Checkr regroups its add-ons into six categories and adds DOT checks, civil and state searches, and Assess Premium
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024 captures of Checkr's pricing page, Pulse recorded 17 changes: Assess Standard now $2.49 per report (was $2.49 per check); County civil search added at $40/check to search civil cases in county courts; Basic+, Essential and Professional: Basic+ now notes that a county criminal search is completed automatically ($15/check) when its national criminal search identifies a potential record, and Essential and Professional drop the 'Unlimited' label from county criminal search; Commercial MVR with CDLIS search moved from an option on the MVR line to its own add-on under DOT checks at $14.50/check (before: an additional $5/check on the MVR line, same $14.50 total); Current and previous employment verification merged into one Employment verification add-on, starting from $12.50/check; current employer stays $12.50, with last 3 years $15, 5 years $25, 7 years $35 and 10 years $50 listed as look-back tiers (tier prices unchanged); Assess Lite listed as 'Included' (no separate price) under Adjudication tools, to reduce manual review of records by up to 40%; Add-on products offered with all plans reorganized into six categorized sections: Criminal & civil searches, Verifications, Motor vehicle record, Drug tests & health assessments, Department of Transportation checks, and Adjudication tools; Continuous Crim renamed Continuous criminal search, now $1.70 per individual per month (was $1.70 per check); Reference verification added at $10/check to interview personal or professional references; State criminal search added at starting from $10/check to search specific state criminal records; Drug and alcohol clearinghouse search added at $20/check for CDL holder violation history; Federal civil search added at $15/check to search civil cases in federal court; DOT employment verification, now starting from $19.50/check (current employer $19.50; 3, 5, 7 and 10 years $22, $32, $42 and $57), moved from a mention under Education verification with no price to its own add-on; DOT physical added starting from $110/test for physical fitness evaluation by DOT medical providers; Assess Premium added at $4/report to reduce manual review by up to 85% with most customizable filtering; DOT drug and alcohol test added starting from $72/test for DOT compliance testing; Occupational health assessment added starting from $23/test to evaluate candidate fitness for jobs. Pulse files it as a packaging change (add-on change, new add-on, feature change, package change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Complete at $94.99 per report, Essential at $59.99 per report, Basic at $29.99 per report, Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) Report at $9.5 per check and Assess Premium at $4 per report.
Checkr's previous recorded change was "Checkr Discontinues First-Time Customer Discount of Up to $40 Across All Plans" (Q1 2024). Checkr has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Keepit, Zscaler, PreVeil, NordVPN and Material Security also changed their Cybersecurity & Identity Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Assess Standard · Add-on—$2.49 per check$2.49 per report
- County civil search · Add-onAddedNo County civil searchCounty civil search
- Basic, Essential, County criminal search · FeatureFeature change
Basic+, Essential and Professional: Basic+ now notes that a county criminal search is completed automatically ($15/check) when its national criminal search identifies a potential record, and Essential and Professional drop the 'Unlimited' label from county criminal search
- Commercial MVR with CDLIS search · Add-onChanged
Beforean option on the MVR line
Afterits own add-on
- Employment verification · Add-onAdd-on change
Current and previous employment verification merged into one Employment verification add-on, starting from $12.50/check; current employer stays $12.50, with last 3 years $15, 5 years $25, 7 years $35 and 10 years $50 listed as look-back tiers (tier prices unchanged)
- — · Add-onAddedNo Assess LiteAssess Lite
- All plans · PackagingPackage change
Add-on products offered with all plans reorganized into six categorized sections: Criminal & civil searches, Verifications, Motor vehicle record, Drug tests & health assessments, Department of Transportation checks, and Adjudication tools
- Continuous criminal search · Add-on—
Before$1.70 per check
After$1.70 per individual per month
- Reference verification · Add-onAdded
BeforeNo Reference verification
AfterReference verification
- State criminal search · Add-onChanged
Before$10/check
Aftersearch specific state criminal records
- Drug and alcohol clearinghouse search · Add-onAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterDrug and alcohol clearinghouse search
- Federal civil search · Add-onAddedNo Federal civil searchFederal civil search
- DOT employment verification, Education verification · Add-onChanged
Beforea mention under Education verification with no price
Afterits own add-on
- DOT physical · Add-onAddedNo startingstarting
- Assess Premium · Add-onAddedNo Assess PremiumAssess Premium
- DOT drug and alcohol test · Add-onAddedNo startingstarting
- Occupational health assessment · Add-onChanged
Before$23/test
Afterevaluate candidate fitness
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assess Standard | Add-on | $2.49 per check | $2.49 per report | — |
| County civil search | Add-on | No County civil search | County civil search | Added |
| Basic, Essential, County criminal search | Feature | Basic+, Essential and Professional: Basic+ now notes that a county criminal search is completed automatically ($15/check) when its national criminal search identifies a potential record, and Essential and Professional drop the 'Unlimited' label from county criminal search | Feature change | |
| Commercial MVR with CDLIS search | Add-on | an option on the MVR line | its own add-on | Changed |
| Employment verification | Add-on | Current and previous employment verification merged into one Employment verification add-on, starting from $12.50/check; current employer stays $12.50, with last 3 years $15, 5 years $25, 7 years $35 and 10 years $50 listed as look-back tiers (tier prices unchanged) | Add-on change | |
| — | Add-on | No Assess Lite | Assess Lite | Added |
| All plans | Packaging | Add-on products offered with all plans reorganized into six categorized sections: Criminal & civil searches, Verifications, Motor vehicle record, Drug tests & health assessments, Department of Transportation checks, and Adjudication tools | Package change | |
| Continuous criminal search | Add-on | $1.70 per check | $1.70 per individual per month | — |
| Reference verification | Add-on | No Reference verification | Reference verification | Added |
| State criminal search | Add-on | $10/check | search specific state criminal records | Changed |
| Drug and alcohol clearinghouse search | Add-on | Not listed | Drug and alcohol clearinghouse search | Added |
| Federal civil search | Add-on | No Federal civil search | Federal civil search | Added |
| DOT employment verification, Education verification | Add-on | a mention under Education verification with no price | its own add-on | Changed |
| DOT physical | Add-on | No starting | starting | Added |
| Assess Premium | Add-on | No Assess Premium | Assess Premium | Added |
| DOT drug and alcohol test | Add-on | No starting | starting | Added |
| Occupational health assessment | Add-on | $23/test | evaluate candidate fitness | Changed |
Values as written on Checkr's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Checkr's pricing page (checkr.com) from Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where assess standard add-on reads $2.49 per check and then $2.49 per report.
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Checkr, the last 90 days
Full history- Q1 2025packagingCheckr Increases Complete Plan Price by 12.5% While Adding Federal and Unlimited State Criminal Searches
- Q4 2024packagingCheckr Introduces Unlimited County Criminal Search in Essential and Professional Plans, Enhancing Background Check Value
- Q3 2024packagingCheckr Introduces Tiered Pricing for Education Verification and New Add-Ons for Drug Testing and Postal Adverse Action Notifications
- Q2 2024packagingCheckr regroups its add-ons into six categories and adds DOT checks, civil and state searches, and Assess Premium · this change
- Q1 2024packagingCheckr Discontinues First-Time Customer Discount of Up to $40 Across All Plans
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Questions about this change
Did Checkr raise prices in July 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: add-on change, new add-on, feature change, package change.
What changed on Checkr's pricing page between Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024?
Assess Standard add-on: $2.49 per check → $2.49 per report; County civil search add-on: No County civil search → County civil search, added; Basic+, Essential and Professional: Basic+ now notes that a county criminal search is completed automatically ($15/check) when its national criminal search identifies a potential record, and Essential and Professional drop the 'Unlimited' label from county criminal search; Commercial MVR with CDLIS search add-on: an option on the MVR line → its own add-on, changed; Current and previous employment verification merged into one Employment verification add-on, starting from $12.50/check; current employer stays $12.50, with last 3 years $15, 5 years $25, 7 years $35 and 10 years $50 listed as look-back tiers (tier prices unchanged); add-on: No Assess Lite → Assess Lite, added; Add-on products offered with all plans reorganized into six categorized sections: Criminal & civil searches, Verifications, Motor vehicle record, Drug tests & health assessments, Department of Transportation checks, and Adjudication tools; Continuous criminal search add-on: $1.70 per check → $1.70 per individual per month; Reference verification add-on: No Reference verification → Reference verification, added; State criminal search add-on: $10/check → search specific state criminal records, changed; Drug and alcohol clearinghouse search add-on: Not listed → Drug and alcohol clearinghouse search, added; Federal civil search add-on: No Federal civil search → Federal civil search, added; DOT employment verification, Education verification add-on: a mention under Education verification with no price → its own add-on, changed; DOT physical add-on: No starting → starting, added; Assess Premium add-on: No Assess Premium → Assess Premium, added; DOT drug and alcohol test add-on: No starting → starting, added; Occupational health assessment add-on: $23/test → evaluate candidate fitness, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Checkr change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Checkr in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Checkr Discontinues First-Time Customer Discount of Up to $40 Across All Plans" in Q1 2024; Checkr has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
