Certn and ClearHire, side by side
Background screening with an employment verification that contacts past employers for titles and dates.
Who is better served by which
Better served by Certn
Choose Certn if you are an employer who needs a criminal record, identity and employment check in one order.
Better served by ClearHire
Choose ClearHire if you want the past employer's answer kept on the person's own record, free, with the name of who answered.
What each one charges
Certn’s prices are copied as its pages print them, with the plan name and the page. Ours come from the same list our pricing page reads.
| Plan | Price | Note | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Verification | $29.99 per check | Currency symbol only on the page; pass-through access fees may apply | certn.co/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
ClearHire’s plans
- Free
- No cost. Not a trial, and it does not end.
- Pro
- $9 a month, or $90 a year.
- Team
- $7 a seat a month, or $70 a seat a year. At least 3 seats, so from $210 a year.
How a paid plan is bought today is on the pricing page.
Feature by feature
A row that reads “not stated” means the pages we read did not say. It does not mean no, and we did not guess.
| What | Certn | ClearHire |
|---|---|---|
| A free plan that does not end | CertnNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
| A named company countersigns a role, and the record is then locked | CertnPartlycertn.co/pricing (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Covers roles you have already left | CertnYescertn.co/pricing (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| People write about companies in public | CertnNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
What ClearHire does not do
This list is the same on every page here, and it is true today.
Only resumes leave in six formats
Cover letters copy out as plain text, and a portfolio has no export.
Free exports name us
A resume exported on Free carries one “built with” line. A paid plan removes it.
No career path on your record
The roadmap and skills-gap pages are reading, not a plan we keep for you.
A company’s answer stays private
What a company writes about a person is read by that person and the company’s admins. Nobody else sees it.
Check us
We read these pages on 7 November 2026. Prices move, and this page only knows what was true that day.
The pages we read
Open Certn’s site (opens in a new tab)Moving from Certn to ClearHire, in the docs (opens in a new tab)