Trade network data maps your suppliers.
Sayari’s World Model maps who owns them – and whether those owners can be trusted.
Altana AI provides supply chain intelligence built on trade data and AI-powered network mapping. Sayari takes a broader approach: combining trade data with primary-source corporate registry records, beneficial ownership traversal, and sanctions intelligence. Where Altana maps trade flows, Sayari maps both the trade relationships and the ownership structures behind them – across TPRM, supply chain, and sanctions compliance.
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Request a live demo – we’ll run your entities through the world model.
Altana is purpose-built for trade flow mapping, combining customs trade data, shipping records, and AI-powered network analysis to map supplier networks. Recently introduced CBP Product Passports positioning. Strengths: deep trade analytics, customs intelligence, supply chain visibility, network mapping.
Sayari combines primary-source corporate registry data (11.7B+ records from 250+ jurisdictions), beneficial ownership traversal, and sanctions coverage into a unified world model. Strengths: ownership intelligence, entity resolution, multi-domain risk coverage (TPRM + supply chain + sanctions), continuous monitoring, corporate registry authority.
Altana’s network model pools learnings across participants – ask how your proprietary supplier relationships are handled and whether your network data informs recommendations for other participants in the ecosystem.
Quick Verdict
Detailed Comparison
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Data Foundation |
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Data Sources
Core intelligence layer composition
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Corporate registries + trade 11.7B+ records across 250+ jurisdictions
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Trade data only customs records, shipping, tariffs
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Ownership Intelligence
Beneficial owner tracing and UBO mapping
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1.5B entities, 250+ jurisdictions beneficial ownership traversal through shell companies
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Not offered supply chain focus only
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Risk Coverage |
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Sanctions Screening
PEP/SOE/ownership entity screening
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40+ sanctions programs ownership-chain-aware
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Not offered no sanctions screening capability
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TPRM + Compliance Breadth
Third-party risk and compliance screening
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Unified platform sanctions, ownership, adverse media, beneficial ownership
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Supply chain focused trade compliance, not general TPRM
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Technology & Workflow |
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Entity Resolution
Name matching and identity disambiguation
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Primary-source authoritative registry-based disambiguation
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AI-powered matching trade record deduplication and linking
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Supply Chain Mapping
Trade flow visualization and tier-N mapping
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Graph (with Supply Chain Mapping): 4B+ trade transactions, geospatial risk, transshipment detection, forced labor exposure
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Trade flow mapping customs records, shipping, tariffs
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Ownership Mapping
Corporate structure and UBO visualization
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Graph (with Supply Chain Mapping): 1.5B entities, beneficial ownership traversal
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Not offered trade-focused only
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Workflow Capabilities
Risk management orchestration and automation
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Guide: Automates research and produces sourced findings from World Model for investigation and disposition workflows
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Visualization-focused API-first, limited workflow automation
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Sayari research. Based on publicly available product documentation and capability analysis. Last reviewed April 2026. Altana capabilities described based on publicly available information.
When to Choose Each Platform
- You need to screen suppliers across TPRM, sanctions, and supply chain simultaneously
- Beneficial ownership tracing is critical to your risk assessment
- You want a single unified intelligence layer vs. multiple specialized tools
- Continuous monitoring across ownership structures is required
- Primary-source corporate registry authority matters for compliance
- Pure supply chain mapping is your only use case and you have separate ownership/compliance tools.
Note: Many organizations use Sayari and Altana together – Sayari for unified TPRM and ownership intelligence, Altana for specialized tier-N supply chain mapping. The question isn’t necessarily either/or, but which is your foundation.
See Trade Flows and Ownership Together
Moving to Sayari means shifting from “what flows where” to “who controls what flows”. Your risk intelligence expands from supply chain to ownership to sanctions – unified in one place.
Scope your supplier database
Define your existing supplier portfolio and import priority vendors into Sayari’s world model
Run ownership discovery
Trace beneficial owners, identify UBOs, and screen ownership structures for risk
Activate continuous monitoring
Set up ownership and sanctions monitoring across your supplier base with real-time alerts
Integrate with Guide
Use Guide for investigation workflows, case management, and escalation documentation
4-6 weeks
From assessment to full deployment with team onboarding
Sayari vs Altana FAQ
Altana is purpose-built for trade flow mapping. Sayari does trade intelligence and ownership intelligence in one platform – so you see not just where goods move, but who controls the entities moving them, and whether those controllers are sanctioned, government-linked, or forced-labor exposed. For compliance teams that need both, Sayari replaces the need for Altana.
Both are strong but different approaches. Altana uses AI-powered matching against trade records. Sayari uses primary-source corporate registry data, making disambiguation authority-backed rather than probabilistic. For compliance-critical applications, registry authority is valuable. For supply chain mapping, both work.
Not directly. Altana focuses on trade relationships (who ships to whom). Sayari focuses on ownership relationships (who owns whom). If beneficial ownership tracing is central to your compliance program, Sayari is the better choice.
Both Sayari and Altana offer APIs. Altana’s API is optimized for trade flow queries. Sayari’s APIs support entity resolution, ownership traversal, sanctions screening, and investigation workflows through the Guide platform. Your integration requirements should drive the choice.
Both are enterprise SaaS models. Sayari’s pricing is typically based on coverage scope and monitoring volume. Altana’s pricing is based on trade record queries and universe size. For comparing specific costs, request demos from both and align with your use case.
Ownership intelligence as your foundation.
Sayari brings supply chain visibility together with ownership tracing, sanctions screening, and continuous monitoring in one unified world model. See what you can discover about your suppliers’ true ownership structures.
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