--- description: Review of Sterling Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Sterling | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Reference Check Software](/directory/4696/reference-check/software) > [Sterling](/software/74964/sterling-talent-solutions) # Sterling Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/74964/sterling-talent-solutions Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/74964/sterling-talent-solutions?page=2) > Sterling Talent Solutions provides tech-enabled human resource services related to background screening and candidate onboarding. Designed for financial services, retail, healthcare, staffing, nonprofit and gig economy organizations, it helps simplify recruitment, tracking and monitoring of applicants. Additionally, it assists HR professionals and franchise owners in creating secure work environments for their employees, customers and partners. Key features of Sterling Talent Solutions include criminal background checks, verifications, workforce monitoring, drug and health screening. Moreover, it provides fingerprint services, which facilitates electronic fingerprint submissions, reduced rejections, regulated compliance and faster onboarding. Sterling Talent Solutions integrates with Bullhorn, Greenhouse, Icims, Jobvite, SAP Success Factors, Snagajobs, Workday, Lever, Agile HR, Ceridian, Cornerstone and various other third-party software for streamlining HR operations. The prices of the software platform vary on the basis of business requirements and support is provided through email, phone and FAQs measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.0/5** by 30 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.0/5** | 30 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 70% | (7/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Sterling - **Location**: New York, US - **Founded**: 1975 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$1.00 - **Pricing Details**: Please contact Sterling directly for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 210 more ## Features - API - Alerts/Notifications - Background Screening - Batch Processing - Compliance Management - Dashboard - Data Verification - Employee Onboarding - Employment Eligibility Verification - Employment Screening - Identity Verification - Onboarding - Online Applications - Records Management - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Screening Services Integration - Self Service Portal - Status Tracking - Summary Reports ## Integrations (15 total) - Agile HR - Avature - Bullhorn ATS & CRM - Cornerstone HR - Fountain - Greenhouse - JazzHR - Jobvite - Lever - LinkedIn for Business - Mitratech TalentReef - Pereless - SmartRecruiters - SmartSearch - iCIMS Recruit ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support ## Category - [Reference Check Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4696/reference-check/software) ## Related Categories - [Reference Check Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4696/reference-check/software) - [Online HR Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/369/web-based-hr-software/software) - [HR Software for Nonprofits](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/367/nonprofit/software) - [Human Capital Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/1867/hcm/software) - [Background Check Services Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4031/background-check-services/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Everything you want in a background screening provider." — 4.0/5 > **Chris** | *15 August 2024* | Automotive | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Sterling has a very nice interface and overall it's a smooth running program. Great network for drug screens and timely background screening results. > > **Cons**: I would like the move to their Modern Hub completed. Right now we have the two options and can toggle between them. Do the Modern view and just continue to improve that. > > Overall excellent experience. Salesforce is top notch and customer service has been responsive. ----- ### "Bottom-dollar pricing represents bottom-barrel quality" — 1.0/5 > **John** | *23 September 2025* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Nothing. It was the slowest and most difficult website I have EVER encounter, in over 30 years online. Truly a bad and time-wasting experience. > > **Cons**: The slow, low-quality website design in all their apps, and the horribly inaccurate data entry. Something as easy as entering a phone number or date is made excruciating frustrating with these people’s sites. You can’t even find the US or UK listed as nations one can have citizenship with. (US, just pick “American,” as it’s literally the closest option given.) > > Checking on this company after my own horrible experiences, I wasn’t surprised to find that it is popular specifically because it costs less for client companies than most of their companies. However, bottom-dollar usually comes with bottom-of-the barrel quality, and companies need to recognize that before signing on with Sterling. — In my recent experience with two of their service sites for background checks and information verification, I found that accurate data entry is nowhere near the Sterling strengths, as they’ll literally list a college course completion as being 5 years before you even started attendance. Or past employers will be listed with dates up to TWENTY YEARS off\! Trying to enter or correct info is a nightmare, with site connectivity/ operation simply dropping if you hit the “Next” tab at the bottom of page. And, as if their site being slower than dial-up internet weren’t bad enough, you may have to enter and re-enter the SAME data 6 or 7 times before it finally saves. . Oh, and customer service? There is none, as everything is automated, including their listed phone support service. You’re looking at a minimum of two days response, usually just in the form of a new link sent for your info entry process. (Yes, their site drops you — only on 2-3 pages into their 22-page required process — and then you can’t automatically get back into it.) So, the “twenty minutes” their site says it will take at the start is really more like 8 hours of the most frustrating and slow website design you’ll ever encounter. Literally, it takes longer to finish their required online data entry than it takes for them to collect your background results… which will be wrong because you couldn’t fully enter or edit your info on time. . And, it doesn't get any better after that, as the rest of the Sterling processes on other sites/ links will also be bad. Like where you’re asked to enter citizenship, you won’t find the United States or the United Kingdom among their options. Just entering a telephone number, finding your country code is difficult, and then you have to enter the area and the actual telephone number all in separate (slow) data boxes. And, OMG, just avoid entering dates if you can, because the site won’t let you just TYPE a date, instead giving a calendar for the current month… and making you go backwards month-by-month to provide a date. . Think about that. You going to enter your 30-year old wife’s date-of-birth in such a system? . Absolutely, the worst system I’ve ever seen… and I been around since before the internet. ----- ### "Good for Background Checks and Reference Checks" — 4.0/5 > **Victoria** | *15 January 2026* | Food & Beverages | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: I liked the ease of using the program, and the verification process was always very timely. Reference checks can also be conducted by employees for the organization saving HR time. > > **Cons**: I did not like that it did not integrate with the BOP which is a required check where we operate. I did not like that if there were a minor discrepancy or a reference check was not able to be completed, they would flag the account. > > Sterling was easy to use but did not offer other checks as part of the site which made it difficult because the organization had to rely on other vendors to get that information. ----- ### "TENANT APPLICATIONS AND SCREENING" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *15 December 2018* | Real Estate | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: This work great for performing credit checks on rental applications. Work seamlessly and gives me results within 24 hours. Plus they only charge per check so easily billed out. > > **Cons**: They seem to have a really long billing cycle so I often get a bill long after the check so have to cross check to make sure the proper person is being billed. > > The low cost and ease of use makes this product perfect for our needs. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/74964/sterling-talent-solutions?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/74964/sterling-talent-solutions) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data