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HireVue vs Interview Guard

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

Starting price

HireVue

Sales-quoted

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

$100/mo 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. Starter is $100/month with 10 interviews, and a 7-day trial includes 5 interviews.

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
  • Small teams that want a $100 monthly plan before a volume contract

At a glance

DetailHireVueInterview Guard
Starting priceSales-quoted$100/mo
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on record7 day free trial
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underAssessments, Candidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing, AI screeningCandidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing
Capterra4.5 from 50 reviewsNot 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. interviewguard.io is a candidate desktop app. Do not mix the two rate cards. Per-interview fees apply on top of the monthly plan.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that will not ask candidates to install a desktop app
  • Very high-volume desks that want flat pricing with no per-interview fee

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
  • Per-interview fees on top of the monthly plan
  • Easy to confuse with interviewguard.ai, a different product

What each one costs

HireVue

Sales-quoted

Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Interview Guard

$100/mo

Starter is $100/month plus $10 per interview, with 10 interviews included monthly. Professional is $1,000/month plus $5 per interview, with 200 interviews included monthly. Enterprise is custom volume pricing. A 7-day free trial includes 5 interviews. Candidates install a desktop app. Interviews are not recorded. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

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