Compare/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.

Starting price

Criteria

Sales-quoted 14 day free trial

Pre-employment testing and video interviewing sold as three packages: Assess, Interview, and Hire. All three are quote-based.

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

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
  • Standard ATS integrations, SSO and MFA in every package
  • 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 on request by goals and headcount, with AI upgrades and the Develop add-on on top. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 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 4 Nov 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 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?