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Head-to-head · Background Check Software

Justifacts vs Background Pro

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 8 checks side by side
Higher score Justifacts #3 in Background Check Software 8.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 7 of 7 features Visit Justifacts
Background Pro #14 in Background Check Software 7.4/10 Pricing on request ✓ 6 of 7 features Visit Background Pro

Justifacts leads on 0 checks, Background Pro on 0, and 8 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 8 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreJustifacts · 8.6/10
  • Most featuresJustifacts · 7 of 7

Justifacts scores higher on our rubric for background check software: 8.6 against 7.4 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #14.

Justifacts is the better fit for established employers needing configurable monitoring. Background Pro is the better fit for complex screening operations and developers.

  • Justifacts fits best

    Established employers needing configurable monitoring

  • Background Pro fits best

    Complex screening operations and developers

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Side by side

Feature Justifacts 8.6/10 Visit ↗ Background Pro 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.6 7.4
Ranking #3 in Background Check Software #14 in Background Check Software
Best for Established employers needing configurable monitoring Complex screening operations and developers
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price Pricing on request Pricing on request
Free plan — —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Phone, Email Phone, Email
Compliance SOC 2 GDPR
Integrations 20 integrations 4 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Justifacts 7/7 · Background Pro 6/7
Criminal records ✓ ✓
Identity verification ✓ ✓
Employment verification ✓ ✓
Education verification ✓ ✓
Driving history ✓ ✓
Adverse-action workflow ✓ ✓
API access ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Covers criminal, identity, employment, education, and driving-history checks
  • Configurable packages support different roles and departments
  • Includes individualized assessment, adverse action, and monitoring workflows
  • Broad criminal, identity, verification, and driving-history checks
  • Adverse-action workflows with audit visibility and waiting-period tracking
  • REST API, webhooks, sandbox, packages, and bulk ordering
Cons
  • Pricing requires contacting sales for a customized program
  • The platform is focused on employment screening rather than broader HR tools
  • Integration options are listed as ATS, HRIS, and open API
  • Quote-based pricing requires a sales-led buying process
  • Its broad workflow scope may exceed simpler screening needs
  • Advanced configuration can add operational complexity
Our verdict

Justifacts provides employment background screening for employers, HR teams, and compliance professionals. Its coverage includes criminal-record searches at county, state, and federal levels; identity verification with government-issued…

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Background Pro is an employer-focused platform for pre-employment and workforce screening. It supports criminal-record searches across county, state, federal, national, and registry sources, along with identity and SSN trace checks,…

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  1. JustifactsBackground Check Software 8.6Pricing on request
  2. Background ProBackground Check Software 7.4Pricing on request

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Justifacts — where it wins

    • Covers criminal, identity, employment, education, and driving-history checks
    • Configurable packages support different roles and departments
    • Includes individualized assessment, adverse action, and monitoring workflows

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires contacting sales for a customized program
    • The platform is focused on employment screening rather than broader HR tools
    • Integration options are listed as ATS, HRIS, and open API

  • Background Pro — where it wins

    • Broad criminal, identity, verification, and driving-history checks
    • Adverse-action workflows with audit visibility and waiting-period tracking
    • REST API, webhooks, sandbox, packages, and bulk ordering

    Where it doesn't

    • Quote-based pricing requires a sales-led buying process
    • Its broad workflow scope may exceed simpler screening needs
    • Advanced configuration can add operational complexity

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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