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GoodHire

Not Agent-Ready Yet
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · goodhire.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 42 / 100
Background Check
Public API

GoodHire scores 42/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available.

See GoodHire pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
GoodHire pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.goodhire.com/pricing/
Basic
$29.99
metered
SSN Trace
Sex Offender Registry Search
Global Watchlist Search
National Criminal Search
Essential
$54.99
metered
SSN Trace
Sex Offender Registry Search
Global Watchlist Search
National Criminal Search
Complete
$89.99
metered
SSN Trace
Sex Offender Registry Search
Global Watchlist Search
National Criminal Search
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How GoodHire scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

0 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
42 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
10 checks (Basic)
$299.9/mo
· Basic per‑check price $29.99· No volume discount applied
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 75/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Unknown

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

Unknown

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Competitively-priced Background Checks For All Businesses”

Buyer persona

smb
mid market
enterprise

Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from GoodHire?
✓

Discover price

◐

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

✗

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How GoodHire could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

GoodHire Pricing: Background Check Services & Costs | GoodHire — We offer competitively-priced background checks for businesses of all sizes.

tier_count

3

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

1

public_api_docs_url

https://www.goodhire.com/api/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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CTAs (40): Pricing · Contact · Contact Sales · Contact Support · Personal Checks · Get Started · Get A Quote · Staffing · Healthcare · Nonprofits · Small Business Background Checks: Fast, Affordable & Compliant Screening · For Large Organizations
Price tokens (3): $29.99/check each SSN Trace · $54.99/check each SSN Trace · $89.99/check each SSN Trace
PricingContactContact SalesContact SupportPersonal ChecksGet StartedGet A QuoteProductBackground ChecksManage your employment screening program easily and more efficiently with GoodHire’s award-winning advanced platform.By IndustryStaffingHealthcareNonprofitsSmall Business Background Checks: Fast, Affordable & Compliant ScreeningFor Large OrganizationsView All IndustriesBy StateCaliforniaFloridaIllinoisNew YorkTexasView All StatesScreening ServicesLearn about the 100+ employment screening services available through the GoodHire platform.Background ChecksCriminal Background ChecksDriving Record (MVR) ChecksEmployment Drug TestsEducation Verification CheckEmployment VerificationView All Screening ServicesResourcesLearnGet answers to common background check questions and learn how to run a compliant screening program.How Long Does a Background Check Take?What Are "Failed" Background Checks?What Is An SSN Trace?Guide to Federal Background ChecksHow To Run A Background Check For EmploymentView All ArticlesContentAccess our full library of content to learn about hiring trends, screening compliance, and how GoodHire works.Resource LibraryCustomer StoriesBlogFCRA ComplianceAboutCompanyOur Service DifferenceNewsroomContact UsPricingContactLOG INGet StartedGet a Quote Pricing Background Check Pricing Varies By Annual Volumes We offer competitively-priced background checks for businesses of all sizes. LESS THAN CHECKSYEARLY50CUSTOM PACKAGES Get Started Right Away See Pricing MORE THAN C…
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Agent-Ready Spec
GoodHire
Not Agent-Ready Yet

42

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Background Check

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

3

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 1

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.goodhire.com/pricing/
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
75/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

GoodHire pricing starts at $29.99 per check for the Basic plan; Essential starts at $54.99 per check; Complete starts at $89.99 per check. No monthly or annual billing.

Cheapest entry

Basic per check ($29.99)

Actions
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Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.goodhire.com/pricing/.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

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