# Sardine: how AI models rank it, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 14 judge labels across 2 categories by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/sardine/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecommerce fraud prevention | 2% | 15 | 0% | 1 |
| AML and transaction monitoring | 0% | 25 | 15% | 13 |

## What the models said for it

- "My default pick is Sardine if your B2B business takes a mix of cards and bank payments" (GPT-6 Luna, Ecommerce fraud)
- "Need modern real-time monitoring for digital products: Sardine, Feedzai" (GPT-5.4 mini, AML monitoring)
- "API-native, built for fintechs and modern payment platforms." (Mistral Small, AML monitoring)
- "consider it if you need AML and fraud monitoring together" (GPT-6 Luna, AML monitoring)

## And against it

- "excellent for fintechs, neobanks, and web3 companies... However, they are highly sensitive to data quality." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AML monitoring)
- "their suitability depends on your business model, transaction volume, and regulatory requirements" (Mistral Small, AML monitoring)

## In its own words

What Sardine's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Agentic Financial Crime Platform for Fraud Prevention & AML (https://sardine.ai/)
- For: leading banks, fintechs, and merchants (https://sardine.ai/)
- Certifications: SOC2
- Customers named: Prezzee, Leading US neobank, Large Canadian bank, Raise, bunq, Novo

## What it publishes

Every page sardine.ai exposes, read 2026-10-05: 1755 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 209 pages, 11 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-01
- case study: 18 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-20
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 101 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-29
- report or ebook: 38 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-10
- comparison: 12 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-03
- glossary or explainer: 614 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 555 pages, 22 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-01
- news or press: 10 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-30
- Recent: 2026-10-03 comparison: First party fraud vs third party fraud https://www.sardine.ai/media/the-saturday-fraud-strategist/episodes/first-party-fraud-vs-third-party-fraud
- Recent: 2026-10-01 blog: Ai agent swarms https://www.sardine.ai/blog/ai-agent-swarms
- Recent: 2026-10-01 podcast or video: Ai enabled fraud https://www.sardine.ai/media/fraudology/episodes/ai-enabled-fraud
- Recent: 2026-09-30 podcast or video: How to build a fraud program https://www.sardine.ai/media/fraud-forward/episodes/how-to-build-a-fraud-program
- Recent: 2026-09-30 news or press: Sardine ai labs https://www.sardine.ai/press/pr/sardine-ai-labs
- Recent: 2026-09-26 podcast or video: Fraud strategy https://www.sardine.ai/media/the-saturday-fraud-strategist/episodes/fraud-strategy

## Record

- Method: https://finance-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://finance-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, finance-ai-index.com.