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Lumis vs Sardine

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Sardine is built for the boardroom. Lumis is built for the terminal. Stop waiting for sales calls and start testing your compliance flows today.

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Sardine

Real-Time Fraud & Transaction Monitoring

Sardine is a powerful production runtime platform specializing in fraud prevention, device fingerprinting, and transaction monitoring for live payments.

Typical Challenges

Expensive staging check charges matching full production fees
Sandbox rate limits (capped at 5-15 RPS) that fail concurrent test suites
Extremely difficult to mock custom logic edge-cases like sanctions screening matches
Best for: Fintech platforms looking for live, real-time transaction screening and payment risk detection.

Lumis

Developer First

Keep Sardine for live production fraud monitoring, but use Lumis to test your logic first. Mock edge cases, trace routing visually, and run regression tests in under 500ms without rate-limits or sandboxing fees.

Lumis Advantage

Zero-config developer sandbox
Simulate any KYC/AML outcome
Visual drag-and-drop rule builder
Transparent, self-serve pricing
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Why Lumis stands out

Traditional compliance platforms focus on the data. Lumis focuses on the logic. Build your integration correctly the first time.

Mock any scenario

Don't wait for manual approvals or sandbox keys. Mock successful KYC, PEP flags, or failed document checks instantly with our API.

Region-specific rules

Switch between rulesets for EU, US, or specific jurisdictions like Ghana or the UK with a single header change in your requests.

Ship 10x faster

Reduce integration time from weeks to hours. Your frontend and backend can build against a fully functional mock API today.

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