Vendor comparison · Verified 17 June 2026

Checkr vs GoodHire 2026: Same Owner, Same Price Card, Different Buyer

Checkr acquired GoodHire in April 2022 and aligned the public price cards. Basic $29.99, Essential $54.99, Complete $89.99 per check on both. The choice between them is no longer about price; it is about whether you want a developer-API platform or a self-serve SMB workflow.

Direct answer

Which is cheaper, Checkr or GoodHire?

Neither. Both publish identical Basic $29.99, Essential $54.99, Complete $89.99 per-check tiers as of 17 June 2026. Checkr acquired GoodHire in April 2022 and aligned the rate cards. Pick GoodHire for SMB self-serve UX, Checkr for the API and international packages from $32 per check.

Tier comparison

Tier	Checkr	GoodHire	Difference
Basic	$29.99 / report	$29.99 / check	$0.00
Essential	$54.99 / report	$54.99 / check	$0.00
Complete	$89.99 / report	$89.99 / check	$0.00
Enterprise	Quote	Quote	Both negotiated

Source: checkr.com/pricing and goodhire.com/pricing, both fetched 17 June 2026.

What changed in the April 2022 acquisition

Checkr acquired GoodHire in April 2022 and chose to operate it as a standalone SMB brand rather than fold the customers into the Checkr account UI. The public tier names converged on Basic / Essential / Complete (GoodHire's historical naming), and the per-check prices aligned to $29.99 / $54.99 / $89.99 across both vendors. As of 17 June 2026 the public pricing pages show no differentiation by price; the differentiation is by product experience.

When to pick GoodHire

Self-serve account creation. GoodHire's sign-up flow is the lowest-friction in the workforce category. A 5-person company can run a first check inside 15 minutes.
SMB UX polish. Candidate experience is built around the small-employer use case; the dashboard does not assume an HRIS integration.
Under 50 checks per year. Volume-discount negotiation is not a meaningful lever at this volume; the published rate is what you pay.

When to pick Checkr

API-first integration. Checkr's developer documentation and webhook model are the strongest in the workforce category. Greenhouse, Workable, and most ATS platforms have native Checkr integrations.
International hiring. Checkr publishes international packages starting at $32 per check covering 200+ countries. GoodHire is US-only.
50+ checks per year and a technical team. The API model pays back in candidate-flow automation.
Pass-through court fees at cost. Both pass through court fees, but Checkr publishes the no-markup policy explicitly.

Add-on rates compared

Checkr publishes add-on rates directly on the pricing page. GoodHire's page lists add-ons as available but does not publish per-add-on rates for all categories. The most consequential difference is the published MVR rate.

MVR (Motor Vehicle Records): Checkr publishes $9.50 per check; GoodHire offers MVR but does not publish a rate.
Drug screening: Checkr publishes $60 per clinic-based test ($37 onsite); GoodHire offers drug screening but does not publish a rate.
Employment verification: included in both Complete tiers ($89.99) for 7 years.
International: Checkr publishes from $32; GoodHire is US-only.

Pricing-page risk flag

Older third-party listings still show GoodHire and Checkr tiers labelled Basic / Pro / Premier. As of 17 June 2026 both vendors' public pages show Basic / Essential / Complete. Per-check prices did not change in the rebrand. Verify against the source URLs above before signing a contract; the per-check rate is what is published, not what older review sites claim.

Verdict

For 90 percent of US SMB hiring buyers, the choice between Checkr and GoodHire is decided by product surface rather than per-check price. Pick GoodHire if you want the simplest self-serve workflow and you hire fewer than 50 people per year. Pick Checkr if you want an API, you hire internationally, or you are integrating into an ATS that has a native Checkr connector. The total annual spend will be identical at published rates.

Run it through the calculator

Use the multi-vendor calculator at your actual monthly check volume to see annual cost side by side. At published rates both vendors return the same number; the difference shows up in operational time-cost, not procurement cost.