Ferretly
AI-Powered Social Media Background Screening for Risk-Free Hiring.
Executive Summary
Ferretly is an AI-powered risk intelligence platform designed for HR teams, compliance leaders, and brand guardians. It screens candidates' and employees' public social media presence for digital behavior patterns and policy violations. The platform provides deep insights to mitigate reputational threats and enables organizations to make compliant, informed hiring and retention decisions, going beyond traditional background checks.
Use Cases
- Pre-employment social media screening for job candidates to assess cultural fit and identify potential risks.
- Continuous monitoring of employee digital behavior to proactively manage ongoing risks and policy adherence.
- Vetting social media influencers and partners to protect brand reputation.
- Screening for specific high-risk industries such as Healthcare, Government, Finance, and Staffing.
- Mitigating security risks and preventing data breaches by screening IT job candidates for malicious online activities.
- Assessing candidate values and online interactions to strengthen workplace culture and reduce employee turnover.
Features
Visibility
- Custom Legal Reports: Generate compliant, configurable, and courtroom-ready reports tailored to specific needs and policies.
- AI-Powered Flagged Post Summaries: Receive high-level, AI-generated summaries of flagged posts to quickly grasp potential concerns and gain deeper candidate insights.
- Real-time Notifications: Get instant alerts and notifications to keep stakeholders informed throughout the screening process.
Intelligence
- Behavior Intelligence: Analyzes behavioral context rather than just keywords, surfacing nuanced risks like bias, threats, and prejudice across text and visual content.
- Profile Discovery Engine: Accurately identifies candidate profiles using avatar recognition, name correlation, and a vast OSINT database.
- Image and Meme Detection: Visual AI identifies problematic content in images, including nudity, drugs, extremist symbols, violent imagery, and custom keywords.
- Continuous Screening: Monitors digital behavior over time, triggering custom alerts by keyword, category, or frequency for ongoing risk management.
- Multilingual Behavior Scanning: Detects behavioral signals across more than 230 languages, supporting diverse hiring and global compliance needs.
Support
- Email/Help Desk Support: Access assistance and submit inquiries via email or a dedicated help desk.
- Phone Support: Direct phone access for customer support and inquiries.
- Chat Support: Real-time assistance through chat channels.
- Comprehensive Training: Offers various training options including live online sessions, webinars, documentation, and video tutorials.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Cloud-native SaaS, Microservices architecture
- Deployment
- Cloud/SaaS
- Authentication
- Standard enterprise authentication (SSO, MFA likely supported but not explicitly detailed)
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- No
AI/ML Stack
- NLP
- Machine Learning
- Computer Vision
- LLM
Integrations
- ATS platforms
- Background check providers
Security & Compliance
Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, FCRA Certified, PBSA Membership, GDPR Certified, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
Encryption: Not explicitly detailed, but standard industry practices implied for data protection.
Pricing
- Model
- One Time License, Per Feature
- Starting Price
- Starting at $15.00
- Target Customer
- Self-Employed, SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Contract Type
- Per-report/Per-check (implied by 'One Time License')
- Free Trial
- Yes, Not specified (credit card required)
About Ferretly
Ferretly is an AI-powered risk intelligence platform that delivers decision intelligence at scale. It helps organizations screen for digital behavior patterns and conduct social media background checks for hiring, onboarding, and partnerships.