The site also provides a credit check, which involves you filling out a questionnaire and submitting your data for analysis. The CheckUp CreditCheck CreditCheck offers a 7-day trial for $1. After your free period has ended, you will be charged $29.99 every month unless you cancel. This membership includes access to your FICO 8 score.

Total keeps a close eye on its clients’ credit at all times. If significant changes in a customer’s credit score are detected, the firm will send them an online credit protection alert immediately.

The information in your credit report is accurate to the best of our knowledge. The credit checks Total score you receive is based on the data in your credit reports at this time.

You are entitled to one free copy of your credit report from each of the three nationwide credit reporting agencies every year. Visit annualcreditreport.com, the only official website for free credit reports, or call 1-877-322-8228 to order online.

The long answer: Credit Karma’s credit scores and reports come directly from TransUnion and Equifax, the two of the three major consumer credit bureaus. The credit scores and reports you see on Credit Karma should represent your real credit information as reported by those agencies.