Age-verification providers for Ireland
Verified 2026-08-22
Order Alphabetical
Age assurance is a range of methods, not a single product. Buyers should start with the required confidence, data minimisation and appeal route before selecting facial estimation, document checks, mobile signals or reusable credentials.
Quick comparison
This is a navigation aid, not a ranking or complete Irish-market shortlist. Accuracy, privacy and deployment evidence must be checked for the exact configured service.
| Provider | Methods described publicly | Published deployment route | Public pricing |
|---|
| Daon | Facial estimation, authoritative-data matching and document checks | SaaS, cloud and on-premise options described | Not publicly listed |
| KYC Ireland | Identity, date-of-birth and risk-data checks | API-based service described | Not publicly listed |
| Yoti | Facial estimation, digital ID and document verification | APIs, SDKs and hosted flows described | Not listed on the reviewed Irish guidance |
Daon
- Category and buyers
- Age estimation, authoritative-data matching and document-based age verification for enterprise and public-sector buyers
- Irish evidence
- Daon states that it was established in Ireland and operates from Dublin; its age-verification products are offered internationally
- Methods
- Facial age estimation, third-party authoritative-data matching, identity-document capture and NFC document reading
- Deployment
- TrustX is described as SaaS with no-code orchestration; xProof supports SaaS, cloud and on-premise deployment
- Published documentation
- Official age-verification, xProof and company-background pages linked below
- Data location and certifications
- Deployment-specific. Daon publishes product compliance claims, but buyers should verify the exact contracted product and audit scope
- Pricing visibility
- Not publicly listed
- Last verified and source trail
- 22 August 2026 — Irish establishment and Dublin office; age-verification methods; xProof deployment
- Commercial relationship
- None
Official Daon age-verification page
KYC Ireland
- Category and buyers
- Identity and age checks for Irish organisations
- Irish evidence
- Explicit Irish-business identity and age-verification product
- Methods
- Name, address, Eircode, date of birth, mobile and risk signals
- Deployment
- Provider describes an API-based service
- Published documentation
- Public product summary and API claims; obtain current technical documentation before procurement
- Data location and certifications
- Not stated in the reviewed public summary; buyer confirmation required
- Pricing visibility
- Not publicly listed
- Last verified and source trail
- 22 August 2026 — official Irish product and API summary
- Commercial relationship
- None
Official provider site
Yoti
- Category and buyers
- Age estimation and verification for regulated platforms and other online services
- Irish evidence
- Provider publishes specific guidance for compliance with Ireland’s Online Safety Code
- Methods
- Facial age estimation, digital ID and identity-document verification
- Deployment
- APIs, SDKs and provider-hosted flows; confirm the relevant product
- Published documentation
- Ireland-specific Online Safety Code guidance and product documentation
- Data location, certifications and pricing
- Yoti states that the selfie used for its Ireland-focused facial age-estimation flow is deleted after estimation. Contractual data location and certification scope still require buyer confirmation
- Last verified and source trail
- 22 August 2026 — Ireland Online Safety Code guidance and selfie-deletion statement; GDPR and privacy overview
- Commercial relationship
- None
Yoti’s Ireland guidance
Buyer questions
- Does the method prove an age threshold or identify the person?
- What image, document, biometric template or signal is retained, and for how long?
- How are false results challenged and manually reviewed?
- Can children and adults use an alternative method?
- Which Irish or EU obligation is the supplier claiming to satisfy?
- What independent accuracy, bias, security and privacy evidence is available?
No provider has paid for inclusion. A paid enhanced profile, if introduced, will be visibly separated and will not affect alphabetical ordering.