Alternatives to Zinc
Other Background screening vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Zinc does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 25 that differ from Zinc on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Zinc has 6 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Public pricing, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116). The column “publishes and Zinc does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Zinc does not | Zinc publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xrefxref.com | 70/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Public pricing | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| GoodHiregoodhire.com | 48/100 | 2 Status page with history, Public pricing | 2 Data processing agreement, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Trueworktruework.com | 48/100 | 2 Subprocessor list, Status page with history | 3 Data processing agreement, Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Certncertn.co | 43/100 | 2 Public pricing, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 2 Data processing agreement, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Asurintasurint.com | 35/100 | 1 Status page with history | 3 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Verified Firstverifiedfirst.com | 35/100 | 1 Public pricing | 3 Data processing agreement, Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Checkrcheckr.com | 26/100 | 1 Public pricing | 4 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Certifications named, +1 | Compare |
| Accurate Backgroundaccurate.com | 22/100 | 1 Status page with history | 5 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +2 | Compare |
| First Advantagefadv.com | 22/100 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | 4 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | Compare |
| Cisivecisive.com | 17/100 | 1 Status page with history | 5 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Certifications named, +2 | Compare |
| IDfyidfy.com | 17/100 | 1 Status page with history | 5 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Certifications named, +2 | Compare |
| AuthBridgeauthbridge.com | 26/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 3 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.