Head to head

HireVue vs Maki People

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

Maki People

Sales-quoted

AI hiring agents for screening, assessments and interviews that sit on top of your ATS. Credit-based and quote-based.

Where Maki People fits

Enterprises screening frontline and early talent
TA teams keeping their existing ATS
Buyers who want web or phone AI interviews
Companies that need EU data residency

At a glance

Detail	HireVue	Maki People
Starting price	Enterprise	Sales-quoted
Free tier	–No	–No
MCP server	–No	–No
Public API	–No	✓Yes
Listed under	Assessments, Candidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing, AI screening	Assessments, Interviewing, AI 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

Maki People

Stands out: You pay for candidate interactions on credits, not recruiter licenses, across four named agents.

Watch out: No public rate card. Pricing is set per deal, and the product targets enterprise volume hiring.

Not the right fit for

Startups that want a self-serve screener
Buyers who need a published price

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

Maki People

Pay per candidate interaction
Works on top of 30-plus ATS systems
EU data residency by default

No public self-serve price
Built for enterprise volume
Sales cycle before a number

What each one costs

HireVue

Enterprise

Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 7 Sep 2026

Maki People

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Agents run on a credit model tied to candidate interactions rather than recruiter licenses. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try HireVue or Maki People for free?

Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 7 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?