# TruthFinder: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 17 judge labels across 1 category by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/truthfinder

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Background screening](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/background-screening/index.md) | 0% | 86 | 82% | 17 |

## What the models said for it

- "In-depth criminal history and public court records" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Background screening)

## And against it

- "the FTC said TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate deceived users about criminal-record accuracy and violated FCRA requirements" (GPT-5.4 mini, Background screening)
- "Services such as TruthFinder and US Search are not FCRA-compliant and cannot legally be used for those decisions." (Perplexity Sonar, Background screening)
- "Consumer sites like TruthFinder and BeenVerified cannot be used for hiring, tenant screening, or credit decisions." (Kimi K2, Background screening)
- "Do not use consumer-facing sites like TruthFinder, Spokeo, or Instant Checkmate for official employment decisions." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named TruthFinder, from 32 of the 33 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ftc.gov: 13
- goodhire.com: 13
- money.com: 12
- bib.com: 11
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 11
- consumerfinance.gov: 10
- firsthr.app: 8
- leadchangegroup.com: 6
- creditdonkey.com: 5
- files.consumerfinance.gov: 5

### Pages cited

- https://fitsmallbusiness.com/best-background-check-companies: 10
- https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/09/ftc-says-truthfinder-instant-checkmate-deceived-users-about-background-report-accuracy-violated-fcra: 10
- https://firsthr.app/compare/general/employee-background-check-services: 8
- https://money.com/best-Background-check-sites: 7
- https://bib.com/small-biz: 6
- https://goodhire.com/resources/articles/best-criminal-background-checks: 5
- https://leadchangegroup.com/background-check-services/compare: 5
- https://money.com/best-background-check-sites: 5

## 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.