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Hello Recruiter alternatives

4 tools our write-ups put next to Hello Recruiter, with starting price, free tier, MCP and API side by side.

Hello Recruiter from $29/moFree tier

The short answer

  • FetchTalent : FetchTalent is AI phone and video screens with coding scorecards, listed from $99/mo, stronger on live coding than Hello Recruiter's $29 entry. From $99/mo
  • HireVue : HireVue is the enterprise structured video-interview suite, quote-led, if you need a full interviewing platform. From Enterprise
  • Sherlock AI : Sherlock AI is a $100/mo interview-fraud detector if you already interview and only need integrity signals. From $100/mo
  • Hireflix : Hireflix is one-way video interviewing from $75/mo annual, without Hello Recruiter's free ATS tier. From $75/mo

Why people look past Hello Recruiter

The free plan has no AI screening or interviews. Hitting a monthly limit pauses new AI volume unless you buy a pack or wait for reset. Add-on packs sit on Starter, Scale, and Pro rather than on Free.

What we noted

  • Paid plan dollar tiers beyond the $29 starting price are not printed on the public grid
  • Free plan has no AI screening or interviews
  • Monthly AI caps pause new volume until a pack or a reset

Not the right fit for

  • Enterprises that need a printed enterprise rate card before a demo
  • Teams that want AI interviews on the $0 plan

Worth keeping in mind: Add-on packs are printed even when the plan grid is not: 1,000 resume evaluations for $10, 10 HR interviews for $20, and 10 technical interviews for $80. The whole team shares the org plan.

Hello Recruiter alternatives compared

ToolFree tierFromMCPAPIHead to head
Hello Recruiter (the one you are on) ✓Yes$29/mo–No–No
FetchTalent FetchTalent is AI phone and video screens with coding scorecards, listed from $99/mo, stronger on live coding than Hello Recruiter's $29 entry. –No$99/mo–No–NoHead to head
HireVue HireVue is the enterprise structured video-interview suite, quote-led, if you need a full interviewing platform. –NoEnterprise–No–NoHead to head
Sherlock AI Sherlock AI is a $100/mo interview-fraud detector if you already interview and only need integrity signals. –No$100/mo–No–NoHead to head
Hireflix Hireflix is one-way video interviewing from $75/mo annual, without Hello Recruiter's free ATS tier. –No$75/mo–No–NoHead to head

What each one does differently

Why it comes up: FetchTalent is AI phone and video screens with coding scorecards, listed from $99/mo, stronger on live coding than Hello Recruiter's $29 entry.

Stands out: Live coding challenges run inside the same AI interview as the behavioral screen, with a cheat-detection report aimed at IT staffing submissions. Dual email and SMS reminders are used to cut no-shows.

Watch out: It is not an ATS. Pipeline, deletes, and offers stay in your system of record. After-hours interviews are a featured capability, so volume hiring can run while the desk is closed.

Best for

  • IT staffing firms that need a coding scorecard and cheat-detection report on every submission
  • Agencies that want AI phone screens after hours with SMS reminders
  • TA teams that will keep Greenhouse or similar as the ATS of record

HireVue

Enterprise

Why it comes up: HireVue is the enterprise structured video-interview suite, quote-led, if you need a full interviewing platform.

Stands out: Video interviews and validated assessments in one enterprise suite.

Watch out: No published price, and it is far heavier than a small team needs for async video.

Best for

  • Enterprise talent teams standardising video interviews
  • Teams that need assessments before an onsite
  • High-volume employers that cannot run live first rounds

4.5 on Capterra from 50 reviews

Sherlock AI

$100/mo Free trial

Why it comes up: Sherlock AI is a $100/mo interview-fraud detector if you already interview and only need integrity signals.

Stands out: Plans split into Only Fraud Detection, Fraud plus AI Fluency, and a full suite that adds automated interview notes, all with unlimited seats under fair use.

Watch out: Starter includes only 10 interviews per month. Overflow is $10 per interview with a 100-interview minimum, so a busy week jumps from $100/mo to a much larger add-on.

Best for

  • TA teams running remote video interviews that need proxy and deepfake signals
  • Orgs that permit some AI use and want an AI Fluency score beside fraud
  • Teams that want automated notes on the same Sherlock session

Hireflix

$75/mo 30 day free trial

Why it comes up: Hireflix is one-way video interviewing from $75/mo annual, without Hello Recruiter's free ATS tier.

Stands out: Every plan includes unlimited seats, unlimited positions, unlimited interview responses, and the full feature set. Price only changes with company size.

Watch out: Small is for companies under 50 employees. Medium is $150/mo billed yearly for 50 to 250. Agencies and high-volume corporates go Custom.

Best for

  • SMBs under 50 employees that want unlimited one-way video without per-response overages
  • Teams that already live in Greenhouse and want to invite from the ATS
  • High-application roles where watching async answers beats scheduling screens

5.0 on Capterra from 257 reviews

Common questions

What is the best Hello Recruiter alternative?
It depends on what sent you looking. We compare 4 alternatives to Hello Recruiter: FetchTalent, HireVue, Sherlock AI and Hireflix. Each one's "Why it comes up" line says what it does differently, and the table above shows all 4 on price, free tier, MCP and API.
What is the cheapest Hello Recruiter alternative?
Of the published starting prices here, Hireflix is lowest at $75/mo. Starting price is the entry plan, not the seat count you will end up on, so read the plan table on each listing.

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