Why it comes up: PhoneScreen.AI charges $4 per completed phone screen in 34 languages, aimed at hourly and staffing roles, but does not score resumes the same way.
Stands out: The price model suits uneven volume: you pay $4 only when a screen completes, with no subscription, seats or minimum, so a small agency or a seasonal employer pays nothing in a quiet month. The agents never accept or reject anyone, which keeps the hiring decision with your team.
Watch out: Named ATS connectors are aimed at SMB hourly hiring (Indeed, CareerPlug, Hireology, ApplicantPro, Workstream); staffing ATSs such as Bullhorn need Zapier or the API. The reference agent is still in beta, and transcripts come back in English only.
Best for
- Hourly hiring in home care, warehouses, restaurants and retail
- Temp staffing desks confirming basics before a recruiter call
- Employers with seasonal or uneven applicant volume
Read the PhoneScreen.AI write-up · VeraHire vs PhoneScreen.AI
Why it comes up: Asendia AI is a voice recruiter built for staffing agencies that also sources candidates, from $99 a month with a 7-day trial.
Stands out: Published self serve pricing is rare in AI voice screening, and Asendia lists every tier with the number of voice interviews included and the per interview overage ($3 to $4). It is built around staffing workflows, with healthcare, IT and light industrial as the verticals it names, rather than corporate TA.
Watch out: The $99 and $199 plans have no ATS integration and only 10 or 50 voice interviews, so real agency volume lands on Growth at $599/mo or higher. SMS and WhatsApp screening, resume screening and the scheduling agent are Enterprise only. It is a young company (YC, founded 2024), so check references on the ATS you use.
Best for
- Staffing agencies screening high applicant volumes in healthcare, IT and light industrial
- Recruiting desks that want phone screens done overnight and on weekends
- Small agencies that want to trial AI voice screening on a published price
Read the Asendia AI write-up · VeraHire vs Asendia AI
Why it comes up: HeyMilo adds SMS and form screening plus cheat detection and a first-party MCP server, priced by quote rather than per interview.
Stands out: HeyMilo runs the first round across several channels in one pass and attaches trust signals to each candidate: identity checks, AI-answer flags and multi-person detection. Its Red API applies the same fraud checks to interviews it never ran, from Zoom or Teams recordings.
Watch out: The core platform has no published price; only the Red add-on does. Candidate Recommendations, the ATS rediscovery feature, has deep integrations only with Bullhorn, Avionté and Tracker, and some candidates will not want a machine running the first conversation.
Best for
- High-volume desks screening hundreds of applicants per role
- Staffing agencies on Bullhorn, Avionté, JobDiva or Tracker
- BPOs and franchises that need one screen across sites and languages
Read the HeyMilo write-up · VeraHire vs HeyMilo
