Background screening for enterprise buyers
Asked as “background check provider”, and as “employment screening service”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
27%
Contested · Checkr 24%
27HireRight24Checkr20First Advantage29others
27% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: HireRight (28%) replaces First Advantage (38% then, 17% now), 11 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.HireRight leads at 28%, replacing First Advantage, which led at 38% and stands at 17% now: 11 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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.Standing →Enterprise
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.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseHireRight27%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: HireRight (28%) replaces First Advantage (38% then, 17% now), 11 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01HireRight27%21%63accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 27% → 28%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.27% → 28%
HireRight27%21%63accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 27% → 28%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.27% → 28%02Checkr24%7%54accepted challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 18% → 26%, +8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.18% → 26%
Checkr24%7%54accepted challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 18% → 26%, +8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.18% → 26%03
First Advantage20%6%48accepted challenger▼−20Since September 2026: 38% → 17%, −20 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.38% → 17%
First Advantage20%6%48accepted challenger▼−20Since September 2026: 38% → 17%, −20 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.38% → 17%04
Sterling13%22%51accepted challenger▲+11Since September 2026: 2% → 13%, +11 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 13%
Sterling13%22%51accepted challenger▲+11Since September 2026: 2% → 13%, +11 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 13%05
Mitratech AssureHire5%0%13accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%
Mitratech AssureHire5%0%13accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%06
Accurate Background4%8%36accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%
Accurate Background4%8%36accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%07
Verified First2%0%12accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Verified First2%0%12accepted 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 three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10GoodHire0%47%15criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
GoodHire0%47%15criticized 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
Certn0%40%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%
Certn0%40%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%08
Cisive0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Cisive0%0%11accepted 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 →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01HireRight27%
HireRight27%02Checkr24%
Checkr24%03First Advantage20%
First Advantage20%04Sterling13%
Sterling13%05Mitratech AssureHire5%
Mitratech AssureHire5%06Accurate Background4%
Accurate Background4%07Verified First2%
Verified First2%08Cisive0%
Cisive0%09Certn0%
Certn0%10GoodHire0%
GoodHire0%What they warned about
Five 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, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX 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.
HireRight21%
13 of 63 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Has faced significant legal and compliance issues, including a $2.6 million FTC settlement in 2012 for FCRA violations.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Sterling22%
11 of 51 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Sterling Infosystems and First Advantage have the most extensive recent litigation and regulatory record.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
GoodHire47%
7 of 15 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**GoodHire** for very large, global enterprise use: ... implying GoodHire is less suitable for that scale.” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Instant Checkmate83%
5 of 6 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“These are red flags for enterprise hiring because they were alleged to market reports for employment/tenant screening while failing to meet FCRA obligations.” GPT-5.4 mini, 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
77 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. 1098 links across 265 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
35 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Pin33 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
33 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
28 answers · 34 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Mitratech25 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Verified First21 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cisive16 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · iprospectcheck15 answers · 16 citations · 7 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.
37 answers · 12 models
35 answers · 10 models
33 answers · 11 models
33 answers · 11 models
24 answers · 11 models
18 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HireRight hireright.com | 27% | 112 | 74,000 | 1,249 | 65,054 | 12 | ||
| Checkr checkr.com Checkr 24%, Checkr Trust 0% | 24% | 158 | 74,000 | 1,214 | 498,605 | $77,362 | 85 | 4 |
| First Advantage fadv.com | 20% | 91 | 74,000 | 1,820 | 128,337 | $1,781 | 28 | 6 |
| Sterling sterlingcheck.com | 13% | 86 | 135,000 | 69,113 | 92,645 | 3 | ||
| Mitratech mitratech.com Mitratech AssureHire 5% | 5% | 27 | 3,600 | 159 | 46,305 company | $10,768 | 106 | |
| Accurate accurate.com Accurate Background 4% | 4% | 88 | 8,100 | 561 | 161,894 company | $271 | 7 | 1 |
| Verified First verifiedfirst.com | 2% | 32 | 4,400 | 255 | 11,301 | 11 | 9 | |
| Zinc | 2% | |||||||
| Sterling/First Advantage | 2% | |||||||
| aINSIGHT | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkr.com, fadv.com, verifiedfirst.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which employment screening service would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade background check providers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best background check provider for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a background check provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which background check providers should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5CheckrSterlingChangedFirst AdvantageFirst Advantageno first choiceagainst: ADP Screening and Selection Services, DISA Global Solutions Inc., Facts on Demand, Health and Safety Council, National Public Data, North American Background Screening Consortium
Three alternatives
Accurate Background, First Advantage, HireRightThree alternatives
Checkr, First Advantage, ScoutLogicFour alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, HireRight, ScoutLogicOne alternative
CheckrGPT-5.4 miniCheckrCheckrHeldCheckr, First Advantageagainst: GoodHireCheckrno first choiceagainst: Instant Checkmate, TruthFinder
Two alternatives
Accurate Background, HireRightTwo alternatives
First Advantage, SterlingOne alternative
HireRightThree alternatives
First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingGemini 3.5 FlashFirst AdvantageFirst AdvantageHeldFirst AdvantageCheckr, Verified Firstagainst: HireRight, Sterlingno first choiceagainst: AppFolio, BeenVerified, DISA Global Solutions, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, National Public Data, PeopleFinders, Spokeo, Sterling, TransUnion, TruthFinder, Whitepages
Three alternatives
Checkr, HireRight, Verified FirstThree alternatives
Checkr, HireRight, Verified FirstFive alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, Cisive, HireRight, Verified FirstPerplexity SonarMitratech AssureHireHireRightChangedFirst AdvantageSterlingagainst: GoodHireno first choiceagainst: GoodHire, Sterling
Five alternatives
Accurate Background, Cisive, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingThree alternatives
First Advantage, Mitratech AssureHire, SterlingSix alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, Cisive, HireRight, Mitratech AssureHire, SterlingOne alternative
HireRightGrok 4.1 FastFirst Advantage, HireRightagainst: Certn, CheckrHireRightChangedagainst: GoodHireFirst Advantage, HireRightagainst: CertnHireRightCheckragainst: BackgroundChecks.com, Checkr, HireRight, Intelius, SambaSafety, Sterling
Two alternatives
Accurate Background, SterlingTwo alternatives
First Advantage, SterlingTwo alternatives
Accurate Background, CheckrTwo alternatives
Checkr, SterlingFour alternatives
Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, Mitratech AssureHire, ZincMistral SmallFirst AdvantageHireRight, SterlingChangedFirst Advantage, HireRightHireRight, Mitratech AssureHireagainst: Checkrno first choiceagainst: HireRight, Instant Checkmate, PeopleConnect, TruthFinder
Two alternatives
HireRight, SterlingThree alternatives
Checkr, Mitratech AssureHire, SterlingDeepSeek V4 FlashCheckr, HireRightHireRightChangedSterlingCheckragainst: Certnno first choiceagainst: HireRight, Sterlingagainst: Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, First Advantage, Sterling
Two alternatives
Accurate Background, First AdvantageTwo alternatives
Checkr, First AdvantageFour alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, First Advantage, HireRightThree alternatives
First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingLlama 4 MaverickCheckrMitratech AssureHireChangedno first choiceCheckrno first choiceagainst: GoodHire
Four alternatives
Accurate Background, Cisive, HireRight, Mitratech AssureHireThree alternatives
First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingThree alternatives
Accurate Background, First Advantage, HireRightQwen 3.7 FlashHireRight, SterlingSterlingChangedFirst AdvantageFirst Advantageno first choiceagainst: AGSS, HireRight, ID.me
Two alternatives
GoodHire, VerimarkTwo alternatives
HireRight, Mitratech AssureHireFour alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, Checkr, HireRightTwo alternatives
Checkr, HireRightKimi K2First AdvantageFirst AdvantageHeldFirst AdvantageZinc, aINSIGHTno first choiceagainst: HireRight, Sterlingagainst: General Information Services (GIS) / e-Background-checks.com, HireRight, Sterling
Two alternatives
Checkr, HireRightTwo alternatives
Checkr, HireRightFive alternatives
Accurate Background, Certn, Checkr, HireRight, SterlingThree alternatives
First Advantage, HireRight, P-SecureGLM 4.7 FlashXHireRightAccurate BackgroundChangedCheckrCheckragainst: First Advantage, GoodHire, HireRight, Sterlingno first choiceagainst: DISA Global Solutions, First Advantage, Health & Safety Council, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, North American Background Screening Consortium, Sterling, TransUnion, TruthFinder
Three alternatives
Checkr, First Advantage, SterlingOne alternative
CheckrFour alternatives
Certn, First Advantage, HireRight, SterlingMiniMax M2.5HireRightHireRightHeldFirst Advantage, HireRightCheckr, HireRight, Sterlingno first choiceagainst: ADP Screening and Selection Services, Accurate Background, BackgroundChecks.com, HireRight, PeopleFacts
Three alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, SterlingFour alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, LexisNexis HR Smart, SterlingThree alternatives
Accurate Background, Checkr, Verified FirstOne alternative
SmartFast Background ChecksGPT-6 LunaFirst AdvantageFirst AdvantageHeldno first choiceCheckrno first choiceagainst: GIS, HireRight, Instant Checkmate, Spokeo, TruthFinder, e-Backgroundchecks
Three alternatives
Checkr, Dun & Bradstreet, Moody'sOne alternative
CheckrSix alternatives
ADP Screening and Selection Services, Accurate Background, Checkr, Cisive, First Advantage, HireRightOne alternative
Checkr TrustMuse Glimmer 30BHireRightFirst Advantage, SterlingChangedCheckr, First Advantage, HireRightAccurate Background, HireRight, Sterling/First Advantageagainst: Certn, Checkr, GoodHireno first choiceagainst: ADP Screening and Selection Services, Accurate Background, First Advantage Background Services Corp., HireRight, Sterling
Three alternatives
First Advantage, ScoutLogic, SterlingTwo alternatives
HireRight, Verified FirstOne alternative
Accurate BackgroundThree alternatives
Cisive, ClearStar, Mitratech AssureHireBold 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 11:55 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:19 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:51 | yes | 21 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:43 | yes | 14 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:22 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:12 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:01 | yes | 18 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:07 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:44 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 10 | 59 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:42 | yes | 24 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 22 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:52 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:37 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:34 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:45 | no | 0 | 56 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:29 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:38 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:53 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:09 | yes | 12 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:51 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:51 | yes | 17 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:23 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:04 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:29 | yes | 8 | 43 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:35 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:46 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:14 | yes | 9 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:32 | yes | 7 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:32 | yes | 25 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:33 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:43 | yes | 20 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 22 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:08 | yes | 7 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:00 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 10 | 57 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:07 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 21 | 47 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 19 | 51 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 2 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:44 | yes | 20 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:39 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:01 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 16 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:32 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:37 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:57 | yes | 24 | 50 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:01 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:56 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:10 | yes | 20 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:12 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:25 | yes | 4 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 19 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:16 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:11 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:30 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:28 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:23 | yes | 25 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:04 | yes | 14 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:43 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:25 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:52 | yes | 25 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:05 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:47 | yes | 24 | 25 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
ADP read as ADP Screening and Selection Services
Accurate read as Accurate Background
Accurate (now part of HireRight) read as Accurate Background
Unresolved, counted raw
AGSS (formerly Accurate Personnel)
AccusourceHR
AssureHire
Checkr Trust
CyberCheck
DISA Global Solutions Inc.
Driver iQ
Facts on Demand
First Advantage Background Services Corp.
GIS
Health & Safety Council
Health and Safety Council
HireSafe
ID.me
LexisNexis HR Smart
Marlin
Moody's
OrangeTree
PreCheck
Reed Screening
RiskCloud
SambaSafety
SmartFast Background Checks
Sterling National Background Screening Services
UpGuard
Verimark
Whiteside
Zincwork
aINSIGHT
backgroundcheck
e-Backgroundchecks
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.