Identity Verification Cost FAQ

TransUnion SmartMove Basic at $25 per tenant screening report is the cheapest published per-check price across the workforce / tenant / consumer-KYC field as of 17 June 2026. Checkr and GoodHire Basic at $29.99 are the cheapest in the workforce background-check category. All three are verified directly from each vendor's published pricing page.

Sterling, HireRight, Accurate Background, and First Advantage focus on Fortune 500 and large-enterprise HR; their pricing scales with annual volume, configuration, and pass-through data costs. TransUnion ShareAble is the enterprise multifamily product (the individual landlord product SmartMove publishes prices). ID.me and Yoti price reusable credentials tied to NIST identity-assurance level. We do not republish third-party inferred rates because those numbers cannot be cited to the vendor itself.

Yes, as of 17 June 2026. Both publish Basic $29.99, Essential $54.99, and Complete $89.99 per check. Both rebranded their middle and top tiers in 2026 (previously Pro and Premier). Both pass through county / state court access fees at cost. GoodHire is owned by Checkr (acquired April 2022).

The rental application tool is free for landlords; you only pay when a screening report is run. Screening report (credit + background + eviction) is $39.99 per applicant. RentSpree PRO is $19.99 per user per month subscription with a 30-day free trial. Rent payment processing is $3 per ACH transaction for landlords; tenants pay 3% on credit card and zero on ACH bank transfers.

TransUnion SmartMove at $25 per report (Basic tier) is cheaper than RentSpree at $39.99 per screening, but the bundles are different. SmartMove Basic includes only ResidentScore and criminal background. RentSpree's $39.99 covers credit + background + eviction history bundled. SmartMove Plus at $40 is the closer like-for-like comparison.

Identity verification is the broader category covering workforce background checks, tenant screening, and consumer KYC. KYC (Know Your Customer) is a regulated-finance subcategory tied to anti-money-laundering rules. Regulated-finance KYC vendors (Persona, Onfido, Veriff, Trulioo, Jumio, Socure) are covered on sister site kycpricing.com.

No. Pass-through court and database access fees are not included in Checkr's or GoodHire's published per-check rate. These fees typically add $5 to $40 per check depending on jurisdiction. Drug screening starts at $60 per clinic-based test or $37 per onsite test, separate from background checks. Motor Vehicle Record add-on is $9.50 per check.

Every vendor source URL is re-fetched at least once per quarter. The current verification cycle date is 17 June 2026; the next scheduled refresh is September 2026. Pages with verification stamps older than three months are flagged for refresh.

Vendr, G2, SaaSworthy, and Capterra republish per-check rates for HireRight, First Advantage, and other quote-only vendors based on user-submitted data and salesperson conversations. These numbers vary materially by buyer size and contract terms. We do not republish these third-party numbers because they cannot be cited to the vendor and they vary widely.