Background screening for small business buyers
Asked as “background check provider”, and as “employment screening service”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
42%
Clear leader
42GoodHire31Checkr04BackgroundChecks.com24others
42% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+1Since October 2026: 41% → 42%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.GoodHire held the lead, +1 point on 41%, inside the 13-point floor.
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.This pageMid-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.Standing →
GoodHire42%Clear leader▲+1Since October 2026: 41% → 42%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-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.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01GoodHire42%0%58endorsed leader▲+1Since October 2026: 41% → 42%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.41% → 42%
GoodHire42%0%58endorsed leader▲+1Since October 2026: 41% → 42%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.41% → 42%02Checkr31%10%60endorsed leader=heldSince October 2026: 31% → 31%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.31% → 31%
Checkr31%10%60endorsed leader=heldSince October 2026: 31% → 31%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.31% → 31%03
Certn4%0%38accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
Certn4%0%38accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%04
BackgroundChecks.com4%9%35accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 12% → 4%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.12% → 4%
BackgroundChecks.com4%9%35accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 12% → 4%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.12% → 4%05
ShareAble for Hires2%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
ShareAble for Hires2%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%06
Accurate Background2%14%14accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Accurate Background2%14%14accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10TruthFinder0%100%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
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Sterling0%65%17criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Sterling0%65%17criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
HireRight0%60%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
HireRight0%60%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
First Advantage0%50%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
First Advantage0%50%12criticized 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 small business.
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 →
010203040506070809T10
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01GoodHire42%
GoodHire42%02Checkr31%
Checkr31%03Certn4%
Certn4%04BackgroundChecks.com4%
BackgroundChecks.com4%05ShareAble for Hires2%
ShareAble for Hires2%06Accurate Background2%
Accurate Background2%07First Advantage0%
First Advantage0%08HireRight0%
HireRight0%09Sterling0%
Sterling0%10TruthFinder0%
What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2 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.
Sterling65%
11 of 17 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise Platforms: Providers like *Sterling* or *HireRight* are built for large corporations” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
TruthFinder
100%
10 of 10 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 10 hard negative
“The FTC alleged that TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate marketed reports for employment and tenant screening while failing to ensure maximum possible accuracy.” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
Spokeo89%
8 of 9 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 8 hard negative
“Consumer sites like TruthFinder, BeenVerified and Spokeo are cheaper for personal searches but are not appropriate for hiring under FCRA.” Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt
HireRight60%
9 of 15 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“HireRight experienced a sharp increase in complaints... The company has settled lawsuits alleging it incorrectly reported job candidates as convicted murderers and drug dealers” Claude Haiku 4.5, 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
76 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. 729 links across 159 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 · Checkr32 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
32 answers · 34 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Mitratech30 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Lead Change Group26 answers · 33 citations · 10 models
vendor site · bib.com26 answers · 32 citations · 12 models
vendor site · GoodHire25 answers · 32 citations · 13 models
vendor site · FirstHR23 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
vendor site · AccuSourceHR19 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G213 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 12 citations · 8 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.
31 answers · 12 models
28 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 6 models
15 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GoodHire goodhire.com | 42% | 111 | 2,400 | 45 | 219,964 | 40 | 1 | |
| Checkr checkr.com | 31% | 183 | 74,000 | 1,214 | 498,605 | $77,362 | 85 | 4 |
| Certn certn.co | 4% | 100 | 1,900 | 42 | 3,223 | $37 | 8 | |
| BackgroundChecks.com backgroundchecks.com | 4% | 55 | 1,600 | 26 | 250,895 | $5,146 | 18 | |
| HireShield hireshield.com | 4% | 16 | 90 | 0 | 8,493 | |||
| BackgroundReport.com | 4% | |||||||
| ShareAble shareable.com ShareAble for Hires 2% | 2% | 18 | 40 | 0 | 1,342 | |||
| Accurate accurate.com Accurate Background 2% | 2% | 65 | 8,100 | 561 | 161,894 company | $271 | 7 | 1 |
| Verified First verifiedfirst.com | 2% | 20 | 4,400 | 255 | 11,301 | 11 | 9 | |
| 5 Star Background Checks 5starbackground.com | 2% | 3 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkr.com, goodhire.com, money.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 a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which employment screening service would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top background check providers for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best background check provider for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a background check provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which background check providers should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5GoodHireGoodHire, Verified FirstChangedCheckr, GoodHireGoodHire, HireShieldno first choiceagainst: Checkr, Facts on Demand, HireRight, National Public Data
Four alternatives
Checkr, HireShield, Verified First, VettyThree alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Checkr, VettyThree alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, First AdvantageThree alternatives
Accurate Background, BackgroundReport.com, CertnGPT-5.4 miniCheckrGoodHireChangedCheckragainst: HireRight, SterlingCheckrno first choiceagainst: Instant Checkmate, TruthFinder
Three alternatives
ADP RUN, Atlantic Employee Screening, BackgroundChecks.comTwo alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, CheckrTwo alternatives
First Advantage, GoodHireOne alternative
GoodHireGemini 3.5 FlashCheckragainst: BeenVerified, Intelius, TruthFinderCheckrHeldCheckrCheckragainst: BeenVerified, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, Sterling, TruthFinder, WhitepagesCheckragainst: BeenVerified, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, PeopleFinders, Spokeo, Sterling, TruthFinder, Whitepages
Three alternatives
Certn, ShareAble for Hires, Verified FirstThree alternatives
ClearChecks, KarmaCheck, ShareAble for HiresFive alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, First Advantage, ShareAble for Hires, VettyTwo alternatives
GoodHire, ShareAble for HiresFour alternatives
Certn, GoodHire, Gusto, RipplingPerplexity SonarCheckrGoodHire, powered by CheckrChangedCheckr, GoodHireCheckrno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
ADP RUN, Certn, GCheck, GoodHireFive alternatives
AccuSourceHR, Checkr, DISA Global Solutions, First Advantage, HireRightThree alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, First AdvantageTwo alternatives
Certn, GoodHireGrok 4.20BackgroundChecks.comagainst: HireRight, Mitratech AssureHire, SterlingGoodHireChangedCheckragainst: First Advantage, Instant CheckmateBackgroundChecks.com, GoodHireagainst: Spokeo, TruthFinderno first choiceagainst: Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, Checkr, FastBackgroundCheck.com, HireRight, Sterling
Three alternatives
Certn, Checkr, GoodHireFour alternatives
Accurate Background, AssureHire, BackgroundChecks.com, CheckrFour alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, GoodHire, Trusted EmployeesOne alternative
CheckrMistral SmallCertn, CheckrGoodHireChangedCheckrBackgroundReport.comno first choiceagainst: BeenVerified, Spokeo
Two alternatives
GoodHire, Mitratech AssureHireThree alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Checkr, GCheckSix alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, GoodHire, Mitratech AssureHire, ShareAble for Hires, Trusted EmployeesThree alternatives
Certn, GCheck, GoodHireDeepSeek V4 FlashCheckrGoodHireChangedCheckrCheckrCheckragainst: BackgroundChecks.com, BeenVerified, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight, Intelius, Spokeo, Sterling
Four alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Business Screen, Certn, GoodHireThree alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, CheckrFour alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, GoodHire, Trusted EmployeesThree alternatives
Backgrounds Online, Certn, GoodHireFour alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, GoodHire, ShareAble for HiresLlama 4 MaverickCheckrGoodHireChangedCheckrGoodHireno first choiceagainst: Sterling
Two alternatives
Certn, Mitratech AssureHireFour alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, Shield Screening, The Screening SourceTwo alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, CertnFour alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, Mitratech AssureHire, SpokeoQwen 3.7 FlashEnvestroGoodHireChangedCheckrGoodHireagainst: HireRight, Instant Checkmate, Spokeo, Sterling, TruthFinderno first choiceagainst: BeenVerified, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, Spokeo, TruthFinder
Five alternatives
Checkster, Crunch, Dun & Bradstreet, GoodHire, ZoomInfoTwo alternatives
Accurate Background, CertnFour alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, GoodHire, Mitratech AssureHireTwo alternatives
Bib SmallBiz, CheckrKimi K2Accurate Background, GoodHireGoodHireChangedGoodHireGoodHire, ShareAble for Hiresno first choiceagainst: BeenVerified, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, PeopleFinders, Spokeo, Sterling, TruthFinder
Three alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, CheckrThree alternatives
Checkr, ShareAble for Hires, The Screening SourceFour alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, Checkr, ShareAble for HiresTwo alternatives
Bchex, CheckrGLM 4.7 FlashXGoodHireGoodHireHeldCheckr, GoodHireagainst: First AdvantageBackgroundReport.com, HireShieldno first choiceagainst: BackgroundChecks.com, General Information Services, HireRight Solutions, Inc., Inflection Risk Solutions, RealPage, e-Background-checks.com
Six alternatives
Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, Checkr, HireShield, Mitratech AssureHireFive alternatives
Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, Employers Choice Screening, Shield Screening, The Screening SourceThree alternatives
Certn, ClearStar, TurnFour alternatives
3rd Degree Screening, Bchex, USA Background, Verified CredentialsMiniMax M2.5GoodHireGoodHireHeldAccurate Background, GoodHire5 Star Background Checks, Bchex Small BusinessGoodHireagainst: Checkr, Sterlingnothing named
Three alternatives
Backgrounds Online, Certn, CheckrTwo alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, The Screening SourceThree alternatives
Certn, Checkr, SterlingThree alternatives
Checkr, GoodHire, SafeStHiresTwo alternatives
Accurate Background, PeopleCheckGPT-6 LunaCheckrCheckrHeldCheckr, GoodHireCheckrno first choiceagainst: Instant Checkmate, RealPage, TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, TruthFinder
One alternative
GoodHireThree alternatives
Certn, First Advantage + Sterling, HireRightOne alternative
EDIFY ScreeningMuse Glimmer 30BGoodHireGoodHireHeldCheckrCertn, GoodHireagainst: BeenVerified, Spokeo, TruthFinderCheckragainst: Accurate Background, First Advantage, General Information Services, Inc., PreCheck, Inc., Sterling
Three alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, CheckrTwo alternatives
Checkr, The Screening SourceFive alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, GCheck, GoodHire, ShareAble for HiresThree alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Backgrounds Online, Bib SmallBizFour alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, HireShield, Mitratech AssureHireBold 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 10:31 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 3 | 6 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 09:55 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:33 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 7 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:25 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:50 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 13 | 127 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:12 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:33 | yes | 3 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 13 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:53 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 3 | 5 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 09:46 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:04 | yes | 14 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:11 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 19 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:59 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 9 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 9 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:42 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:43 | yes | 7 | 7 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 11:04 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:20 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:41 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:04 | yes | 8 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 15 | 56 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:55 | yes | 9 | 20 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:18 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:48 | yes | 6 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:29 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 4 | 5 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 10:28 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:14 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 24 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 5 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:58 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:22 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:32 | no | 0 | 6 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 11:03 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:14 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:22 | yes | 17 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:19 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:38 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:38 | yes | 9 | 61 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:25 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:51 | yes | 3 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:07 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:05 | yes | 6 | 8 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 12:58 | yes | 8 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:05 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:53 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 24 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 24 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 22 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:41 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
Normalization in this category
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Accurate read as Accurate Background
RUN Powered by ADP read as ADP RUN
ShareAble by TransUnion read as ShareAble for Hires
TransUnion ShareAble for Hires read as ShareAble for Hires
Unresolved, counted raw
3rd Degree Screening
Bchex Small Business
Business Screen
Crunch
Employers Choice Screening
Envestro
FIDUS
FIDUS Investigation Services
Facts on Demand
General Information Services, Inc.
GoodHire, powered by Checkr
HireRight Solutions, Inc.
HireSafe
Inflection Risk Solutions
PeopleCheck
PreCheck, Inc.
SafeStHires
SocialTrust 360
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.