Checkr Introduces Tiered Pricing for Education Verification and New Add-Ons for Drug Testing and Postal Adverse Action Notifications
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Checkr's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Random drug and alcohol test added at $10/test - tests randomly selected employees for 4-panel to 10-panel tests with breath, hair, or urine methods; Education verification pricing expanded to tiered structure: 1 degree ($12.50), up to 2 degrees ($18.75), up to 3 degrees ($25) with note 'Pricing is not consumption based'; Postal Adverse Action added at $7/letter - Checkr will automatically mail physical copies of pre- and post-adverse action notices in jurisdictions requiring postal mail. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on, add-on 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 regroups its add-ons into six categories and adds DOT checks, civil and state searches, and Assess Premium" (Q2 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.
- Random drug and alcohol test · Add-onAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterRandom drug and alcohol test
- Education verification · Add-onAdd-on change
Education verification pricing expanded to tiered structure: 1 degree ($12.50), up to 2 degrees ($18.75), up to 3 degrees ($25) with note 'Pricing is not consumption based'
- Postal Adverse Action · Add-onAddedNo Postal Adverse ActionPostal Adverse Action
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Random drug and alcohol test | Add-on | Not listed | Random drug and alcohol test | Added |
| Education verification | Add-on | — | 2 | Add-on change |
| Postal Adverse Action | Add-on | No Postal Adverse Action | Postal Adverse Action | Added |
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 Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where Random drug and alcohol test now appears.
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Checkr, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025packagingCheckr Discontinues Form I-9 Verification Service, Impacting Pricing Structure
- 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 · this change
- Q2 2024packagingCheckr regroups its add-ons into six categories and adds DOT checks, civil and state searches, and Assess Premium
Across Cybersecurity & Identity Management in the same window
All Cybersecurity & Identity Management changes- KeepitOct 26Keepit upgrades Core Continuity to unlimited hot storage
- ZscalerOct 26Zscaler adds bulk GraphQL data extraction to ZDX Advanced Plus
- PreVeilOct 26PreVeil adds FIPS 140-3 to Business, lists 10 TB+ storage
- NordVPNOct 26NordVPN: Black Friday intro discount deepens to 78% off (Complete plan)
- Material SecurityOct 26Material Security adds Drive Agent to auto-fix over-shared sensitive files
Questions about this change
Did Checkr raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on, add-on change.
What changed on Checkr's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Random drug and alcohol test add-on: Not listed → Random drug and alcohol test, added; Education verification pricing expanded to tiered structure: 1 degree ($12.50), up to 2 degrees ($18.75), up to 3 degrees ($25) with note 'Pricing is not consumption based'; Postal Adverse Action add-on: No Postal Adverse Action → Postal Adverse Action, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 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 regroups its add-ons into six categories and adds DOT checks, civil and state searches, and Assess Premium" in Q2 2024; Checkr has been tracked since 2024-10-01.