Cisive
Compliance-first background screening and workforce intelligence for highly regulated employers
By Cisive · 4.6/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Healthcare systems and hospitals needing compliant, high-volume background, drug and immunization screening
- Trucking and logistics fleets that need driver-specific screening and FMCSA Clearinghouse reporting
- Higher-education and nursing programs screening students across many clinical partner sites
- Financial services and other regulated employers that need audit-ready screening records
- Multi-site employers that want one screening platform, one support team and one invoice
Ideal size: 500+ employees people · Regulated enterprise with high-volume, compliance-driven hiring
Not for
- Small businesses looking for self-serve screening with published per-check prices
- Buyers who want a free or very low-cost instant background check
- Organizations with low-volume, non-regulated hiring needs
- Teams that want a fully no-touch rollout without a named account manager
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About 4 weeks
~30 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Quote-based; per-screening pricing agreed with sales, no public price list
Implementation Friction
3/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not seat-based; priced per screening volume
Add-on costs
- Drug & occupational screening programs
- Ongoing license and exclusion monitoring
- Electronic I-9 and work authorization
- Executive intelligence and deeper vetting
- StudentCheck screening for academic programs
Company & support
Who is behind Cisive, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailPlan not stated
- Live chatPlan not stated
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsNot listed
- Dedicated account managerPlan not stated
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Business hours
- Response time
- Not stated
Customers on Cisive's reference page describe support by email, chat and call, with online chat offered during weekday business hours and named client account or case managers. No support tiers or formal SLA are published on these pages.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Cisive sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Cisive
- Burp Suite
- Shift Technology
- Highwire
- RelativityOne
- Cohesity
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including Cisive. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Cisive ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Cisive is a compliance-first workforce screening platform for highly regulated employers. Its products cover background checks, drug and occupational screening, ongoing license monitoring, electronic I-9 and executive intelligence, delivered through the PreCheck (healthcare) and Driver iQ (transportation) brands. Cisive cites 99.9994% background check accuracy, a 31.8% average time-to-fill reduction and 40+ years of industry expertise, with deep ATS integrations and named account managers. Pricing is quote-based.
Frequently asked questions
What does Cisive actually do?
Cisive provides employee background screening and workforce intelligence: background checks, drug and occupational screening, ongoing license monitoring, electronic I-9, executive intelligence and student screening. It positions the platform for highly regulated industries, citing 40+ years of industry experience and an accuracy rate of 99.9994% on background checks.
How is Cisive priced, and is there public pricing?
No price list is published. Cisive asks buyers to book an assessment or submit an RFP, and says its team responds to RFPs within 1-2 business days. Expect per-screening pricing negotiated with sales rather than a published per-seat or per-check rate, with separate line items for drug screening, monitoring, I-9 and executive intelligence.
Which industries does Cisive serve best?
Healthcare through its PreCheck brand, transportation and trucking through Driver iQ, and higher education and nursing programs through StudentCheck. It also lists business and financial services. Its strongest public reference base is large health systems and large motor carriers with continuous, high-volume hiring.
Does Cisive integrate with our ATS and HR systems?
Yes. Customers describe ordering reports from inside their ATS and having results returned automatically, with Tenstreet and MD-Staff named specifically in testimonials. The vendor pages provided do not list Salesforce, AWS, Snowflake, Slack, SAP or MCP integrations, so confirm your exact stack during evaluation.
How fast are checks returned?
Cisive states that 78% of its criminal searches close within one hour and that customers see an average 31.8% reduction in time-to-fill. Customers repeatedly cite fast turnaround and quick support responses as their main reason for staying. Actual turnaround varies by county and search type.
Is Cisive a good fit for a small business?
Probably not as a first choice. Cisive is built around compliance-heavy, high-volume screening with named account managers, custom configuration and quote-based pricing. Very small employers wanting instant, self-serve checks with transparent per-check pricing are usually better served by a lighter vendor.