Background screening
Asked as “background check provider”, and as “employment screening service”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
31%
Contested · GoodHire 16%
31Checkr16GoodHire11BackgroundChecks.com42others
31% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▼−13Since September 2026: 43% → 30%, −13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Checkr held the lead, −13 points on 43%, inside the 13-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
GoodHire41%Clear leader▲+4Since September 2026: 38% → 41%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-market
Checkr31%Contested▼−13Since September 2026: 43% → 30%, −13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterprise
HireRight27%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: HireRight (28%) replaces First Advantage (38% then, 17% now), 11 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.Standing →
GoodHire41%Clear leader▲+4Since September 2026: 38% → 41%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketCheckr31%Contested▼−13Since September 2026: 43% → 30%, −13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseHireRight27%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: HireRight (28%) replaces First Advantage (38% then, 17% now), 11 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Checkr31%8%48endorsed leader▼−13Since September 2026: 43% → 30%, −13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.43% → 30%
Checkr31%8%48endorsed leader▼−13Since September 2026: 43% → 30%, −13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.43% → 30%02GoodHire16%0%42accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 14% → 19%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 19%
GoodHire16%0%42accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 14% → 19%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 19%03
BackgroundChecks.com11%10%20accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 12% → 13%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 13%
BackgroundChecks.com11%10%20accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 12% → 13%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 13%04
Certn7%3%29accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 12% → 6%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 6%
Certn7%3%29accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 12% → 6%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 6%05
Verified First7%0%14accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 7% → 6%, −1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 6%
Verified First7%0%14accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 7% → 6%, −1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 6%06
Accurate Background4%11%37accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%
Accurate Background4%11%37accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%07HireRight2%29%34criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
HireRight2%29%34criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%08
Sterling2%32%25criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Sterling2%32%25criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11
Instant Checkmate0%91%11criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Instant Checkmate0%91%11criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%12TruthFinder0%75%16criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
10Intelius0%50%10criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
09
First Advantage0%12%26accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
First Advantage0%12%26accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Checkr vs Verified FirstCheckr vs Accurate BackgroundCheckr vs HireRightCheckr vs SterlingGoodHire vs BackgroundChecks.comGoodHire vs CertnGoodHire vs Verified FirstGoodHire vs Accurate BackgroundGoodHire vs HireRightGoodHire vs SterlingBackgroundChecks.com vs CertnBackgroundChecks.com vs Verified FirstBackgroundChecks.com vs Accurate BackgroundBackgroundChecks.com vs HireRightBackgroundChecks.com vs SterlingCertn vs Verified FirstCertn vs Accurate BackgroundCertn vs HireRightCertn vs SterlingVerified First vs Accurate BackgroundVerified First vs HireRightVerified First vs SterlingAccurate Background vs HireRightAccurate Background vs SterlingHireRight vs Sterling
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809I10
11T12
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Checkr31%
Checkr31%02GoodHire16%
GoodHire16%03BackgroundChecks.com11%
BackgroundChecks.com11%04Certn7%
Certn7%05Verified First7%
Verified First7%06Accurate Background4%
Accurate Background4%07HireRight2%
HireRight2%08Sterling2%
Sterling2%09First Advantage0%
First Advantage0%10Intelius0%
11Instant Checkmate0%
Instant Checkmate0%12TruthFinder0%
What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
TruthFinder
75%
12 of 16 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 9 hard negative
“The FTC alleged that these companies deceived consumers into believing they had criminal records when none existed and violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Instant Checkmate91%
10 of 11 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 8 hard negative
“TruthFinder & Instant Checkmate - September 2023 FTC Settlement ... 143 BBB complaints in 3 years (for Instant Checkmate alone)” Kimi K2, negative prompt
HireRight29%
10 of 34 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise Giants (for now): ... their implementation times can be painfully slow” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Sterling32%
8 of 25 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Trustpilot reviews highlight disorganization, incompetence, extremely slow turnaround times (weeks/months), poor customer support” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
74 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1007 links across 217 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 2 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Checkr44 answers · 59 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Pin34 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
27 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · GoodHire26 answers · 38 citations · 11 models
26 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Mitratech21 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · iprospectcheck21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 11 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cisive14 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
34 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 11 models
26 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “background check provider”, “background check providers”, “best background check provider”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkr checkr.com | 31% | 158 | 74,000 | 1,214 | 498,605 | $77,362 | 85 | 4 |
| GoodHire goodhire.com | 16% | 101 | 2,400 | 45 | 219,964 | 40 | 1 | |
| BackgroundChecks.com backgroundchecks.com | 11% | 60 | 1,600 | 26 | 250,895 | $5,146 | 18 | |
| Certn certn.co | 7% | 68 | 1,900 | 42 | 3,223 | $37 | 8 | |
| Verified First verifiedfirst.com | 7% | 32 | 4,400 | 255 | 11,301 | 11 | 9 | |
| Mitratech mitratech.com Mitratech AssureHire 5% | 5% | 27 | 3,600 | 159 | 46,305 company | $10,768 | 106 | |
| Bchex bib.com | 5% | 12 | 1,000 | 11 | 20,195 | 0 | ||
| Accurate accurate.com Accurate Background 4% | 4% | 88 | 8,100 | 561 | 161,894 company | $271 | 7 | 1 |
| HireShield hireshield.com | 4% | 14 | 90 | 0 | 8,493 | |||
| HireRight hireright.com | 2% | 112 | 74,000 | 1,249 | 65,054 | 12 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkr.com, fadv.com, goodhire.com, money.com). The first result for “background check provider” is accurate.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best background check provider for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which employment screening service would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top background check providers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best background check provider for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a background check provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which background check providers should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Accurate Background, CheckrBchex, Verified FirstChangedno first choiceGoodHireno first choiceagainst: Accurate Background, Asurint, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRight, Sterling
One alternative
Mitratech AssureHireThree alternatives
First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRightThree alternatives
Backgrounds Online, Edify Background Screening, TritonGPT-5.4 miniCheckrCheckrHeldCheckrCheckrno first choiceagainst: General Information Services, Instant Checkmate, RealPage / LeasingDesk, TruthFinder, e-Background-checks.com
Three alternatives
Atlantic Employee Screening, Certn, HireologyFour alternatives
Accurate Background, First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRightFive alternatives
Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, First Advantage + Sterling, HireRightOne alternative
GoodHireGemini 3.5 FlashCheckragainst: First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingCheckrHeldagainst: First Advantage + Sterling, HireRightCheckragainst: BeenVerified, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, TruthFinderGoodHire, HireShieldagainst: BeenVerified, TruthFinderno first choiceagainst: BeenVerified, Checkr, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, RentGrow, Spokeo, Sterling, TruthFinder, Whitepages
Three alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, Verified FirstTwo alternatives
Certn, Verified FirstSix alternatives
First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRight, ScoutLogic, ShareAble for Hires, VettyThree alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, First Advantage, GCheckPerplexity SonarCheckrGoodHireChangedCheckrBackgroundChecks.comno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Accurate Background, GoodHire, Mitratech AssureHireFour alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, Checkr, HireRightSix alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRight, SterlingThree alternatives
Certn, GoodHire, HireShieldGrok 4.1 FastSterlingCheckr, GoodHireChangedagainst: First Advantage, HireRightCheckrCheckr, GoodHireagainst: Certn, Spokeono first choiceagainst: BackgroundChecks.com, Checkr, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, RealPage, TruthFinder
Three alternatives
Checkr, GoodHire, HireRightOne alternative
Backgrounds OnlineFour alternatives
BeenVerified, GoodHire, TruthFinder, iprospectcheckOne alternative
BackgroundChecks.comFive alternatives
Checkr, First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRight, Verified FirstMistral SmallMitratech AssureHireno first choiceChangedno first choiceBackgroundChecks.com, Certn, HireShieldno first choiceagainst: Instant Checkmate, TruthFinder
Two alternatives
Accurate Background, SterlingOne alternative
Accurate BackgroundTwo alternatives
Checkr, GoodHireDeepSeek V4 FlashAccurate Backgroundagainst: HireRight, SterlingCheckrChangedCheckrBackgroundChecks.comno first choiceagainst: Accurate Background, HireRight, Intelius, PeopleFinders, Sterling, TruthFinder
Three alternatives
Certn, Checkr, GoodHireFour alternatives
Certn, GoodHire, HireRight, SterlingFour alternatives
First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRight, SterlingThree alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, GoodHireLlama 4 MaverickMitratech AssureHireno first choiceChangedno first choiceBackgroundChecks.comno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, Certn, GoodHire, HireShieldQwen 3.7 FlashGoodHireGoodHireHeldCheckrCheckster, GoodHireagainst: HireRight, Sterling, Whitepagesno first choiceagainst: BeenVerified, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, Reversebackgroundchecks.com, Spokeo, TruthFinder
Six alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, CredCheck, Dun & Bradstreet, Sovren, Verified FirstThree alternatives
Checkster, SourceLink, VerifiFour alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRightOne alternative
VerifyMeKimi K2CheckrCheckr, GoodHireChangedCheckrBackgroundChecks.com, ShareAble for Hiresno first choiceagainst: AppFolio, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, MyLife.com, PeopleFacts, TruthFinder
Four alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, GoodHire, iprospectcheckSix alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRight, Sterling, TruthFinderTwo alternatives
Accurate Background, CheckrGLM 4.7 FlashXCertn, CheckrVerified FirstChangedno first choiceCertnno first choiceagainst: Accurate Background, Find Out The Truth, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, Sterling, TruthFinder, US Search
Three alternatives
Accurate Background, Cisive, GoodHireThree alternatives
Certn, Checkr, SmartHRCheqsFive alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, Checkr, GoodHire, SmallBiz / Bchex, VerticalIDMiniMax M2.5Checkr, HireRightSmartHRCheqs, Verified FirstChangedGoodHireagainst: BeenVerified, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, TruthFinderBackgroundChecks.comno first choiceagainst: Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, Checkr, Sterling
Three alternatives
Accurate Background, GoodHire, IntelliCorpTwo alternatives
Accurate Background, Backgrounds OnlineFour alternatives
Checkr, HireRight, SmartMove, SterlingTwo alternatives
Checkr, GoodHireGPT-6 LunaCheckrCheckrHeldno first choiceCheckrno first choiceagainst: AppFolio, Instant Checkmate, RentGrow, TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, TruthFinder
Two alternatives
Accurate Background, First AdvantageOne alternative
First AdvantageOne alternative
TransUnion SmartMoveOne alternative
BackgroundChecks.comMuse Glimmer 30BBchex, Verified FirstBchex, Mitratech AssureHireChangedCheckrCertnno first choiceagainst: CoreLogic SafeRent, Equifax's The Work Number, Experian's Verify, First Advantage Corp., General Information Services [GIS], HireRight Solutions Inc., Instant Checkmate, LLC, Sterling Infosystems, Inc., TruthFinder, LLC, e-Background-checks.com
Five alternatives
Accurate Background, DISA Global Solutions, GoodHire, Mitratech AssureHire, Orange TreeThree alternatives
BackgroundChecks.com, First Advantage, GoodHireFive alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRight, SterlingFour alternatives
Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, GoodHire, InteliusBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:36 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:03 | yes | 16 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:55 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:27 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:01 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:31 | yes | 22 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:23 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:47 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:47 | yes | 14 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:15 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:31 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:15 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:11 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:11 | yes | 18 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:27 | yes | 22 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 6 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:19 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:00 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:12 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:01 | yes | 18 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 23 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:50 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:34 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:09 | yes | 7 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:19 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:27 | yes | 7 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:05 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:35 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 17 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:58 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 24 | 48 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:55 | yes | 27 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:36 | yes | 23 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:04 | yes | 20 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:32 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 19 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:42 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:29 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:37 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:07 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:04 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 13 | 55 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 17 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:53 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:20 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:15 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:16 | no | 0 | 54 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:51 | yes | 3 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:35 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:16 | yes | 25 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:06 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:35 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:55 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:05 | yes | 24 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:42 | yes | 9 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:42 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:02 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:38 | yes | 24 | 37 s |
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DISA read as DISA Global Solutions
Unresolved, counted raw
Asurint
Checkmate
CoreLogic SafeRent
CredCheck
ESR
Edify Background Screening
Equifax's The Work Number
Experian's Verify
First Advantage Corp.
General Information Services [GIS]
HireRight Solutions Inc.
Hiresight
Instant Checkmate, LLC
InstantCheckmate
One Source The Background Check Company
PlusOne Screening Solutions
RealPage
RealPage / LeasingDesk (On-Site Manager, Inc.)
Reversebackgroundchecks.com
Secure Screening Services
SmallBiz / Bchex
SmartMove
SourceLink
Sovren
SpyFly
Sterling Infosystems, Inc.
TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions
Triton
TruthFinder, LLC
Verifi (formerly Verifile)
VerifyMe
VerticalID
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.