Truthfinder Review

Sunday, December 5th

2021 Background Check Service Reviews

Truthfinder

• Cost: $29.89/month for unlimited reports
• $23.02/month for 2 months of unlimited reports
• Pop-up offer of a single report for $29.95
• $3-$5 for a 5-day trial for unlimited reports

If you need a background check - or if you just want to know what information is available about you online - you need to see what Truthfinder has to offer. For nearly 15 years, this business has been helping people find missing family members, check up on prospective spouses, and even protect their own identity online and in person. And, as an "A+" business with the BBB, Truthfinder's reputation is solid.

To get started, you enter the name, city (if known) and state of the person you'd like to find. You'll get to watch Truthfinder's process as it analyzes online profiles, traffic offenses, arrest records, relatives, and many other possible identifying details. You may be asked to verify relationships and other info while it processes; we were asked to click yes or no if the person we were searching had lived in a particular city (she had) and if an individual was her relative (he was). From there, we were taken to a results page that exactly matched the person we entered. Truthfinder showed her name, maiden name, multiple cities in which she'd lived, and four possible relatives. That part of the process took about two minutes.

When we clicked on the option to get our report, we had to answer further questions - you'll want to stay on the screen, because you have a limited time to answer those questions before Truthfinder continues the process without it. This step investigates Key Information, Criminal Records, and Social Media. Next, it goes through a Relative Selector, where you can choose to include possible relatives in your report. You'll see a yellow triangle by a person's name if they may have a criminal or traffic report. Then, you'll need to confirm that you will not use the information for illegal purposes, along with several other verification screens.

We really enjoyed how the Truthfinder background check service educates users on how to make the most out of their membership. Just under the People Search category alone, there are 20 helpful info sections including how to use the search, what's in a report, and a case study for one user's success story.

Truthfinder shares a relationship with Instant Checkmate, another highly-ranked service in our review. However, we found the Truthfinder site to be more thorough and the whole package to be slightly more user-friendly than their sister site.

One perk of membership that we didn't see anywhere else: in addition to unlimited background reports, reverse phone lookups and property searches, members also get access to free Dark Web monitoring. In partnership with credit bureau Experian, this allows Truthfinder to monitor your SSN, email addresses, social network accounts, and many other pieces of personal information to protect you from potential identity theft.

Another plus is Truthfinder's U.S.-based customer service representatives. Most of their competitors outsource their CSRs overseas, but Truthfinder ensures that if you have any questions about the service, from billing to using its features, you'll get someone that clearly speaks your language, 7 days a week.

The comprehensive background check service that Truthfinder provides is matched by their attention to customer satisfaction. When combined with competitve pricing, Truthfinder at the front of the pack when it comes to the best background checks. They earn our highest rating.