Veremark vs Xref Engage

Veremark is a paid pre-hire screening service available through the web and an API. It covers over 180 countries and offers more than 40 checks, including identity, references, bankruptcy, civil background, and employment credit. Customers choose checks, enter candidate details, receive updates, and obtain a shareable report with results and insights. The platform includes questionnaire building, downloadable reports, branding controls, talent-pipeline features, permissions, bulk uploads, and unlimited users. Integrations are listed for Ashby, Bullhorn, Greenhouse, HiBob, iCIMS, Lever, Workable, and Workday. Its RESTful API can request checks from an existing platform and return updates, results, and PDF reports as JSON. Veremark advertises 24/7 global customer care and chat support. The Enterprise page describes GDPR, SOC-2, and PDPA compliance. Australia plans are billed per candidate: Essential is A$137, paid once, Professional A$392, paid once, and Executive A$498, paid once.

Xref Engage provides employee engagement, Leadership 360, onboarding and pulse surveys for collecting, analysing and sharing organisational feedback. Users can select expert-designed templates or create their own questionnaires. Employees complete surveys on desktop or mobile, and surveys are available globally. Anonymous and repeat surveys, automated reminders, industry benchmarking, eNPS tracking and demographic filtering are supported. Data Studio lets teams explore metrics and download or share reports. Xref’s workplace psychology team can advise on survey curation. Xref says the platform is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, encrypts data with TLS 1.2 in transit and AES 256 at rest, and conducts annual independent penetration tests. Customers can choose AWS storage regions in Sydney, Frankfurt, Toronto or North Virginia. Engage requires an active Xref Enterprise subscription and costs extra. Pricing starts at $70/mo (annual), with a free trial offered.