Best HireVue alternatives and competitors in 2026

Best for: Staffing and RPO firms that want an AI recruiter to screen every applicant and interview by video, phone or chat, under each client’s brand

Alex is an AI recruiter that screens resumes, resurfaces past candidates in the ATS, runs two-way AI interviews by video, phone, SMS or WhatsApp, checks identity and schedules next steps before handing qualified candidates to a recruiter. It can present as each of an agency’s clients, with their own scripts and languages.

Best for: High-volume staffing desks that want every applicant screened by AI phone or video interview, with results written back to Bullhorn

HeyMilo screens and interviews every applicant through AI phone and two-way video interviews, SMS and forms, and sends transcript-backed scores and reports back to the ATS. Its Bullhorn integration writes reports to notes and creates job submissions.

Best for: Staffing agencies and RPOs that want every applicant contacted and interviewed by an AI recruiter within minutes, on top of an existing ATS

Tenzo is an AI recruiter that sits on top of the ATS you already use. Its interviewer, Morgan, contacts applicants by phone, text, email or WhatsApp, interviews them against a rubric with knockout questions, and writes the score, transcript and recording back to the candidate record.

Best for: Staffing firms and enterprise hiring teams that want AI phone screens, AI video interviews and proctored skills assessments, with proof of skills for clients

Glider AI combines AI agents for chat and phone screening, autonomous AI video interviews, one-way video, skills and coding assessments, and proctoring with ID checks. It sells to staffing firms, promising proof of skills to present to clients, and is listed on the Bullhorn Marketplace. In March 2026 Findem announced it was acquiring Glider AI, which will keep its brand.

Best for: Large and regulated employers (public sector, healthcare, education) that need a full structured-hiring suite

VidCruiter is a structured hiring suite with pre-recorded and live video interviews, self-scheduling, structured interview guides, automated references, skills testing, video proctoring and an ATS. Its AI scores candidates against rubrics, writes notes and summaries, and flags potential interview fraud.

Best for: Employers hiring high volumes of frontline and hourly staff who want screening, scheduling and candidate questions handled by chat

Paradox’s AI assistant, Olivia, screens applicants against role requirements by chat or text, schedules and reschedules interviews, answers candidate questions in more than 100 languages, and handles offers and onboarding. Paradox also sells a conversational ATS. Its site now carries “A Workday Company”.

Best for: Employers and RPOs hiring more than 500 people a year who want every applicant to take a structured, text-based AI interview

Sapia.ai gives every applicant a structured, text-only AI chat interview, then ranks candidates with explainable scores and sends each one personalised insights. Top applicants can move on to a one-way video interview that the hiring team rates; the AI does not score it. Sapia.ai prices per hire, with unlimited interviews, and says it is designed for companies that hire more than 500 people a year.

Best for: Hiring teams and staffing agencies screening high volumes of applicants with self-serve AI video interviews

Interviewer.AI scores resumes, runs one-way video interviews and, on higher plans, conversational interviews with an AI avatar, then ranks candidates with score breakdowns and fraud flags. It has a staffing agency page, lets recruiters share shortlists with clients by email link, and publishes self-serve plans from $199 a month with a 14-day trial.

Best for: Small and mid-size in-house teams that want one-way and live video, with an optional ATS and assessments

Spark Hire offers one-way and live video interviews with transcription, AI summaries and video scoring, and sells a behavioral assessment, automated reference checks and an applicant tracking system (Spark Hire Recruit) with AI resume review.

Best for: High-volume and multilingual hiring that needs video, audio or written async responses

Willo is an asynchronous interviewing platform where candidates answer with video, audio, written responses, file uploads or multiple choice in 18+ languages. Willo Intelligence adds transcription, summaries, benchmarking and candidate ranking.

Best for: Teams that want simple one-way video interviews with unlimited seats at a published price

Hireflix is a one-way video interview tool where candidates record answers without an app or registration. Every plan includes unlimited seats, positions and responses, custom branding and automatic transcription.

Best for: Teams whose main requirement is a broad library of skills, cognitive and personality tests

TestGorilla is a pre-employment testing platform with 350+ tests, resume scoring and qualifying questions. Its Plus plan adds AI interviews and video questions with AI scoring, job simulations, custom coding challenges, and ATS and API access.