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Head-to-head · Tenant Screening Software

TransUnion SmartMove vs People Vetting Tenant Screening

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score TransUnion SmartMove #2 in Tenant Screening Software 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit SmartMove
People Vetting Tenant Screening #8 in Tenant Screening Software 7.6/10 Paid ✓ 5 of 6 features Visit People Vetting

TransUnion SmartMove leads on 1 check, People Vetting Tenant Screening on 0, and 6 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 7 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreTransUnion SmartMove · 8.6/10
  • Free planonly TransUnion SmartMove
  • Most featuresTransUnion SmartMove · 6 of 6

TransUnion SmartMove scores higher on our rubric for tenant screening software: 8.6 against 7.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #8.

TransUnion SmartMove offers free plan; People Vetting Tenant Screening doesn't.

TransUnion SmartMove is the better fit for landlords wanting established TransUnion screening. People Vetting Tenant Screening is the better fit for teams wanting human-reviewed screening reports.

  • TransUnion SmartMove fits best

    Landlords wanting established TransUnion screening

  • People Vetting Tenant Screening fits best

    Teams wanting human-reviewed screening reports

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Side by side

Feature TransUnion SmartMove 8.6/10 Visit ↗ People Vetting Tenant Screening 7.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.6 7.6
Ranking #2 in Tenant Screening Software #8 in Tenant Screening Software
Best for Landlords wanting established TransUnion screening Teams wanting human-reviewed screening reports
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price $25/unit one-time $24.99/unit one-time
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Phone Email
Built for Solo, Small business Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features TransUnion SmartMove 6/6 · People Vetting Tenant Screening 5/6
Credit reports ✓ ✓
Criminal searches ✓ ✓
Eviction searches ✓ ✓
Income verification ✓ ✓
Identity verification ✓ ✓
Adverse action workflow ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Credit bureau Transunion Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Credit, criminal, eviction, income-insights, and identity reports in one service.
  • Pay-as-you-go plans start at $25 per report.
  • Consent-based identity checks and adverse-action notice template.
  • Human QA review before reports are released
  • Covers criminal, eviction, credit, income, and employment checks
  • Includes consent, disclosures, disputes, and housing-purpose certification
Cons
  • Web-only platform limits broader platform and integration coverage.
  • Income Insights estimates income rather than directly verifying it.
  • Criminal and eviction availability varies by jurisdiction.
  • No free plan; pricing starts at $24.99 per report
  • Adverse-action responsibility remains with the customer
  • Portfolio pricing is based on volume pricing and SLAs
Our verdict

TransUnion SmartMove is an online tenant-screening service for independent property owners and smaller property managers. Its consent-based process covers applicant credit information, criminal background reports, eviction-related…

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People Vetting Tenant Screening is a consumer-reporting workflow for landlords and property managers evaluating rental applicants. It combines criminal-history, eviction-history, credit, income, and employment checks with applicant…

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  1. TransUnion SmartMoveTenant Screening Software 8.6Free plan
  2. People Vetting Tenant ScreeningTenant Screening Software 7.6Paid

Strengths and trade-offs

  • TransUnion SmartMove — where it wins

    • Credit, criminal, eviction, income-insights, and identity reports in one service.
    • Pay-as-you-go plans start at $25 per report.
    • Consent-based identity checks and adverse-action notice template.

    Where it doesn't

    • Web-only platform limits broader platform and integration coverage.
    • Income Insights estimates income rather than directly verifying it.
    • Criminal and eviction availability varies by jurisdiction.

  • People Vetting Tenant Screening — where it wins

    • Human QA review before reports are released
    • Covers criminal, eviction, credit, income, and employment checks
    • Includes consent, disclosures, disputes, and housing-purpose certification

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan; pricing starts at $24.99 per report
    • Adverse-action responsibility remains with the customer
    • Portfolio pricing is based on volume pricing and SLAs

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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