Checkr Renames Basic+ Plan to Basic, Streamlining Offerings
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026 captures of Checkr's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Basic+ plan renamed to Basic (removed the '+' suffix). Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan renamed) with a neutral 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 Form I-9 Verification Service, Impacting Pricing Structure" (Q2 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Checkr Increases Complete Plan Price by 12.5% While Adding Federal and Unlimited State Criminal Searches" (Q1 2025), "Checkr Introduces Unlimited County Criminal Search in Essential and Professional Plans, Enhancing Background Check Value" (Q4 2024) and "Checkr Introduces Tiered Pricing for Education Verification and New Add-Ons for Drug Testing and Postal Adverse Action Notifications" (Q3 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.
- Basic · PlanRenamedBasic+ planBasic
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Plan | Basic+ plan | Basic | Renamed |
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 Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Basic+ plan" becomes "Basic".
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Checkr, pricing history
Full history- Mar 16, 2026packagingCheckr Raises Self-Serve Threshold From 50 to 300 Checks Per Year
- Feb 23, 2026improvedCheckr adds Enterprise plan, lowers volume pricing to 50+ checks/year
- Week 4, 2026packagingCheckr lowers self-serve threshold to 50 checks for sales outreach
- Jan 13, 2026packagingCheckr Renames Basic+ Plan to Basic, Streamlining Offerings · this change
- 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
- Q2 2024packagingCheckr regroups its add-ons into six categories and adds DOT checks, civil and state searches, and Assess Premium
- Q1 2024packagingCheckr Discontinues First-Time Customer Discount of Up to $40 Across All Plans
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 January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan renamed.
What changed on Checkr's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026?
Basic plan: Basic+ plan → Basic, renamed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Checkr change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Checkr in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Checkr Discontinues Form I-9 Verification Service, Impacting Pricing Structure" in Q2 2025; Checkr has been tracked since 2024-10-01.