A client credit check for an MSP tells you whether a new company will keep paying a recurring managed services invoice. Enter the client's website and ClientVetter returns a 0 to 100 score, the sourced reasons behind it and suggested billing terms in about a minute. Starter is $49 a month for 25 checks.
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Preliminary band
The preliminary band uses domain, website and mail signals only. The full score adds registry, reviews, disputes and sanctions.
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An MSP front-loads cost. Onboarding means audits, agent rollout, documentation and often a block of hardware or software licenses bought in your name. The client then pays monthly, in arrears, for service you have already delivered. If a company stops paying in month three, you have carried its licenses, its help desk hours and its risk, and you cannot repossess a ticket queue.
Most MSPs check the technical side of a prospect carefully and the financial side not at all. A one minute check closes that gap. A clean result supports normal terms. A young entity or a flagged one is a reason to bill the first months in advance, pass licenses through at cost up front or ask for a deposit.
Bureau files rely on supplier payment data, and small private clients often have none. These signals still exist for them.
| Signal | What it tells an MSP |
|---|---|
| State registry standing | The legal entity exists, is active and how long it has been registered, so you contract with the right company |
| Domain age, website and mail records | Whether the business looks established or was created last month |
| Public disputes and sanctions screening | Court or complaint history and watch list matches that change your decision |
| Member non-payment reports | Whether other vendors reported unpaid invoices, with the evidence and the company's reply |
| Score and suggested terms | A 0 to 100 score with sourced reasons and a deposit or shorter terms suggestion |
The score gives you a starting point you can defend to the client and to your own finance person.
| Result | Typical terms for a managed services agreement |
|---|---|
| Established entity, clean record | Monthly billing, net 30 |
| New entity or very new domain | First month in advance, license costs paid up front |
| Disputes or member non-payment reports | Billing in advance by card or ACH, deposit, short suspension notice |
| Sanctions list match | Stop and get advice before any contract |
These are common practice, not legal advice. Bureau reports cost $59.95 to $189.99 per company, so a plan pays for itself at the second or third client. See the cost of a business credit report and the plans.
Paste the prospect's website into the check at the top of this page after the first call, before you spend hours on the network audit.
Read the score and each sourced reason, then open any member report to see the evidence behind it.
Put the deposit or billing in advance into the agreement, save the PDF to the account file and turn on monitoring for active clients.
MSPs, IT consultancies, web and software shops that bill monthly or per project. The same check is used by agencies and consultants. With 400 checks and API access, the Agency plan fits a provider that screens every inbound lead from a PSA or CRM, and client monitoring alerts you when an active client changes standing.
For a very large multi-year agreement, or when a lender or insurer asks, buy a bureau report on that one company. Compare options on the Dun and Bradstreet alternative page. Use the check on every other client.
Yes. An MSP starts delivering monitoring, help desk and licenses on day one and bills monthly, so it carries the client's risk from the first invoice. A check of registry standing, disputes, sanctions and non-payment reports takes about a minute and decides between net 30, a deposit or prepayment.
Enter the client's website in ClientVetter. It reads the state registry, domain age, public disputes, sanctions lists and member non-payment reports, then returns a 0 to 100 score with sourced reasons and suggested terms. No legal name or tax ID is needed to start.
A bureau report on one company costs $59.95 to $189.99. ClientVetter Starter is $49 a month for 25 checks, about $2 a client at full use. Team is $129 for 120 checks and Agency is $299 for 400 with API access. Yearly billing is half the monthly price.
Yes, where members have reported it. Member non-payment reports show the unpaid invoice evidence and the company's reply. Absence of a report is not proof of good payment, so read it together with entity age, standing and disputes.
Common practice is a deposit of one to three months of the agreement, billing in advance by card or ACH, and a short notice period for suspending service. A clean, established client can be billed monthly in arrears. These are common practices, not legal advice.
See what a company credit check adds, read about client payment risk, or set terms with a customer credit check before net 30.
Enter the website of the company that wants your managed services and set billing terms on evidence. Starter includes 25 checks for $49 a month.
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