer, the software NameScan remains a little weak in verifying the identity of …
User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
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User Testimonials
Equifax Identity & FraudNameScan
Likelihood to Recommend
A scenario where Midigator is well suited is in the efficient response time. I like how fast Midigator always replies to my emails in a timely manner. I also appreciate how they are willing to go above and beyond always to help me and make sure I have all questions answered always.
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It has advance automated tool which leverage machine learning to deliver an expansive range of information retrieval , showing accurate result with good speeds. It is tool to tack the to the footprints of each & every entity available in the internet . Some time we get the information which come with false positive but after dong some fine-tuning information will get corrected.
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Pros
  • Business to Client Interaction - Midigator employees respond quickly to client requests
  • Empowers their employees to make decisions in the best interest of the client they are serving
  • Helps prevent chargebacks/disputes
  • Saves their clients time and money
  • Ease of use
  • Consolidates multiple MIDs under one room for easy management and monitoring
  • Prices their products and services competitively
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  • Single Dashboard Solution for all Quires
  • Easy Integration with System
  • Competitive Price
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Cons
  • RDR alerts are often categorized as chargebacks instead which takes some work on our side to get the numbers just right.
  • While upper management is very responsive and incredibly helpful when an emergency arises, we do not feel like the account managers are very knowledgeable or proactive.
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  • The software still generates confusion, especially in the case of Asian names, often repetitive or similar to each other. In this case, the information it returns is not very accurate.
  • The numerous integrative databases that can be purchased are really very expensive.
  • NameScan is graphically unintuitive.
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Likelihood to Renew
Midigator does what we need and doesn't try to add a bunch of confusing extra functionality we don't need.
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Usability
No system is perfect, but Midigator is always in pursuit of perfection. I give them high marks for always trying their best to continue adding value.
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Alternatives Considered
We utilized Kount and Midigator concurrently for a short period of time. I have zero negatives to share about Kount, but we did not continue with them because we found Midigator to fill all of our current needs. In all truth, Kount and Midigator paired well together to cast a wide net on potential chargebacks/disputes, and it helped us gain an edge in preventing them. We moved on from Kount because it did not yield as many prevention notices as Midigator, but should the need arise and our budget increase, we'd likely team up to include them to compliment Midigator in having the best chargeback midigator system ever.
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Based on the information from other university colleagues, it seems that NameScan is a more reliable and complete software than others of the same category. However, as already mentioned in another answer, the software NameScan remains a little weak in verifying the identity of people from states where names are frequently repeated.
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Return on Investment
  • Before using Midigator, members would call to cancel their membership and customer service would cancel them and provide a refund. However, the member would also call their bank to dispute the original charge. So, they end up getting double the amount that they paid. Using Midigator, we are able to avoid losing revenue.
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  • It allowed us to limit the admission of non-welcome people to the University.
  • It has allowed us to limit the number of frauds in the context of thesis discussions, especially doctoral ones.
  • NameScan has become fundamental in our university's internalisation to verify, in particular, people arriving from countries at risk.
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