Head to head

HireVue vs Polygraf AI

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

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

Detail	HireVue	Polygraf AI
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	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

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

Enterprise

Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 7 Sep 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 19 Sep 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 7 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?