AML tool comparison
Sanctuary vs MistTrack
MistTrack came out of SlowMist's incident work: 19 chains, deep tracing. The question for a screening desk is what a daily check costs and what arrives in the plan you actually buy.
The short answer
Facts checked August 2026MistTrack is SlowMist's tracing product: 19 chains on every plan, 400M+ labeled addresses by its own count, and a name built on hack investigations. Basic is $229/month with risk scoring, labels and a transaction graph. The OpenAPI and the Telegram bot start at Standard, $689/month; the AML screening module sits in Compliance at $2,069/month. Sanctuary is $199/month for 1,000 checks, with the API, monitoring, case management and a signed audit trail already in that tier.
The honest split: if the job is tracing stolen funds across 19 chains, MistTrack's depth and SlowMist's research bench are hard to match. If the job is screening counterparties every day and documenting the decision afterwards, Sanctuary puts that whole loop in one $199 tier.
- Sanctuary's base paid tier is $199/month; MistTrack Basic is $229/month and its OpenAPI opens at Standard, $689/month.
- MistTrack lists 19 chains to Sanctuary's 12 — a real advantage when a case runs wide.
- MistTrack Basic monitors 50 addresses; Sanctuary's watchlist, alerts, cases and audit trail come with the plan.
$199/mo
1,000 checks with API, monitoring, cases
MistTrack Basic: $229/mo
3/day
free bot checks, no signup
MistTrack: first bot check free
One tier
everything above in the base paid plan
MistTrack: split across $229 / $689 / $2,069
Feature by feature: Sanctuary vs MistTrack
Feature
Sanctuary
MistTrack
Risk score precisionMistTrack scores risk from Basic at $229/month. Sanctuary shows 0-100 on every plan, including the free bot.
0-100 on every check
From Basic, $229/mo
Free tierMistTrack Light plus the first check in its Telegram bot. Sanctuary's bot runs 3 free checks a day, every day.
3 free daily
Light + 1 bot check
Entry priceMistTrack publishes three plans: Basic $229, Standard $689, Compliance $2,069 per month.
From $199/mo, public
From $229/mo, public
Public pricingBoth vendors put plan prices on a public page — rarer in this category than it should be.
Chains supportedMistTrack lists 19 chains on every plan. Sanctuary runs 12 with 20+ intelligence sources behind them.
12 chains
19 chains
Entity attributionMistTrack claims 400M+ labeled addresses. Label depth varies by chain on both sides.
Multi-source intelligenceSanctuary aggregates 20+ intelligence sources; MistTrack draws on SlowMist's own research.
On-chain graph analysisThe transaction graph is in MistTrack Basic; DEX and bridge parsing starts at Standard.
From Basic, $229/mo
Investigation workbenchMistTrack's investigation workspace opens at Standard, $689/month.
Standard, $689/mo
REST APIMistTrack's OpenAPI runs at 1 call per second and 10,000 calls a day, from Standard.
Included from $199/mo
Standard, $689/mo
Usage-based developer APIMistTrack also sells a usage-based API: $20/year for 100 calls up to $5,000 for 100,000. Sanctuary has no hobby tier — the API is in the $199 plan.
API from $20/yr
Webhook alerts
Not published
Continuous monitoring (KYT)MistTrack Basic monitors 50 addresses.
50 addresses on Basic
AML screening moduleMistTrack's AML screening and risk analytics sit in Compliance, $2,069/month.
Included from $199/mo
Compliance, $2,069/mo
OSINT enrichmentNot published on MistTrack's plan pages.
Not published
Case managementNot published on MistTrack's plan pages; its Standard tier includes an investigation workspace.
Not published
Signed audit trailNot published on MistTrack's plan pages. Sanctuary signs a snapshot of every check.
Not published
SAR-ready reports
Not published
Telegram botMistTrack's first bot check is free; the bot itself is listed as a Standard-plan feature.
Standard, $689/mo
Where each tool wins
Choose Sanctuary if
- Monitoring, API, cases and a signed audit trail belong in the plan you buy, not two tiers up.
- You want the lower entry: $199/month for 1,000 checks against $229 for Basic.
- You want free checks in Telegram every day — 3 a day, no signup.
- A reviewer, an auditor or a bank has to read the reasoning behind a verdict months later.
- More than one person screens, and every decision needs a name and a timestamp.
Where MistTrack still fits
- You want SlowMist's security-research bench behind the data.
- Your work is tracing stolen funds after an incident, not screening counterparties daily.
- You need 19 chains rather than 12.
- You want a cheap usage-based API: $20/year for 100 calls, about $0.05 a call at 100,000.
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 MistTrack
1
Re-run last week's addresses
Paste the addresses you last checked in MistTrack into the Sanctuary bot. Free, no signup.
2
Read both verdicts
Compare score, sources, attribution, and what a reviewer sees in the evidence pack.
3
Move the desk
Invite the team, issue an API key, import the watchlist. Checks are stateless — nothing to migrate.
Frequently asked questions
How much does MistTrack cost compared to Sanctuary?
MistTrack publishes three plans: Basic $229/month (risk scoring, labels, counterparty analysis, transaction graph, 50 monitored addresses, 7-day trial), Standard $689/month (adds investigations, DEX and bridge parsing, the OpenAPI and a Telegram bot), Compliance $2,069/month (adds AML screening and risk analytics). It also sells a usage-based developer API from $20/year for 100 calls. Sanctuary is $199/month for 1,000 checks with API, monitoring, case management and a signed audit trail included, $0.20 per extra check, and $499/month for 5,000.
Can I check an address free on either?
Yes, on both, with different limits. MistTrack offers MistTrack Light and makes the first check in its Telegram bot free. Sanctuary's Telegram bot runs 3 checks a day, free, with no signup and no card, and returns a 0-100 score on each one.
What is the real difference between Sanctuary and MistTrack?
Origin, mostly. MistTrack grew out of SlowMist's incident response — following stolen funds across 19 chains after the fact. Sanctuary is built for the check before money moves: screen the counterparty, keep the evidence, watch the address afterwards, and be able to show the audit trail. Both score wallets; the plan you buy decides how much of the workflow comes with it.
How do I switch from MistTrack to Sanctuary?
Run recent addresses through the Sanctuary bot, put the two verdicts side by side, then move the team: invites, an API key, a watchlist import. Neither tool holds your data hostage — checks are stateless, so there is nothing to export.
Run one address through both
Same wallet, two verdicts. Sanctuary's next 3 checks are free in Telegram — no signup, no card.
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