What's the difference between Sandbox and Production environments?

Real verifications can only be performed in a Production environment.

Sandbox environments do not run real Verifications. You will not incur charges for Verifications performed within your Sandbox environment. You can use your Sandbox environment to test your end-user flow and to ensure Persona is implemented properly within your app.

For example, Government ID Verification runs in the Sandbox environment do not extract real information; instead, fields are populated with sample data such as the name "Alexander J Sample".

To learn more, see Sandbox vs. Production Environments.