Kaairo Reference Checking
Kaairo Reference Checking collects structured referee feedback and places it alongside a hiring pipeline.
What Kaairo Reference Checking is
Kaairo Reference Checking collects structured referee feedback and places it alongside a hiring pipeline. Teams can request references individually or in bulk for candidates who have not been rejected, with deadlines of 3, 7, 14, or 30 days. Each candidate may submit up to five referees and record each person’s role, company, relationship, and time worked together. Referees rate overall performance, communication, teamwork, reliability, leadership, and technical ability, then add strengths, growth areas, and whether they would work together again. Recruiters can switch a referee to manual mode to record a call outcome, impression, and notes. The product flags mismatches in candidate and referee claims and differences between email domains and stated employers; feedback is not AI-scored. Integrations include Zoho Recruit, BambooHR, Keka HR, CEIPAL, and Manatal, with automatic result pushing except for CEIPAL.
Good
- Structured six-competency referee ratings
- Bulk or individual reference requests
- Flags claim and email-domain mismatches
- Integrates with five listed ATS platforms
- 7-day trial without credit card
Watch out
- Not an identity or background check
- Starter allows 60 assessments monthly
- Enterprise+ pricing is custom
Who it suits
Kaairo suits hiring teams that want structured references connected to candidate pipelines and ATS systems. It is also relevant for recruiters who need manual call recording, discrepancy flags, and optional API or AI connectors.
Verdict
Kaairo Reference Checking focuses on organized referee input rather than identity or employment verification. Its web and API access, ATS integrations, deadlines, and discrepancy flags support structured hiring workflows.
Plans and prices
From Kaairo Reference Checking's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $84 a month | 60 assessments/month · 5 Voice AI Credits/month · up to 3 active job profiles · $84/ month |
| Professional | $264 a month | 300 assessments/month · 40 Voice AI Credits/month · unlimited active job profiles · $264/ month |
| Enterprise | $579 a month | 1,000 assessments/month · 120 Voice AI Credits/month · $579/ month |
| Enterprise+ | Priced on request | Custom assessment and voice credit volumes · SSO/SAML on roadmap · Custom |
The facts
Each one read from Kaairo Reference Checking's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI data use
- Kaairo says candidate data is never used to train or improve AI models.checked 8 Oct 2026
- API and AI connectors
- Professional and above include a REST API and connectors for Claude or ChatGPT; the connector masks candidate names, emails, and personal text by default.checked 8 Oct 2026
- ATS integrations
- Kaairo lists integrations with Zoho Recruit, BambooHR, Keka HR, CEIPAL, and Manatal; assessment results auto-push to all listed except CEIPAL.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Feedback form
- Referees provide six star-rated competencies—overall, communication, teamwork, reliability, leadership, and technical—plus strengths, growth areas, and a would-work-again signal.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Flags and scoring
- The product flags mismatches between candidate and referee claims and between referee email domains and stated employers; it says referee feedback is not AI-scored.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integration security
- ATS credentials are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, and sync operations are logged with timestamps, status, and details.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Manual reference calls
- A recruiter can switch a referee to manual mode and record the call outcome, impression, and notes.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Not a background check
- The product does not perform identity, criminal, credit, education, or employment-record verification.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- Reference Checking collects structured referee feedback and displays star-rated competencies with consistency and email-domain flags alongside a hiring pipeline.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Referee limit
- Candidates can submit up to five referees, including each referee’s role, company, relationship, and length of time worked together.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Reference requests
- Hiring teams can send requests individually or in bulk to any candidate who has not been rejected, and set a 3, 7, 14, or 30-day deadline.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- Kaairo says it is built to comply with India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and that SOC 2 Type II certification is on its roadmap.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial and support
- Every new organisation gets a 7-day trial with Starter-tier features and no credit card required; the pricing page lists email support on Starter, priority email support on Professional, and a dedicated account manager on Enterprise.checked 8 Oct 2026
