# GoodHire review (2026): is it worth paying for? > Employment background checks priced per check, with custom quotes Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. GoodHire is an employment background check service with three self-serve packages priced per check, plus custom quotes for employers running more than 50 checks a year. It lists 100+ screening services, a dashboard for managing checks across locations, an API and ATS and HRIS integrations. Third-party fees may apply on top. - **Category:** Hiring & Applicant Tracking - **Made by:** GoodHire - **Website:** https://www.goodhire.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to try before paying, because there is no free plan or trial. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, GoodHire is a paid product, starting at $29.99 per check, plus pass-through fees. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $29.99 per check, plus pass-through fees | SSN trace, sex offender registry, global watchlist and national criminal search. | | Essential | $59.99 per check, plus pass-through fees | Adds identity verification and unlimited county criminal searches to the Basic checks. | | Complete | $94.99 per check, plus pass-through fees | Adds unlimited state criminal searches and a federal criminal search to the Essential checks. | Read from https://www.goodhire.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with GoodHire before buying. ## Key features - **Tiered packages:** Three preset packages step up from a national criminal search to county, state and federal searches with identity verification. - **100+ screening services:** Criminal, driving record (MVR), drug test, education and employment verification checks can be added to a custom package. - **Custom packages by role:** Larger employers can design screening packages by job role or client and manage checks across locations from one dashboard. - **API and ATS integrations:** The vendor says it offers an API and pre-built integrations with ATS and HRIS tools, though the pages read name none of them. - **Compliance support:** Provides FCRA-related guidance from an in-house compliance team, plus employer forms and state-by-state background check pages. ## Good for - Small employers running a few checks without a contract - Staffing, healthcare and nonprofit hiring teams with set screening needs - Larger organizations that want custom packages and an API ## Worth knowing - Package prices exclude third-party pass-through fees such as court and state access fees. - The self-serve pricing is for under 50 checks a year; above that the vendor offers a custom quote. - Drug tests, MVR, education and employment checks are not in the three packages' listed contents. - The pages read do not name specific ATS integrations. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. GoodHire sells three packages at $29.99, $59.99 and $94.99 a check and lists 100+ screening services. Court and state fees are added on top, drug tests and employment checks are not in the packages, and above 50 checks a year it moves to a custom quote. - **Value for money: C.** Per-check pricing of $29.99 to $94.99 is not a monthly figure, so it cannot be set against this category's $95 middle subscription. Pass-through fees are extra. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial on the pricing page. - **Features: C.** Three packages, 100+ services, role-based custom packages, an API and compliance support. Drug tests, driving records, education and employment checks are not in the three packages' listed contents. - **Ease of use: C.** Self-serve ordering is quicker than most here, but you still set up consent, packages and any integration. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only. The listing mentions an API and ATS and HRIS links, but the pages we read name none of them. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from GoodHire's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among hiring and applicant tracking tools - GoodHire's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 6 of the 101 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, and level with 23. - It stands best on value for money (C, above 12 of 101) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hiring ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace GoodHire you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 72 of the 101 other hiring and applicant tracking tools grade higher. - You could make: Applicant tracking and employee records: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Applicant tracking, Employee records, Public API, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Checkr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/checkr): Pay-per-report background checks for hiring, with an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/checkr-vs-goodhire) - [HireRight](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hireright): Global employment background screening, sold by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/goodhire-vs-hireright) - [First Advantage](https://toolgpa.com/tools/first-advantage): Background screening and identity checks for employers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/first-advantage-vs-goodhire) - [Accurate](https://toolgpa.com/tools/accurate-background): Global employment background screening, sold through sales. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/accurate-background-vs-goodhire) - [Certn](https://toolgpa.com/tools/certn): Self-serve background checks billed per check, US and Canada. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/certn-vs-goodhire) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.goodhire.com/pricing/ - https://www.goodhire.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/goodhire Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).