specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Accurate Background
providerId: accurate-bg
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Background Checks
- Employment Screening
- Compliance
- Plans
description: >-
  Accurate Background does not publish public list pricing for its API or
  screening services. Access starts with a free developer account and sandbox
  environment for building and testing against the Accurate API (v3) at no cost.
  Production access is provisioned under a screening services agreement; billing
  is per screening - each ordered package and each individual search (criminal,
  SSN trace, verification, drug/health, MVR, international, etc.) carries its own
  cost, plus applicable third-party access and court/verification pass-through
  fees. Volume and package mix are negotiated with Accurate sales.
notes: >-
  Per-check and per-package prices are not publicly listed and vary by package
  configuration, jurisdiction, and pass-through fees. Verify current terms with
  Accurate sales during reconciliation. The API itself carries no separate
  platform fee beyond the underlying screening charges.
sources:
- https://www.accurate.com/solutions/background-check-api/
- https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
- https://www.accurate.com/blog/version-3-of-the-accurate-background-check-api-is-now-available/
plans:
- id: accurate-bg-developer-sandbox
  name: Developer / Sandbox
  type: free
  description: >-
    Free developer account with a sandbox environment for testing the Accurate
    API (v3) immediately, without contacting sales. Includes API credentials,
    documentation, quick-start guides, and webhook configuration for
    integration development.
  entries:
  - label: Sandbox Access
    name: sandbox_access
    type: flat
    metric: environment
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (sandbox; test data only)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Free Developer Account
  - name: Sandbox Environment
  - name: API Credentials (ClientID / ClientSecret)
  - name: Webhook Configuration
  - name: Developer Documentation
- id: accurate-bg-production
  name: Production (Screening Services Agreement)
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Production API access under a screening services agreement. Billed per
    screening - each ordered package and individual search has its own price,
    plus court, verification, and third-party pass-through fees. Preset or
    custom packages.
  entries:
  - label: Per Screening / Package
    name: per_screening
    type: usage
    metric: screenings
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: per-screening (contact sales; varies by package and pass-through fees)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Production API Access
  - name: Preset and Custom Packages
  - name: U.S. and International Screening
  - name: Compliance Tooling
  - name: Adjudication
- id: accurate-bg-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Negotiated agreement for high-volume integrators, ATS/HRIS platforms, and
    staffing providers - volume pricing, dedicated support, compliance and
    security review, and SLAs. Contact Accurate.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Volume Pricing
  - name: Dedicated Support
  - name: SLAs
  - name: Compliance and Security Review
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com