HireVue is the best-known name in video interviewing, and it’s often the right choice for large companies. It covers recorded, live and AI interviews, assessments and interview notes. It also has the security certifications that large companies’ buying teams ask for. Its pricing and sales process are built for companies of that size too. If you’re a smaller team, want to start this week, or need a price you can see, one of these may fit better.
Facts last checked 24 September 2026 · Published by the LessRounds team
HireVue
A hiring platform for large companies. It covers recorded and live video interviews, assessments, an AI voice interviewer and interview notes.
Stopped using facial analysis in assessments in 2021.
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At a glance
| Tool | How it interviews | AI interviewer | Free to try | Sign up on your own |
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| LessRounds | Live AI interview (voice or video) | Yes. It can ask its own follow-up questions, or read your questions word for word | 100 free credits when you sign up (about 20 interviews). They don’t expire | Yes. Sign up with an email code |
| Ribbon | Live AI interview (voice or video) | Yes. Its questions adapt to each answer | 7-day trial | Yes |
| Spark Hire | Recorded video answers + applicant tracking system | No. “AI Video Review” rates recorded answers (English only) | No free plan or trial, per its FAQ | Partly |
| Willo | Recorded answers (video, audio, text) | No. It offers AI summaries, a threshold filter and detection of scripted answers | No | Yes, on Lite |
| Alex (formerly Apriora) | Live AI interview (phone, video, SMS, WhatsApp) | Yes | No | No. You start with their sales team |
| Hireflix | Recorded video answers | No. People rate the answers. Transcripts are made automatically | 30-day free trial, no card | Yes |
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The quickest way to start AI first interviews: sign up with your email, publish an interview and share the link. LessRounds starts you with 100 free credits (about 20 interviews), then costs $5 per finished interview of up to 30 minutes.
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An AI interviewer that adapts to each answer. It connects to 60+ applicant tracking systems (ATS) on every plan, for teams that need those connections from day one.
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Recorded video interviews plus its own applicant tracking system, at a published monthly price.
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Recorded interviews where candidates answer by video, audio or text, in many languages. You pay per active job opening.
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An AI recruiter that interviews by phone and WhatsApp, for larger teams and staffing agencies. You start through their sales team.
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The simplest recorded-video option, with unlimited interviews at a flat monthly price.
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How to choose
Yes. HireVue launched an AI voice interviewer in June 2026, alongside its recorded and live video products.
Of the tools here with a published price, LessRounds has the lowest entry cost: 100 free credits to start (about 20 interviews), then $5 per interview with no subscription.
No. HireVue stopped using facial analysis in its assessments in 2021. LessRounds has never analyzed faces. It scores only the written transcript of what the candidate said.
Checked 24 September 2026.
Start with 100 free credits, enough for about 20 interviews. No credit card or sales call needed.