Backgrounds Online vs Certn Tenant Screening

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Certn Tenant Screening helps landlords and property managers vet rental applicants and staff. Recommended property-management checks include credit, references, identity and employment verification; its listed capabilities also include criminal searches, income verification and an adverse-action workflow. The screening process is described as automated, and renters can submit credentials from any device. For high-volume work, the API supports bulk sending and package creation. The property-management offering lists built-in consent forms, SOC 2 and SOC 3 compliance, and encrypted data on AWS. Certn says data at rest uses AES-256 and data in transit uses TLS 1.2 or higher. Hosting is in cloud data centers in Canada, Australia, the UK and/or the EU depending on region; the service does not operate on-premise servers. Listed individual checks include Identity Verification at £3, paid once, Digital Right to Work Check at £6, paid once, and several checks at higher prices. Reference Checks has no listed price. Certn is paid with no free plan and is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.