Eleven AI and video interview tools, compared on how they interview, what they cost and who they suit. There’s no single best tool: an enterprise with a hundred open roles and a founder hiring their first support rep need different things. We make LessRounds, and we’ve said below where other tools are the better pick.
Facts last checked 24 September 2026 · Published by the LessRounds team
How we compared
A live conversation that can follow up, or recorded answers to fixed prompts.
Whether scores come with reasons you can check.
Public pricing, a free plan or trial, and what the entry plan really costs.
Self-serve sign-up, or a demo and contract first.
Apps, accounts and devices candidates need.
ATS integrations and exports.
At a glance
| Tool | How it interviews | AI interviewer | Free plan or trial | Self-serve |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LessRounds | Live AI interview (voice or video) | Yes. AI-led with follow-ups, or scripted word for word | Yes, 10 completed interviews a month | Yes. Sign up with an email code |
| Ribbon | Live AI interview (voice or video) | Yes, adaptive | 7-day trial | Yes |
| HireVue | Enterprise suite | Yes. AI voice interviewer launched June 2026 | No | No. Sales-led |
| Alex (formerly Apriora) | Live AI (phone, video, SMS, WhatsApp) | Yes | No | No. Sales-led |
| HeyMilo | Live AI (voice, video, SMS) | Yes | None published | No. Sales-led |
| Interviewer.AI | One-way video + AI avatar | Yes, on the Professional plan and above | 14-day trial | Yes |
| Metaview | Note-taker + AI screening | Yes, Screening (launched 3 September 2026) | Free plans for other products, not for Screening | Partly |
| TestGorilla | Skills tests + AI interviews | Yes, on the Plus plan and above | Yes, but without AI interviews | Yes, up to Core |
| Spark Hire | One-way video + ATS | No. “AI Video Review” rates recorded answers (English only) | No free plan or trial, per its FAQ | Partly |
| Willo | One-way (video, audio, text) | No. AI summaries, a threshold filter and scripted-answer detection | No | Yes, on Lite |
| Hireflix | One-way video | No. People rate answers; transcription is automatic | 30-day free trial, no card | Yes |
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Best free and pay-per-interview option
A self-serve AI pre-screening tool: an AI interviewer runs a spoken first-round interview by link, and scores each skill with quoted evidence.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
02
Best for ATS integrations on a published plan
A Canadian AI interviewer that runs adaptive voice and video interviews on any phone with no app, aimed at high-volume and frontline hiring.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
03
Best for large enterprises
An enterprise hiring suite covering recorded and live video interviews, assessments, an AI voice interviewer and interview notes.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
04
Best for phone and WhatsApp screening
An AI recruiter that runs live first-round screens by phone, video, SMS or WhatsApp, with scheduling and identity checks.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
05
Best for staffing and BPO volume
An AI recruiter for high-volume hiring that runs voice, video and SMS screens and scores candidates from transcripts.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
06
Best for admissions and avatar interviews
A Singapore-based tool offering recorded video interviews and an AI avatar that asks follow-up questions, for hiring and admissions.
Where it’s strong
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07
Best if you already use an interview note-taker
An interview note-taker that launched AI voice Screening in September 2026, alongside sourcing and application review.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
08
Best for skills tests plus interviews
A skills-testing platform with 350+ tests that added one-way and conversational AI video interviews in October 2025.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
09
Best one-way video with a built-in ATS
Recorded (one-way) and live video interviews for small and mid-sized organizations, with its own ATS and a behavioral assessment.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
10
Best for many languages and answer formats
A UK-based one-way interview tool where candidates answer by video, audio, text, file upload or multiple choice.
Where it’s strong
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Best low-cost one-way video
A simple one-way video interview tool with no app or login for candidates, popular with small businesses, universities and agencies.
Where it’s strong
Trade-offs
Software that interviews candidates for you, usually as a first round. Some tools record answers to fixed questions; newer ones run a live spoken conversation with an AI that can ask follow-ups. Most score or summarize the answers for a recruiter to review.
LessRounds has a permanent free plan that includes AI interviews (10 completed interviews a month). Among the tools here, others offer trials rather than free plans, and TestGorilla’s free plan doesn’t include AI interviews.
No. They replace the repetitive first phone screen. A person still reads the results, decides who moves forward and runs the later rounds.
Checked 24 September 2026.
Start with 10 free interviews a month. No card, no sales call.