AML tool comparison
Sanctuary vs BitOK
BitOK sells screening by the check and licenses its graph tool per device. Sanctuary sells a month. Which one is cheaper depends entirely on how many addresses you actually check.
The short answer
Facts checked August 2026BitOK prices screening by consumption: $0.50 a check on a 2,000-check bundle, falling to $0.10 at 200,000, with its Tracker graph product licensed separately at $500/month or $5,000/year per device. The cloud line-up is KYT Office, Tracker, an API and a Telegram bot, and it takes bank transfer or USDT. Sanctuary is $199/month for 1,000 checks — about $0.20 each — and $499/month for 5,000, which is just under $0.10 a check, the rate BitOK reaches at 200,000.
The honest split: at real volume BitOK's per-check price is hard to argue with, and Tracker is one of the few graph products in this category with a public number on it. At the volumes most desks actually run — a few hundred to a few thousand checks a month — Sanctuary costs less per check and includes the graph, monitoring, cases and the audit trail in the same plan.
- BitOK's $0.10 rate needs a 200,000-check commitment; Sanctuary Business is $499 for 5,000, just under $0.10 each.
- BitOK licenses its Tracker graph tool at $500/month or $5,000/year per device; Sanctuary includes graph analysis in the plan.
- BitOK takes bank transfer and USDT across several chains, which matters when card payment is not an option.
$0.10
per check on Business: $499 for 5,000
BitOK: $0.10 at the 200,000-check tier
Included
graph analysis, not a separate licence
BitOK: Tracker $500/mo per device
3/day
free bot checks, no signup
BitOK: no free allowance published
Feature by feature: Sanctuary vs BitOK
Feature
Sanctuary
BitOK
Risk score precisionSanctuary shows 0-100 on every check. BitOK returns a risk result per check; the scale is not published.
0-100 on every check
Not published
Free tierSanctuary's bot runs 3 free checks a day with no signup. No free allowance is published for BitOK.
3 free daily
Not published
Entry priceBitOK bills by consumption: $0.50 a check on a 2,000-check bundle, down to $0.10 at 200,000. Sanctuary is $199 for 1,000, $499 for 5,000.
From $199/mo, public
$0.50/check at 2,000
Public pricingBoth put numbers in public — Sanctuary per month, BitOK per check and per Tracker device.
On-chain graph analysisBitOK's Tracker is licensed separately: $500/month or $5,000/year per device. Sanctuary's graph is in the plan.
Tracker: $500/mo per device
REST APIBoth ship a REST API. BitOK lists API alongside KYT Office, Tracker and its Telegram bot.
Included from $199/mo
Telegram botBoth run one. Sanctuary's gives 3 free checks a day without signup.
Continuous monitoring (KYT)Sanctuary watches addresses after the check. BitOK's KYT Office bills per check; a monitoring allowance is not published.
Not published
Chains supportedSanctuary covers 12 chains against 20+ intelligence sources. BitOK does not publish a chain list on the pages checked.
12 chains
Not published
Multi-source intelligenceSanctuary aggregates 20+ intelligence sources. BitOK's source set is not published.
Not published
Case managementOpen, investigate, close — with the check evidence attached to the case.
Not published
Signed audit trailA signed snapshot of every check, for the audit nobody has asked you for yet.
Not published
Team & role management
Not published
SAR-ready reports
Not published
Reviewer evidenceSanctuary packages sources, attribution and history for review. BitOK returns the check result — its Trustpilot reviewers single out how clearly the risk is explained.
Evidence packs
Check output
Bulk screening
Not published
OSINT enrichment
Not published
Where each tool wins
Choose Sanctuary if
- Your volume is hundreds to a few thousand checks a month, where $199 for 1,000 beats $0.50 a check.
- You would rather not license the graph separately at $500/month per device.
- Addresses need watching after the check, not only at it.
- Decisions have to survive an audit: signed trail, cases, SAR-ready reports.
- You want free checks in Telegram every day — 3 a day, no signup.
Where BitOK still fits
- You screen at real volume: $0.10 a check at BitOK's 200,000-check tier.
- You want a graph tool with a published price — Tracker at $500/month or $5,000/year per device.
- Most of your counterparties sit on RU-market venues, the region BitOK calls home.
- You need to pay by bank transfer or in USDT across several chains.
What switching actually buys you
The invoice drops, the checks don't
Public pricing: $199 a month covers 1,000 checks with API access included. No quote call, no annual lock-in, overage at $0.20 a check.
Verdicts you can forward
Every check returns a 0-100 score with named sources — sanctions lists, darknet clusters, exchange attribution — and exports to a PDF your bank or partner can read.
Live in the next five minutes
Your first check runs in Telegram before a sales call would even be scheduled. 3 free checks a day, and the same account later carries to web and API.
Switching from BitOK
1
Re-check what you already checked
Paste your last BitOK addresses into the Sanctuary bot. Free, no signup.
2
Do the arithmetic, not the sticker
Multiply your real monthly volume by the bundle rate, then put $199 or $499 next to it.
3
Move the desk
Invite the team, issue an API key, import the watchlist. Checks are stateless — nothing to migrate.
Frequently asked questions
Is BitOK cheaper than Sanctuary?
It depends entirely on volume. BitOK's KYT Office charges by consumption: $0.50 a check on a 2,000-check bundle, sliding to $0.10 at 200,000, and its Tracker graph tool is $500/month or $5,000/year per device on top. Sanctuary is $199/month for 1,000 checks — about $0.20 each — and $499/month for 5,000, just under $0.10, with graph, monitoring, cases and API in the price.
Can I check a wallet for free?
On Sanctuary, yes: the Telegram bot runs 3 checks a day, free, with no signup and no card, and returns a 0-100 score with the reasoning behind it. BitOK runs a Telegram bot among its cloud products, but no free allowance is published on the materials checked in August 2026.
Is BitOK a real AML vendor?
Yes. BitOK sells KYT Office, the Tracker graph tool, an API and a Telegram bot as cloud products, with published per-check pricing and payment by bank transfer or USDT. Its Trustpilot page is small — around 11 reviews — and the recurring praise is practical: checks that do the job and risk explanations that read clearly.
How do I move from BitOK to Sanctuary?
Run your recent addresses through the Sanctuary bot and compare verdicts, then work the number against your real volume — per-check bundles and a flat month look very different at 800 checks. Moving the team is invites, an API key and a watchlist import; there is no data to migrate.
Do the per-check math on your own volume
Check the same wallet in both. Sanctuary's next 3 checks are free in Telegram — no signup, no card.
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