Checkr — HR & Recruiting

What is Checkr?

Checkr is an AI-powered verification platform that helps businesses make high-stakes decisions with confidence. It combines artificial intelligence with human experts to deliver accurate, fast, and compliant background checks and verifications for workforce, tenant, mortgage, trust, and personal use cases.

How does Checkr work?

Checkr automates the background check process, integrating with your hiring or screening workflow via API or dashboard. It runs criminal, identity, employment, income, and asset verifications, returning results in minutes rather than days. For tenants, reports come back in 4 minutes compared to the industry average of 48-72 hours. For mortgage lenders, Checkr achieves a 75% verification completion rate versus the 48% industry average, with 99.95% accuracy.

Who is Checkr for?

Checkr is ideal for HR teams, property managers, mortgage lenders, insurance carriers, car rental operators, and gig economy platforms that need fast, reliable background checks. It is also used by individuals to create a verified profile to share with employers and recruiters. If you need simple, pay-as-you-go background screening with transparent pricing, Checkr offers tiered plans starting at $29.99 per report. Enterprise solutions are available for custom workflows and high-volume needs.

Note: Checkr is not for those seeking a free full-service background check for employers—there is no free trial for its workforce reports, but individuals can create a free Checkr profile with identity verification and criminal search.

• AI-powered accuracy — Checkr finds more criminal records than other major providers, ensuring you don't miss critical data.
• Fast turnaround — 97% of customers say Checkr's turnaround times beat their previous vendor, with many reports returned in minutes.
• Compliance support — 78% of customers say Checkr has lowered their compliance risk, helping you stay within legal guidelines.
• Unlimited county criminal search — Essential and Complete plans include unlimited county searches, so you can screen candidates thoroughly without extra fees.
• Identity verification — Confirm a candidate's identity as part of your background check process, reducing fraud risk.
• Customizable workflows — Enterprise plans offer automated adjudication, customized workflows, and 200+ ATS integrations to streamline your hiring process.
• Tenant screening — No business registration, SSN collection, or 3-day approval window needed; get reports in 4 minutes and stop chasing applicants.

Checkr pricing: from $29.99/report.

For comparison: the median starting price in HR & Recruiting is $24.50/month, measured across 152 tools we track. See the full SaaS Pricing Index →

Basic — from $29.99/report

Most affordable option with limited criminal search. Includes SSN trace, sex offender registry, global watchlist search, and national criminal search.

Essential — from $59.99/report

Enhanced criminal search for expanded results. Includes everything in Basic, plus identity verification and unlimited county criminal search.

Complete — from $94.99/report

Maximum criminal search across Checkr's most comprehensive databases. Includes everything in Essential, plus unlimited state criminal search and federal criminal search.

Enterprise — Contact sales for pricing

Custom solutions for your specific hiring requirements. Includes faster candidate hiring, automated adjudication, 200+ ATS integrations, and customized workflows.

Note: Standard third-party court and database access fees may apply, passed through at cost with no markup. Checkr also offers a free personal profile plan for individuals (identity verification, sex offender registry check, national criminal search), with additional checks starting from $49.99.

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