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Checkr pricing
Checkr publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Checkr pricing is on request across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per report, plus pass-through court and database fees
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Checkr plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $29.99/report | 4 | Entry tier |
| Essential | $59.99/report | 3 | +$30.000000000000004/report, 3 more features |
| Complete | $94.99/report | 3 | +$34.99999999999999/report, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Basic
$29.99/reportThe entry tier. It covers ssn trace, sex offender registry, global watchlist, national criminal search.
Essential
$59.99/reportOver Basic, this tier adds:
- Everything in Basic
- Identity verification
- Unlimited county criminal search
Complete
$94.99/reportOver Essential, this tier adds:
- Everything in Essential
- Unlimited state criminal search
- Federal criminal search
What the product covers
The full Checkr feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Package pricing
- API and dashboard
- Adjudication tools
- Continuous checks
- Candidate portal
People bring Checkr in for a company running high-volume hourly or gig hiring that needs api-driven checks integrated into an existing ats, a startup or mid-size employer wanting self-service ordering through a dashboard without a dedicated screening account manager, an employer that needs continuous rescreening for driving-related roles rather than a one-time check at hire, a company budgeting screening costs that needs to model court fee variance across the states it hires in. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Checkr are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Recruitment
Too few recruitment tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkr (this page) | On request | Per report, plus pass-through court and database fees | - | |
| SeekOut | On request | Per user per month, self-serve entry tier then per seat by quote | - | vs Checkr |
| hireEZ | On request | quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced | - | vs Checkr |
| ZipRecruiter | On request | Per active job slot per month, quoted individually | - | vs Checkr |
| Oracle Taleo | On request | quote | - | vs Checkr |
| Codility | On request | Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier | - | vs Checkr |
| Karat | On request | quote | - | vs Checkr |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Checkr badges page.
Before you pay for Checkr
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $29.99/report and $94.99/report, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Checkr against the tools that do have one before committing.
Checkr runs on web, api, and is published by Checkr of San Francisco, California, United States. The full record is on the Checkr review, and the rest of the category is under best recruitment tools.
Checkr pricing questions
- How much does Checkr cost?
- Checkr publishes 3 tiers, from $29.99/report for Basic up to $94.99/report for Complete. The cheapest paid tier is $29.99/report.
- Does Checkr have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Checkr is listed as Per report, plus pass-through court and database fees. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Basic and Essential on Checkr?
- Essential costs $59.99/report against $29.99/report, and adds everything in basic, identity verification, unlimited county criminal search.
- Is the Complete plan on Checkr worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in essential, unlimited state criminal search, federal criminal search. It costs $94.99/report against $29.99/report for Basic. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which recruitment tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 recruitment tools listed alongside Checkr have a free tier: Indeed.
- What am I actually paying for with Checkr?
- The record lists 5 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a company running high-volume hourly or gig hiring that needs api-driven checks integrated into an existing ats, a startup or mid-size employer wanting self-service ordering through a dashboard without a dedicated screening account manager, an employer that needs continuous rescreening for driving-related roles rather than a one-time check at hire.
- Does Checkr charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Checkr prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Checkr against before paying?
- The closest recruitment tools in this directory are SeekOut, hireEZ, ZipRecruiter, Oracle Taleo. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Checkr covering price, platforms and features.