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20 reviews 5 categories 1 research report Updated Sep 23, 2026
LND / Lending & credit infrastructure

nCino

Cloud banking platform, partly built on Salesforce, for onboarding clients, opening accounts, and lending across commercial, mortgage, consumer, and small business lines. The firm is public. Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Founded
2011

Best for

Banks and credit unions, all sizes, seeking one platform that covers commercial, consumer, and small business lending, with portfolio analytics and audit trails prepared for exams.

Not ideal for

Lenders seeking a fast deployment at low cost, or institutions that would rather not rely on the Salesforce platform.

Verdict

nCino serves financial institutions as a complete operating system for lending. Commercial and small business loans use preconfigured workflows, with credit approval checked automatically against policy rules set by the bank and with financial statements spread by machine learning, while US mortgage, consumer lending, and deposit account opening run on that same platform. Integration Gateway, which nCino gained by purchasing Sandbox Banking in 2025, links to cores from Jack Henry, FIS, and Fiserv.

Support for compliance is a strong point: CECL models, fair lending analysis, questionnaires for KYC and KYB, timestamps for every activity, and examiner access to reports. Costs are more difficult to pin down. No price list exists, fees track assets in each business line nCino supports, and enterprise-scale projects can extend past twelve months, although most regional and community banks finish implementation in under six.

Score breakdown

How nCino is scored on criteria buyers in this category care about.

Buyer outcomes

Origination workflow9.0

One platform covers US mortgage, consumer, commercial, and small business origination, plus deposit account opening and commercial onboarding.

Decisioning and underwriting8.2

Credit approval is automatic against policy rules the bank sets, tax returns and financial statements are spread with machine learning, and AI agents were introduced in November 2025.

Data and integrations8.6

Integration Gateway has pre-built connectors for cores from Jack Henry, FIS, and Fiserv, and partners include Snowflake, DocuSign, Alloy, Plaid, and Equifax.

Compliance support8.8

CECL models, fair lending analysis, questionnaires for KYC, CDD and KYB, activity timestamps, examiner access, SOC 1 reporting, SOC 2 Type II reporting, and ISO 27001 certification.

Company and commercial

Product depth and roadmap8.8

Over 2,700 customers as of January 31, 2026, including about 1,500 banks and credit unions, with total revenue at $161.0 million for the quarter that ended July 31, 2026.

Onboarding and support8.4

Round-the-clock support engineers, published phone lines that include emergency coverage, a structured method for implementation, and customer success management.

Pricing transparency5.0

Published pricing is absent; subscription fees follow assets of each business line nCino supports.

Contract terms6.0

Contract terms stay private, with negotiation handled by sales.

The field at a glance

Placement of nCino by Overall Score among Lending & credit infrastructure companies reviewed by us.

Use-case fit

Use caseFitNotes
Commercial and small business lendingStrongPreconfigured workflows and automated spreading, with policy-based approvals.
Single platform for loans and account openingStrongOnboarding, deposits, and several types of loans share one system.
Exam preparation and fair lendingStrongAnalysis of fair lending, audit trails, and access for examiners are built in.
Fast deployment at low costPoorImplementation takes months, and pricing gets set through sales.

Who it's for

Good fit

  • Community and regional banks updating commercial lending
  • Credit unions bringing lending and account opening together
  • Large banks needing audit trails at enterprise grade

Poor fit

  • Lenders who need the system live within weeks
  • Institutions avoiding a platform built on Salesforce
  • Buyers needing published prices

Key facts

CustomersOver 2,700 customers as of January 31, 2026, about 1,500 of them depository institutions Source
PlatformPartly built on the Salesforce Platform, and data centers operated by Salesforce, AWS, and others Source
Pricing modelFees for the subscription track assets in each supported business line; no price list Source
IntegrationsIntegration Gateway, with connectors into cores at Jack Henry, FIS, and Fiserv Source
Recent resultsIn the quarter that ended July 31, 2026, total revenue was $161.0 million, up 8% Source

Sources

  1. nCino Form 10-K for fiscal 2026: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1902733/000190273326000022/ncno-20260131.htm (As of September 23, 2026, Archived copy)
  2. nCino our company: https://www.ncino.com/our-company (As of September 23, 2026)
  3. nCino platform: https://www.ncino.com/our-platform (As of September 23, 2026)
  4. nCino commercial lending: https://www.ncino.com/solutions/commercial-lending (As of September 23, 2026)
  5. nCino small business lending: https://www.ncino.com/solutions/small-business-lending (As of September 23, 2026)
  6. nCino integrations: https://www.ncino.com/solutions/integrations (As of September 23, 2026)
  7. nCino portfolio analytics: https://www.ncino.com/solutions/portfolio-analytics (As of September 23, 2026)
  8. nCino compliance: https://www.ncino.com/compliance (As of September 23, 2026)
  9. nCino trust: https://www.ncino.com/ncino-trust (As of September 23, 2026)
  10. nCino customer support: https://www.ncino.com/customer-support (As of September 23, 2026)
  11. nCino Q2 fiscal 2027 results: https://www.ncino.com/news/ncino-reports-q2-fy27-financial-results (As of September 23, 2026)
  12. nCino acquires Sandbox Banking: https://www.ncino.com/news/ncino-acquires-sandbox-banking (As of September 23, 2026)

Methodology

This page sets out an independent evaluation of nCino for companies choosing a provider in Lending & credit infrastructure. The Fintech Index accepts no payment for placement, sponsorship or advertising, and nCino paid nothing for this review.

The Overall Score averages eight criteria, each given a score from 0 to 10. Four measure outcomes that matter to buyers in this category, and four address the company, including its commercial terms.

Scores are our editorial reading of public information: filings, compliance disclosures, product documentation, and pricing and legal pages. Lab tests were not run and accounts were not opened for this review. We checked the facts on September 23, 2026.