First Advantage vs PeopleCheck

First Advantage provides employment background checks, identity verification, and related screening for organizations from small businesses to global employers. Its services include drug and occupational health screening, fingerprinting, and international checks across more than 200 countries and territories. Small businesses can invite candidates to submit the information and authorization needed for checks, track progress, and review completed reports online. Available reports vary by role, hiring policy, and applicable requirements. For connected hiring systems, First Advantage lists more than 100 ATS and HCM integrations, including Workday, iCIMS, and Bullhorn. Its REST API can initiate checks, return results, and provide real-time status updates; the company says its API can process thousands of screens per hour. The Trust Center lists multi-factor authentication, audit logging, role-based access control, and credentials including SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022. Customer care is described for candidates and employees, with dedicated technical support for integration setup. Pricing is on request, and the listed small-business option is pay-as-you-go with no setup fees or minimum screening volume.

PeopleCheck provides pre-employment background screening for remote and onsite hires. Checks can cover identity, right to work, DBS, employment history, education and qualifications, financial matters, sanctions and international screening. Its Adverse Social Media check reviews social and web footprints for issues of concern or conflict. A dashboard presents live results and supporting documents; interim and final reports can be exported as PDFs or printed. Candidates can complete onboarding on a mobile phone or in a computer browser. PeopleCheck describes more than 200 data points and live insights into checks and candidate tracking. Its REST API supports check requests and screening results, with real-time updates through webhooks. The company says most checks finish within the same day and advertises same-day setup, no setup fees and no minimum quantities. Listed prices are £32 per Basic DBS check, £50 per Adverse Social Media check and £97 per Entry Level Background Check, each plus VAT. Customised checks require a quote. PeopleCheck says international checks account for country-specific data laws and customers can contact an account manager or email [email protected].