withpersona.com Reviews 181

TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Considering 89 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers found the identity verification process to be ineffective and frustrating, often failing to verify documents even after numerous attempts and with clear images. People reported issues with the app and website not working correctly, including camera failures and an inability to link devices, leading to significant time wasted. This often resulted in users being locked out of other services or experiencing delays, highlighting a catastrophic failure in the service's core function. However, some people mentioned that the process was simple and worked without friction, particularly when verifying passports and selfies, and without requiring a mobile application installation. A few others also felt that the service provided more security due to biometric scans.

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User experience

Reviewers highlight negative aspects of user experience, with many finding the identity verification process... See more

Service

Customers consistently note negative experiences with service, describing it as "absolutely terrible" and... See more

Website

Clients share significant frustration with the website, particularly regarding identity verification, with... See more

Application

Customers express significant frustration with the app, citing its inability to verify IDs and passports,... See more

Product

Reviewers mention significant dissatisfaction with the product, stating it is not production-ready and should... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We are In Sweden, we need LinkedIn login approval on a suspended account for a non-profit managerger who feeds and educates children. LinkedIn uses Persona for verification of the user (why),... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ABSOLUTE RUBBISH site. In Australia as in other modern countries, we've opted for digital licenses which are in an app on our phone. they provide more security as are only viewable with biometric sc... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

For a three-minute identity check, this is what Persona collected: My full name — first, middle, last My passport photo — the full document, both sides, all data on the face of it My sel... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Persona, is leaking consumers data of kids thats young, chatgpt can store your face in there model (Sora 2) sometimes and persona is making ram expensive. Persona Registered as an company on this date... See more


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Persona is an online identity verification platform that enables businesses of all sizes to collect, verify, and manage user identities throughout the customer lifecycle. Trusted in over 200 countries and territories.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Biggest dont working Trash that i ever…

Biggest dont working Trash that i ever seen.. Photo is CLEAR CLEAR DRIVING LICENSE .. and this stupid Trash Verification dont work .. All Workers in our Company tryed that... No one working... I hope you go down so no one lost time in this Stupiest Verification Process of that World.. Shame youreself

8 January 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

NFC passport scan doesn't work

Should I hold the phone horizontally or vertically ? Does that even matter ? Back cover, front cover, or the actual document inside of the covers ? Which part of my phone should be above which part of the passport ? What is the acceptable distance between my phone and my passport ? What is the acceptable / required time frame in which the scanning takes place.
Also, be a little more precise with what exactly didn't work. Trust your users with a tad more technical details.

EDIT: As soon as I posted the original review, it worked in the next few tries - updated the rating to 2 stars ( at least it works )

21 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Easily fooled, unsafe, and invasive, AVOID!!!

An easily fooled AI identity verification service that neither verifies nor identifies correctly, with it identifying Dolls, Figurines, Still Photos of Fictional Characters, and more as Human Faces, while also getting the "Predicted age" entirely incorrect in 8/10 cases.

Forced onto users by multi billion dollar companies who likely haven't seen their own faces in decades, this service fails in every aspect for the purpose in which it's designed...

It's a true blight upon the internet and the world as a whole, this company's death would be greatly celebrated, AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

2 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst IDV Platform I’ve Had to Use

I’ve had a really poor experience using Persona. The platform felt unreliable and frustrating to use, especially since I didn’t have much choice — other vendors required it for onboarding. In my case, it caused delays and unnecessary hassle. I would personally avoid it if alternatives are available, and I’d prefer working with companies that use more stable and user-friendly verification solutions.

6 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Does not accept all Canadian provinces and support is no help

Persona does not accept all Canadian Driver's licenses (in my experience, Manitoba Driver's Licenses). It appears they assume all Canada Driver's Licenses have the barcode on the front, which is not true. They also do not accept Manitoba's health card despite their website listing it as an option.

Don't even bother with contacting Persona's support to help with the issue, because they just tell you to contact the organization that sent you to verify with them, despite the issue being with Persona. They will also not respond after this.

28 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Employers Beware: This Service Will RUIN You

If you are looking to make your company entirely inaccessible to new hires by forcing them to verify with Persona so you can tell them that their own face is not actually their face every time they attempt to join, I recommend Persona.

If you are looking to make your company actually work properly, do NOT utilize Persona.

It is entirely understandable that you would want to know that the people you are hiring are who they say they are. However, if you wish to verify peoples' identities, utilize a service that actually works properly instead.

23 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

it just doesn't work

it just doesn't work. I am blocked from my Open AI API logs until I verify with Persona, but it will not work on my phone or laptop browser. Neither Chrome nor Safari. Totally broken

18 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

OpenAI forces me to upload selfies and…

OpenAI forces me to upload selfies and government ID to Persona to use their API.

I've now gone through this process, and the API is still locked. So I've done all that for nothing. Now another service I know nothing about has my personal information, and I got nothing in return.

12 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

🤬 ** ZERO STARS

# 🤬 **ZERO STARS: Eight Months of Corporate Indifference and Consequences for Starving Children**

**Rating:** ⭐ (1/5 - Low Low Remarks)

**Date of Experience:** November 05, 2025

This is a formal warning to anyone considering using Persona as a LinkedIn Support/Verification Provider.
Their platform failure and non-existent customer service have directly caused **eight months** of operational paralysis for a non-profit manager's account.

This LinkedIn account verification process has been trapped in a perpetual, broken loop for over eight months. Every attempt to resolve the issue results in the same automated, useless response: "You have submitted a ticket and cannot re-submit."

There is **NO path to help**, **NO human support**, and **NO resolution** for a critical business function that has been frozen 8 months ago.

### The Real-World Cost of This Failure

This is not a simple login issue; this is a catastrophic failure of service that has real-world consequences. The end result of this eight-month lockdown is:

* **Lost income** from critical fundraising channels.
* **Less aid delivered**, directly impacting the number of **starving children fed** by our organization.

I would not **trust** or **invest** a single minute in a company that is so fundamentally broken and so completely indifferent to the human cost of their service failure. They care nothing about providing a functional service or, as I see it, about the severe negative ripple effect on humanitarian work. **Avoid at all costs.** All text in this post is my personal opnion, a subjective judgment bases on my genuine expierence. Please do your own research.

5 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never use this shark stealing data authentification service

Litteraly blocking you on Linkedin without any specific reasons, just to "verify" your identity. Signing in with google and my scholar account did nothing, you really need to steal my face and my identity card, and having fishy terms and conditions. Even in the EU, i need to give such criticals infos because of them, and i can't even connect with others people from the university and to find a job. Great, you'll own nothing and be happy, give everything you got.

Do not ever use or do something with them. Still locked after 2 weeks.

20 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The worst

The worst, tried three times to verify ID and it didn't work, but I'm not allowed to try again. I can only hope companies stop using these rubbish places.

18 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

this app is trash.

this app is trash.
it s been literally 3 full days i ll try to get a badge from LinkedIn and NOTHING WORK.

this stupid pile of garbage do not link my camera with itself. (whatever i ll try)
Then it is impossible to take a picture.

never seen something so stupid !
this app deserve to be ban and removed from all devices.

the help center of linkedin is useless, the help from linkedin is to : copy past the help center and the help from persona is literally non existent.

total joke. Awful software.

6 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ABSOLUTE RUBBISH site.

ABSOLUTE RUBBISH site.
In Australia as in other modern countries, we've opted for digital licenses which are in an app on our phone. they provide more security as are only viewable with biometric scan and no card to get lost in the mail etc [speaking from experience - identity theft victim from license stolen from post box]. There is no such option INCLUDING sending screen grabs to another device to then photograph.
For my money they should be at 0 stars, they just made everything more difficult. and Linkedin, you deserve the same for the impossible verification process you force but not support.

22 September 2025
Unprompted review

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