Sterling Check
Unified platform for conducting background checks, identity verification, and employment screening at global scale
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- First Advantage
- Also known as
- sterling-check
Available worldwide
What is Sterling Check?
Cloud-based screening service combining identity verification, criminal background checks, drug and health screening, and employment verification. Serves organizations globally with API-driven workflows and integrations into major HR platforms.
What Sterling Check does
The capabilities that matter for background checks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- API centric saas
- National county criminal search
- ✓
- Ssn identity trace
- -
- Motor vehicle record mvr checks
- ✓
- Global international screening
- ✓
- Education employment verification
- ✓
- Drug health screening logistics
- ✓
- Fcra compliant consumer reporting agency
- -
- Adverse action workflow automation
- ✓
- ATS greenhouse lever integration
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Workday⇄•
- Workday Recruiting
- AT&T
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.04 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
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Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Deployment model: api_centric_saas · Global international screening: Yes · Drug health screening logistics: Yes · Motor vehicle record mvr checks: Yes · National county criminal search: Yes · Ats greenhouse lever integration: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 75% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trust center | https://www.sterlingcheck.com/blog/2022/01/what-does-your-compliance-team-need-to-know-in-2022/ | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
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