Checkr Increases Complete Plan Price by 12.5% While Adding Federal and Unlimited State Criminal Searches
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Checkr's pricing page, Pulse recorded 7 changes: Professional plan renamed to Complete; County criminal search explicitly priced as add-on at $25/check with package inclusion notes; Complete plan (formerly Professional) price increased from $79.99/check to $89.99/report (12.5% increase); Unlimited state criminal search added as included feature in Complete plan; Education verification (Highest level) removed from Professional/Complete plan; Employment verification (Current) removed from Professional/Complete plan; Federal criminal search added as included feature in Complete plan. Pulse files it as a pricing change (plan renamed, new add-on, price increase, feature added, feature removed) 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 Introduces Unlimited County Criminal Search in Essential and Professional Plans, Enhancing Background Check Value" (Q4 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.
- Complete · PlanRenamedProfessional planComplete
- County criminal search · Add-onNew add-onNot listed$25/check
- Complete · Price—$79.99/check$89.99/report
- State criminal search, Complete · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterUnlimited state criminal search
- Education verification, Complete · FeatureFeature removed
Education verification (Highest level) removed from Professional/Complete plan
- Employment verification, Complete · FeatureFeature removed
Employment verification (Current) removed from Professional/Complete plan
- Federal criminal search, Complete · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Federal criminal search
AfterFederal criminal search
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete | Plan | Professional plan | Complete | Renamed |
| County criminal search | Add-on | Not listed | $25/check | New add-on |
| Complete | Price | $79.99/check | $89.99/report | — |
| State criminal search, Complete | Feature | Not listed | Unlimited state criminal search | Added |
| Education verification, Complete | Feature | Education verification (Highest level) removed from Professional/Complete plan | Feature removed | |
| Employment verification, Complete | Feature | Employment verification (Current) removed from Professional/Complete plan | Feature removed | |
| Federal criminal search, Complete | Feature | No Federal criminal search | Federal criminal search | 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 Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where complete price reads $79.99/check and then $89.99/report.
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Checkr, the last 90 days
Full history- Week 4, 2026packagingCheckr lowers self-serve threshold to 50 checks for sales outreach
- Jan 13, 2026packagingCheckr Renames Basic+ Plan to Basic, Streamlining Offerings
- 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 · this change
- Q4 2024packagingCheckr Introduces Unlimited County Criminal Search in Essential and Professional Plans, Enhancing Background Check Value
Across Cybersecurity & Identity Management in the same window
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- 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 April 2025?
Yes. Pulse captured Checkr's pricing page on Jan 1, 2025 and again on Apr 1, 2025 and recorded 1 price increase: Complete: $79.99/check → $89.99/report.
What changed on Checkr's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Complete plan: Professional plan → Complete, renamed; County criminal search add-on: Not listed → $25/check; Complete price: $79.99/check → $89.99/report; State criminal search, Complete feature: Not listed → Unlimited state criminal search, added; Education verification (Highest level) removed from Professional/Complete plan; Employment verification (Current) removed from Professional/Complete plan; Federal criminal search, Complete feature: No Federal criminal search → Federal criminal search, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; 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 Introduces Unlimited County Criminal Search in Essential and Professional Plans, Enhancing Background Check Value" in Q4 2024; Checkr has been tracked since 2024-10-01.