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Starting price
Sales-quoted
Enterprise structured video interviews with assessments wired into the hiring stages. Quote-based.
Where HireVue fits
€295/hire
Tengai is a Swedish AI avatar that runs a structured 20-minute screening interview and returns a shortlist ranked by fixed rules on a validated Big Five framework. Prices are published in euros only: one hire costs €295 on an early bird offer, three hires €795, and unlimited access starts at €590/month. It fits Nordic and EU employers that want a traceable, EU AI Act-focused first round in place of phone screens.
Where Tengai fits
| Detail | HireVue | Tengai |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Sales-quoted | €295/hire |
| Free tier | –No | –No |
| MCP server | –No | –No |
| Public API | –No | –No |
| Listed under | Assessments, Candidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing, AI screening | AI interviewing, Assessments, Interviewing, AI screening |
| Capterra | 4.5 from 50 reviews | Not enough reviews |
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
Tengai
Stands out: AI is used only for the conversation: Tengai says no AI scores or decides, and candidates are ranked mechanically against your requirements. Its interview framework was validated by Psychometrics Sweden AB, and the avatar uses no facial recognition. Candidates get personal feedback and can reuse their interview for other applications for 1 year.
Watch out: The avatar speaks English and Swedish, and the 4.0 translation covers only Swedish, English, Norwegian and Danish, so it is built for the Nordic market. Named ATS partners are Nordic systems (Teamtailor, Jobylon, Varbi, Zerolime, Talenttech), so US teams will likely need a custom API integration. Prices are in euros only, and the per-hire prices are marked as early bird offers.
Not the right fit for
HireVue
Tengai
HireVue
Sales-quoted
Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 4 Nov 2026
Tengai
€295/hire
Tengai publishes prices in euros only. The 1 Hire plan is €295 on an early bird offer (ordinary price €720) with 30 days of access, and the 3 Hire plan is €795 (ordinary price €1,440) with 90 days of access. Scale up! starts at €590/month for unlimited access on a custom plan arranged with sales. All plans include a validated shortlist, standard onboarding, the standard Tengai avatar and online support. No free trial is advertised. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 4 Nov 2026
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