ProcessUnity manages the risk workflow.
Guide manages the risk – without the vendor stack that makes ProcessUnity work.
ProcessUnity is a workflow orchestrator that requires external data subscriptions to produce meaningful risk intelligence for sanctions, AML, and beneficial ownership. Guide provides the data and the workflow in a single product – built on a World Model of 1.5B entities, deployed with pre-configured workflows from day one. For organizations consolidating their vendor stack, Guide replaces ProcessUnity and the data vendors it depends on simultaneously.
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ProcessUnity provides TPRM through vendor assessment workflows, risk scoring frameworks, compliance documentation, and audit trails. Strengths: assessment process automation, risk rating templates, documentation management, compliance reporting. Model: assessment-first, questionnaire-driven ratings.
Sayari provides entity intelligence: 10.6B+ primary-source corporate registry records, beneficial ownership traversal, sanctions screening, and continuous monitoring. Risk ratings are built on intelligence, not questionnaires alone. Model: evidence-first, intelligence-driven.
Are your risk ratings evidence-based or response-based? ProcessUnity excels at rating processes. Sayari provides the intelligence evidence – ownership, sanctions, regulatory exposure – that should determine the rating itself.
Quick Verdict
Detailed Comparison
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Intelligence & Evidence |
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Primary-Source Data
Authoritative entity intelligence
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10.6B+ records corporate registries, 250+ jurisdictions
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Not included assessment framework only
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Beneficial Ownership Discovery
Automated UBO traversal and mapping
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Automated traversal multi-hop ownership chains
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Manual entry only relies on questionnaire documentation
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Sanctions & Compliance Screening
Entity-level continuous screening
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Real-time monitoring ownership, PEP, sanctions, adverse media
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Via integrations no native screening capability
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Assessment & Rating |
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Risk Scoring Methodology
How risk ratings are determined
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Evidence-based intelligence-driven risk determination
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Customizable questionnaire response-based frameworks
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Assessment Workflow
Questionnaire and evaluation process
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Limited focuses on investigation and monitoring
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Best-in-class assessment and questionnaire workflow
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Continuous Monitoring
Real-time change and risk alerting
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Native capability real-time alerts and monitoring
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Periodic only renewal and reassessment-driven
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Deployment & Implementation |
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Time to First Value
Initial setup and deployment timeline
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Pre-configured workflows no additional vendor contracts
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Weeks to months with external data setup required
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Screening Data
Source and availability of screening intelligence
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Built in entity resolution, sub-4hr updates
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Requires external data vendor subscriptions
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Sayari research. Based on publicly available product documentation and capability analysis. Last reviewed April 2026. ProcessUnity capabilities described based on publicly available information.
When to Choose Each Platform
- You need evidence-based risk intelligence, not questionnaire-dependent ratings
- Beneficial ownership visibility is critical to your TPRM program
- Continuous monitoring and real-time alerts are requirements
- You want unified screening across ownership, sanctions, and regulatory risk
- You need primary-source authoritative entity data for compliance
- Assessment workflow and questionnaire management are your primary need
- You have strong internal intelligence resources already in place
- Documentation and compliance audit trails are your main focus
- You want customizable assessment frameworks for your specific industry
- You have existing ProcessUnity investment to protect
Note: Many organizations use Sayari and ProcessUnity together – Sayari provides the continuous intelligence layer (ownership, sanctions, screening), while ProcessUnity manages the assessment and documentation workflow. This creates a comprehensive, evidence-informed TPRM program.
Risk Intelligence Beyond the Questionnaire
Building with Sayari means moving from questionnaire-dependent risk to evidence-based intelligence. Your assessments are grounded in real data: ownership structures, sanctions exposure, and continuous monitoring of regulatory changes.
Import your vendor list
Upload your current vendor portfolio into Sayari’s world model for comprehensive entity resolution
Run baseline intelligence screening
Screen all vendors for ownership, sanctions, PEP, SOE, and adverse media in one comprehensive pass
Establish continuous monitoring
Set up real-time alerts on ownership changes, new sanctions matches, and regulatory events
Inform assessments with intelligence
Use Sayari intelligence to validate and refine your risk assessments and ratings
4-6 weeks
From assessment to full deployment with team onboarding
Sayari vs ProcessUnity FAQ
ProcessUnity is a workflow orchestrator that requires external data subscriptions to produce meaningful risk intelligence for sanctions, AML, and beneficial ownership. Guide provides the data and the workflow in a single product – built on a World Model of 1.5B entities, deployed with pre-configured workflows from day one. For organizations consolidating their vendor stack, Guide replaces ProcessUnity and the data vendors it depends on simultaneously.
ProcessUnity’s screening depends on whichever data source the buyer licenses separately. Signal is entity-resolution-driven screening – 40+ sanctions lists, customers report significantly fewer false positives vs. name-string matching (one top-10 global bank reduced false positives by more than 70%), <4hr updates, API-first.
For ProcessUnity prospects in supply chain risk: 4B+ trade transactions, geospatial risk, transshipment detection, ownership chain traversal to Tier N. ProcessUnity has no answer for supply chain forced labor or ownership intelligence.
ProcessUnity requires separate data subscriptions for sanctions screening, beneficial ownership, and supply chain forced labor intelligence. Guide’s box is full: the World Model for entity resolution, AI-assisted investigation workflows, and structured sourced findings – all included. No separate data vendor required. One contract replaces ProcessUnity plus the data subscriptions it depends on.
Ground your risk ratings in intelligence.
Sayari transforms TPRM from questionnaire-dependent to intelligence-driven. Your risk ratings are informed by real evidence: beneficial ownership structures, sanctions exposure, and continuous monitoring of regulatory changes. Know why you’re rating vendors the way you are.
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