Certn Tenant Screening vs MyRental

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.

MyRental is web software for screening rental applicants with reports and searches. Its Basic plan costs $24.99 as a one-time purchase and includes housing court data, additional address information, a terrorist alert, multi-state criminal searches, and multi-state sex offender searches. Premium costs $38.99, paid once, requires credit consent, and adds a credit report, TU Rental Score, and applicant-pay option. Signature costs $43.99, paid once, also requires credit consent, and adds Income Insights to Premium. Individual purchases include Credit Report for $14.99, paid once, Credit and Income Insights for $20.99, paid once, Housing Court Data for $7.99, paid once, Multi-State Criminal for $19.99, paid once, Statewide Criminal for $9.99, paid once, and County Criminal for $14.99, paid once. The listed credit bureau is TransUnion. MyRental includes an adverse action workflow and supports credit, criminal, and eviction searches. Income verification is not available. Its pricing note lists a free plan, but no details are provided for that plan.