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Zinc vs HireRight Comparison (2026)

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Zinc

HireRight

Overview

Zinc is an award-winning, all-in-one global background-checking tool offering 12 checks in 190 countries.

HireRight is a background screening platform, which enables organizations to perform employment data verification such as criminal record and health checks before recruitment. HR professionals can gain insights into hiring trends & opportunities, create job baselines, and define best practices.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

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Pricing

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

221

181

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

82%

would recommend this app

3.8

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

59%

would recommend this app

Pros

“We have been with Zinc for 2 years now and won't look back - it gives both the TA and HR team transparency and regular updates and any issues that need to be addressed.”

Jed S.

Talent Acquisition Manager

“Zinc has been a great addition to our TA arsenal, its simple and easy to use and most importantly quick and compliant!”

Jed S.

Talent Acquisition Manager

“I like that you can filter by status of the request, their customer support is pretty quick and effective, they send different emails to referee's to remind them to fill up the information...”

Yakira G.

Talent Associate

Pros

“The overall value for a quick background check, the fact that it's so easy to use, and the various options for more in-depth checks.”

Renee H.

Operations

“The dashboard provide a clean way to review and also allocate costs to projects”

Stephen B.

CEO

“Repeatedly called the listed customer service 800 number resulting in "Thank you for calling HireRight" and then immediately disconnecting.”

Walter T.

Owner

Cons

“Background academy, when uploading the diploma does not read the dates well, this is a problem since the months of the diplomas in Spain do not appear.”

Paula P.

Talent Aquisition

“The UI did not bring me back to the main menu where I could see the remaining items in the background check each time.”

Chris M.

Engineer

“Something that could be improved is the reference check option. When details are entered and a mistake is made, there is no option to edit the details entered and one would need to reach out to Zinc to have this updated, this could possibly delay the process.”

Carlin F.

Merchant Support Analyst

Cons

“Yes, HireRight integrates with many platforms which is attractive and offer a variety of services but I would not recommend HireRight due to their poor service quality and constant issues we experience.”

Alex A.

Talent Acquisition Manager

“Long waiting time for most of the tasks specially customer support & enabling the reference checks.”

Bhawana G.

Head of Talent Acquisition - APAC

“Overall it's waste of money for the startup companies and very complex in nature as their internal team SLA is 48 hours to enable the reference check itself.”

Bhawana G.

Head of Talent Acquisition - APAC