Find A Friend came in near the bottom of our list, even though it’s still a good people search service. It operates a lot like our number five company, eFindOutTheTruth.com, in that the searches are done in-house by investigators. Find A Friend gives a single report of one individual from the search, which can be more accurate than the long lists of contacts that other services give. However, we also found that a people search with limited information (the way most people do them) is less likely to be successful when you only get information on one match.

Find A Friend does have a No Hit No Fee guarantee for all searches, which helps make up for the fact that you cannot preview the results before buying. Another problem with Find A Friend is that a single search is as expensive as a 24-hour pass with many other services. Find A Friend does not have any 24-hour or 30-day pass options, though they do have a pricing system that allows you to save money if you are doing multiple searches.

Find A Friend requires you to have information that you might not remember for people you have lost contact with. The only options are searching by social security number, name and address, phone number or by name and approximate age. We surmised that the last option would probably be the only one viable for most people. Find A Friend does have phone and email support for questions and problems, but we couldn’t find a FAQ on their site.

Overall, Find A Friend may be a very competent and useful people search service, but there are so many services that do it easier and cheaper, leaving Find A Friend near the bottom of the list.