Decades of data. Delivered the way you need it.
Nearly 40 years of experience aggregating death data and working alongside the organizations that depend on it went into this solution. Each product is built around a real use case, and all of them are backed by the most accurate and comprehensive decedent database in the nation.
The nation’s largest obituary source. Decades of searchable obituary history, including records that are no longer available anywhere online.
One-way data file that drops into your existing DMF or internal workflow. No PII ever leaves your environment.
Human-reviewed, audit-ready death validation. The most accurate and comprehensive death audit in the industry.
Real-time death confirmation called from and returned directly to your own system.
Whatever your use case, there’s a solution built for it.
From decades of history to real-time confirmation. Choose how comprehensive the data needs to be and how fast you need it.
| Category | Obituary Data | BerwynDMF | CertiDeath | BerwynAPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensiveness | 85% coverage only obituaries | 70%+ death record coverage 4-5x more comprehensive than DMF100% of records have SSN | Validated deaths with 98.6% coverage | Validated deaths with 85%+ coverage |
| Timeliness | Weekly | Files shared weekly or monthly | Results delivered daily or weekly | Real-time |
| Security | One-way from Berwyn to client | No client PII exchanged, one way data from Berwyn to you | SOC II certifiedPII encrypted in transit and at rest | SOC II certifiedPII encrypted in transitNo PII stored in Berwyn environment |
| Accuracy | Only obituary data provided, client responsible for matching | 99.9% accurate death record data; client responsible for matching | Most accurate & comprehensive death audit solution | Death validations in real-time |
| Matching | Client completes matching | Client completes matching | Full team of analysts that verify every possible match | Auto-validated matches |
| Best for | No permissible use. Want historical deaths without sending PII | Won’t send PII outside of organization. Trust own matching and validation. Want deaths now and into future (1/1/26 and more recent) | Every death matters. Population is known. Need audit trail for fiduciary reporting. | The answer is needed immediately, and a client event triggers the check: a claim submission, an account application, payment ready to be released |
