Candidate screening software pricing in 2026

Screening software pricing questions

• How much does candidate screening software cost?

  For the platforms that publish a price, $15 to $520 a month depending on what you need it to do. One-way video interviews alone start at $15 a month on ScreeningHive billed yearly ($19 monthly) and $75 a month on Hireflix. Add resume screening and assessments in one platform and published plans start at $49 a month on Truffle (Starter), $499 on Spark Hire Recruit Growth, and from $520 on TestGorilla Plus. Above that sit the platforms that publish nothing: Vendr reports a median HireVue buyer at about $21,000 a year, Criteria's median contract is reported at $13,225 a year, and Paradox is reported to start around $1,000 a month.

• Which candidate screening platforms publish their pricing?

  Six of the eleven here do. Truffle, Hireflix, ScreeningHive, Willo, Spark Hire and TestGorilla all put a number on their own pricing page. HireVue, Paradox, VidCruiter, Criteria and Vervoe do not; every one routes you to a sales call. Vervoe is a special case: its own site shows Enterprise only, while Capterra lists two self-serve tiers Vervoe does not publish itself.

• Why can't you compare screening software prices directly?

  Because the vendors are not metering the same thing. Hireflix charges by your company's employee headcount. Willo Lite charges per live role. ScreeningHive charges by seats and an interview cap. TestGorilla charges credits per candidate, billed annually. Spark Hire charges by headcount band, billed annually. Truffle charges against a monthly credit pool. Two platforms with the same headline price can differ several times over once you run your own volume through them.

• What is the cheapest candidate screening software?

  It depends on how much of the job you need done. For one-way video interviews and nothing else, ScreeningHive at $15 a month billed yearly ($19 monthly) and Hireflix at $75 a month are the cheapest published options, and the comparison above will rank them first if that is all you tick. Once you need resume screening, assessments and video in one place, Truffle's Starter plan at $49 a month is the lowest published entry point, with Core at $99 a month billed annually for a 600-credit pool.

• How much does AI screening cost per candidate?

  On a credit model you can work it out exactly. A Truffle credit costs about 25 cents on Starter, 17 cents on Core billed annually, 13 cents on Team and 12.5 cents on Scale. A resume scored by AI Match is 1 credit, an assessed candidate is 2, and a completed one-way interview is 5. So a screened resume runs 12 to 25 cents, an assessed candidate 25 to 50 cents, and a completed one-way interview 62 cents to $1.25. On seat-based or headcount-based platforms there is no per-candidate rate at all, which is the point of running your own volume through the comparison.

• Is there a cheaper alternative to HireVue?

  Yes, by a wide margin at the entry point. HireVue publishes no pricing. Vendr reports a median buyer at $20,900 a year, its contracts auto-renew with a 60-day notice to opt out, and US federal awards run from $58,200 to about $4 million. Truffle covers resume screening, one-way interviews and assessments from $49 a month with a 7-day free trial, no credit card and no sales call. Spark Hire and Hireflix also publish prices, at $335 and $75 a month respectively, though neither covers all three screening methods.

• How current are these prices?

  Every published price here was checked against the vendor's own live pricing page, in USD, on 5 October 2026. Three vendors changed their prices in 2026: Willo replaced its monthly tiers with $59 per live role plus a $3,799 a year Enterprise contract, TestGorilla moved to a credit model and then raised its entry prices again in late September, and ScreeningHive cut its prices. Quote-only vendors show third-party reported figures with the source named, never a number we invented.