{
  "about": "Monthly cost of candidate screening software for a given hiring volume, computed from each vendor's own published USD pricing page. Vendors that publish no price are listed separately with third-party reported figures; no price is ever computed for them.",
  "publisher": "Truffle (hiretruffle.com). Truffle is one of the vendors compared.",
  "checked": "2026-09-17",
  "currency": "USD",
  "page": "https://www.hiretruffle.com/compare/screening-software-pricing",
  "inputs": {
    "resumes": 240,
    "assessed": 45,
    "interviews": 15,
    "roles": 2,
    "seats": 3,
    "size": "under50",
    "billing": "annual",
    "needs": {
      "resume": true,
      "video": true,
      "assess": true,
      "ats": true
    }
  },
  "truffle_credits_per_month": 405,
  "ranking_rule": "Vendors covering every capability in inputs.needs are ranked first, cheapest first, and get a rank number. Vendors missing a requested capability follow with rank null and list what they are missing. Suggested plans are a reading of published limits, not a vendor quote.",
  "results": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "vendor": "Truffle",
      "billing_unit": "per credit used",
      "plan": "Core",
      "monthly_usd": 99,
      "covers_all_needs": true,
      "missing": [],
      "how_calculated": "240 resumes + 45 assessed (×2) + 15 interviews (×5) = 405 credits a month. Core plan, 405 of 600 credits used.",
      "notes": [
        "Annual billing is 2 months free and the year's credits are available up front",
        "Unused credits roll over for 12 months on Core and up"
      ],
      "source": "https://www.hiretruffle.com/pricing"
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "vendor": "TestGorilla",
      "billing_unit": "per candidate credit",
      "plan": "Plus",
      "monthly_usd": 400,
      "covers_all_needs": true,
      "missing": [],
      "how_calculated": "Core doesn't cover AI interviews, ATS integrations, or more than 2 seats (you need 3), so this lands on Plus: from $400 a month, from $4,800 billed annually.",
      "notes": [
        "Plus is a \"from\" price that scales with credits, so treat $400 as a floor",
        "Annual commitment, no monthly option"
      ],
      "source": "https://www.testgorilla.com/pricing/"
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "vendor": "Spark Hire",
      "billing_unit": "per employee headcount band",
      "plan": "Recruit Growth",
      "monthly_usd": 499,
      "covers_all_needs": true,
      "missing": [],
      "how_calculated": "Behavioural assessment only appears on Growth, so Pro is out. Recruit Growth is $499 a month billed annually.",
      "notes": [
        "Billed annually",
        "Unlimited admin, recruiter, and hiring manager users",
        "Video interviews and assessments are also sold standalone, from $249/month each"
      ],
      "source": "https://www.sparkhire.com/pricing/"
    },
    {
      "rank": null,
      "vendor": "ScreeningHive",
      "billing_unit": "per seat and interview cap",
      "plan": "Starter",
      "monthly_usd": 19,
      "covers_all_needs": false,
      "missing": [
        "resume screening",
        "assessments",
        "ATS integration"
      ],
      "how_calculated": "Starter covers 5 users and 50 interviews a month, which fits your 3 users and 15 interviews.",
      "notes": [
        "Interview count is a hard monthly limit, not a pooled allowance"
      ],
      "source": "https://screeninghive.com/pricing"
    },
    {
      "rank": null,
      "vendor": "Hireflix",
      "billing_unit": "per employee headcount band",
      "plan": "Small (under 50 employees)",
      "monthly_usd": 75,
      "covers_all_needs": false,
      "missing": [
        "resume screening",
        "assessments"
      ],
      "how_calculated": "Flat $75 a month regardless of volume. Your 15 interviews and 3 users are all included.",
      "notes": [
        "Billed yearly, with a one-month free trial",
        "Transcription is included, but there is no AI scoring or ranking"
      ],
      "source": "https://hireflix.com/en/pricing"
    },
    {
      "rank": null,
      "vendor": "Willo",
      "billing_unit": "per live role",
      "plan": "Lite (pay as you go)",
      "monthly_usd": 118,
      "covers_all_needs": false,
      "missing": [
        "resume screening",
        "ATS integration"
      ],
      "how_calculated": "2 live roles × $59 = $118 a month. Each live role includes 150 assessed candidates.",
      "notes": [
        "No contract, but Lite caps at 5 live roles and 5 users",
        "AI summaries, scorecards, and ATS integrations are Enterprise-only"
      ],
      "source": "https://www.willo.video/pricing"
    }
  ],
  "quote_only": [
    {
      "vendor": "HireVue",
      "billing_unit": "per annual contract",
      "reported": "~$35,000/year reported",
      "detail": "No published pricing. Practitioner and resale reports put the Essentials entry point near $35,000 a year, mid-size deals at $40,000–$80,000, and large contracts at $80,000–$145,000+, before $15,000–$40,000 of implementation.",
      "source": "https://www.hiretruffle.com/blog/hirevue-pricing"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Paradox (Workday)",
      "billing_unit": "per annual contract",
      "reported": "~$1,000/month reported floor",
      "detail": "No published pricing, and now part of Workday. Independent directories put the starting point near $1,000 a month; third-party breakdowns estimate $30,000–$95,000 a year for mid-size deployments plus $15,000–$35,000 of setup.",
      "source": "https://www.hiretruffle.com/blog/paradox-ai-pricing"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Criteria",
      "billing_unit": "per assessment, inside a contract",
      "reported": "~$13,225/year reported median",
      "detail": "Per-assessment list pricing is reported at $5–$25 a candidate, but the contract is what you actually sign. Vendr puts the median annual contract at $13,225, with deals from about $5,000 to $75,000+.",
      "source": "https://www.hiretruffle.com/blog/criteria-corp-pricing"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "VidCruiter",
      "billing_unit": "per user, usage-based",
      "reported": "from ~$5,000/year reported",
      "detail": "No published pricing and no free trial. Third-party listings put the entry point near $5,000 a year, with a 10-user team's first year estimated at $6,800–$19,600 including onboarding.",
      "source": "https://www.hiretruffle.com/blog/vidcruiter-pricing-features"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Vervoe",
      "billing_unit": "per assessment and seat",
      "reported": "Quote only on Vervoe's own site",
      "detail": "Vervoe's pricing page shows Enterprise and a sales form. Capterra's listing shows two self-serve tiers Vervoe doesn't publish itself: Pay & Go at $19/month (2 assessments, 3 users) and Growth at $250/month (4 assessments, 6 users).",
      "source": "https://www.hiretruffle.com/blog/vervoe-alternatives-compared-pricing-features-fit"
    }
  ],
  "parameters": {
    "resumes": "Resumes screened per month (integer, default 240)",
    "assessed": "Candidates assessed per month (integer, default 45)",
    "interviews": "One-way video interviews completed per month (integer, default 15)",
    "roles": "Open roles per month (integer, default 2)",
    "seats": "People who need access (integer, default 3)",
    "size": "Company headcount: under50 | 50to250 | over250 (default under50)",
    "billing": "monthly | annual (default annual)",
    "needs": "Comma-separated capabilities the tool must cover: resume,video,assess,ats (default all four)"
  }
}