Head to head

Curious Thing vs Hubert

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

Curious Thing

Sales-quoted

Voice AI interviews for scalable first-round screening. Pricing is sales-quoted.

Where Curious Thing fits

TA teams that want consistent first-round voice screens
High-volume professional hiring
Companies that will take a quote and an API
Desks comparing Ribbon and HireVue

Hubert is a structured AI interviewer for high-volume hiring. You pay per interviewed candidate on a custom package. The lowest published volume is 5,000 interviews per year. A 6-month trial is on the vendor pricing page.

Where Hubert fits

High-volume TA teams replacing CV screens with structured AI interviews
Employers that need explainable, repeatable scores for audit or works-council review
Volume desks that need scores and transcripts written back to the ATS
Multilingual volume hiring (30-plus languages on the product page)

At a glance

Detail	Curious Thing	Hubert
Starting price	Sales-quoted	Sales-quoted
Free tier	–No	–No
Free trial	Not on record	6 day free trial
MCP server	–No	–No
Public API	✓Yes	–No
Listed under	Interviewing, AI interviewing	Interviewing, AI interviewing
Capterra	Not enough reviews	4.3 from 16 reviews

Where they pull apart

Curious Thing

Stands out: Structured voice conversations at scale with a candidate-experience pitch, not a cheap SMS blaster.

Watch out: The vendor does not publish a pricing grid. Do not confuse it with the separate Lucy call-answering product sold at $24/mo.

Not the right fit for

SMBs hunting a $24/mo voice bot
Teams that will not use AI interviews
Buyers who need a public price

Hubert

Stands out: HubertDetect marks AI-written answers. Recruiter Agent, chat and voice interviews, and explainable 0-100 scores land in the ATS. Delivery is SMS and web. The vendor claims GDPR and EU AI Act alignment.

Watch out: There is no dollar table. Volume starts at 5,000 interviews a year, which is not an SMB first buy. Unlimited users is in the custom plan, but you still buy interview volume.

Not the right fit for

Teams that hire a few dozen people a year and cannot use 5,000 interviews
Buyers who need a published per-interview dollar they can model in a spreadsheet tonight

Pros and cons

Curious Thing

Structured voice first-rounds rather than trivia tests
Public API
Aimed at scale, not a single-recruiter gadget

Quote-only
No published price grid or connector list
Easy to confuse with unrelated 'Curious Thing' call-answering SKUs

Hubert

Pay only for interviewed candidates, unlimited users on the custom plan
HubertDetect plus explainable scores designed for EU AI Act conversations
6-month trial printed on the vendor pricing page

No public dollar amount, only volume bands from 5,000 interviews a year
Built for volume, not a 50-hire-a-year desk
Capterra sample is 16 reviews, just over the directory floor

What each one costs

Curious Thing

Sales-quoted

Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.

Checked 17 Sep 2026

Hubert

Sales-quoted

Hubert sells custom volume packages. You pay only for interviewed candidates, with unlimited users. The lowest package is 5,000 interviews per year. Some customers run more than 250,000 a year. A 6-month trial is listed on the pricing page. ATS integration is included in the custom plan. Ask sales for a quote. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Curious Thing or Hubert for free?

Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Hubert offers a 6 day free trial.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 17 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?