Sift Science

sift.com · San Francisco, United States of America

Sift (formerly Sift Science) provides a machine learning–based fraud detection and risk management platform that helps online businesses prevent payment fraud, account takeover, abuse, and other malicious behavior across the customer lifecycle. Its software integrates with digital commerce, marketplaces, and fintech applications to score risk in real time and automate decisions such as blocking, challenging, or approving transactions. The company generates revenue through subscription-based SaaS plans and usage-based pricing for enterprises and mid-market customers.

  • Fraud Detection & Prevention
  • Payment Processing
Revenue
$70.0M
Employees
350
Founded
2011
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States of America

What 24 Arbolus experts think of Sift Science

NPS scores are predominantly positive, with Promoters (scores 9–10) representing over half of expert responses. Renewal intent is high among long-term and high-spend customers, especially in digital commerce and fintech sectors. Stickiness is evidenced by most customers being in the MoreThan1Year implementation stage, indicating deep integration. Key themes include appreciation for network intelligence, real-time ML scoring, and automation, balanced against concerns over explainability and cost at scale. Overall Customer Sentiment: Positive

Who reviewed Sift Science

Total customers 24 22 current · 2 former
Reviews growth +23 in six months
Seniority of respondents
  • C-Suite 67% (16)
  • Director 17% (4)
  • Manager 17% (4)
Operations Leader Director NPS 8 Undecided
Operations Leader C-Suite NPS 8 Not renewing
Engineering Executive C-Suite NPS 9 Will renew

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Sentiment

25 Net Promoter Score, from 24 scored reviews
  • Promoters 10
  • Passives 10
  • Detractors 4

Cumulative NPS by month

+1 over 4 months
  • Jan 7
  • Jun 8
  • Aug 8
  • Sep 8

Net Promoter Score across 1 reviews, accumulated up to each month. Category median 25 across 1 companies.

Praised

  • Impactful Fraud Loss Reduction
  • Powerful Real-Time Network Intelligence
  • Scalable and Automatable Fraud Controls
  • Greater Model Explainability

Criticised

  • Ongoing Operational Tuning Needed
  • Opaque Machine-Learning Scoring
  • Cost Scaling with Transaction Volume
  • Competitor Innovation and Switching Risk

What customers say

Impactful Fraud Loss Reduction
“We saw payment fraud and account takeovers drop dramatically—chargebacks down by 75% and account fraud reduced by 85%.”
Powerful Real-Time Network Intelligence
“I value Sift's trillion-event data network that detects coordinated fraud rings as they emerge, providing immediate threat intelligence.”
Scalable and Automatable Fraud Controls
“Sift lets us analyze large data volumes fast and automate real-time risk decisions without increasing friction for good customers.”

Renewal intent

Plan to renew 33%
  • Will renew 4
  • Undecided 5
  • Not renewing 3

Plan to renew, by seniority

  • C-Suite 30% 10 answers
  • Director 0% 1 answer
  • Manager 100% 1 answer
  • 8.5/10 Average score from customers who will renew
  • 7.8/10 Average score from undecided customers
  • 6.7/10 Average score from customers not renewing

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