AI interview software pricing in 2026: real prices and hidden costs

AI interview software costs from a few dollars per interview to more than $50,000 a year. Goodfit charges $5 per interview, and Vendr reports that HireVue contracts average about $50,000 a year. The price depends on how the vendor charges: per interview, a monthly plan with an interview limit, or a yearly contract.

The table below lists what each vendor publishes on its own pricing page. Where a vendor does not publish prices, we show what buyer research sites report and link to the source. We checked every price on October 14, 2026. Vendors change prices, so confirm before you buy.

Pay per interview. You buy credits and use one for each interview. If you run no interviews in a month, you pay nothing that month. Cost grows in step with volume, which suits teams whose hiring changes from month to month.

A monthly plan with an interview limit. You pay a set fee for a number of interviews each month, often billed for a full year. If you go over, you pay for each extra interview. If you use fewer, you still pay the full fee. Ribbon prices this way.

A flat plan with unlimited use. One monthly fee covers as many interviews as you want. Spark Hire prices its video interviews this way. It is the cheapest choice when volume is high and steady. Check what "unlimited" covers, because someone may still need to watch each video.

Per seat. You pay for each recruiter or admin who logs in. Usage is often unlimited. The fee stays the same when hiring slows down, and it goes up when you add contract recruiters for a busy season.

A yearly enterprise contract. The vendor quotes a price after a sales process, usually for one to three years. HireVue and Paradox sell this way and do not publish prices. These contracts often include setup work, support and integrations, and they often have a minimum spend.

Here is a worked example for a team that runs 500 AI interviews a month. With Goodfit, that is 500 × $5 = $2,500 a month, or $30,000 a year. With a plan like Ribbon Business, it is $999 for the first 400 interviews plus 100 extra at $3 each, so $1,299 a month on a yearly bill. A flat plan like Spark Hire stays at $249 a month at any volume.

So at a steady 500 a month, a flat unlimited plan costs the least. The numbers change when your volume changes. Most teams do not hire the same number every month. Retail hires for the holidays. Warehouses hire for peak season. Call centers hire when they win a new client.

Say you run 1,500 interviews in your busiest month and 50 in your quietest. With pay per interview, the quiet month costs $250. With a plan or a contract, the quiet month costs the same as any other month. Run the numbers for your busiest, average and quietest months before you pick a model.

The list price is rarely the full cost. Ask each vendor for one all-in number at your real volume. For example: "What will I pay in a year for 6,000 finished interviews, with cheating checks, sent to our ATS?" If the vendor cannot answer in one number, the pricing is hard to compare on purpose.

Spark Hire, for example, lists API access and single sign-on as paid add-ons on its pricing page. CostBench, a pricing research site, reports setup fees of $5,000 to $20,000 for most Paradox rollouts. Ask about each item on this list.

Compare what you pay for each finished interview. The cost per invite can mislead. If 30% of the people you invite finish one tool and 65% finish another, the first tool needs about twice as many invites to give you the same number of interviews.

A simple formula: (price per finished interview × finished interviews) + (recruiter hours each week × hourly cost × 52) + add-on fees. For plans and contracts, divide the yearly cost by the number of interviews you really ran. Unused interviews in your plan still cost money.

Recruiter time is often the largest cost. A tool that scores each interview and links the score to the answer in the transcript saves more time than one where a recruiter watches every video. See how AI interviews work for what each type of tool gives you at the end.

Goodfit charges $5 for each interview, with no yearly contract and no seat fees. Interviews where the candidate is connected for less than 2 minutes are free. Your first 20 interviews are free. Willo Lite also has no contract, but it charges per live role each month instead of per interview.

Ribbon charges for extra interviews over its plan limit, but the plan itself is billed yearly. HireVue, Paradox, HeyMilo and Alex quote prices through sales, so you need a demo before you see a number.

Goodfit costs $5 for each interview. If a candidate is connected for less than 2 minutes, for example a wrong number or a quick hang-up, the interview is free. Every new account gets 20 free interviews to try it on a real role. After that, you buy credits from 200 at a time ($1,000). Above 20,000 credits, we agree a custom price with you.

Each credit covers an AI interview by phone call or browser link, with follow-up questions. You get the recording, the transcript and a score out of 10 for each skill, with the candidate’s own words next to each score. Skill tests, coding tests and cheating checks on browser interviews come with the same credit.

There are no seat fees, so your whole team can log in. Goodfit is SOC 2 Type II compliant. ATS connections are set up during onboarding. See the pricing page for the cost calculator, or read how teams use it for AI phone screening.