Age Estimation vs Age Verification: Which Do You Need?
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Age estimation and age verification are two distinct methods used to determine a person's age, each serving different regulatory contexts and user experience needs. Age estimation uses facial analysis to quickly approximate age without the need for identity documents, offering a privacy-preserving, low-friction solution at a cost of $0.10 per check. It is particularly useful for soft, low-stakes gates where precise age confirmation is not critical. In contrast, age verification involves reading and validating an individual's date of birth from government-issued documents, providing an authoritative and exact confirmation at a higher cost of $0.15 per check, along with increased friction due to document handling. This method is essential for environments with strict regulatory requirements, such as those governing alcohol sales, gambling, and financial products. Many systems, like Didit's Workflow Builder, integrate both methods to optimize the balance between user convenience and regulatory compliance, using age estimation as an initial filter and reserving document-based verification for more ambiguous or higher-stakes situations.
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