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HireVue vs Polygraf AI

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

Polygraf AI

Sales-quoted

AI security suite that also flags interview cheating from tools such as Cluely. Hiring detection is sales-quoted.

Where Polygraf AI fits

  • TA teams fighting AI-coached live interviews
  • Security teams that want on-prem AI policy enforcement
  • Employers hiring into sensitive or government roles
  • Companies that need deepfake and synthetic-voice checks

At a glance

DetailHireVuePolygraf AI
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
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

Polygraf AI

Stands out: Transcribes interviews and scores AI-coached answers in under 2 seconds, aimed at Cluely, Yoodli, InterviewCoder, and Pickle.

Watch out: The hiring detector is demo-sold. Retail AI-detector plans exist for writing, but those are a different SKU from interview fraud.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that want a self-serve interview SKU with a rate card
  • Buyers who only need a cheap writing detector

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

Polygraf AI

  • Interview cheating detector for live audio
  • On-prem deploy option for sensitive employers
  • Flags named coaching tools in real time
  • Hiring SKU is sales-quoted
  • No self-serve checkout for interviews
  • Writing-detector prices are a different product

What each one costs

HireVue

Sales-quoted

Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Polygraf AI

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. The Interview Cheating AI Detector is sold on a demo. Retail writing-detector plans are a different SKU. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try HireVue or Polygraf AI for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?