Spark Hire vs Hireflix: are you buying an interview tool or a hiring system?
Spark Hire and Hireflix are both one-way video interview tools, and that's where the similarity ends. Spark Hire's video product is $249 a month billed annually, with an applicant tracking system alongside it from $335. Hireflix is $75 a month for companies under 50 people and does interviews only. If you already have an ATS, Hireflix does the same interview job for less than a third of the price. If you don't, the comparison isn't really between these two products.
Side by side
Every Spark Hire and Hireflix figure here was read from that vendor’s own public pages, last checked September 2026. VoxScreen’s column is generated from the same constants that set its prices, and is here for reference rather than as the subject of this page.
| Compared on | Spark Hire | Hireflix | VoxScreen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan, not a trial | No | No | Yes, 50 candidates a month |
| Free trial, if there is no free plan | Not stated on their site | 1 month | Not needed. The free plan has no end date |
| Entry price | $249/mo | $75/mo | $39/mo |
| Team members included | 5 monthly, unlimited annual | Unlimited | Unlimited, on every plan |
| Custom branding (logo and colors) | From $249/mo. Extra brands cost more | Every plan, from $75/mo | Yes, on the free plan too |
| Pricing published on their site | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI scoring against a rubric you write | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Yes |
| Spoken language level (CEFR A1 to C2) | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Yes, A1 to C2 |
| Public API and webhooks | Not stated on their site | GraphQL + webhooks | Yes, REST and webhooks |
| Candidate interview languages | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | 5 (en, es, fr, de, pt-BR) |
Read from their own pages: sparkhire.com/pricing hireflix.com/pricing help.hireflix.com
Which one to pick
If you already have an ATS you're happy with: Hireflix, comfortably. $75/mo against $249/mo for the same core job, with unlimited interviews, positions and seats on both, and a one-month trial to check it.
If Spark Hire would be your system of record as well as your interview tool: it isn't really more expensive, it is a different purchase. Replacing it with Hireflix means finding somewhere else to track candidates from application to offer, and the combined bill may not beat $249.
Watch the Spark Hire billing terms. $249/mo is the annual commitment with unlimited jobs and users. Month-to-month is $299 and caps at 5 simultaneous jobs and 5 users. The cheaper number is the one with the year attached.
Neither has a free plan. Hireflix's one-month trial is the longer runway of the two — Spark Hire doesn't publish a trial length at all.
Where Spark Hire wins
- An applicant tracking system in the same product, from $335/mo, so candidates don't have to be moved between tools.
- Unlimited jobs and unlimited users on the annual plan, which suits a team running many roles at once.
- A longer feature surface: interview scheduling and evaluation workflows that a single-purpose tool doesn't carry.
Where Hireflix wins
- A third of the price for the interview job — $75/mo under 50 employees against $249/mo.
- Unlimited interviews, positions and seats on every plan, with no annual commitment needed to get them.
- A one-month free trial. Spark Hire publishes no trial terms.
- A documented GraphQL API, so it slots behind whatever ATS you already run instead of replacing it.
The option neither of them offers
Both of these ask you to pay before you know. If you want to run a real role first, VoxScreen's free plan covers 50 candidates a month with unlimited team members and no card, and doesn't expire, and unlike either of these, it scores every answer against a rubric you write instead of only collecting the recordings.
Common questions
Is Spark Hire worth three times the price of Hireflix?
Only if you use the ATS. For one-way video interviews alone the two do the same job, and Hireflix does it at $75/mo against Spark Hire's $249/mo billed annually. Spark Hire's case rests entirely on being a hiring system over an interview tool. If you aren't using it as one, you're paying for a shape of product you don't have.
Does Hireflix have an ATS?
No. Hireflix is a one-way video interview tool and hands off to whatever applicant tracking system you already run, through a documented GraphQL API. Spark Hire sells its own ATS from $335/mo on an annual plan. This is the difference the price gap is actually measuring.
What does Spark Hire cost month to month?
$299/mo for up to 5 simultaneous jobs and 5 users. The $249/mo figure is the annual commitment, and that one carries unlimited jobs and unlimited users. It is worth being clear which you're comparing, because the cheaper number and the more generous limits both belong to the annual plan.
Do either of them score candidates automatically?
Neither states that it scores or ranks answers against criteria you define. Both collect, organise and let your team review recordings. The judging is yours. If automatic scoring is what you're after, it is worth looking at tools that lead with it instead of expecting it from these two.