Silent Eight

Name: Silent Eight
Brand: Silent Eight

Empowering financial institutions to identify and manage AML risks.

Est 2013|Valuation $138.2M|Raised $60.3M|10 Ref Customers

LinkedIn 14K|Web traffic 2K|FTEs 108|HQ New York, New York, US

MarketsFraud Detection

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

- Silent Eight vs. ComplyAdvantage: ComplyAdvantage offers faster evaluation for smaller organizations due to public pricing and self-serve options, while Silent Eight appears oriented to large-bank workflows, high volumes, and complex governance. - Silent Eight vs. NICE Actimize: NICE Actimize is commonly an incumbent in large banks with broader modules across financial crime compliance. Silent Eight can be positioned as an adjudication/automation layer or as an alternative approach focused on explainability and investigator-like adjudication.

Analyst/industry landscape signals

Industry analyst coverage that profiles Silent Eight indicates the vendor is recognized in the watchlist screening landscape; some analyst content may be behind paywalls.

	Silent Eight	ComplyAdvantage	NICE Actimize
Starting Price	Not publicly listed (enterprise contract). Historical marketing cited an earlier per-alert on-demand program.	Public starter plan for smaller customers plus enterprise pricing on request.	Not publicly listed (enterprise contract).
Typical Buyer Profile	Large banks needing explainable adjudication/automation at high screening volumes; hybrid/on-prem constraints.	Startups to mid-market needing faster entry; also enterprise clients wanting hosted platform + proprietary data.	Large banks seeking a broad FCC suite and deep watchlist screening; incumbent in many large institutions.
Key Strength	Emphasis on explainability and auditability; vendor-published enterprise references.	Transparent entry pricing and a dataset-centric offering.	Mature enterprise suite and broad market recognition in watchlist/sanctions screening.
Key Weakness	Limited public security certification disclosure; limited public customer reviews; pricing opacity; potential delivery/org stability concerns based on employee-review signals.	May require enterprise tailoring for very large banks with complex governance and deployment requirements.	Complexity and cost; long implementation cycles in some deployments.

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Silent Eight vs. ComplyAdvantage: ComplyAdvantage offers faster evaluation for smaller organizations due to public pricing and self-serve options, while Silent Eight appears oriented to large-bank workflows, high volumes, and complex governance.
Silent Eight vs. NICE Actimize: NICE Actimize is commonly an incumbent in large banks with broader modules across financial crime compliance. Silent Eight can be positioned as an adjudication/automation layer or as an alternative approach focused on explainability and investigator-like adjudication.

Analyst/industry landscape signals

Industry analyst coverage that profiles Silent Eight indicates the vendor is recognized in the watchlist screening landscape; some analyst content may be behind paywalls.

	Silent Eight	ComplyAdvantage	NICE Actimize
Starting Price	Not publicly listed (enterprise contract). Historical marketing cited an earlier per-alert on-demand program.	Public starter plan for smaller customers plus enterprise pricing on request.	Not publicly listed (enterprise contract).
Typical Buyer Profile	Large banks needing explainable adjudication/automation at high screening volumes; hybrid/on-prem constraints.	Startups to mid-market needing faster entry; also enterprise clients wanting hosted platform + proprietary data.	Large banks seeking a broad FCC suite and deep watchlist screening; incumbent in many large institutions.
Key Strength	Emphasis on explainability and auditability; vendor-published enterprise references.	Transparent entry pricing and a dataset-centric offering.	Mature enterprise suite and broad market recognition in watchlist/sanctions screening.
Key Weakness	Limited public security certification disclosure; limited public customer reviews; pricing opacity; potential delivery/org stability concerns based on employee-review signals.	May require enterprise tailoring for very large banks with complex governance and deployment requirements.	Complexity and cost; long implementation cycles in some deployments.