Authologic vs IDnow | Identity verification comparison

eID-first identity infrastructure compared with video, automated and German eID identification with qualified signatures.

Authologic and IDnow both serve regulated businesses in Europe but start from different methods. Authologic leads with eIDs, bank IDs and digital identity wallets across 140+ identity methods and falls back to document and selfie checks. IDnow offers video identification, automated document verification, the German eID and qualified electronic signatures.

Authologic fits multi-market eID-first onboarding; IDnow fits businesses that build onboarding around its own video identification and qualified signing products.

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Authologic vs IDnow at a glance

Authologic vs IDnow: methods, EUDI Wallet and signatures

Capability	Authologic	IDnow
Default method	eIDs, bank IDs and digital wallets	Video and automated identification
eIDs and bank IDs	Leads with them; 140+ identity methods across 250+ countries and territories	German identity card
EUDI Wallet	Own EUDI Wallet infrastructure	EUDI Wallet verification described; memorandum of understanding with France Titres (April 2026)
Video identification	Video call, listed among Authologic methods on the Integrations page	VideoIdent, with an identification specialist
Document and selfie checks	Fallback, using third-party engines	AutoIdent, with liveness detection and NFC chip reading
Qualified electronic signatures	Through a certified partner	eSign: qualified and advanced electronic signatures
Certifications and credentials	ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 22301; registered non-qualified trust service provider	ETSI TS 119 461 v2.1.1 for several products (August 2025)

What is IDnow?

IDnow is a European identity verification provider. Its documentation describes AutoIdent (automated document and selfie verification with liveness detection and NFC chip reading), VideoIdent (a live video call with an identification specialist), eID verification with the German identity card, and eSign for qualified and advanced electronic signatures. IDnow holds ETSI TS 119 461 v2.1.1 certification for several products (August 2025).

IDnow describes EUDI Wallet verification on its AMLR page, and in April 2026 it signed a memorandum of understanding with France Titres to support the French EUDI Wallet rollout, as reported by Biometric Update.

What is Authologic?

Authologic builds eID-native identity infrastructure that helps regulated businesses identify, onboard and authenticate their customers. Its single API connects 140+ identity methods across 250+ countries and territories, leading with electronic IDs (eIDs), bank IDs and digital wallets, and falling back to document and selfie checks. Authologic runs its own EUDI Wallet infrastructure and is a registered non-qualified trust service provider issuing electronic attestations of attributes.

Which should you choose: Authologic or IDnow?

Choose by method and market. For onboarding across many markets with national eIDs and bank IDs first, eID coverage per country decides; which eIDs are available where is covered in How do you choose identity verification methods for each country?

For video identification or qualified signatures within the same flow, IDnow documents both as its own products. Authologic offers qualified electronic signatures through a certified partner, and its Integrations page lists video identification (video call) among its methods.

What do eIDAS 2.0 and the EU AMLR mean for this choice?

Under AMLA's draft standards on customer due diligence, which the European Commission has not yet adopted, remote verification is expected to use electronic identification, including the EUDI Wallet, wherever possible, with document checks as an alternative solution. Video identification and document checks remain relevant where customers have no electronic identification means. The details are in How to verify customers remotely under AMLR.

Every Member State must provide at least one EUDI Wallet by 24 December 2026. From 24 December 2027, private relying parties, except micro and small enterprises, that are required by law or contract to use strong user authentication for online identification must also accept the EUDI Wallet when a user chooses to use it (Article 5f(2) eIDAS).

FAQ: Authologic vs IDnow

What is the main difference between Authologic and IDnow?

Authologic leads with eIDs, bank IDs and digital identity wallets across many markets and uses document checks as the fallback. IDnow offers video identification, automated document verification, the German eID and qualified electronic signatures.

Do Authologic and IDnow support the EUDI Wallet?

Both describe EUDI Wallet support: Authologic runs its own EUDI Wallet infrastructure, and IDnow describes EUDI Wallet verification and supports the French EUDI Wallet rollout under a memorandum of understanding with France Titres.

Which eIDs does IDnow support?

The IDnow documentation reviewed in November 2026 describes eID verification with the German identity card. Authologic connects national eIDs and bank IDs across many markets as part of its 140+ identity methods.