Fingerprint

Fingerprint is a cloud service for identifying web visitors and mobile devices, with signals for fraud and bot decisions. It is best suited to teams that can work these signals into their own systems. Persistent identification and broad developer access are strengths; metered web and iOS usage can raise costs as activity grows.

Overview

Fingerprint links visitor identity across web and mobile, even when cookies are cleared. It pairs that capability with more than 100 Smart Signals to help identify risky traffic, including in account takeover, payment fraud, SMS fraud and bot-detection workflows. That makes it a useful input to a fraud process, rather than a complete fraud-response system on its own.

Real-time decisioning and custom rules give teams room to shape responses to their needs. AI Agent Detection uses Web Bot Auth cryptographic signing to distinguish signed agents from spoofed ones, a specific advantage for services that need to verify agent traffic.

Key features

• Persistent identification: Recognition that continues after cookies are cleared gives teams another way to connect returning visitors across web and mobile.
• Smart Signals: More than 100 attributes provide a broad set of indicators for assessing traffic risk. Their practical value depends on a team's ability to incorporate them into its own decisions.
• Agent verification: Cryptographic signing distinguishes signed agents from spoofed ones, making this more targeted than simply flagging bot-like traffic.
• Developer access and integrations: Client and server APIs, SDKs and frameworks, plus native iOS and Android SDKs, suit teams building their own implementation. Named integrations include Cloudflare, CloudFront, Fastly VCL, Segment, Akamai, Fastly Compute, Google Tag Manager and Azure.

Fingerprint states that web traffic is encrypted with HTTPS and TLS 1.2, and that data is stored in AWS data centers. It says it is GDPR and CCPA compliant, ISO 27001 certified and SOC 2 Type II compliant. Pro has a 99.9% uptime SLA and a public status page, which will matter to teams depending on real-time checks in customer-facing flows.

Pricing

The freemium structure lets teams start without a subscription, but the free tier's 1,000 monthly API-call limit makes it better for evaluation or low-volume use than a busy production deployment. Android has a separate allowance of 500k API calls per month.

• Free — free: Up to 1,000 API calls per month, plus 500k Android API calls per month. It includes 30-day data retention and basic technical support. The low general quota is the main constraint.
• Pro Plus — $99 a month: Billed at $99 /month for 20K API calls, with $4 per 1,000 additional API calls. It includes 20K web and iOS calls and 500,000 Android API calls per month free, along with 30-day retention and basic technical support. This fits teams needing a meaningful web or iOS allowance, though growing usage is metered.
• Enterprise — custom pricing: Includes a 99.9% SLA, additional Smart Signals, proxy integrations and a dedicated customer success manager. With 90-day retention and Enterprise support, it is the natural fit for organizations needing those service and retention terms, rather than a published fixed price.

A 14-day Pro Plus trial offers unlimited API calls and requires no credit card, giving teams a way to evaluate the paid tier before taking on its recurring fee and usage charges.

Platforms

Fingerprint supports web, iOS, Android and API events, with cloud deployment. Its channel coverage suits teams handling both browser and app traffic, as well as those using API events in their workflows.

Who it's for

Fingerprint is a strong fit for product, engineering and fraud teams that need persistent cross-platform identification and can use risk signals in their own rules or decisioning. It is less suited to buyers seeking a fully self-contained fraud operation without development work, or to high-volume web and iOS users who need predictable costs beyond the included quota.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Identification persists when cookies are cleared; more than 100 Smart Signals cover a wide range of risk indicators; native mobile SDKs and client/server tooling support custom integrations; the no-card trial includes unlimited API calls.
• Cons: Free use is capped at 1,000 monthly calls outside the Android allowance; Pro Plus charges $4 per 1,000 calls beyond its included web and iOS usage; Free and Pro Plus retain data for 30 days, versus 90 days on Enterprise; teams must supply their own fraud-response workflow.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see Fraud Detection Software.

• FraudLabs Pro is worth considering for a low-volume start: its free Micro plan allows 500 queries per month, with sales below 25K USD per month, five validation rules and standard support. Its lower query ceiling and sales condition make it a narrower free option.
• Marble Case Manager is a better direction for teams seeking an open-source, self-hosted real-time decision engine with community support rather than a cloud identity service.
• Arkose Labs Fraud and Abuse Prevention is another paid option with Android, iOS, web and API coverage.
• Alloy Embedded is another paid option spanning Android, iOS, web and API.
• Ravelin may suit buyers who want a customized platform tailored to business goals, risk appetite and setup; pricing is custom and the vendor offers a demo or call.
• FIS Data Integrity Manager is a paid, web-based alternative without a free plan.
• DataVisor Fraud Platform is a paid alternative for Android, iOS, web and API, with custom enterprise pricing and a demo request.
• OneSpan Mobile Authenticator is a freemium alternative limited to Android and iOS, with pricing for its Studio plan handled through sales.

Verdict

Choose Fingerprint if your team needs persistent web-and-mobile identification, a broad set of risk signals or cryptographic agent verification, and has the engineering capacity to put them to work. Its strongest case is the combination of cross-platform identity and flexible developer access. Look elsewhere if you need a self-contained fraud system or tightly predictable costs for expanding web and iOS traffic.