LexisNexis
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy only if you're a large firm or risk/compliance team that genuinely needs the deepest archives and can absorb quote-based enterprise pricing.
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LexisNexis vs Sigma360
LexisNexis and Sigma360 both land on Depends.
Sigma360
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a bank, payments firm, or fintech with a dedicated compliance team drowning in screening false positives.
| Compare | LexisNexis | Sigma360 |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Large law firms needing deep case law | Banks and regulated financial institutions |
| Who it's not for | Solo and small law firms . costs kill the ROI | Small businesses with occasional KYC checks |
| Privacy | Multiple confirmed breaches (2024-2025), including 364K+ SSNs . vendor risk review is mandatory.⁶ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | 1.3/5 Trustpilot on both domains | Case studies cite tailored, expert support |
| Public sentiment | Reviews are polarized: Trustpilot sits at 1.3/5 dominated by service and billing complaints, while lawyers on Reddit treat LexisNexis as an expensive but deeply resourced incumbent they're unsure they still need.¹ | Independent reviews are sparse; available testimonials are mostly vendor-published and positive. |
| Biggest gotcha | Per-search charges stack up fast; active litigators report runaway research costs.⁴ | Pricing is quote-only; expect enterprise contracts tied to screening volume14 |
Pick LexisNexis when
- Large law firms needing deep case law
- Litigation-heavy practices
- Insurers and banks doing identity checks
- Compliance and KYC teams
When LexisNexis is not a fit
- Solo and small law firms . costs kill the ROI
- Small teams wanting simple, cheap research
- One-off lookups or casual fact-checking
- Buyers expecting decent customer support
Pick Sigma360 when
- Banks and regulated financial institutions
- High-volume payments companies
- Compliance teams drowning in false positives
- Fintechs embedding sanctions screening
When Sigma360 is not a fit
- Small businesses with occasional KYC checks
- Startups without a dedicated compliance officer
- Buyers needing transparent published pricing
- Teams wanting month-to-month contracts
Sources
- Trustpilot . LexisNexis UK (1.3/5)uk.trustpilot.comreview
- Trustpilot . LexisNexis US (1.3/5)trustpilot.comreview
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- TechCrunch . Breach exposed data of 364,000+ peopletechcrunch.comnews
- American Banker . Second breach in two yearsamericanbanker.comsecurity
- NVD . CVE-2022-29557nvd.nist.govsecurity
- LexisNexis . Large legal price schedulelexisnexis.comofficial
- LexisNexis . Public records product (145B+ records)lexisnexis.comofficial
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- Sigma360 Secures $17MM Series Bprnewswire.comnews
- Sigma360 Introduces HyperScan: Free AI-Powered Risk Screeningfinance.yahoo.comnews
- Sigma360 Homepagesigma360.comofficial
- Perpetual KYC Solutionssigma360.comofficial
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