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HireVue vs Talent Llama

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

Talent Llama

$150/mo

Talent Llama is a conversational AI screening interviewer. The listing floor is $150/mo. The product is associated with Ashby.

Where Talent Llama fits

  • Ashby customers who want a conversational screener next to the ATS
  • TA teams that want AI screening at $150/mo instead of a HireVue quote
  • High-volume roles where a chat or voice screen replaces a recruiter phone screen
  • Startups comparing Talent Llama with Hubert or Willo

At a glance

DetailHireVueTalent Llama
Starting priceSales-quoted$150/mo
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underAssessments, Candidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing, AI screeningInterviewing, AI 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

Talent Llama

Stands out: Conversational screening (not one-way video) at a published $150/mo floor, in Ashby's orbit rather than a generic video vendor.

Watch out: Ashby association does not mean Talent Llama is included in every Ashby ATS seat. Confirm whether you need Ashby to buy, and what the $150/mo cap covers.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams standardized on Greenhouse with no Ashby interest
  • Hiring managers who only want async one-way video

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

Talent Llama

  • Published $150/mo listing for a conversational AI screener
  • Ashby-related path if that is already your ATS
  • Cheaper published floor than Ribbon at $499/mo
  • Ashby tie-in may not help a Greenhouse-only stack
  • Not a one-way video product like Willo or Hireflix
  • Live volume caps need a pricing-page check

What each one costs

HireVue

Sales-quoted

Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Talent Llama

$150/mo

Talent Llama lists from $150/mo for a conversational AI screening interviewer. Confirm live interview volume, Ashby requirements, and any annual toggle on the vendor pricing page. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

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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?