Intuit Credit Karma
So here's the thing: the site will give you your credit score for free, but in return, you're going to get offers based on your profile, and third parties may send you offers based on your credit profile. So decide how much personal information you want to give away in exchange for freebies.
I also found out about a free service, Credit Karma, that while it doesn't give you the details, it does provide a high level overview of your report. Even better, you get your Transunion score, which theoretically should be close to the FICO. Give them a whirl, the statistics they collect is interesting to look at.
The San Francisco-based Finovate alum video launched in 2008, displays free credit scores and credit report info in an ad-supported business model. The "coalition for new credit models" says its members are providing innovative alternatives to existing banking and financial institutions, focusing on transparency, fairness, durability, and accountability to consumers in the credit markets.
Credit Karma, like quizzle.com, is good for finding out generally how your credit score fares but don't count on it to be exact. But, at least it's free to find this out using Credit Karma or quizzle.com, whereas you'd have to pay the credit bureaus to get the same "almost" score.
A new trend report published by Credit Karma ranks e-mail domains by the average credit score of Credit Karma users.
Credit Karma believes consumers have a right to know this information [credit scores] with no charge or without the bait and switch of 30 days free followed by enrollment products with confusing opt outs.
Credit Karma buys your score from TransUnion and lets you have it for free, along with tips on raising it (if it's low).
However, Credit Karma is offering your credit information including score for FREE! How do they do it? The advertisers pay for this service. NICE!... This is an amazing tool to take charge of your credit.
If you don't want to pay a fee for the score, you can get a pretty could idea of the range of your score by visiting www.credit.com and https://www.creditkarma.com. These sites also offer valuable information on how your score is determined and how you can improve it.
You can get a free approximation of your score at www.creditkarma.com