No matter the size of your hive, there is a plan that fits.

Fair pricing, every time.

Biometric I-9 compliance priced for how you hire.
Employers, background screeners, platforms, HR systems, and PEOs each get a model built for the way they work.

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Who is ZipID for?

Pick the one that describes you.

Employers

You hire your own people and need fast, accurate, audit-ready I-9s.

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Background screeners

You want to add biometric I-9 to the services you already sell.

See partner program

Screening platforms

You power background screening firms and want I-9 built into your platform.

See integration options

HRIS, ATS, and payroll

You run onboarding for employers and want I-9 and identity verification inside it.

See embedded licensing

PEOs

You manage I-9s across many client worksites.

See PEO licensing
Employer plans

Plans for employers

Every plan is priced to your annual hiring volume. No setup fees, no training costs, no long contracts. Fair pricing, every time.

Plans start at $89/month.

Basic Queen Bee

For teams that need fast, accurate I-9s

  • Guided I-9 workflow in about 6 minutes
  • OCR auto-fills employee and employer sections from the ID scan
  • Remote, hybrid, and in-person hires
  • Electronic signatures with metadata, no printing
  • Certified E-Verify Web Services Provider
  • Searchable audit log and full audit trail export
  • Multi-location access and staff permissions
  • Encryption at rest and in transit
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Buzzing Hive

For teams that need identity confidence, not just form compliance

  • Everything in Basic Queen Bee, plus:
  • Live selfie matched to the photo on the ID presented
  • 99.8% production match accuracy, on a face matching algorithm rated 99.998% in NIST benchmark testing
  • Liveness detection to stop spoofing and photo substitution
  • Synthetic and morphed image screening on capture
  • Identity confidence score with every new hire
  • Priority support

Enterprise Colony

For organizations hiring 100+ people a year

  • Everything in Buzzing Hive, plus:
  • Volume pricing on an annual agreement
  • Single sign-on
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom onboarding and team training
  • SLA guarantees
  • API integration options
  • Direct access to founder Janice Kephart on complex compliance questions

How many people do you hire in a year?

Most teams your size start on Basic Queen Bee or Buzzing Hive. In a 20-minute demo we will walk you through both and talk through pricing for your volume.

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Why ZipID costs less and delivers more

No bloated contracts. Many enterprise I-9 platforms lock you into annual contracts at $300 to $1,000 per month. ZipID plans start at $89 a month, and you can cancel anytime.

No training required. Our workflow guides both the employer and the new hire through every step. No prior I-9 experience needed.

Built on the law itself. ZipID was founded by Janice Kephart, a national security identity expert and an author of REAL ID, who helped write the federal identity framework behind today's I-9 compliance.

How to compare I-9 pricing honestly

A per-seat or per-form quote from another vendor is not comparable until you normalize it. Ask every provider three questions:

  1. Is there an annual minimum or contract? A "$300 per month" platform is a $3,600 yearly commitment whether you hire two people or two hundred.
  2. Is there a setup or implementation fee? Enterprise I-9 tools often charge four figures before you process a single hire.
  3. Is identity verification included or an add-on? Many platforms quote a low form price, then charge separately for biometric checks.

Then do the math against your own hiring volume. We are happy to do it with you.

Partner licensing

Partner and platform licensing

If you serve employers, ZipID can become part of what you sell. Pricing is wholesale and built around your volume. Every partner gets single sign-on and co-branding, and we can build a custom white label for an additional fee.

Background screeners

Add biometric I-9 to your screening package. Your clients get one vendor, and you get a new line of recurring revenue.

Become a reseller

How it works

  • Wholesale per-I-9 pricing that drops as your volume grows
  • You set your own resale price
  • Co-branded, or a custom white label for an additional fee
  • Single sign-on for your team and clients
  • Certified E-Verify Web Services Provider

Screening platforms

Offer biometric I-9 to every screening firm on your platform, with results returned where they already work.

Talk integration

How it works

  • Annual platform license plus volume-tiered transaction pricing
  • Revenue share on I-9s your screening firms order
  • Single sign-on, co-branded, or a custom white label for an additional fee
  • Integration support from our engineering team
  • Certified E-Verify Web Services Provider

HRIS, ATS, and payroll platforms

Make I-9 and identity verification a native step in your onboarding flow, so your employer customers never leave your product.

Talk embedded licensing

How it works

  • Embedded via API, co-branded, or as a custom white label for an additional fee
  • Annual license plus per-I-9 pricing that drops with volume, or a per-customer add-on you resell
  • Single sign-on and employer-level permissions
  • Integration support from our engineering team

PEOs

One license that covers I-9s across all of your client worksites, with a clean audit trail for each.

See PEO details

How it works

  • Per worksite employee per month, or an annual license
  • Single sign-on and client-level permissions
  • Co-branded, or a custom white label for your client experience for an additional fee
  • Audit exports by client company

See it run on a real I-9

20 minutes. Your hiring volume. Fair pricing, every time.

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Frequently Asked Questions

COMPLIANCE and LEGAL

Is ZipID ICE-compliant I-9 software?

Yes. ZipID is designed to satisfy all five federal electronic I-9 system requirements under 8 CFR § 274a.2 — including compliant audit trails, electronic signature protocols, and secure storage standards. It is specifically designed to meet the March 2026 ICE reclassification that elevated common errors to substantive violations.

What are the fines for I-9 violations in 2026?

As of January 2025, I-9 paperwork violations carry fines of $288 to $2,861 per form under 8 CFR § 274a.10(b)(2). Knowingly hiring unauthorized workers carries fines up to $28,619 per worker for repeat offenses. ICE audit rates in 2025 ran at least ten times higher than the prior year.

Is ZipID integrated with E-Verify?

ZipID is pursuing certified E-Verify third-party agent status by October 2026. Currently, after the employer signs the I-9, ZipID redirects to E-Verify and automatically populates the resulting case data into the Additional Information field — preserving the complete record for audit purposes.

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TECHNOLOGY and ACCURACY

What is NIST and why does it matter for I-9 verification?

NIST — the National Institute of Standards and Technology — is the federal agency that sets accuracy benchmarks for biometric identity technologies. For I-9 compliance, NIST validation matters because it provides an independent government-verified measure of whether a facial recognition system is reliable enough to trust. ZipID uses NIST-tested algorithms rated at 99.998% accuracy.

What is ZipID's biometric accuracy for 1:1 selfie-to-ID matching?

ZipID's 1:1 facial recognition is rated at 99.8% accuracy using NIST-validated algorithms — fewer than 2 mismatches per 100,000 verifications. Liveness detection is built in to confirm the selfie is from a real, present person rather than a photo or deepfake.

What is OCR and how does ZipID use AI-powered OCR for I-9 verification?

OCR — Optical Character Recognition — reads and extracts text from government-issued IDs. ZipID uses AI-powered OCR to instantly capture a new hire's ID data and automatically populate the required Form I-9 fields, eliminating manual entry and typos. The new hire confirms the extracted data before it populates the form.

How does ZipID verify a new hire?

ZipID uses NIST-validated biometric facial recognition to match a live selfie to the photo on the new hire's government-issued ID. AI-powered OCR extracts and autofills document data. Liveness detection and synthetic image screening run on the selfie capture, confirming a real, present person rather than a photo, replay, or deepfake.

Do you recommend using face recognition?

Facial authentication is entirely the employer's choice. It confirms that the new hire is who they say they are and that the ID they present matches their live self — especially valuable for remote hires, high-security roles, or industries with elevated identity fraud risk.

USING ZipID

How long does it take to complete an I-9 with ZipID?

ZipID completes the entire Form I-9 process — including identity verification, document capture, and E-Verify redirect — in under 8 minutes, for both remote and in-person new hires.

What is ZipID?

ZipID is an I-9 compliance and identity verification platform that combines facial recognition, OCR document capture, and fraud detection to verify new hire identities and complete Form I-9 in under 8 minutes — with a legally compliant audit trail built in. It is the only I-9 platform built by the person who helped write the federal identity doctrine behind the law.

ABOUT

Who built ZipID?

ZipID was founded by Janice Kephart, former counsel to the 9/11 Commission and a national security identity expert with 25 years of federal and private sector experience, including designing border biometric workflows at MorphoTrak, now Idemia. Kephart authored the federal identity doctrine and biometric entry-exit recommendations underlying today's I-9 compliance framework, and has testified before Congress 19 times.