Background screening · RankedSpokeo
Spokeo is a people search engine that organizes white pages listings, public records and social profiles to help users find and learn about people · spokeo.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
GoodHire is first at 42%.
Checkr is first at 53%.
Checkr is first at 46%.
Why models recommend it
“I'd recommend starting with Spokeo for occasional searches or BIB.com for more comprehensive employment screening needs”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Be especially cautious about using consumer background check services like Spokeo and Intelius for employment or rental decisions.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“such as *MyLife* and *Spokeo*) have faced FTC fines and actions for deceptively marketing their services as "background checks"”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“consumer-oriented tools (like Spokeo or TruthFinder, which are cheaper but not FCRA-compliant and risky”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Avoid using general people-search sites (like Spokeo or TruthFinder) for employment decisions”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Spokeo, over the 23 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Spokeo →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Spokeo's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- people in the USA; businesses and government agencies
- Free plan or trial
- free name search
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 21 of the 23 answers that named Spokeo and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Sixty-eight of the sixty-eight domain citations in answers naming Spokeo came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report or ebook | 5 | 0 | 2024-09-18 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 5 | 0 | 2026-04-22 | ||
| Case study | 3 | 0 | 2021-11-09 | ||
| Blog | 2 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 2 | 0 | 2013-04-22 | ||
| Comparison | 2 | 0 | 2020-04-17 |
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How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page spokeo.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.