# Trusted Employees: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/trusted-employees

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Background screening](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/background-screening/index.md) | 0% | 30 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Trusted Employees is best for industry-specific background checks" (Llama 4 Maverick, Background screening)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Trusted Employees, from 6 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- fitsmallbusiness.com: 6
- leadchangegroup.com: 5
- firsthr.app: 4
- money.com: 3
- checkr.com: 2
- costbench.com: 2
- getapp.com: 2
- goodhire.com: 2
- mitratech.com: 2
- selecthub.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://fitsmallbusiness.com/best-background-check-companies: 6
- https://firsthr.app/compare/general/employee-background-check-services: 4
- https://leadchangegroup.com/background-check-services/compare: 3
- https://checkr.com/resources/articles/best-background-checks: 2
- https://getapp.com/hr-employee-management-software/background-check/org/small-business: 2
- https://leadchangegroup.com/background-check-services/small-business: 2
- https://mitratech.com/resource-hub/blog/top-2026-background-check-vendors: 2
- https://money.com/best-background-check-sites: 2

## What it publishes

Every page trustedemployees.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 327 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.