Verified First Review
Verified First is a privately owned background screening provider with published packages from $29.99, no contracts or minimums, and checks run inside 100+ ATS, HRIS and payroll platforms.
- Pricing model
- Per check
- Integrations
- 100
Best for
- Employers that want to order checks without leaving their ATS, HRIS or payroll system
- Small and growing teams that want published prices and no minimums
- Staffing, retail and nonprofit employers screening at changing volumes
Not ideal for
- Buyers who need every pass-through fee listed before ordering
How we evaluated Verified First
This review rests on 14 facts checked against Verified First’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
Verified First is a privately owned screening provider from Meridian, Idaho with published packages from $29.99 to $79.99, no contracts or minimums, and a patented connector that runs checks inside 100+ HR platforms. It is PBSA accredited and automates the pre-adverse action step. It is less suited to buyers who need a published list of court and pass-through fees.
Strengths
Published package prices
Basic $29.99, Essential $54.99 and Premium $79.99, with volume pricing on request.
Evidence: Price transparency: Partly published
No contracts or minimums
No long-term contracts, annual commitments or minimum screening volume.
Evidence: Contract term: Monthly
Checks inside your HR software
A patented connector runs checks from 100+ partner platforms.
Evidence: Native integrations: 100
Pre-adverse action automation
The pre-adverse action step is automated.
Evidence: Adverse action workflow: Yes
Weaknesses
Pass-through fees not listed
The pricing page does not list court or verification fees that may be billed on top.
Evidence: Price transparency: Partly published
No published SOC 2 report type
It states SOC 2 compliance without naming a Type II report.
Evidence: PBSA accredited: Yes
Price at a glance
Pricing model
Per check
Price transparency
Partly published
Contract term
Monthly
Quick answers
- How much does Verified First cost?
- Verified First publishes three packages: Basic at $29.99, Essential at $54.99 and Premium at $79.99, with an Enterprise package and discounted volume pricing on request.Based on Price transparency: Partly published
- What does the Verified First Essential package add for its price?
- Essential, at $54.99, adds unlimited county criminal searches to Basic's nationwide criminal database, national sex offender registry, Social Security address trace and global watch list searches.
- How much does a Verified First check with verifications cost?
- Premium, at $79.99, adds employment and education verification to everything in Essential. Its pricing page does not list court or school fees, so ask whether any are billed on top.Based on Price transparency: Partly published
- Is Verified First free of contracts and minimums?
- Yes. Verified First says there are no long-term contracts, no annual commitments and no minimum number of screenings.Based on Contract term: Monthly
Coverage of core background check services capabilities
Each core capability we evaluate in Background Check Services, checked against Verified First’s own documentation. “Not verified yet” means we have not confirmed it either way, not that it is missing.
9 verified of 13 core capabilities
Background Check Services
- FCRA disclosure and consent · not verified yet
- 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 · not verified yet
- Dispute and reinvestigation · not verified yet
- State and local rule handling · not verified yet
- ATS and onboarding integration
Specifications
Fit
- Industry focus
- Church, Contractor, Credit and financial, Franchises, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Nonprofits, Retail, Staffing agencies, Technology, Transportation
Product
- Modules
- Criminal background checks, Drug screening and occupational health, Employment, education, license and reference verification, Driver records and DOT verification, Identity checks, Form I-9 and E-Verify, Credit and civil records, OIG and MedEx healthcare sanctions, Social media screening
Integrations
- Open API
- Yes
Verified First integrations
33 integrations we documented, by how they connect. Verified First reports 100 native integrations in total.
Native integrations: A–D
Native integrations: F–N
Native integrations: P–Z
Verified First integration coverage
The 10 apps that background check services products document most often, and whether Verified First documents each.
7 of the 10 most-connected apps documented by Verified First; median of the 13 products compared: 7
- iCIMS · documented by 12 of 13
- Workday · documented by 12 of 13
- Greenhouse · documented by 10 of 13
- Bullhorn · documented by 8 of 13
- Lever · documented by 7 of 13
- Dayforce · documented by 6 of 13
- SmartRecruiters · documented by 6 of 13
- Taleo · documented by 6 of 13
- ADP · documented by 5 of 13
- BambooHR · documented by 5 of 13
Integrations each vendor documents (native, marketplace, Zapier or API), 13 live background check services products. Not documented does not mean not possible.
Verified First alternatives
- Backgrounds Online70% similar
Implementation and support
- Support channels
- Phone, email
- Support hours
- Client services Monday-Friday 9 AM-8 PM ET; 24/7 applicant support
About Verified First
- Founded
- 2013
- Headquarters
- Meridian, ID, USA
- Ownership
- Private
Official profiles
Verified First: frequently asked questions
How long do Verified First verifications take?
Verified First says its verification searches are completed within 42.8 hours on average, done in-house rather than outsourced.
Which HR systems does Verified First integrate with?
It lists 100+ partner platforms, including Workday, iCIMS, Greenhouse, BambooHR, Paylocity, Dayforce, UKG and Bullhorn, and a native Salesforce app.
Who owns Verified First?
Verified First is privately owned. Devon Dickinson and Tommy Cheng started it in 2013, and it is based in Meridian, Idaho.
What is Verified First used for?
Verified First, on the market since 2013, is a background check services product. Its modules include Criminal background checks, Drug screening and occupational health, Employment, education, license and reference verification, Driver records and DOT verification, and 5 more.
What are the best alternatives to Verified First?
In our background check services ranking, the highest-scored products other than Verified First are Checkr, Certn, and GoodHire. Compared side by side, by reason to switch: Verified First alternatives.
What are the pros and cons of Verified First?
Strengths documented on the vendor’s own pages: published package prices, no contracts or minimums, and checks inside your HR software. It is less suited to buyers who need every pass-through fee listed before ordering.
Does Verified First have an API?
Yes. Verified First offers an open API to customers.
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