Accurate vs HireRight (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Accurate and HireRight share a 2.0 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on which features you need.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Which one is for you
Pick Accurate if
- Fits if you screen across several countries and want one vendor for most check types
- Works for HR teams that want an API link into their own system
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price on the page, because none is published
- Not for you if you want self-serve sign-up, as buying goes through Contact Sales
- Skip it if you hire only a few people a year, as the vendor pitches multinational programs
- Watch out: the pricing link on the site returns a 404, and no free plan or trial is shown
Pick HireRight if
- Fits if you screen many people a year, across several countries
- Works for HR teams that already run an applicant tracking system HireRight connects to
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price before talking to anyone, as none is published
- Not for you if you want to sign up and run one check today, because there is no self-serve route
- Skip it if you hire only a few people a year, as the vendor pitches volume
- Watch out: no free plan or trial is shown anywhere on the pages we read
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAAccurateFair | 2.0GPAHireRightFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CThe site publishes no price and the pricing path returns a 404, so there is no figure to set against this category's $95 middle price. | CThe pricing page publishes no figure at all, only a customized quote, so there is nothing to set against this category's $95 middle price. We leave it at the ordinary grade and say so. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan or trial on the pages we read. | FNo free plan and no trial is shown. Everything starts with a sales request. |
| Features | BCriminal and sanctions searches, verifications, identity, drug, health and driving, I-9 and monitoring. The listing shows no gap in the core work of screening. | BCriminal, employment, ID, drug and alcohol, I-9 and E-Verify and extended workforce screening, with global coverage. The listing shows no gap in the core work of screening. |
| Ease of use | CBought through sales, then wired into your HR systems via the client platform or API. No store rating is on record. | CBought through sales and wired into an HR or applicant tracking system, so there is setup before it works. No store rating is on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with a background check API, a candidate portal, a client ordering platform and integrations. | BWeb only, with the vendor listing 70 integrations across 45+ HCM and ATS providers. |
| Best for | screening for firms of all sizes, sold through sales | large-company screening, quoted on request |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Accurate and HireRight. How we grade
Where they differ
In commonWebWorkflow automationApplicant trackingEmployee records
At a glance
| Accurate | HireRight | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Accurate | HireRight |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Accurate
- No prices are published; the pricing path on the site returns a 404 and all buying goes through Contact Sales.
- There is no self-serve sign-up or free trial on the pages read.
- The vendor positions itself for multinational and large-organization programs as well as small business.
HireRight
- No prices are published; the pricing page only offers a customized quote.
- Sold through sales (Talk to Sales); no self-serve sign-up or free trial is shown.
- The vendor says it screens over 85M people a year, so it is built for larger programs.
Key features
Accurate
- Criminal and sanctions searches
- Criminal background checks, sanctions searches and global searches, with an automated court access service listed on the site.
- Verifications and identity
- Employment and education style verifications, identity verification, credit checks and social media searches.
- Drug, health and driving
- Drug and health screening and driving history checks, aimed at industries such as healthcare and transportation.
- I-9 and monitoring
- Form I-9 and E-Verify handling plus monitoring services for people after they are hired.
- API and client platform
- A background check API, a client ordering platform, a candidate portal and integrations with hiring systems.
HireRight
- Criminal searches
- County criminal, felony and misdemeanor searches, a healthcare statewide criminal check and a global criminal search of government record sources.
- Employment verification
- Confirms a candidate's stated employment history with employers or their authorized agents, in the US and in other countries.
- Global ID check
- Validates a candidate's passport or national identity document to determine whether it is authentic.
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Instant and lab-based testing options for pre-employment and ongoing screening.
- I-9 and E-Verify
- An online service for managing US employment eligibility verification, listed alongside the screening products.
- Extended workforce screening
- A separate online solution for managing background screening of contractors and other extended workforce.
Plans
Accurate
Pricing could not be confirmed. See accurate.com.
HireRight
Pricing could not be confirmed. See hireright.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Accurate or HireRight?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Accurate has no price we could confirm, and HireRight has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Accurate or HireRight?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Accurate nor HireRight has a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.