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One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to First Advantage, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 187 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where First Advantage holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Checkr57
GoodHire34
Certn8
Accurate Background4
HireShield4
BackgroundChecks.com3
First choices in the 187 answers that did not name First Advantage, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Background screening

Talent acquisition. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when First Advantage is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessFirst Advantage is #7 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 12 labels.

Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name First Advantage; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

GoodHire27 of 78
Checkr25 of 78
Accurate Background2 of 78
BackgroundChecks.com2 of 78
BackgroundReport.com2 of 78
Certn2 of 78
HireShield2 of 78
ShareAble for Hires2 of 78
4 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketFirst Advantage is #10 of 15 here at 0% of first choices, 31 labels.

Seventy-two of the eighty-four answers did not name First Advantage; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Checkr29 of 72
Certn6 of 72
GoodHire5 of 72
AccuSourceHR2 of 72
Accurate Background2 of 72
HireShield2 of 72
5 Star Background Checks1 of 72
BackgroundChecks.com1 of 72
7 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseFirst Advantage is #2 of 10 here at 22% of first choices, 57 labels.

Thirty-seven of the eighty-four answers did not name First Advantage; it was the first choice in sixteen. The first choices in those thirty-seven answers, six products in all:

Checkr3 of 37
HireRight3 of 37
GoodHire2 of 37
Sterling2 of 37
Mitratech AssureHire1 of 37
Turn1 of 37
The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled First Advantage neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named First Advantage only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from First Advantage's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of First Advantage was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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