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Alex vs Tengai

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Alex

Sales-quoted

Alex (formerly Apriora) is an AI interviewer for live voice, video, and text screens. The company is Alex at alex.com. Pricing is sales-quoted after a demo. There is no public rate card.

Where Alex fits

  • High-volume TA teams that cannot staff enough first-round interviewers
  • Companies that want one AI recruiter across phone, video, and text
  • Orgs already on one of the 33 supported ATS platforms
  • Global hiring that needs 30-language screens

Tengai

Quote-based

Tengai is a Swedish AI avatar that runs a structured 20-minute screening interview and returns a shortlist ranked by fixed rules on a validated Big Five framework. It does not publish pricing, and plans are quoted by sales. It fits Nordic and EU employers that want a traceable, EU AI Act-focused first round in place of phone screens.

Where Tengai fits

  • Nordic employers hiring in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or English
  • Public-sector and regulated employers that need traceable, explainable rankings
  • High-volume roles in retail, logistics or customer service that currently rely on phone screens

At a glance

DetailAlexTengai
Starting priceSales-quotedQuote-based
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underInterviewing, AI interviewing, AI screeningAI interviewing, Assessments, Interviewing, AI screening

Where they pull apart

Alex

Stands out: 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.

Watch out: 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.

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

Tengai

Stands out: AI is used only for the conversation: Tengai says no AI scores or decides, and candidates are ranked mechanically against your requirements. Its interview framework was validated by Psychometrics Sweden AB, and the avatar uses no facial recognition. Candidates get personal feedback and can reuse their interview for other applications for 1 year.

Watch out: The avatar speaks English and Swedish, and the 4.0 translation covers only Swedish, English, Norwegian and Danish, so it is built for the Nordic market. Named ATS partners are Nordic systems (Teamtailor, Jobylon, Varbi, Zerolime, Talenttech), so US teams will likely need a custom API integration. Pricing is not published.

Not the right fit for

  • US teams on ATS platforms without a ready Tengai connector
  • Hiring in languages beyond the 4 Nordic and English options
  • Buyers who want AI to score answers or recommend hires

Pros and cons

Alex

  • Voice, video, and text in one AI interviewer, 30 languages
  • 33 official ATS integrations, so reports can land where recruiters already work
  • Scale story: 1,000,000 interviews, built for thousands of screens a day
  • 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

Tengai

  • Psychometrically validated Big Five framework
  • Rule-based, explainable rankings
  • Interview answers reusable by candidates for 1 year
  • No published pricing
  • Nordic languages and English only
  • ATS partners are mostly Nordic systems

What each one costs

Alex

Sales-quoted

Alex does not publish plan prices. Access is quoted after a demo. The product is the AI interviewer formerly sold as Apriora, now at alex.com. No self-serve trial is offered. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Tengai

Quote-based

Tengai does not publish pricing. Access is arranged through its sales team after a demo, and the site lists named contacts for sales and customer success. No free trial is advertised. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 28 Sep 2026

Common questions

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?