Lavalier
Interview intelligence for recruiters: notes and signal from live conversations.
Quote-based pricing
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Bottom line
Lavalier is interview intelligence that builds role-aligned plans, guides interviewers live, and compares candidates on competencies without a hire/no-hire score. The public pricing page mixes placeholder course prices with a Pro Starter card, so buyers still go through a demo for a real quote.
Stands out for: Role Setup, Plan Builder, Live Guidance, and Candidate Compare sit on one workflow. Lavalier uses only what the candidate says in the interview and does not enrich profiles from social data.
Watch out for: The pricing page is not a trustworthy rate card. It currently interleaves placeholder course tiles with a Pro Starter block that asks you to book a demo. There is no self-serve checkout you can trust.
Overview
Lavalier sits with the hiring team during live interviews. It helps set up the role, build a structured plan, prompt the interviewer in the moment, and compare candidates on the same competencies. It does not output a hire recommendation or a ranked score.
Candidates get an automatic notice and can opt out of recording. Calendar and ATS connectors and SSO are listed on the Pro and Enterprise cards. The path to buy is Book a Demo. A free-to-start claim sits on the pricing URL, but the page is not a clean self-serve catalog.
Who it's for
Best for
- TA teams that want structured plans and live interviewer prompts, not a scoring bot
- Employers who refuse social-profile enrichment of candidates
- Desks that need consent management and candidate opt-out before recording
- Companies that already interview on a calendar and ATS and want an overlay
Not ideal for
- Buyers who need a published monthly price they can put in a cart
- Teams that want an AI interviewer to run the screen without a human
Key features
Interview notes. Live conversation capture for TA.
Conversation intel. Signal for recruiting, not a generic Otter clone.
What it does. Captures the interview and turns it into TA-ready notes.
Pricing
Lavalier lists Pro Starter and Enterprise cards that go through Book a Demo. The page advertises free to start and no demo required, but it is not a self-serve checkout with a standing monthly rate. Calendar, ATS, SSO, and reporting sit on the paid cards. Ask sales for a quote scoped to roles and credits. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 19 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Lavalier expensive?
Lavalier does not publish a price. It is one of 49 quote-based tools among the 72 interviewing tools in our directory. 7 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $79 a month.
- 49 quote-based
- 7 free tier
- 23 public price
Worked out automatically from every interviewing listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Live Guidance plus Candidate Compare without auto-reject scores
- Consent email and opt-out before recording
- Does not pull social profiles to enrich the candidate
Cons
- No reliable public rate card, demo required
- Does not replace an ATS or run unattended AI screens
- Enterprise features such as SSO sit behind a custom card
How Lavalier compares
See all Lavalier alternatives, with what each one does differently and a head to head for every pairing.
| Tool | Free tier | From | MCP | API | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | – | Sales-quoted | – | – | |
| | – | Sales-quoted | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | Enterprise | – | – | Compare |
| | – | $60/user/mo | – | – | Compare |
| | – | $75/user/mo | – | – | Compare |
Sales-quoted MCP API
BrightHire is a quoted interview-intelligence platform focused on recording and shared notes rather than live plan-builder prompts.
Enterprise
HireVue runs enterprise structured video interviews and scores, which Lavalier explicitly does not.
$60/user/mo
Carv publishes from $60/user/mo for AI notes and ATS fill if you want a priced notetaker instead of a demo-led overlay.
$75/user/mo
BarRaiser pairs interview intelligence with an interviewer marketplace, a different motion than Lavalier's live guidance layer.