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Forter vs Transmit Security

Forter brings commerce intelligence and payment infrastructure together in a single platform, with every decision starting from the same customer understanding. Transmit Security states that customer facing applications are no longer accessed by just people, and that AI agents now discover, compare, automate, purchase, support customers and attack businesses. CISO Tribune files both under Fraud prevention and Identity verification. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Forter
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Forter vs Transmit Security: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
ForterForter brings commerce intelligence and payment infrastructure together in a single platform, with every decision starting from the same customer understanding.forter.comTransmit SecurityTransmit Security states that customer facing applications are no longer accessed by just people, and that AI agents now discover, compare, automate, purchase, support customers and attack businesses.transmitsecurity.com
What it sells
  • Analytics Agent[4]An agent that assembles transaction context and surfaces signals.
  • Authentication[4][7]Mosaic supports multifactor authentication options including OTP, passkeys and mobile biometrics.
  • Identity Verification[1][3][4][5][6][7]Mosaic scans and validates government-issued IDs and confirms document ownership.
  • Agent Intelligence[1][3]Agent Intelligence handles a new class of traffic in three moves: see it, understand it and control it.
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Recent news
  • January 27, 2026Forter announced a global partnership with McDonald's to deliver fraud prevention and identity solutions across its digital ecosystem.[6]
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Who it fits
From its own pages, Forter sells mainly to brands that do business through digital commerce. Forter describes a platform that makes decisions about every digital commerce interaction. Forter applies fraud decisions across cards, wallets, BNPL, ACH, gift cards and alternative payment methods.Mosaic is designed for both B2C and B2B use cases. Mosaic is tailored to high-security industries such as finance, healthcare and government. Mosaic for B2C Identity is designed to deliver secure access for consumers. Deployment can be in Transmit Security's cloud or self-hosted at the customer's cloud provider.
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November 3, 2026November 8, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Forter and Transmit Security are both filed under Fraud prevention and Identity verification.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Forter's primary category is Fraud prevention; Transmit Security's is Customer identity and access management.
  • Forter is also filed under Bot and abuse management. Transmit Security is also filed under Identity threat detection and response.
  • Forter lists Analytics Agent. Transmit Security lists Authentication, Identity Verification and Agent Intelligence.
  • Transmit Security was founded in 2014.

What it sells: Transmit Security

What Authentication does[4][7]
Mosaic supports multifactor authentication options including OTP, passkeys, mobile biometrics, magic links and social login. Mosaic adjusts MFA challenges based on user behavior and risk signals. Mosaic supports passwordless authentication with passkeys.
What Identity Verification does[1][3][4][5][6][7]
Mosaic includes identity verification built to detect account opening and onboarding fraud. In identity verification, AI and ML analyze 150+ features like biometrics, NFC, MRZ and barcodes. A guided process allows users to snap a selfie and ID photos. Identity verification covers digital KYC, in-person identity verification and deepfake detection.

Questions about Forter and Transmit Security

What do Forter and Transmit Security sell?
Forter sells Analytics Agent. Transmit Security sells Authentication, Identity Verification and Agent Intelligence.
Are Forter and Transmit Security in the same category?
They share Fraud prevention and Identity verification. Forter's primary category is Fraud prevention and Transmit Security's is Customer identity and access management.
When were Forter and Transmit Security founded?
Transmit Security was founded in 2014.
Who are Forter and Transmit Security sold to?
From its own pages, Forter sells mainly to brands that do business through digital commerce. Mosaic is designed for both B2C and B2B use cases.
What have Forter and Transmit Security announced recently?
January 27, 2026: Forter announced a global partnership with McDonald's to deliver fraud prevention and identity solutions across its digital ecosystem.

About Forter

Forter brings commerce intelligence and payment infrastructure together in a single platform, with every decision starting from the same customer understanding. Forter describes its platform as fully automated and as making decisions about every digital commerce interaction based on a complete understanding of identity.[1][2]

Forter has a network of 2B+ identities. The Forter Network spans 2 billion+ identities across 250,000+ storefronts. Forter's patented AI identifies both humans and autonomous agents while decoding issuer logic. Forter's patented AI analyzes identity, behavioral, device and payment signals in real time. Forter applies consistent fraud decisions across cards, wallets, BNPL, ACH, gift cards and alternative payment methods. Forter orchestrates payment flows.[2][4]

Forter offers headless checkout and agentic orchestration for purchases completed by agents. Forter offers account-based checkout that connects loyalty and customer recognition. Forter provides a single no-code partner integration across multiple agentic commerce protocols. Forter states that shoppers will send agents to do their browsing and buying for them.[2]

Forter's Analytics Agent automatically assembles transaction context and surfaces the signals that matter most. Forter offers an agent that lets users ask any question about their traffic. Forter offers an agent that keeps authorization rates current and the routing model optimized. Forter offers an agent that triages which chargebacks to fight, pulls the right evidence and writes the letter. Forter offers an agent that writes and optimizes a policy from a plain-language description of what to stop. Forter says it will continue to launch new agents and capabilities.[1][2][4]

Wayfair, Instacart and Adidas use Forter. Priceline chose to partner with Forter for customers who book travel on Priceline.[2][4]

Michael and Liron are childhood friends and founders who started Forter.

Forter's SOC 2 (Type 2) report validates its controls regarding security, privacy, availability, and confidentiality. Forter is compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Level 1. Forter's Privacy Information Management System meets the requirements of the ISO27701 international standard. Forter is compliant with ISO 27001, a standard for information security management systems. Forter is registered with the CSA Security, Trust, Assurance, and Risk (STAR) Registry. Forter's third-party penetration testing partners continuously scan its product and infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Forter uses a single vulnerability management solution across its entire stack, including the Network and Application Layer and API detection.[1][2][5]

Forter on the record

Sources

Forter full record

  1. [1]forter.comForter · forter.com · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Forter – Fraud Prevention, Payment Optimization and Agentic CommerceForter · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Our Mission – ForterForter · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Fraud Management – ForterForter · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Security Hub – ForterForter · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Forter Partners with Global QSR Leader to Advance Digital Fraud Prevention – ForterForter · published January 27, 2026 · Tier A

Transmit Security full record

  1. [1]transmitsecurity.comTransmit Security · transmitsecurity.com · undated page, accessed November 8, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]AboutTransmit Security · transmitsecurity.com · undated page, accessed November 8, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Transmit Security - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) and fraud prevention Leader.Transmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Platform | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Core services | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Fraud Prevention | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Transform Consumer Experiences with Secure, Seamless Access | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]This Month in Cyber & Identity Security | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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