Best AML software for accountants
Five KYC and AML vendors with an Accountio profile, side by side.
Listed alphabetically. Accountio does not rank vendors, and a featured listing does not change the order.
AML software for accountants runs the checks a firm makes before taking on a client: identity verification, sanctions and PEP screening, business and beneficial owner checks, and AML risk assessments. Amiqus, Credas, SmartSearch and Thirdfort run the checks, including identity verification for ACSPs filing with Companies House, and FibreCRM builds KYC/AML risk assessments into client onboarding.
AML software for accountants at a glance
| Vendor | Best for | Founded and HQ | Customers | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amiqus | Regulated businesses in legal, financial services, property, healthcare and recruitment, including accountancy firms and ACSPs verifying identity for Companies House | Founded in 2015; registered office in Edinburgh, Scotland | Hundreds of regulated businesses and 9 of the 10 biggest law firms in Scotland, with more than one million checks run; named customers include Virgin Money, NHS BSA, Arnold Clark, Thorntons, the Scottish Government and FNZ | Client onboarding: Standard from £15 per client (minimum £500 a month), Scale from £10 per client (typically 2,000+ clients a year), Enterprise custom; staff onboarding from £7.50 per candidate (Standard) and £6 per candidate (Scale) |
 Credas | UK regulated firms of all sizes that must verify clients: estate agents, conveyancers and law firms, accountants and tax advisers, recruiters and corporate service providers | 2017; Cardiff, Wales, UK | Over 1,000 clients (Oct 2025); 350,000+ people a month verified; customers include Connells Group, Deloitte, NHS, EY and Indeed | Not published |
 FibreCRM | Accountancy and CPA firms, from growing practices to Top 100 firms and multi-office groups | Pool Innovation Centre, Cornwall, UK; US office in Chicago | Accountancy firms including TC Group (1,500+ people in 60 offices), Gerald Edelman, Harold Sharp and Dolan Accountancy | Practice CRM £60 per user a month billed yearly (based on a typical 100-user installation; +20% if billed monthly; 12-month minimum); Enterprise on request; US package US$550 a month incl. five users, US$20 per extra user |
 SmartSearch | AML-regulated firms of all sizes, from small firms and start-ups to enterprises, in legal, accountancy, property, financial services, insurance, investment, gaming, banking and crypto | Ilkley, West Yorkshire, UK; its team built one of the first electronic AML services in the early 2000s | More than 7,500 UK customers; more than 8,500 regulated firms with Credas; over 50% of the UK's top 100 accountancy firms, a third of the top 200 law firms, 1,000+ property businesses and 3,000+ FCA-regulated organisations | Not published |
 Thirdfort | Compliance teams at law firms, conveyancing and estate agency firms, and accountancy practices that verify clients, directors and PSCs | Founded in January 2018 by Jack Bidgood and Olly Thornton-Berry; registered office at Belle House, Platform 1 Victoria Station, London; client hub in Manchester and a development office in Sri Lanka | More than 1,500 companies, including Muve, Peabody, Michael Graham, Strutt & Parker, Direction Law, Thomas Legal and the accountancy firm Forest Finance | Monthly platform fee plus credits for the checks you run; Essentials plan from £83 a month plus VAT and credits; Compliance and Enterprise plans priced on request; unlimited users; 12-month contracts, credits valid for two years, only completed checks charged |
The five vendors
In alphabetical order. “Not published” means the vendor does not state it.
Amiqus
Best for: Regulated businesses in legal, financial services, property, healthcare and recruitment, including accountancy firms and ACSPs verifying identity for Companies House
Identity verification and client onboarding software: ID document checks, PEP, sanctions and adverse media screening, AML risk assessments and KYB entity checks.
- Founded and HQ
- Founded in 2015; registered office in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Ownership
- Private limited company (Amiqus Resolution Limited); CEO Callum Murray; board chaired by Sir Sandy Crombie
- Customers
- Hundreds of regulated businesses and 9 of the 10 biggest law firms in Scotland, with more than one million checks run; named customers include Virgin Money, NHS BSA, Arnold Clark, Thorntons, the Scottish Government and FNZ
- Pricing
- Client onboarding: Standard from £15 per client (minimum £500 a month), Scale from £10 per client (typically 2,000+ clients a year), Enterprise custom; staff onboarding from £7.50 per candidate (Standard) and £6 per candidate (Scale)
- How it runs
- Cloud platform verifying identity documents from 195 countries, with UK and international check coverage; data hosting localisation on the Enterprise plan
- Good to know
- Identity checks for ACSPs filing with Companies House; client onboarding Standard from £15 per client
Credas
Best for: UK regulated firms of all sizes that must verify clients: estate agents, conveyancers and law firms, accountants and tax advisers, recruiters and corporate service providers
Digital identity verification and AML checks for client onboarding: biometric ID checks, PEP and sanctions screening with ongoing monitoring, KYB reports, director ID verification.
- Founded and HQ
- 2017; Cardiff, Wales, UK
- Ownership
- Owned by SmartSearch (backed by Triple Private Equity) since January 2026; previously owned by Dye & Durham
- Customers
- Over 1,000 clients (Oct 2025); 350,000+ people a month verified; customers include Connells Group, Deloitte, NHS, EY and Indeed
- Pricing
- Not published
- How it runs
- Cloud portal, iOS and Android apps and API; UK, with data stored in the UK and certification under the UK digital identity trust framework; international AML watchlists
- Good to know
- Digital ID checks built to Companies House standards, with bulk verification of existing clients
FibreCRM
Best for: Accountancy and CPA firms, from growing practices to Top 100 firms and multi-office groups
CRM and client onboarding software for accountancy firms: leads and opportunities, proposals and engagement letters with e-signature, client data capture, and KYC/AML risk assessments with partner sign-off.
- Founded and HQ
- Pool Innovation Centre, Cornwall, UK; US office in Chicago
- Ownership
- Private, founder-led (Simon Leek, founder and CEO); equity investors include the Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund, the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund, Chelverton Asset Management and Macaulay
- Customers
- Accountancy firms including TC Group (1,500+ people in 60 offices), Gerald Edelman, Harold Sharp and Dolan Accountancy
- Pricing
- Practice CRM £60 per user a month billed yearly (based on a typical 100-user installation; +20% if billed monthly; 12-month minimum); Enterprise on request; US package US$550 a month incl. five users, US$20 per extra user
- How it runs
- Cloud, hosted on Amazon Web Services in a regional data centre (US hosting for US customers); accountancy firms in the UK, US and Canada
- Good to know
- KYC/AML risk assessments with partner sign-off inside CRM and client onboarding for accountancy firms
SmartSearch
Best for: AML-regulated firms of all sizes, from small firms and start-ups to enterprises, in legal, accountancy, property, financial services, insurance, investment, gaming, banking and crypto
Cloud AML and client verification platform: individual (KYC) and business (KYB) checks, beneficial owner checks, sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening, ongoing monitoring, document and biometric verification, fraud checks.
- Founded and HQ
- Ilkley, West Yorkshire, UK; its team built one of the first electronic AML services in the early 2000s
- Ownership
- Private; backed by Triple Private Equity, which invested in early 2025
- Customers
- More than 7,500 UK customers; more than 8,500 regulated firms with Credas; over 50% of the UK's top 100 accountancy firms, a third of the top 200 law firms, 1,000+ property businesses and 3,000+ FCA-regulated organisations
- Pricing
- Not published
- How it runs
- Cloud platform; UK checks plus international individual checks in over 40 countries and business reports in over 97 countries; separate US offering for BSA and Patriot Act customer identification
- Good to know
- Individual (KYC) and business (KYB) checks, beneficial owner checks, and sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening on one platform
Thirdfort
Best for: Compliance teams at law firms, conveyancing and estate agency firms, and accountancy practices that verify clients, directors and PSCs
Client due diligence platform for regulated firms: remote ID verification, funds checks with banking data, Know your business reports and AML screening with ongoing monitoring.
- Founded and HQ
- Founded in January 2018 by Jack Bidgood and Olly Thornton-Berry; registered office at Belle House, Platform 1 Victoria Station, London; client hub in Manchester and a development office in Sri Lanka
- Ownership
- Private and venture-backed; £25m raised from investors including Breega and 13Books, with a £15m Series A in March 2022 led by Breega and Element Ventures and a £5m Series A2 in April 2024; Companies House lists no registrable person with significant control since 1 March 2022
- Customers
- More than 1,500 companies, including Muve, Peabody, Michael Graham, Strutt & Parker, Direction Law, Thomas Legal and the accountancy firm Forest Finance
- Pricing
- Monthly platform fee plus credits for the checks you run; Essentials plan from £83 a month plus VAT and credits; Compliance and Enterprise plans priced on request; unlimited users; 12-month contracts, credits valid for two years, only completed checks charged
- How it runs
- Regulated legal, property and accountancy firms in the UK; identity documents verified from nearly every jurisdiction, with electronic address checks in 17 jurisdictions; EU GDPR representative appointed
- Good to know
- ID verification of directors and PSCs to the Companies House identity verification standard for ACSPs
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How to choose AML software for an accounting firm
- Which checks do you need?SmartSearch covers individual (KYC) and business (KYB) checks, beneficial owner checks and sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening, and Amiqus covers ID document checks, screening, AML risk assessments and KYB entity checks. Credas runs biometric ID checks with PEP and sanctions screening and ongoing monitoring, and Thirdfort runs remote ID verification with AML screening and ongoing monitoring.
- Do you verify directors and PSCs for Companies House?Thirdfort verifies directors and PSCs to the Companies House identity verification standard for ACSPs, Credas has digital ID checks built to Companies House standards with bulk verification of existing clients, and Amiqus runs identity checks for ACSPs filing with Companies House.
- Do you want the checks inside your CRM?FibreCRM builds KYC/AML risk assessments with partner sign-off into client onboarding for accountancy firms, so the checks sit with the client record. Amiqus, Credas, SmartSearch and Thirdfort are verification platforms in their own right.
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Common questions
What is AML software for accountants?+
Software that runs the checks an accounting firm makes before and during a client relationship: identity verification, sanctions and PEP screening, business and beneficial owner checks, ongoing monitoring and AML risk assessments.
How much does AML software for accountants cost?+
Thirdfort's Essentials plan starts at £83 a month plus VAT and credits, Amiqus client onboarding starts at £15 per client with a £500 monthly minimum, and FibreCRM's Practice CRM is £60 per user a month billed yearly. Credas and SmartSearch do not publish prices.
Are Credas and SmartSearch the same company?+
SmartSearch has owned Credas since January 2026, and together they serve more than 8,500 regulated firms.
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