Head to head

Interview Guard vs VALIDIA

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

Interview Guard

Sales-quoted 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. A 7-day trial is on the homepage. Plan dollars are not on a public table, so terms go through the trial or sales.

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
  • Companies willing to run a 7-day trial 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 priceSales-quotedSales-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 that publishes $6 per session. interviewguard.io is a candidate desktop app. Do not mix the two rate cards. Professional plan dollars are not on a public table.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that will not ask candidates to install a desktop app
  • Buyers who need a printed per-interview dollar on the marketing page today

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
  • No reliable public dollar table on interviewguard.io
  • 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

Sales-quoted

Interview Guard advertises a 7-day trial and an Enterprise custom plan. A Professional plan is named on the homepage without a published rate. Candidates install a desktop app. Interviews are not recorded. Ask sales or start the trial for current terms. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

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