Head to head

HireVue vs Interview Guard

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

HireVue

Enterprise

Enterprise structured video interviews with assessments wired into the hiring stages. Quote-based.

Where HireVue fits

Enterprise talent teams standardising video interviews
Teams that need assessments before an onsite
High-volume employers that cannot run live first rounds
Buyers comparing validated assessment vendors

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

Detail	HireVue	Interview Guard
Starting price	Enterprise	Sales-quoted
Free tier	–No	–No
Free trial	Not on record	7 day free trial
MCP server	–No	–No
Public API	–No	–No
Listed under	Assessments, Candidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing, AI screening	Candidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing
Capterra	4.5 from 50 reviews	Not enough reviews

Where they pull apart

HireVue

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.

Not the right fit for

Small businesses that want a cheap async video tool
Desks that only need interview notes

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

HireVue

Video and assessments in one suite
Built for defensible high-volume screening
Connects to the major enterprise trackers

No published price
No API or MCP
Too heavy for small-team async video

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

HireVue

Enterprise

Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 7 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 HireVue 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 7 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?