# US Search: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/us-search

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Background screening](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/background-screening/index.md) | 0% | 74 | 50% | 4 |

## And against it

- "Services such as TruthFinder and US Search are not FCRA-compliant and cannot legally be used for those decisions." (Perplexity Sonar, Background screening)
- "Intelius, US Search, SpyFly, and similar have mixed reviews" (Grok 4.20, 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 US Search, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- goodhire.com: 3
- creditdonkey.com: 2
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 2
- leadchangegroup.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- accusourcehr.com: 1
- argyle.com: 1
- bbb.org: 1
- bib.com: 1
- consumerfinance.gov: 1

### Pages cited

- https://creditdonkey.com/best-background-check-site.html: 2
- https://fitsmallbusiness.com/best-background-check-companies: 2
- https://goodhire.com/resources/articles/best-criminal-background-checks: 2
- https://leadchangegroup.com/background-check-services/compare: 2
- https://accusourcehr.com/blog/best-background-check-companies: 1
- https://argyle.com/blog/3-popular-background-check-employment-verification-services: 1
- https://bbb.org/us/co/boulder/profile/background-checks/fastbackgroundcheckcom-1296-90270191/complaints: 1
- https://bbb.org/us/co/category/background-checks: 1

## 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.