Background screening for enterprise buyers
Asked as “background check provider”, and as “employment screening service”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
46%
Clear leader
46Checkr22First Advantage14HireRight18others
46% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Checkr (46%) replaces HireRight (27% then, 14% now), 32 points clear, past the 13-point floor.Checkr leads at 46%, replacing HireRight, which led at 27% and stands at 14% now: 32 points clear, past the floor. The verdict moved from contested to clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
GoodHire42%Clear leader▲+1Since October 2026: 41% → 42%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-market
Checkr53%Clear leader▲+22Since October 2026: 31% → 53%, +22 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.Standing →EnterpriseCheckr46%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Checkr (46%) replaces HireRight (27% then, 14% now), 32 points clear, past the 13-point floor.This page
GoodHire42%Clear leader▲+1Since October 2026: 41% → 42%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketCheckr53%Clear leader▲+22Since October 2026: 31% → 53%, +22 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.Standing →EnterpriseCheckr46%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Checkr (46%) replaces HireRight (27% then, 14% now), 32 points clear, past the 13-point floor.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Checkr46%14%66endorsed leader▲+22Since October 2026: 24% → 46%, +22 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.24% → 46%
Checkr46%14%66endorsed leader▲+22Since October 2026: 24% → 46%, +22 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.24% → 46%02
First Advantage22%12%57accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 20% → 22%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.20% → 22%
First Advantage22%12%57accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 20% → 22%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.20% → 22%03
HireRight14%17%66accepted challenger▼−13Since October 2026: 27% → 14%, −13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.27% → 14%
HireRight14%17%66accepted challenger▼−13Since October 2026: 27% → 14%, −13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.27% → 14%04
Sterling12%24%41accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 13% → 12%, −1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.13% → 12%
Sterling12%24%41accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 13% → 12%, −1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.13% → 12%05
Certn2%7%27accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Certn2%7%27accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%06
Mitratech AssureHire2%0%17accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%
Mitratech AssureHire2%0%17accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Accurate Background0%14%29accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Accurate Background0%14%29accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%08
Cisive0%0%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cisive0%0%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09ClearStar0%0%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
10GoodHire0%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
GoodHire0%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Checkr vs AccuSourceHRCheckr vs BackgroundChecks.comCheckr vs SpokeoCertn vs GoodHireCertn vs Accurate BackgroundCertn vs AccuSourceHRCertn vs BackgroundChecks.comCertn vs SpokeoGoodHire vs Accurate BackgroundGoodHire vs AccuSourceHRGoodHire vs BackgroundChecks.comGoodHire vs SpokeoAccurate Background vs AccuSourceHRAccurate Background vs BackgroundChecks.comAccurate Background vs SpokeoAccuSourceHR vs BackgroundChecks.comAccuSourceHR vs SpokeoBackgroundChecks.com vs Spokeo
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708C09
10Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Checkr46%
Checkr46%02First Advantage22%
First Advantage22%03HireRight14%
HireRight14%04Sterling12%
Sterling12%05Certn2%
Certn2%06Mitratech AssureHire2%
Mitratech AssureHire2%07Accurate Background0%
Accurate Background0%08Cisive0%
Cisive0%09ClearStar0%
10GoodHire0%
GoodHire0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
HireRight17%
11 of 66 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“has a long history of litigation and enforcement involving background-check accuracy and adverse-action compliance” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
Checkr14%
9 of 66 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Checkr is wildly inaccurate and grossly incompetent. We stopped using them because of their terrible and inconsistent reports.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Sterling24%
10 of 41 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid Sterling at all costs. They are truly the worst.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Instant Checkmate100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“TruthFinder & Instant Checkmate ... FTC action in September 2023 for $5.8 million settlement” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
77 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 921 links across 287 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · Lead Change Group39 answers · 53 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Checkr39 answers · 50 citations · 14 models
vendor site · Mitratech34 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
vendor site · VICTIG22 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · AccuSourceHR18 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Vetty16 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Verified First14 answers · 16 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G214 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Noon14 answers · 14 citations · 9 models
11 answers · 26 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
39 answers · 11 models
30 answers · 11 models
21 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “background check provider”, “background check providers”, “best background check provider”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkr checkr.com | 46% | 183 | 74,000 | 1,214 | 498,605 | $77,362 | 85 | 4 |
| First Advantage fadv.com | 22% | 98 | 74,000 | 1,820 | 128,337 | $1,781 | 28 | 6 |
| HireRight hireright.com | 14% | 110 | 74,000 | 1,249 | 65,054 | 12 | ||
| Sterling sterlingcheck.com | 12% | 81 | 135,000 | 69,113 | 92,645 | 3 | ||
| Certn certn.co | 2% | 100 | 1,900 | 42 | 3,223 | $37 | 8 | |
| Mitratech mitratech.com Mitratech AssureHire 2% | 2% | 37 | 3,600 | 159 | 46,305 company | $10,768 | 106 | |
| Turn | 2% | |||||||
| Accurate accurate.com Accurate Background 0%, Accurate C&S Services 0% | 0% | 65 | 8,100 | 561 | 161,894 company | $271 | 7 | 1 |
| Cisive cisive.com | 0% | 19 | 14,800 | 239 | 25,609 | 5 | ||
| ClearStar clearstar.net | 0% | 21 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkr.com, fadv.com, verifiedfirst.com). The first result for “background check provider” is accurate.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best background check provider for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which employment screening service would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade background check providers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best background check provider for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a background check provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which background check providers should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Checkrno first choiceChangedFirst AdvantageCheckrno first choiceagainst: Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight
Four alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingSix alternatives
AccuSourceHR, Accurate Background, Certn, Checkr, HireRight, Mitratech AssureHireGPT-5.4 miniSterlingFirst AdvantageChangedCheckrCheckrno first choiceagainst: General Information Services, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, RentGrow, TransUnion tenant/background screening products, TruthFinder, e-Background-checks.com
Two alternatives
Checkr, HireRightTwo alternatives
Checkr, HireRightThree alternatives
First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingThree alternatives
First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingGemini 3.5 FlashCheckrSterlingChangedCheckr, First AdvantageCheckragainst: The Work Numberno first choiceagainst: BeenVerified, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, Spokeo, Sterling, TruthFinder, Whitepages
Four alternatives
Accurate Background, First Advantage, HireRight, Verified FirstThree alternatives
Checkr, First Advantage, HireRightThree alternatives
Accurate Background, Cisive, HireRightTwo alternatives
First Advantage, Verified FirstPerplexity SonarFirst AdvantageFirst AdvantageHeldFirst AdvantageCheckrno first choicenothing named
One alternative
CheckrTwo alternatives
Checkr, HireRightFive alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, Checkr, Cisive, HireRightOne alternative
First AdvantageGrok 4.20CheckrSterlingChangedCheckrFirst Advantage, HireRightagainst: Certn, VICTIGno first choiceagainst: Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight, Sterling, TransUnion's The Work Number/Verify
Four alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingThree alternatives
Checkr, First Advantage, HireRightFive alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingTwo alternatives
Checkr, DISA Global SolutionsMistral SmallCheckr, HireRightHireRight, Mitratech AssureHire, SterlingChangedCheckrCertn, Checkragainst: Sterlingno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Mitratech AssureHire, ScoutLogicSix alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, ClearStar, First Advantage, HireRight, Mitratech AssureHireTwo alternatives
First Advantage, HireRightDeepSeek V4 FlashCheckrCheckrHeldCheckrCheckragainst: Sterlingno first choiceagainst: HireRightagainst: Accurate Background, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight, Sterling
Three alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, HireRightThree alternatives
First Advantage, HireRight, Mitratech AssureHireFour alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingTwo alternatives
First Advantage, HireRightLlama 4 MaverickHireRightno first choiceChangedno first choiceCheckrno first choicenothing named
One alternative
CheckrThree alternatives
Certn, ClearStar, HireRightQwen 3.7 FlashCheckr, HireRightFirst AdvantageChangedCertn, CheckrCheckr, First Advantageno first choiceagainst: Accurate Background, Checkr, HireRight, Sterling
Two alternatives
First Advantage, ScoutLogicThree alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, HireRightFour alternatives
ClearStar, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingOne alternative
HireRightKimi K2Checkragainst: SterlingCheckrHeldFirst AdvantageFirst Advantage, HireRightno first choiceagainst: AppFolio, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, Sterling, TruthFinder
Two alternatives
First Advantage, HireRightThree alternatives
First Advantage, HireRight, Mitratech AssureHireThree alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, HireRightOne alternative
AccuSourceHRGLM 4.7 FlashXCheckr, HireRightagainst: SterlingFirst AdvantageChangedCheckrTurnagainst: Accurate Background, Certn, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRightno first choiceagainst: EBI, EmpInfo, Inc., First Advantage, General Information Services, Instant Checkmate, TruthFinder, UK background screening vendor, e-Background-checks.com
Three alternatives
Certn, DISA Global Solutions, First AdvantageThree alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, HireRightFive alternatives
Certn, DISA Global Solutions, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingMiniMax M2.5CheckrCheckrHeldCheckr, HireRight, SterlingFirst Advantage, Sterlingno first choiceagainst: Checkr, Instant Checkmate, RentGrow, TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, TruthFinder
Two alternatives
First Advantage, HireRightFour alternatives
DISA Global Solutions, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingTwo alternatives
Certn, First AdvantageTwo alternatives
Checkr, HireRightFive alternatives
Accurate C&S, Certn, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRightGPT-6 LunaFirst AdvantageFirst AdvantageHeldFirst Advantage, HireRightCheckrno first choiceagainst: General Information Services, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, TruthFinder, e-Backgroundchecks
One alternative
CheckrTwo alternatives
Accurate Background, CheckrThree alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, CisiveOne alternative
First AdvantageMuse Glimmer 30BCheckrSterlingChangedCheckrCheckrno first choiceagainst: Accurate Background, Checkr, HireRight, Inflection Risk Solutions LLC, Screening Reports, Inc. SRI, Sterling
Nine alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, Cisive, ClearStar, First Advantage, HireRight, Mitratech AssureHire, ScoutLogic, SterlingTwo alternatives
First Advantage, HireRightFour alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingFour alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:00 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:14 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 8 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:10 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:00 | yes | 16 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 14 | 48 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:50 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 14 | 78 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:45 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:46 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:37 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:54 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:22 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:14 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 22 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:59 | yes | 9 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 20 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 7 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:43 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:42 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:47 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:28 | yes | 23 | 52 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 19 | 44 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:01 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:45 | yes | 8 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 13 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 16 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 8 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:18 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:11 | yes | 19 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:46 | yes | 10 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 19 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:13 | yes | 25 | 66 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 15 | 49 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:08 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:03 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:42 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:06 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:16 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:51 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:11 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:08 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 25 | 68 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:04 | yes | 23 | 89 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:35 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:41 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 20 | 120 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 23 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 22 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 21 | 64 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:59 | yes | 4 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:12 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
ADP read as ADP Screening and Selection Services
Accurate read as Accurate Background
DISA read as DISA Global Solutions
Unresolved, counted raw
Accurate C&S
BestHire
Data Facts
EBI (Employment Background Investigations)
EmpInfo, Inc.
Inflection Risk Solutions LLC
Screening Reports, Inc. SRI
The Work Number
TransUnion tenant/background screening products
TransUnion's The Work Number/Verify
UK background screening vendor
e-Backgroundchecks
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.