One-way video interviewing and asynchronous candidate screening
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Asynchronous screening platform that collects video, audio, text, file and screen-recording answers, then adds AI transcripts and scorecards before the live-interview stage.
The short answer
- Best for
- Teams replacing repetitive first-round calls with structured async screening while keeping their ATS
- Not ideal for
- Buyers looking for live interviewing, a full ATS/CRM, unlimited video retention or single-region data residency
- Price
- From USD 49 month-to-month or USD 39/month billed yearly; 7-day trial
- Closest alternative
- HireflixChoose Hireflix when you want a more narrowly focused one-way video-interview product and do not need Hirevire's broader multi-format, AI and agency workflow layer
At a glance
- Recruitment fitStrong
- Ease of useStrong
- ImplementationStrong
- Price transparencyStrong
- Value for moneyFair
- ScalabilityFair
Why these assessments
- Recruitment fitStrong
- The product is built around a specific recruiting step: structured candidate screening before live interviews, with recruiter review, ATS hand-off and agency workflows.
- Ease of useStrong
- Independent reviews on both G2 and Capterra consistently praise setup and ease of use, although a minority of G2/Capterra feedback describes UI confusion and occasional upload friction.
- ImplementationStrong
- A self-serve seven-day trial needs no card, candidates use a browser link rather than a recruiter-scheduled meeting, and the product publishes native ATS, Zapier, Make and webhook routes for fitting into an existing stack.
- Price transparencyStrong
- Monthly, quarterly and annual options, plan caps, storage duration, add-ons and even the embedded Platform starting price are published. Enterprise remains quote-only, as expected.
- Value for moneyFair
- USD 39/month on an annual Essentials plan buys the full AI feature set, but value depends heavily on whether one active job and 300 interviews/year fit your hiring pattern; teams that outgrow those caps jump materially in price.
- ScalabilityFair
- Agency reaches 20 active jobs, 15 users and 12,000 interviews/year and an Enterprise/Platform route exists beyond that, but the standard tiers scale through explicit caps rather than unlimited usage.
Our reading of the evidence on this page. No score, no formula.
Where it sits
- Apply
- Async screening
- Interview
- Decision
The SourcrLab bottom line
Hirevire is easy to understand once the category is kept narrow: it replaces a large share of repetitive first-round screening, not the whole recruitment stack. Its case is stronger than a bare video-interview tool because the response formats go beyond video, AI analysis is included across the paid plans, agency workflows are explicit, and the integration surface is broad enough to hand candidates back to an ATS. Pricing is public and unusually specific. The trade-off is that scale still means moving through hard caps and higher tiers, video retention is finite, and the independent review base is positive but small enough that SourcrLab would still pilot it on a real vacancy before standardising a hiring process around it.
Best fit
Teams with enough applicant volume that repetitive first-round calls are a real bottleneck. Hirevire is strongest when the ATS remains the system of record and Hirevire becomes the structured screening layer in front of it: candidates answer on their own time, reviewers compare the same evidence, and only the stronger applicants move to a live interview.
Think twice if
If you actually need a live-interview suite, a deep ATS/CRM, unlimited retained video, or strict single-region data residency. Hirevire deliberately sits earlier in the funnel, every standard plan has job/user/interview caps, recordings are retained for 90 days by default, and the privacy policy names processors across global, EU, Mumbai and US infrastructure.
SourcrLab assessment
Everything on this page comes from the vendor's own pages, checked on the dates below. SourcrLab has not used this product in real recruitment work, so you will not find a first-hand opinion here.
Why choose Hirevire?
The screen is multi-format, not video-only
Hirevire can collect video, audio, text, file uploads and screen recordings. That matters when a single role needs different evidence — a communication answer on video, a written response, a portfolio file or a practical screen recording — without sending the candidate through separate tools.
AI is part of the standard product, not an enterprise add-on
The current pricing page says every paid plan includes AI transcripts in 90+ languages, AI Match & Scorecards, analysis and AI question generation. Auto-disqualification can stop must-have failures before they consume interview quota, which makes the AI layer operational rather than decorative.
Candidates answer without a scheduled first-round call
The workflow is asynchronous by design: send or share the application link, let candidates respond on their own device and review later. Vendor documentation also describes unique invite links and browser-based candidate flows, which removes the scheduling loop that this category exists to solve.
It is designed to sit beside an ATS
Hirevire publishes native integrations for Ashby, Tellent Recruitee and Manatal, plus Zapier, Make, Pabbly, Gmail and webhooks. That is the right architecture for a screening layer: invite and review in the screening product, then keep the recruiting record in the system your team already uses.
The Agency tier is actually agency-shaped
Agency is not merely a larger interview allowance: it includes 20 active jobs, 15 users, 12,000 interviews/year, five organizations with separate branding, filtered candidate sharing for clients, webhooks and Deep Search. Extra organizations are a published USD 29/month add-on.
Main trade-offs
It does not replace the live interview or the ATS
The core job is asynchronous pre-screening. That is a feature if first-round calls are the bottleneck, but a limitation if the buying brief is live interview intelligence, interview scheduling across panels, or a full candidate system of record. Capterra feedback includes at least one user explicitly wishing for a built-in CRM for long-term applicant contact.
The attractive entry price comes with a small operating envelope
Essentials is one active job, one user and 300 interviews/year; Professional is five jobs, five users and 1,200/year; Agency is 20 jobs, 15 users and 12,000/year. Annual billing pools the allowance across the year, but the buyer still needs to model seasonal peaks against those caps before comparing sticker prices.
Video retention is 90 days by default
All current plans list 90-day video storage. An extra 90 days costs USD 9/month and videos are automatically deleted when the storage period ends. Teams with longer audit, dispute or talent-pool retention requirements need a deliberate export/retention policy rather than assuming recordings stay indefinitely.
Data residency is distributed across several regions
The March 2026 privacy policy lists Cloudflare on a global edge network, Bunny.net in Germany, Supabase in Mumbai, plus US and other-region processors. The vendor states GDPR compliance and transfer safeguards including DPF/SCC/IDTA, but a buyer with a contractual single-region requirement should validate the DPA and exact data path before rollout.
The review signal is good, not yet massive
G2 showed 4.7/5 from 29 reviews and Capterra 5.0/5 from 26. Ease and time saving are recurring themes, but G2 also labels some reviews as invite-sourced or incentivized and includes UI/upload criticisms. Treat the scores as useful corroboration, not proof that your own candidate population will complete the flow without friction.
Pricing and buying reality
From USD 39/month billed yearly; USD 49 month-to-month
- Essentials: USD 49 monthly or USD 39/month billed yearly — 1 active job, 1 user, 300 interviews/year
- Professional: USD 149 monthly or USD 99/month billed yearly — 5 active jobs, 5 users, 1,200 interviews/year
- Agency: USD 249 monthly or USD 199/month billed yearly — 20 active jobs, 15 users, 12,000 interviews/year and 5 organizations
- Seven-day free trial with no credit card; every paid plan includes the current AI transcript, scorecard, analysis and question-generation features
- Video storage is 90 days; +90 days costs USD 9/month. Extra organizations cost USD 29/month. Enterprise is quote-only; embedded Platform tiers start at USD 1,499/month with 6,000 applications.
What we do not know
- The negotiated Enterprise price, included support/SLA and any implementation commitments
- Whether the exact ATS connector you need is available on your selected plan and what objects/statuses it syncs
- Whether your legal/data-residency requirements can be satisfied by the vendor's current processor and DPA setup
Checked on the vendor's pricing page, August 2026. Hirevire pricing
How it fits your stack
Works with
- Ashby
- Tellent Recruitee
- Manatal
- Zapier, Make and Pabbly
- Gmail and webhooks
Likely replaces
- A large share of repetitive first-round phone or Zoom screens
- Ad-hoc forms used to collect pre-interview video, audio, text or files
May overlap with
- One-way video interview platforms
- ATS screening questionnaires and scorecards
- Lightweight asynchronous assessment workflows
Check before buying
- Model active-job, user and interview caps against your busiest hiring period, not your average month
- Confirm the exact ATS integration and plan requirement for your stack
- Decide whether 90-day default video retention meets your HR/privacy policy
- Run a candidate-completion pilot on one real role before making async video a mandatory funnel step
Hirevire vs alternatives
Products a buyer would genuinely put next to this one, with the reason you would pick each instead.
A closer fit when the requirement is deliberately narrower: straightforward one-way video interviewing without making multi-format AI screening and agency multi-org workflows the centre of the purchase
Worth comparing when you want a more established video-interview vendor and broader interview workflow rather than a lightweight async screening layer
Used Hirevire?
Tell other recruiters what worked, what did not, and who it suits. Positive, mixed or critical — all useful.
Evidence
- Current plans, caps, trial and add-ons — checked against a primary source: Hirevire pricing
- AI transcripts, scorecards and analysis on paid plans — checked against a primary source: Hirevire pricing
- Native ATS and automation integration routes — checked against a primary source: Hirevire integrations
- Data-processing regions and GDPR transfer safeguards — checked against a primary source: Hirevire privacy policy
- G2 rating and recurring usability/time-saving themes — checked against a primary source: G2 Hirevire reviews
- Capterra rating, ease of use and customer-service signal — checked against a primary source: Capterra Hirevire reviews
- SourcrLab hands-on use — not enough evidence
- Vendor factual approval of this finished profile — not enough evidence
Last reviewed: August 2026. How SourcrLab verifies information
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