Head to head

HireID vs Interview Guard

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

HireID

Sales-quoted

HireID is an interview-integrity layer that watches Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams for deepfake, proxy, and ID fraud. The vendor claims 20-plus fraud signals and 98 percent accuracy on internal synthetic-identity tests, with no public rate card.

Where HireID fits

  • TA teams seeing proxy interviews and deepfakes on Zoom, Meet, or Teams
  • Employers that need ID-to-face matching before an offer, not after a background check
  • Staffing desks that must explain every fraud signal to a client or counsel
  • Mid-market and enterprise hiring teams already on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Gem, or SmartRecruiters

Interview Guard

Sales-quoted 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. A 7-day trial is on the homepage. Plan dollars are not on a public table, so terms go through the trial or sales.

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
  • Companies willing to run a 7-day trial before a volume contract

At a glance

DetailHireIDInterview Guard
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on record7 day free trial
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underCandidate fraud & AI detectionCandidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing

Where they pull apart

HireID

Stands out: An Interview Agent can join the live conference and surface facial, voice, lip-sync, and AI-assist signals without auto-rejecting the candidate, so a human still makes the call.

Watch out: There is no published price or self-serve plan. It is a trust layer on top of your ATS and video tool, not a full interviewing product.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that only need a cheap AI screener without identity or deepfake checks
  • Buyers who require a public rate card and a credit-card signup

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 that publishes $6 per session. interviewguard.io is a candidate desktop app. Do not mix the two rate cards. Professional plan dollars are not on a public table.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that will not ask candidates to install a desktop app
  • Buyers who need a printed per-interview dollar on the marketing page today

Pros and cons

HireID

  • Live monitoring inside Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams
  • ATS connectors for Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, Gem, and SmartRecruiters
  • Signals are presented for human review instead of automatic rejection
  • The vendor does not publish a price
  • It does not replace HireVue-class structured interviewing or an ATS
  • Accuracy claims come from the vendor's own synthetic-identity benchmarks

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
  • No reliable public dollar table on interviewguard.io
  • Easy to confuse with interviewguard.ai, a different product

What each one costs

HireID

Sales-quoted

HireID does not publish a rate card. Access is through a demo for enterprise and mid-market hiring teams. The vendor does not list a self-serve plan, seat price, or per-check fee on the site. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Interview Guard

Sales-quoted

Interview Guard advertises a 7-day trial and an Enterprise custom plan. A Professional plan is named on the homepage without a published rate. Candidates install a desktop app. Interviews are not recorded. Ask sales or start the trial for current terms. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try HireID 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 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?