Compare/Head to head

ClearStar vs DISA

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

ClearStar

Sales-quoted

Background, drug, and ClearMD occupational health. Pricing is sales-quoted.

Where ClearStar fits

  • Employers that need background plus drug plus occ-health
  • HR teams that want one vendor for screens and physicals
  • Industrial and safety-sensitive hiring
  • Buyers comparing DISA and occupational-health CRAs

DISA

Sales-quoted

DOT and safety-focused background, drug, and occupational health. Pricing is sales-quoted.

Where DISA fits

  • Transportation and logistics employers
  • DOT-regulated workforces
  • Safety-sensitive hiring that needs drug and occ-health in one vendor
  • Workday customers in industrial verticals

At a glance

DetailClearStarDISA
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underBackground checkBackground check

Where they pull apart

ClearStar

Stands out: Screening plus occ-health (ClearMD) in one CRA family, which matters when drug and physicals sit beside the criminal package.

Watch out: Quote-only. Office-only employers will over-buy occ-health they do not use.

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs that want a $29.99 criminal package
  • Pure SaaS office hiring
  • Teams that only need an API wrapper

DISA

Stands out: Screening built around DOT, drugs, and occupational health, not a generic nationwide criminal package for office hires.

Watch out: If you do not have DOT or safety-sensitive roles, you are buying the wrong CRA. Pricing is quoted.

Not the right fit for

  • SaaS office hiring
  • SMBs that want a $29.99 criminal package
  • Agencies screening marketers

Pros and cons

ClearStar

  • Background, drug, and occ-health in one family
  • ClearMD as a named occ-health line
  • Fits safety-sensitive hiring
  • Quote-only
  • No public per-check card
  • Integration list is not published in detail

DISA

  • DOT and occ-health depth most generic CRAs do not have
  • Workday named
  • Public API
  • Quote-only
  • Wrong CRA for non-regulated office hiring
  • No public per-check card

What each one costs

ClearStar

Sales-quoted

Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

DISA

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. DISA publishes no public prices for background checks, drug testing or occupational health, and the site routes buyers to a demo request. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try ClearStar or DISA for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?