Head to head

Criteria vs Harver

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

Criteria

Sales-quoted 14 day free trial

Pre-employment testing and video interviewing sold as three packages: Assess, Interview, and Hire. Quote-based, with a 14-day free trial.

Where Criteria fits

  • HR teams adding validated pre-hire tests
  • Companies that want cognitive plus personality tests
  • Teams that want tests and video interviews together
  • Buyers who want a free trial before a demo

Harver

Sales-quoted

Volume hiring platform with predictive assessments, video interviews and reference checks. Quote-based.

Where Harver fits

  • Contact centers and BPOs hiring at volume
  • Retail and hourly hiring teams
  • Enterprises adding predictive assessments to an ATS
  • Campus and early-career programs

At a glance

DetailCriteriaHarver
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trial14 day free trialNot on record
MCP server–No–No
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underAssessmentsAssessments, Interviewing

Where they pull apart

Criteria

Stands out: Cognitive, personality, emotional intelligence, risk, and skills tests on one platform, with video interviews in the same suite.

Watch out: All three packages are sales-quoted. AI proctoring, the AI interview agent, and AI scoring are paid upgrades, and Develop is a separate add-on.

Not the right fit for

  • Engineering teams that only need a live coding pad
  • Buyers who need a published price

Harver

Stands out: Combines assessments, pymetrics game-based tests, video interviews and Checkster reference checks under one vendor.

Watch out: Pricing is sales-quoted and built around volume and modules, so expect a demo and scoping before any number.

Not the right fit for

  • Small teams that want self-serve checkout
  • Companies hiring a few roles a year

Pros and cons

Criteria

  • Broad test catalog in one platform
  • Video interviewing in the same suite
  • 14-day free trial
  • No published price
  • AI features cost extra
  • Develop is a separate add-on

Harver

  • Built for high-volume hiring
  • Assessments, video and references in one suite
  • ATS partner integrations
  • No self-serve plan
  • Too heavy for low-volume hiring
  • Modules can add up in the quote

What each one costs

Criteria

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Three packages (Assess, Interview, Hire) are priced by headcount, with AI upgrades and the Develop add-on on top, and a 14-day free trial is available. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Harver

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Pricing depends on hiring volume and which modules you take (assessments, video interviews, reference checks). Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Criteria or Harver for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Criteria offers a 14 day free trial.

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