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Interview Guard vs VALIDIA

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Interview Guard

$100/mo 7 day free trial

Interview Guard is a live interview-fraud layer. Candidates install a desktop app. The vendor does not record audio, video, or screenshare. Starter is $100/month with 10 interviews, and a 7-day trial includes 5 interviews.

Where Interview Guard fits

  • TA teams seeing Cluely, InterviewCoder, and overlay tools on live screens
  • Employers that refuse to record interviews but still want fraud signals
  • Desks on Zoom, Teams, Meet, or Webex that can require a 30-second candidate install
  • Small teams that want a $100 monthly plan before a volume contract

VALIDIA

Sales-quoted

VALIDIA authenticates who is on the call inside Zoom, Teams, Meet, and Webex without a meeting bot. Docs still describe hiring-fraud prevention with Greenhouse, Lever, and Workday. Pricing is quote-led. The marketing homepage is thin.

Where VALIDIA fits

  • Remote hiring teams seeing proxy candidates and deepfakes on Zoom or Teams
  • Employers that will not add a bot or a candidate desktop install
  • Greenhouse, Lever, or Workday shops that want identity alerts on the record
  • Security-minded TA teams worried about DPRK-style IT worker fraud

At a glance

DetailInterview GuardVALIDIA
Starting price$100/moSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trial7 day free trialNot on record
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underCandidate fraud & AI detection, InterviewingCandidate fraud & AI detection, Interviewing

Where they pull apart

Interview Guard

Stands out: It looks for 100-plus AI helpers including ChatGPT, Cluely, and InterviewCoder, plus overlays, remote desktop, VMs, VPN location spoofing, deepfakes, and proxy input. Alerts fire during the interview. Setup is pitched as three minutes with no IT project.

Watch out: This is not the InterviewGuard.ai coding-session product. interviewguard.io is a candidate desktop app. Do not mix the two rate cards. Per-interview fees apply on top of the monthly plan.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that will not ask candidates to install a desktop app
  • Very high-volume desks that want flat pricing with no per-interview fee

VALIDIA

Stands out: Know Your People is agentless inside the conference tool. It marks facial, voice, and behavioral mismatches, VPN use, and timing anomalies, aimed at proxy interviews and deepfake presence.

Watch out: There is no public rate card. The marketing homepage currently gives little product detail, so buyers should use docs.validia.ai and a demo. This is identity authentication, not a full interviewer.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that need an AI interviewer, not an identity layer
  • Buyers who require a published per-check price before a call

Pros and cons

Interview Guard

  • No audio, video, or screenshare recording
  • Detects Cluely, InterviewCoder, ChatGPT, remote desktop, VMs, and deepfakes
  • 7-day trial on the vendor homepage
  • Candidates must install a desktop app
  • Per-interview fees on top of the monthly plan
  • Easy to confuse with interviewguard.ai, a different product

VALIDIA

  • Agentless inside Zoom, Teams, Meet, and Webex
  • Named ATS path for Greenhouse, Lever, and Workday in vendor docs
  • Aimed at proxy, deepfake, and false-identity hiring fraud
  • The vendor does not publish a price
  • Marketing homepage is not a full product page
  • Does not run the interview or replace an ATS

What each one costs

Interview Guard

$100/mo

Starter is $100/month plus $10 per interview, with 10 interviews included monthly. Professional is $1,000/month plus $5 per interview, with 200 interviews included monthly. Enterprise is custom volume pricing. A 7-day free trial includes 5 interviews. Candidates install a desktop app. Interviews are not recorded. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

VALIDIA

Sales-quoted

VALIDIA does not publish a per-check or seat price. Hiring fraud prevention is documented for Zoom, Teams, Meet, and Webex, with Greenhouse, Lever, and Workday in the docs. Ask sales for a quote. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try Interview Guard or VALIDIA for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Interview Guard offers a 7 day free trial.

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