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Self-hostable real-time decision engine for fraud and AML screening

Marble is a real-time decision engine for fraud prevention and AML screening aimed at fintech and marketplace teams running transaction flows. It combines a no-code scenario builder, a decision API that answers in under 50 milliseconds, sanctions and watchlist screening, and a case manager for human review, and it can run as the managed Marble Cloud or self-hosted on your own infrastructure.[1][2]

Quick verdict

Marble fits fraud and compliance teams that need reviewable real-time transaction decisions without handing their whole risk policy to a black-box vendor. Its strength is the combination of a visual scenario builder, a fast decision API with approve, review, or decline outcomes, and a case manager where analysts resolve the grey area. The constraint is cost and licensing: paid plans start at $499 per month, self-hosting starts far higher, and the codebase is source-available under the Elastic License 2.0 rather than an OSI-approved open-source licence. If you have developers and the budget for a paid plan, shortlist Marble; if you need a fully open-source stack or a free starting tier, consider Ballerine or a managed vendor instead.[1][2]

Key features

  • Real-time decision API Returns approve, review, or decline in under 50 milliseconds at p99 with 99.99 percent availability, so transaction flows can block on a decision without timing out the checkout.[1]

  • Visual scenario builder Lets risk operators compose trigger, rules, screening, and outcome blocks into versioned scenarios, keeping policy changes in the hands of the team that owns fraud outcomes.[1][2]

  • Dry-run testing Runs a scenario against historical or sample traffic before it goes live, so a new rule proves itself against known fraud patterns instead of learning on production.[1]

  • Data-enrichment plugins Pulls third-party and internal data into the decision context at evaluation time, widening what a rule can see beyond the raw transaction payload.[1]

  • Fuzzy matching Catches near-miss name and entity variations that exact matching would let through, which matters for sanctions and watchlist screening quality.[1]

  • Sanctions and watchlist screening Screens entities against sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media lists via an OpenSanctions integration, with matches flowing into the same review queue as rule hits.[1]

  • Case manager Gives analysts a review workspace with assignment, snoozing, transfers between queues, and resolution actions, closing the loop between automated decisions and human judgment.[1][2]

  • Scheduled executions and webhooks Re-evaluates entities on a schedule for ongoing monitoring and pushes decision events to your systems; scheduled rules plus snoozing mean an entity that looks clean today can be re-checked automatically when new data arrives.[1]

Who will love it

  • Real-time fraud teams Groups blocking payments, signups, or transfers on a risk decision get sub-50 ms answers with a review path for the uncertain middle, not just a binary score.[1]

  • Compliance operations with screening load Teams running sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media checks get screening wired into the same scenario and case queue as their fraud rules.[1]

  • Policy owners who want testability Risk owners who need to prove a rule change before it ships get versioned scenarios with dry runs rather than edit-and-hope configuration.[1]

Who should avoid it

  • No free or OSI-open starting point Paid cloud plans start at $499 per month and the licence is source-available Elastic License 2.0, so budget-free or strictly open-source shops should look elsewhere.[1][2]

  • Developers required The scenario builder is visual, but integrating the decision API, enrichment, and webhooks into production flows still needs engineering support.[1]

  • Quote-based enterprise pricing Business-plan pricing is custom and quote-based, so budgeting at scale requires a sales conversation rather than a listed plan.[1]

Alternatives and deployment

Ballerine for the open-source route Ballerine is the reviewed open-source alternative covering the same decisioning-plus-review workflow for teams with engineering support.[1][2]

ELv2 self-hosting The self-hosted edition suits teams that can accept source-available Elastic License 2.0 terms while keeping the engine on their own infrastructure.[1][2]

Managed cloud option Marble Cloud covers teams that prefer not to operate the stack, starting at the listed Pro plan with usage-based overage.[1]

Questions worth asking

What is the best Marble alternative for non-technical users?

For non-technical teams, a fully managed verification or fraud vendor is the conditional pick: Marble assumes developers for API integration and scenario operations. Ballerine is the reviewed open-source alternative for teams that have engineering support and want a self-hostable decisioning stack.[1][2]

Is Marble really no-code?

Partly. Risk operators use a visual scenario builder and a case-manager UI for reviews, but sending traffic to the decision API, wiring enrichment and webhooks, and operating the deployment still need developers.[1][2]

How much does Marble cost per month?

As checked in October 2026 via software directories, the managed Pro plan starts at $499 per month on annual billing ($599 monthly) with a 90-day data history and usage-based overage; the Business plan is custom-priced. Self-hosted pricing starts at $1,800 per month billed annually. The official pricing page failed to load during this pass, so re-verify figures before budgeting.[1]

Can you self-host Marble?

Yes. Marble offers a self-hosted edition alongside Marble Cloud, with self-hosted pricing starting at $1,800 per month billed annually. The codebase is recorded under the Elastic License 2.0, a source-available licence rather than an OSI-approved open-source licence, so legal review should confirm the terms fit your use.[1][2]

Sources and editorial review

Source research. Reviewed on October 11, 2026. Written by Sanjib Sah. AI assisted; reviewed by a human editor.

We have not run or tested this product.

  1. Marble: Real-time decision engine for fraud prevention

    official · Observed October 11, 2026

    Official homepage: real-time decision engine for fraud prevention; Marble Cloud versus self-hosted; decision API, scenario builder, enrichment, fuzzy matching, case manager. Observed October 2026.

  2. checkmarble/marble repository

    official · Observed October 11, 2026

    Public repository checkmarble/marble: identity, about 4,200 stars, Elastic License 2.0, links to site and docs. Observed October 2026.

  3. checkmarble/marble LICENSE

    official · Observed October 11, 2026

    Repository LICENSE file titled Elastic License 2.0; source-available licence basis. Observed October 2026.

  4. Marble documentation: concepts

    official · Observed October 11, 2026

    Official docs concepts: scenarios, sub-50 ms p99 decision API, webhooks, test-run API, OpenSanctions screening, scheduled executions, snoozing, transfers, SAML SSO on Business/Enterprise. Observed October 2026.

  5. Ballerine: Risk Decisioning

    official · Observed October 11, 2026

    Ballerine homepage: open-source risk decisioning with rules engine plus backoffice case review; relationship evidence. Observed October 2026.

  6. Marble Fraud pricing directory

    published measurement · Observed October 11, 2026

    Directory listing for Marble Fraud: Pro from $499/mo, 90-day history, usage overage, Business custom; cited because the official pricing page failed to load. Observed October 2026.

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