What is Xapien, in short?
Updated October 11, 2026 · By Elias Brandt · Documentation review, not tested hands-on
Pros
- Sources down to the sentence
- Built for name collisions
- Screening included
- No training on customer data
Cons
- No public prices
- Annual commitment
- Pages disagree
- Claims are the vendor’s own
Best forLaw firms, banks and fintechs onboarding clientsUniversity and nonprofit fundraising teamsNot for one-off or low-volume lookupsNot a general AI assistant
Strengths, limits and who it suits, in full
Strengths
- Sources down to the sentence The FAQ and the how-it-works page say every statement in a report traces back to the page it came from, so a reviewer can judge each source.
- Built for name collisions Persona-based resolution is meant to keep people with the same name apart, which the FAQ names as the main cause of false positives.
- Screening included The FAQ states sanctions, PEP and watchlist screening is part of the subscription rather than a separate purchase.
- No training on customer data The information security page says customer data is never used to train its AI models and that searches are not attributable to the customer.
Limits
- No public prices The plans page lists only report volumes and a “Discuss pricing” link; the FAQ says prices scale with usage and are quoted by the sales team.
- Annual commitment Every plan shown is a 12-month plan, and we found no free plan or self-serve trial; the way to evaluate it is a 30-minute demo.
- Pages disagree Pro starts at 650 reports a year on the plans page and 600 on the platform page, and the two pages list different features per plan.
- Claims are the vendor’s own Time-saving and accuracy figures on the site come with no method beyond one sample note, and Xapien itself says no AI is 100% accurate.
Who it suits
- Law firms, banks and fintechs onboarding clients The site describes client and third-party onboarding, AML checks and deal screening as core uses, with law-firm and financial-crime examples.
- University and nonprofit fundraising teams Donor and prospect due diligence is a named use, and the FAQ says discounted prices exist for universities and nonprofits.
- Not for one-off or low-volume lookups plans start at 250 reports a year and cannot be bought by the report, so occasional checks do not fit the model.
- Not a general AI assistant The FAQ contrasts it with ChatGPT-style tools; it produces due diligence reports rather than open-ended chat.
How much does Xapien cost?
Prices not confirmed · checked
Regional prices: Xapien publishes no prices in any currency.
The plans page says “Discuss pricing” and the FAQ says subscriptions are annual and scaled to usage. The plans page and the platform page, both read on 11 Oct 2026, disagree on Pro (650 or 600 reports a year) and on whether features such as the API, SSO and bulk upload belong to every plan or to higher tiers. We could not tell which page is current, so confirm both volume and features in the quote. The FAQ also offers a satisfaction guarantee: you do not pay for a report you are not happy with.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Base | Not published; 12-month plan sourceFrom xapien.com/plans, checked Oct 11, 2026 (opens in a new tab) | From 250 reports a year. Lists corporate record coverage, PEP, sanction and watchlist screening, unlimited users and teams, the Xapien Xchange community, online support, encryption and MFA. |
| Pro | Not published; 12-month plan sourceFrom xapien.com/plans, checked Oct 11, 2026 (opens in a new tab) | From 650 reports a year on the plans page, 600 on the platform page. The platform page adds a named support manager, SSO, bulk upload, a template library and prebuilt integrations; the plans page shows the same list for every tier. |
| Enterprise | Not published; 12-month plan sourceFrom xapien.com/plans, checked Oct 11, 2026 (opens in a new tab) | From 3,000 reports a year. The platform page adds API access, configurable templates and risk framework, premium and solutions-team support, custom branding and extra corporate data integrations. |
| Not-for-profit | Not published | The plans page says qualifying not-for-profits get dedicated plans, and the FAQ says universities and nonprofits get discounts; both are by enquiry. |
Taxes, currency and promotions can change the price you see at checkout.
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Key features
| Feature | What it does | Watch out |
|---|---|---|
| Sentence-level sourcing: the FAQ says every output is verified and sourced down to sentence level, and the product page says every source is cited (FAQ, platform page) | — | |
| Persona-based entity resolution that separates people and companies with the same or similar names, using over 20 AI models (FAQ) | — | |
| Neural Risk Classifier that reads context, such as a software trial against a court trial, to cut false positives (FAQ) | — | |
| “Ask Xapien” lets you question a finished report, and risk scoring and report templates can be configured to your risk policy (platform page) | The FAQ puts an average report at 10 to 20 minutes, with common-name individuals and companies at the long end. | The 8-minute and 8-hour figures on the platform page are a customer quote, not a measured benchmark. |
| Sanctions, PEP and watchlist screening included in the subscription, supplied by third-party providers (FAQ, information security page) | — | |
| Sources and languages | The FAQ describes open web content, news, corporate registries and screening lists, translated into English for the reader. | Xapien says it uses Google Translate and works in 130+ languages; the plans page says over 200 languages. |
| Social media profiles | The FAQ says public profile URLs are provided but are not run through the language-analysis engine. | Reports will not cover what someone posts, so adverse social content needs a manual look. |
This profile is based on provider documentation. No hands-on product test has been performed.
What do you get for a report, and what stays manual?
Xapien starts from a name plus context and returns a report on a person or company, built from open web pages, news, corporate registries and screening lists. The how-it-works article says the text is split into fragments, grouped into a knowledge graph and summarised by a language model, with a separate non-generative check on the output. The FAQ says social media profiles appear as links but are not analysed. Treat the report as a screening aid: Xapien itself says no AI is 100% accurate and tells customers to report mistakes to their customer success manager.
How do you price it when only volumes are public?
The plans page gives report volumes per year and no money amounts, so the quote is the only price. The two Xapien pages disagree on Pro volume and on which features each tier includes. Proposed evaluation, not performed: count how many third parties you screen in a year, ask for a quote at the matching tier, and request the written feature list for that tier before the demo ends.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Xapien cost?
Xapien does not publish prices. Its plans page lists 12-month plans by report volume, starting at 250 reports a year for Base, 650 for Pro and 3,000 for Enterprise, with a Discuss pricing link. The FAQ says prices scale with usage, and universities and nonprofits can get discounts. Expect to request a quote through a demo or the sales contact form.
Is Xapien free?
We found no free plan or self-serve trial on the pages we read. Access starts with a 30-minute demo and a quote, and every plan shown is a 12-month subscription. The only reduced-price route mentioned is for qualifying not-for-profits and universities. The FAQ also says you do not pay for a report you are unhappy with, which is a satisfaction guarantee rather than a trial.
How is Xapien different from ChatGPT?
The FAQ says Xapien is built only for due diligence: it combines structured data such as sanctions lists with the open web, resolves people with similar names, and sources outputs down to sentence level. It uses large language models inside that process, but says its pre-trained models return the same answers each time. It is a report tool, not a general chat assistant.
How long does a Xapien report take?
The FAQ gives an average of 10 to 20 minutes per report. Individuals with common names and large companies can take longer, because Xapien filters out content about other people or firms before reporting. The 8-minute figure on the platform page is a customer quote from Dartmouth College, so use the FAQ range when planning screening queues.
Does Xapien use my data to train its AI?
The information security page says customer data is never used to train Xapien’s AI models. It also says searches are aggregated so the customer is not identified, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and the platform is hosted on AWS. The company says it holds an ISO 27001 certificate; we did not see the certificate itself.
Sources and method7 official sources · 11 details checked · Oct 11, 2026
How we checked this profile
11 details on this page were checked against Xapien's own pages and help documentation (Oct 11, 2026). 2 are still open and listed below.
See the checks by section8 documented1 editorial assessment2 open
| Section | Checks | Last checked | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article text | 1 documented | xapien.com/frequently-asked-questions | |
| Plans and prices | 3 documented 1 open | xapien.com/plansxapien.com/frequently-asked-questionsxapien.com/our-platform | |
| Questions | 2 documented | xapien.com/frequently-asked-questionsxapien.com/information-security | |
| Features | 2 documented 1 open | xapien.com/frequently-asked-questions | |
| Who it suits | 1 editorial | xapien.com/plans |
Still open
- The platform page lists a different feature split by tier from the plans page, and Pro at 600 reports a year.Not confirmed · checked · Source (opens in a new tab)
- The FAQ says Xapien works across 130+ languages using Google Translate; the plans page says over 200 supported languages.Not confirmed · checked · Source (opens in a new tab)
Sources for this profile
- Plans page with report volumes and feature lists (2026-10-11)xapien.com
- Xapien homepage (2026-10-11)xapien.com
- Platform page with a second plan listing (2026-10-11)xapien.com
- Frequently asked questions (2026-10-11)xapien.com
All 7 sources
Official pages read on 11 Oct 2026: homepage, plans, platform, FAQ, information security, the how-it-works article and the privacy notice. xapien.com returned HTTP 403 to a direct request, so the text was read through a US residential proxy. We did not book a demo, create an account or run a report. Conflicts found: Pro starts at 650 reports a year on the plans page and 600 on the platform page; the plans page shows one feature list for all plans while the platform page tiers them; languages are “over 200” on the plans page and “130+” in the FAQ; and the FAQ cites both 0.5bn and 210 million corporate records. We state each figure with its page rather than choosing one. Customer quotes and the percentage savings on the homepage are vendor-supplied and are not repeated here as results.
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