Turn Background Checks Review
Turn is an AI-powered background check platform for hourly, shift-based and high-volume hiring, covering criminal, MVR, drug, verification and continuous monitoring checks. Its Essential package starts from $25 per check, pay as you go.
- Company size
- Small businesses, mid-market companies, enterprises
- Pricing model
- Per check
- Integrations
- 60
- Deployment
- Cloud
Best for
- High-volume employers of hourly, shift and gig workers
- Small teams that run up to 25 checks a month and want a published per-check price
- Platforms that want to embed or white-label background checks through an API
Not ideal for
- Buyers with more than 25 checks a month who want a list price (Growth and Enterprise are custom)
How we evaluated Turn
This review rests on 19 facts checked against Turn’s official pricing pages and documentation, most recently on . We did not test the product hands-on: the score and the pros and cons use only those verified facts, as our methodology explains, and third-party ratings are quoted, never scored.
Our verdict
Turn is a Chicago-based background screening platform for hourly, shift and high-volume hiring that operates as a consumer reporting agency and states PBSA accreditation and SOC 2 Type II. Its Essential package starts from $25 per check with no setup fees or monthly minimums; higher volumes are custom priced, and it reports a 6-hour median for a full-bundle check.
Strengths
Published entry price
Essential starts from $25 per check, pay as you go, with no setup fees or monthly minimums.
Evidence: Starting base fee: $25/mo
Compliance credentials
Registered consumer reporting agency, PBSA accredited, SOC 2 Type II, with automated pre-adverse and adverse action notices.
Evidence: FCRA compliance: Yes
API and 60+ integrations
Three API integration levels up to a white-labelled flow, plus 60+ ATS, HRIS and workforce platforms.
Evidence: Open API: Yes
Shipped AI features
AI Assistant, ClarifAI record summaries, Record Matcher and Document Intelligence, with human review of outputs.
Evidence: AI features: Turn AI Assistant (beta), ClarifAI plain-language record summaries, AI Record Matcher, Document Intelligence, Operational AI
Weaknesses
Volume tiers are quoted
Growth (26-250 checks a month) and Enterprise (251+) have custom pricing.
Evidence: Price transparency: Partly published
Monitoring billed separately
Continuous MVR monitoring is sold as a subscription on top of per-check prices.
Evidence: Extra costs: Continuous MVR monitoring is a separate subscription
Price at a glance
Pricing model
Per check
Price transparency
Partly published
Quick answers
- How much does Turn cost?
- Turn Essential starts from $25 per check for 1-25 checks a month; Growth and Enterprise are custom priced.Based on Starting base fee: $25/mo
- Does Turn charge setup fees or monthly minimums?
- No. The pricing page lists no setup fees, no monthly minimums and pay-as-you-go billing.Based on Pricing model: Per check
- Is Turn FCRA compliant?
- Yes. Turn is a registered consumer reporting agency and states PBSA accreditation.Based on FCRA compliance: Yes
- How fast are Turn background checks?
- Turn reports a 6-hour median for a full-bundle check of county criminal, MVR, drug test and employment verification.Based on Turnaround time: Median 6 hours for a full-bundle check (county criminal, MVR, drug test, employment verification), vendor-stated
Coverage of core background check services capabilities
Each core capability we evaluate in Background Check Services, checked against Turn’s own documentation. “Not verified yet” means we have not confirmed it either way, not that it is missing.
13 verified of 13 core capabilities
Background Check Services
- FCRA disclosure and consent
- Identity and SSN trace
- County criminal search
- National criminal database
- Sex offender registry search
- Employment and education verification
- Motor vehicle records
- Drug and health screening
- Adverse action workflow
- Individualized assessment support
- Dispute and reinvestigation
- State and local rule handling
- ATS and onboarding integration
Specifications
Fit
- Industry focus
- Healthcare, gig and marketplace, staffing agencies, hospitality, retail, transportation, tenant screening, financial services
- Countries supported
- 200+ countries and territories
Product
- Modules
- Pre-employment screening, Drug testing, Motor vehicle records, Continuous criminal and MVR monitoring, International background checks, Healthcare sanctions (FACIS), Tenant screening, TurnOS embedded screening for platforms
- AI features
- Turn AI Assistant (beta), ClarifAI plain-language record summaries, AI Record Matcher, Document Intelligence, Operational AI
Integrations
- Open API
- Yes
Turn integrations
6 integrations we documented, by how they connect. Turn reports 60 native integrations in total.
Native integrations
Turn integration coverage
The 10 apps that background check services products document most often, and whether Turn documents each.
3 of the 10 most-connected apps documented by Turn; median of the 21 products compared: 5
- Workday · documented by 17 of 21
- iCIMS · documented by 16 of 21
- Greenhouse · documented by 15 of 21
- Bullhorn · documented by 12 of 21
- Lever · documented by 10 of 21
- SmartRecruiters · documented by 9 of 21
- ADP · documented by 7 of 21
- BambooHR · documented by 7 of 21
- Dayforce · documented by 7 of 21
- SAP SuccessFactors · documented by 7 of 21
Integrations each vendor documents (native, marketplace, Zapier or API), 21 live background check services products. Not documented does not mean not possible.
Where it ranks
- #3 of 9 scoredBackground Check Services
- #4 of 9 scoredBackground Check Services for Enterprises
- #2 of 7 scoredBackground Check Services for Healthcare
- #2 of 4 scoredBackground Check Services for Hospitality
- #3 of 8 scoredBackground Check Services for Mid-Sized Companies
- #2 of 6 scoredBackground Check Services for Retail
- #3 of 8 scoredBackground Check Services for Small Business
- #2 of 7 scoredBackground Check Services for Staffing Agencies
Turn alternatives
- Backgrounds Online100% similar
- Trusted Employees100% similar
Security and compliance
- SOC 2 Type IIYes
- GDPR programYes
Implementation and support
- Implementation fee
- None
- Support channels
- Live chat, Phone (toll-free), Email, Support ticket
Turn: frequently asked questions
Which ATS does Turn integrate with?
Turn lists 60+ integration partners; preferred ones include Fountain, Lever, Greenhouse, Rippling, iCIMS and VidCruiter.
What is Turn used for?
Turn is a background check services product built for small businesses, mid-market companies, and enterprises. Its modules include Pre-employment screening, Drug testing, Motor vehicle records, Continuous criminal and MVR monitoring, and 4 more.
What are the best alternatives to Turn?
In our background check services ranking, the highest-scored products other than Turn are Checkr, Certn, and ClearStar. Compared side by side, by reason to switch: Turn alternatives.
What are the pros and cons of Turn?
Strengths documented on the vendor’s own pages: published entry price, compliance credentials, and API and 60+ integrations. It is less suited to buyers with more than 25 checks a month who want a list price (Growth and Enterprise are custom).
Does Turn have an API?
Yes. Turn offers an open API to customers.
Is Turn secure?
Turn states a SOC 2 Type II report and a GDPR program.
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