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Capifiq vs Interview Guard

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

Starting price

Capifiq

Sales-quoted

Capifiq replaces Zoom or Teams for interviews only. The candidate joins through a desktop client that checks the machine for hidden AI assistants, remote control, virtual machines and virtual cameras, and every finding lands in a timestamped, sealed report a person reviews. Pricing is per interview credit (credits never expire, seats are unlimited) and is quoted only after a demo. Best for technical hiring teams and staffing desks seeing AI-coached or proxy candidates in remote interviews.

Where Capifiq fits

  • Technical hiring teams running remote coding and system design rounds
  • Staffing agencies that want evidence a submitted candidate interviewed without outside help
  • Employers who want integrity checks without an AI scoring or rejecting candidates

Interview Guard

$100/mo 7 day free trial

Interview Guard is a live interview-fraud layer. Candidates install a desktop app. The vendor does not record audio, video, or screenshare. Starter is $100/month with 10 interviews, and a 7-day trial includes 5 interviews.

Where Interview Guard fits

  • TA teams seeing Cluely, InterviewCoder, and overlay tools on live screens
  • Employers that refuse to record interviews but still want fraud signals
  • Desks on Zoom, Teams, Meet, or Webex that can require a 30-second candidate install
  • Small teams that want a $100 monthly plan before a volume contract

At a glance

DetailCapifiqInterview Guard
Starting priceSales-quoted$100/mo
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on record7 day free trial
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underCandidate fraud & AI detection, InterviewingCandidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing

Where they pull apart

Capifiq

Stands out: It is the interview room itself, not an add-on watching someone else's call, so video, a shared code pad, a whiteboard, captions and the integrity timeline all come out of one session. The vendor says it detects assistance by behaviour rather than a list of known cheat apps, so renamed or private builds are covered. It also says plainly that phones, smart glasses and earpieces leave no trace on the computer, and answers them with an included Question Engine. It never scores, ranks or rejects candidates.

Watch out: Your interviews have to move onto Capifiq, and candidates must install its desktop client, which records the session, captures hotkey activity and lets the interviewer screenshot any of the candidate's displays, shared or not. There is no public price and no self-serve trial: a scoped pilot comes only after a demo. SOC 2 Type II is listed as in progress, and the detection claims are the vendor's own.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that want to keep interviewing on Zoom, Teams or Meet
  • Buyers who need a published price or a self-serve start
  • Teams looking for an AI interviewer or automated candidate scoring

Interview Guard

Stands out: It looks for 100-plus AI helpers including ChatGPT, Cluely, and InterviewCoder, plus overlays, remote desktop, VMs, VPN location spoofing, deepfakes, and proxy input. Alerts fire during the interview. Setup is pitched as three minutes with no IT project.

Watch out: This is not the InterviewGuard.ai coding-session product. interviewguard.io is a candidate desktop app. Do not mix the two rate cards. Per-interview fees apply on top of the monthly plan.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that will not ask candidates to install a desktop app
  • Very high-volume desks that want flat pricing with no per-interview fee

Pros and cons

Capifiq

  • Detection is built into the interview room, not bolted onto a meeting tool
  • Names what it cannot detect and covers it with the Question Engine
  • No candidate scores, rankings or automated rejection
  • Unlimited seats and interview credits that never expire
  • Candidates must install a desktop client
  • No public price or self-serve trial
  • Interviews have to move off Zoom, Teams or Meet
  • SOC 2 Type II still in progress

Interview Guard

  • No audio, video, or screenshare recording
  • Detects Cluely, InterviewCoder, ChatGPT, remote desktop, VMs, and deepfakes
  • 7-day trial on the vendor homepage
  • Candidates must install a desktop app
  • Per-interview fees on top of the monthly plan
  • Easy to confuse with interviewguard.ai, a different product

What each one costs

Capifiq

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. Capifiq sells interview credits rather than subscriptions: one credit covers one complete interview, credits never expire, every account has unlimited seats, and larger credit packs cost less per interview. Per-credit pricing is quoted in a demo, and qualified teams get a scoped pilot after a technical demo. There are no feature tiers. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 8 Nov 2026

Interview Guard

$100/mo

Starter is $100/month plus $10 per interview, with 10 interviews included monthly. Professional is $1,000/month plus $5 per interview, with 200 interviews included monthly. Enterprise is custom volume pricing. A 7-day free trial includes 5 interviews. Candidates install a desktop app. Interviews are not recorded. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try Capifiq or Interview Guard for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Interview Guard offers a 7 day free trial.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 8 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?