Checkr Pricing 2026: Plans, Pros & Cons

Overview

Checkr is a US background screening company that publishes its prices. It lists three workforce packages: Basic at US$29.99 per report with SSN trace, sex-offender registry, global watchlist and national criminal searches; Essential at US$59.99, adding identity verification and unlimited county criminal searches; and Complete at US$94.99, adding unlimited state and federal criminal searches^[4]. Enterprise packages are quoted^[4].

Add-ons include motor vehicle records at US$9.50, identity verification at US$4.99, single county criminal searches at US$25, federal criminal searches at US$10, global watchlist searches at US$9, employment or education verification from US$12.50 and random drug and alcohol tests from US$10^[4]. Third-party court and database access fees are passed through at cost without mark-up^[4]. Checkr also sells tenant screening from US$24.99, mortgage employment and income verifications and personal checks from US$49.99^[4]. It advertises more than 200 HR system integrations and screening coverage in more than 200 countries and territories^[4].

Checkr owns GoodHire, which markets to smaller employers with the same package prices^[5]. Checkr’s main limitation for buyers is that court pass-through fees vary by jurisdiction, so the published package price is not always the final cost.