Quick take
3.0First, the obvious: BeenVerified is a people-search aggregator. It pulls from public records, social profiles, and commercial data brokers and stitches them into one report. It's not a background check in the FCRA sense and they remind you of that constantly.
I paid $26.89 for the first month and $22.86 for the second after a discount popup hit me on the cancel screen. Fairly typical retention pricing.
What I actually used it for
Mostly I wanted to know if old phone numbers in my contacts still belonged to the same people. Five out of seven did. The other two were now strangers in different states. Useful, mildly creepy.
I also looked up myself, which I recommend before paying for any people-search tool. The report had three old addresses, one relative I haven't spoken to in a decade, and an email I haven't used since 2017. Mostly accurate. One address was wrong by a block.
What we liked
- ✓Reverse phone lookup actually worked on 11 of 14 numbers
- ✓Address history is reasonably accurate (5 to 10 years deep)
- ✓Mobile app is decent and reports load fast
- ✓You can opt yourself out of their database in about 4 minutes
What could be better
- −A lot of the data is publicly searchable for free with patience
- −Subscription auto-renews and the cancel flow buries the button
- −Social profile matching had several false positives
- −Court records section was empty for two people I know have records
How it compares
For context, I've also used Whitepages Premium and Spokeo in the past. The pricing and quality are within spitting distance.
| BeenVerified | Typical competitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 price | $26.89 | $24.95–$29.95 |
| Month 2+ price | $22.86 (after retention) | $22–$30 |
| Reverse phone hit rate (my test) | 11/14 | Comparable |
| Address history depth | ~10 years | 5–15 years |
| Court records (felonies) | Inconsistent | Inconsistent |
| Opt-out friendliness | Above average | Mixed |
The cancel experience
Cancellation is the part that matters with services like this. BeenVerified makes you click through three "are you sure" screens and one "here's a discount" screen, but it's all online. No phone call required. Took me 90 seconds.
That's better than some competitors that try to route you to a retention agent. Still annoying. ngl I almost took the discount.
Side note: I learned my next-door neighbor used to live in the same small town as my high school best friend, which is a fun useless fact.
Who it's for
If you have a specific use case (one missing person, one mystery number, one genealogy thread), buy a single month and cancel. That's a perfectly defensible $25. As an ongoing subscription it rarely earns its keep unless you're constantly looking people up for some reason.
The verdict
BeenVerified does what it says, with about the accuracy you'd expect from a public-records aggregator in 2026. It's a fine pick for a one-month subscription tied to a specific question, and a hard pass as a long-term recurring charge. Cancel before month two unless you're actively running lookups.
See current pricing →Last updated April 2026