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BrightHire vs Relevana

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

Starting price

BrightHire

Sales-quoted

Interview intelligence that records, transcribes and coaches, sitting on top of your ATS. Quote-based, with MCP available.

Where BrightHire fits

  • Talent teams on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or Workday
  • Panels where someone always misses the interview
  • Teams coaching their interviewers
  • Organisations that want notes without a separate note-taker

Relevana

$150/mo

Interview intelligence for the first-round interview, where the recruiter stays on the call and the AI works behind them. A hiring manager approved question blueprint drives every interview, answers are tagged and scored live, and the next interviewer gets a brief with the gaps to probe. Plans start at $150/mo on annual billing for one seat, with usage metered in credits.

Where Relevana fits

  • Agency recruiters running structured first-round screens for clients
  • In-house teams that want hiring managers to approve the questions before interviews start
  • Recruiters interviewing for technical roles outside their own specialty
  • Employers hiring in New York City who need a published bias audit

At a glance

DetailBrightHireRelevana
Starting priceSales-quoted$150/mo
Free tier–No–No
MCP server✓Yes–No
Public API✓Yes–No
Listed underAI note takers, InterviewingInterviewing, AI note takers

Where they pull apart

BrightHire

Stands out: Interview recordings and coaching attached to the candidate record in the ATS.

Watch out: No published price, and it needs an ATS underneath it.

Not the right fit for

  • Small businesses with no ATS
  • High-volume hourly chat screening

Relevana

Stands out: The Next Round Prep brief hands the second interviewer the strengths found, the gaps still open with suggested questions, and one Conviction Question, so later rounds build on round one instead of repeating it. It also publishes a passed NYC Local Law 144 bias audit by Asenion across 5,000 candidates.

Watch out: Usage is metered in credits, so a 30 minute interview uses about 7 and Starter's 350 a month covers roughly 20 interviews. ATS integration support is listed only on the quoted Enterprise plan, the multi-round and analytics features on Pro are marked coming soon, and there are no outside reviews yet.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that want an AI bot to run the interview on its own
  • Teams that need interview notes written back into their ATS on a self-serve plan

Pros and cons

BrightHire

  • Works with the major modern trackers
  • MCP available
  • Coaching sits alongside the recording
  • No published price
  • Requires an ATS underneath

Relevana

  • Recruiter stays on the call, so candidates never face a bot interviewer
  • Next Round Prep brief carries round one findings into later rounds
  • Published NYC Local Law 144 bias audit
  • Credit metering makes heavy interview volume costly on Starter
  • ATS integration support only on the quoted Enterprise plan
  • New product with no outside reviews yet

What each one costs

BrightHire

Sales-quoted

Quote-based. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Relevana

$150/mo

Plans are credit based and priced per month on annual billing. Starter is $150/mo ($1,800/yr) for 1 seat and 350 credits a month. Growth is $275/mo ($3,300/yr) for 10 seats and 750 credits. Pro is $900/mo ($10,800/yr) for 25 seats and 3,000 credits. Enterprise is quoted and adds ATS integration support, SSO and unlimited seats. A match report costs 1 credit, an interview 2 credits for the first 5 minutes plus 1 per extra 5 minutes, and a next-round brief 1 credit; top-up packs are sold on every plan. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 12 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try BrightHire or Relevana for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.
Does BrightHire or Relevana have an MCP server?
BrightHire ships a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?