Head to head

DISA vs HireRight

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

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

HireRight

Sales-quoted

Enterprise background screening with a REST API and wide ATS and HCM integrations. Pricing is a custom quote.

Where HireRight fits

  • Enterprises with regulated or high-volume hiring
  • Teams that screen inside their ATS or HCM
  • Employers screening candidates in many countries
  • Buyers running a formal screening RFP

At a glance

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

Where they pull apart

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

HireRight

Stands out: Integrates with 70 solutions across more than 45 HCM and ATS providers, plus the HireRight Connect REST API.

Watch out: No published per-check price. Cost depends on industry, check types, volume and regulatory needs, so budget only after a scoped package.

Not the right fit for

  • Small firms wanting a published per-check price
  • Individuals ordering a personal check

Pros and cons

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

HireRight

  • Wide ATS and HCM integration coverage
  • REST API for custom integrations
  • Global screening coverage
  • No published per-check price
  • Enterprise sales cycle
  • Too heavy for occasional small hiring

What each one costs

DISA

Sales-quoted

Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 17 Sep 2026

HireRight

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Packages are priced by industry, check types, volume and compliance needs. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

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

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 17 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?