Beatview vs HireVue: Features, Pricing and Which Fits Your Team
A sourced comparison of Beatview and HireVue — focus, interview formats, AI scoring, client sharing, integrations and pricing — with guidance on which suits agencies, lean teams and enterprises.
By Beatview Team · Published · Updated · 4 min read
Key takeaways
- Both run structured recorded interviews; HireVue is an enterprise suite, Beatview an agency screening workflow.
- HireVue offers on-demand and live video, a conversational AI Interviewer, assessments and scheduling; Beatview offers resume screening, timed one-way AI interviews and client sharing.
- HireVue pricing is quote-only; Beatview has a free plan and Pro at $219/month or $179/month billed annually.
- Agencies and lean teams usually fit Beatview; enterprises needing live video, assessments and scheduling usually fit HireVue.
- In any demo, ask which dimensions are scored and whether reviewers can see the evidence behind each score.
Beatview vs HireVue in one sentence: both run structured, recorded interviews, but HireVue is an enterprise interviewing and assessment suite for large employers with quote-based pricing, while Beatview is a narrower screening workflow for recruitment agencies — resume screening, structured one-way AI video interviews and password-protected client sharing — with published pricing and a free plan. If you are an agency or a lean team, Beatview is usually the closer fit; if you are an enterprise that needs live and on-demand video, assessments and scheduling from one vendor, HireVue is built for you. We make Beatview, so this comparison uses only facts from each vendor's own website, reviewed 15 September 2026, and flags anything we could not verify.
Beatview vs HireVue at a glance
| Beatview | HireVue | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Agency screening workflow: applications, structured AI interviews, client sharing | Enterprise suite: video interviewing, AI Interviewer, assessments and scheduling |
| Interview formats | Timed one-way video | On-demand (one-way) and live video; conversational AI Interviewer |
| Resume screening | Yes — job-match score with the evidence behind it | Match and apply tools listed; confirm scope with HireVue |
| AI scoring | Relevance, clarity, depth of knowledge and overall, with the answer beside each score | AI Interviewer and assessments; ask which dimensions reviewers can see |
| Assessments | Work Style assessment (six dimensions plus flags) | Assessments and an assessment builder |
| Client sharing for agencies | Password-protected candidate links with external notes | Built around internal hiring teams; confirm agency workflows |
| Integrations | Most ATS via Zapier; native on request; API and webhooks on Enterprise | ATS partner ecosystem; confirm your ATS |
| Pricing | Free plan; Pro $219/month or $179/month billed annually; Enterprise quoted | Not published — quote through sales |
HireVue pricing vs Beatview pricing
HireVue does not publish pricing and sells through an enterprise sales process; any figure on third-party sites is unverified. Ask for scope, contract minimums and how interviews or hires are counted, in writing. Beatview publishes its pricing: a Free plan with one active job and unlimited candidates (AI interviews on Pro), Pro at $219 per month or $179 per month billed annually ($2,148 a year) with up to three active jobs, and Enterprise quoted per agency with unlimited jobs, Zapier, API and webhooks. See Beatview pricing.
How interviews are scored — where to spend demo time
Scoring is where trust is won or lost. In Beatview, interviews are scored on four published dimensions — relevance, clarity, depth of knowledge and overall — from the content of the answers, and each score sits beside the recorded answer that produced it. The overall match score is the plain average of the resume and interview scores. For HireVue, ask in the demo which dimensions are scored, whether reviewers can see the evidence behind each score and what candidates are told about the assessment. HireVue stopped using facial analysis in 2021; confirm current practice on your own candidates. Our AI interview software checklist lists the questions to ask any vendor.
Who should choose which?
| Your situation | Likely better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment agency with several clients and roles in parallel | Beatview | Client-facing sharing, per-role screening, pricing sized for agencies |
| Lean in-house team, 50–500 applications per role | Beatview | Screening plus interviews in one flow, no HRIT project |
| Enterprise with thousands of hires a year and an established HR stack | HireVue | Breadth of suite, enterprise integrations and support |
| Graduate or volume programmes built on assessments | HireVue | Assessments and an assessment builder are core |
| You need live video interviews and scheduling in the same platform | HireVue | Beatview does not run live video calls |
| You need resume screening and a ranked shortlist quickly | Beatview | That is the product's core loop |
Compare them yourself in one week
- Pick one real role with a closed shortlist, so you know the right answers.
- Run three to five past applications through Beatview: resume screening works on the free plan; structured AI interviews need Pro.
- Ask HireVue to walk the same profiles through their flow in a live demo and show the scoring evidence.
- Compare: did the right people surface, could you see why, and what would it cost at your volume on the plan you would buy?
Other HireVue alternatives
If neither fits, our HireVue alternatives page compares VidCruiter, Spark Hire, Willo, Hireflix and TestGorilla with sourced facts. For Spark Hire specifically, see Beatview vs Spark Hire.
One honest caveat: we are Beatview and this page is on our site. We have written the comparison we would want to read — sourced, dated and explicit about unknowns — but run both demos and judge on your own candidates.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Beatview and HireVue?
HireVue is an enterprise suite combining on-demand and live video interviews, a conversational AI Interviewer, assessments and scheduling. Beatview is a narrower workflow for recruitment agencies: resume screening, structured one-way AI video interviews and password-protected client sharing.
How much does HireVue cost?
HireVue does not publish pricing; plans are quoted through sales. Confirm scope, contract minimums and how usage is counted in writing.
Is Beatview a HireVue alternative for recruitment agencies?
Yes. Beatview is built for agencies, with per-role screening, structured AI interviews and client sharing, published pricing and a free plan. It does not offer live video interviews or HireVue’s assessment catalogue.
Does HireVue use facial analysis?
HireVue announced in January 2021 that it had stopped using facial analysis in its assessments. Confirm current scoring inputs with the vendor during a demo.
Sources
- HireVue: platform and pricing pages, reviewed 15 September 2026.
- Beatview: pricing and AI interviews, reviewed 15 September 2026.