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Alex alternatives

4 tools our write-ups put next to Alex, with starting price, free tier, MCP and API side by side.

Alex from Sales-quoted

The short answer

  • HireVue : Enterprise structured video interviews, sales-quoted, stronger brand in large orgs. From Enterprise
  • Curious Thing : Voice AI interviews for scalable screening, also sales-quoted. From Sales-quoted
  • EvoHire : AI phone and video technical screens from $165/mo with a free tier and cheat detection. From $165/mo
  • FetchTalent : AI phone and video screens with coding scorecards from $99/mo. From $99/mo

Why people look past Alex

Every commercial path is a 30-minute demo. No self-serve SKU, no published per-interview rate, and no trial. This is built for high-volume screening, not a $99/mo SMB seat.

What we noted

  • Sales-quoted only. Demo-gated, no trial
  • Overkill if you just need notes on human interviews
  • Review corpus is split across the Apriora and Alex names

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs that need a published per-interview or per-month price
  • Teams that only want a human notetaker, not an AI that runs the interview

Worth keeping in mind: Alex has run 1,000,000 candidate interviews, supports 30 languages, and lists 33 official ATS integrations. It handles outreach, screening, interviewing, verification, and scheduling so TA does not add headcount for first rounds.

Alex alternatives compared

ToolFree tierFromMCPAPIHead to head
Alex (the one you are on) –NoSales-quoted–No–No
HireVue Enterprise structured video interviews, sales-quoted, stronger brand in large orgs. –NoEnterprise–No–NoHead to head
Curious Thing Voice AI interviews for scalable screening, also sales-quoted. –NoSales-quoted–No✓YesHead to head
EvoHire AI phone and video technical screens from $165/mo with a free tier and cheat detection. ✓Yes$165/mo–No–NoHead to head
FetchTalent AI phone and video screens with coding scorecards from $99/mo. –No$99/mo–No–NoHead to head

What each one does differently

HireVue

Enterprise

Why it comes up: Enterprise structured video interviews, sales-quoted, stronger brand in large orgs.

Stands out: Video interviews and validated assessments in one enterprise suite.

Watch out: No published price, and it is far heavier than a small team needs for async video.

Best for

  • Enterprise talent teams standardising video interviews
  • Teams that need assessments before an onsite
  • High-volume employers that cannot run live first rounds

4.5 on Capterra from 50 reviews

Read the HireVue write-up Alex vs HireVue

Curious Thing

Sales-quoted API

Why it comes up: Voice AI interviews for scalable screening, also sales-quoted.

Stands out: Structured voice conversations at scale with a candidate-experience pitch, not a cheap SMS blaster.

Watch out: The vendor does not publish a pricing grid. Do not confuse it with the separate Lucy call-answering product sold at $24/mo.

Best for

  • TA teams that want consistent first-round voice screens
  • High-volume professional hiring
  • Companies that will take a quote and an API

Read the Curious Thing write-up Alex vs Curious Thing

EvoHire

$165/mo Free tier

Why it comes up: AI phone and video technical screens from $165/mo with a free tier and cheat detection.

Stands out: Cheat detection on phone and video technical screens is the wedge, not a generic one-way video recorder.

Watch out: The free plan is a cap, not a 14-day Pro trial. Paid at $165/mo still needs a live check on monthly interview volume and languages.

Best for

  • Engineering hiring teams that want AI phone and video screens before a CoderPad loop
  • TA orgs fighting interview cheating on remote technical screens
  • Startups that will try the free plan before $165/mo

Read the EvoHire write-up Alex vs EvoHire

Why it comes up: AI phone and video screens with coding scorecards from $99/mo.

Stands out: Live coding challenges run inside the same AI interview as the behavioral screen, with a cheat-detection report aimed at IT staffing submissions. Dual email and SMS reminders are used to cut no-shows.

Watch out: It is not an ATS. Pipeline, deletes, and offers stay in your system of record. After-hours interviews are a featured capability, so volume hiring can run while the desk is closed.

Best for

  • IT staffing firms that need a coding scorecard and cheat-detection report on every submission
  • Agencies that want AI phone screens after hours with SMS reminders
  • TA teams that will keep Greenhouse or similar as the ATS of record

Read the FetchTalent write-up Alex vs FetchTalent

Common questions

What is the best Alex alternative?
It depends on what sent you looking. Our write-ups put HireVue closest to Alex. Why it comes up: Enterprise structured video interviews, sales-quoted, stronger brand in large orgs. The table above shows all 4 on price, free tier, MCP and API.
Is there a free alternative to Alex?
Yes. EvoHire carries a free tier on our listing, so you can try the product without a card. Free tiers are capped, so check the limits against your volume before you move a team across.
What is the cheapest Alex alternative?
Of the published starting prices here, FetchTalent is lowest at $99/mo. Starting price is the entry plan, not the seat count you will end up on, so read the plan table on each listing.

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