# Certn: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/certn/
Covers: April 27, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Certn: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/certn/, updated 2026-11-11

> Certn is on the AI hiring software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated April 27, 2026.

"The World's Easiest Background Checks." Certn is a Canadian background screening platform for employers, landlords and individuals, with criminal checks in 200+ countries and territories, biometric ID checks, credit, driving, references and post-hire rescreening. It says 20,000+ teams use it. AI shows up as a machine-learning social media check and biometric ID verification. It rebuilt its stack as CertnCentric and now runs its own certified UK identity verification. Source: [certn.co](https://certn.co/).

## Facts

- Site: [certn.co](https://certn.co/)
- Category: Background, identity and fraud checks
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-certn)

"The World's Easiest Background Checks." Certn is a Canadian background screening platform for employers, landlords and individuals, with criminal checks in 200+ countries and territories, biometric ID checks, credit, driving, references and post-hire rescreening. It says 20,000+ teams use it. AI shows up as a machine-learning social media check and biometric ID verification. It rebuilt its stack as CertnCentric and now runs its own certified UK identity verification. Source: [certn.co](https://certn.co/).

- Category: Background, identity and fraud checks
- Price: Published self-serve prices in CAD, e.g. OneID identity check $4.99, Basic Canadian Criminal Record Check $24.99, Social Media Check $59.99; enterprise pricing on request.
- AI capabilities: Fraud and identity
- Scale: Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Venture-backed (B Capital-led Series B in 2022, BDC $30M in 2025); says it is trusted by 20,000+ teams.)

Sources: [certn.co](https://certn.co/), [certn.co](https://certn.co/about-certn/), [certn.co](https://certn.co/pricing/), [certn.co](https://certn.co/identity-verification/), [certn.co](https://certn.co/manufacturing/), [certn.co](https://certn.co/press-releases/business-development-bank-of-canada-invests-30m-in-certns-vision-for-the-future/) and [5 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-certn).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Certn partners with PageUp ATS

Partnership, April 27, 2026. Certn checks, including "Integrated identity verification with fraud detection", can now be ordered and tracked inside the PageUp ATS.

Source: [Vendor release](https://certn.co/press-releases/certn-partners-with-global-ats-provider-pageup/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-certn).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology