Brindle Reference Checking vs HiPeople

Brindle Reference Checking automates reference checks for recruitment agencies, from candidate consent through referee follow-up to a completed report. Recruiters set up reusable templates, add candidates, capture consent, and send requests; Brindle sends reminders and returns a structured PDF. Reports organize answers by section and include identity verification, a completion timestamp, an audit trail, and candidate and referee consent. Accounts can have unlimited templates with open, scaled, multiple-choice, and scenario-based questions. Referees respond through a guided web conversation, while recruiters can conduct checks by phone for referees who will not go online. CV templating returns a candidate CV in the agency’s house format and is free on annual plans. Brindle can run alongside ATS products including JobAdder, Bullhorn, FastTrack360, and Astute, but ATS integration is not available. The company says it complies with GDPR and the Australian and New Zealand Privacy Acts, does not train AI on customer data, and retains candidate and reference data for 10 working days after last activity. Annual Foundation starts at $299 a year; monthly Foundation is $499 a month.

HiPeople is paid web software that automates reference checks for hiring teams. It handles referee outreach, scheduling, reminders, follow-ups, and report creation, with custom questionnaires, mixed reference channels, a reporting dashboard, and API access. Its agents ask follow-up questions when answers are unclear or contradictory. HiPeople says it detects overly positive, negative, or inconsistent references and verifies identities through professional-network authentication, shared-experience checks, and job-title matching. It can flag participant similarities and suspicious IP or phone-number signals. Integrations connect ATS, HRIS, and worksuite systems, including SAP, Greenhouse, Workday, Oracle, and iCIMS. Connected systems can exchange data both ways, trigger agents from hiring stages, and receive scores, notes, or PDF reports. HiPeople states SOC 2 Type II certification and ISO 27001 compliance, encryption in transit and at rest, US or EU hosting, and that customer data is never used to train other models. Pricing is on request.