1. Intelius
" Fastest Search analysis "
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Plans:Single reports and subscription
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Search by:Name, phone, address
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Criminal records:Yes
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Social media profiles:Yes
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Key features:Visual data representation, interactive search process, educational history, work history, reverse lookup
Things we liked / disliked:
- Very detailed results
- Single search and subscription
- Data visualisation
- High price of monthly plans
Things we liked / disliked:
- Very detailed results
- Single search and subscription
- Data visualisation
- High price of monthly plans
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Plans:Single reports and subscription
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Search by:Name, phone, address
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Criminal records:Yes
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Social media profiles:Yes
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Key features:Visual data representation, interactive search process, educational history, work history, reverse lookup
There’s probably no people finder more famous than Intelius. Almost exclusively at the top of all the industry’s “best of” lists, this is a service with quite a reputation. And that reputation is absolutely deserved.
The site offers three search options: name, phone number, and address. Searching by phone is the goold old White Pages method and it works exactly like you’d expect. Both name and address searches require inputting the person’s city and state. This site can only access free public records of people in the United States, but it’s the best people search engine when it comes to the search process and analyzing results.
Once initiated, the search is interactive and may ask you to pick certain criteria to narrow down the results. It does take a while, but provides the most precise results of all the websites on this list. The data is presented in a spider graph and contains a lot of information, including employment and educational history. Intelius is especially popular among recruiters for that exact reason. Aside from the aforementioned searches, you can also run a reverse address lookup or pull up a criminal records database.
Granted, this is not a free people finder service. If you need to run just one simple search, you’ll need to pay $3.95 to access the results page. One full individual background check is $39.95, but our recommendation in that case is to subscribe to the monthly plan. It costs $29.95, and it includes one full check per month and unlimited address and name verifications. The price might be steep, but it’s expected considering how detailed the data is.
We’ve already touched upon the user experience, so let’s elaborate. The interactive search prompts you with clear questions that are relevant to your search. If you need technical help, Intelius support is available Monday through Friday via phone and email.