Free video interview software: which tools have a free plan, and which have a trial
Free video interview software means a tool you can run a real hiring round on without paying: a plan with no end date and no card, not a countdown. That distinction does most of the work in this category, because almost every vendor advertises the word free and almost all of them mean a trial of 7 to 30 days. Of the seven tools compared here, VoxScreen is the only one with a permanent free plan — 50 candidates a month, unlimited team members.
Side by side
Every figure below was read from the vendor's own public pages on the date shown beside their section. Where a vendor does not state something, the cell says so rather than guessing.
| Tool | Free plan, not a trial | Entry price | Team members included | AI scoring against a rubric you write |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VoxScreen Our product | Yes, 50 candidates a month | $39/mo | Unlimited, on every plan | Yes |
| Hireflix | No | $75/mo | Unlimited | Not stated on their site |
| Willo | No | $59 per live role/mo | 5 on Lite | Scorecards + AI summaries |
| Spark Hire | No | $249/mo | 5 monthly, unlimited annual | Not stated on their site |
| Truffle | No | $49/mo | Unlimited | Yes |
| OneWayInterview | No | $13.99/mo | Unlimited | Yes |
| Hirevire | No | $49/mo | 1 on Essentials | AI scorecards |
The tools in detail
Hireflix
Hireflix is a focused one-way video interview product with unlimited seats, positions and responses on every paid plan, a well-documented GraphQL API and signed webhooks, and integrations into most ATS products.
Hireflix publishes $75/mo for companies under 50 employees and $150/mo for 50 to 250, both billed yearly, with a custom tier above that and a one-month free trial. There is no permanently free plan.
Pick Hireflix if
- You interview at high volume and want one flat price rather than a per-candidate allowance.
- You already run a mature ATS and want the interview tool to plug in and stay out of the way.
- Your team prefers to watch and judge answers itself rather than start from an AI score.
· Sources: hireflix.com/pricing , help.hireflix.com · VoxScreen vs Hireflix
Willo
Willo is a British one-way interview platform with 18+ interview languages, an assessment library, custom scorecards, anti-cheat controls, ISO 27001 certification and a long list of enterprise ATS integrations.
Willo Lite is $59 per live role per month, capped at 5 live roles, 5 users and 150 assessed candidates per role. Willo Enterprise is an annual contract from $3,229 to $3,799 a year depending on term. There is no free plan.
Pick Willo if
- You need ISO 27001, SSO, MFA and a dedicated success manager to clear procurement.
- You need built-in ID, right-to-work or background checks in the same flow.
- You interview in languages beyond the five VoxScreen covers. Willo lists 18+.
· Sources: willo.video/pricing · VoxScreen vs Willo
Spark Hire
Spark Hire sells three separate products: an applicant tracking system, video interviewing, and behavioural assessment. Paid plans carry unlimited users, and pricing steps up with company size.
The video interview product is $299/mo month-to-month for up to 5 simultaneous jobs and 5 users, or $249/mo billed annually with unlimited jobs and users. The ATS plans start at $335/mo, annual only. No free plan is offered.
Pick Spark Hire if
- You want an ATS and a video interview tool from one vendor on one contract.
- You buy on an annual contract through procurement. The ATS plans are annual only and priced for that.
- You want behavioural assessment and automated reference checks in the same purchase.
· Sources: sparkhire.com/pricing · VoxScreen vs Spark Hire
Truffle
Truffle is candidate screening software combining resume screening, one-way video interviews and talent assessments, all drawing on a single monthly credit pool. A resume screen costs 1 credit, an assessment 2, and a one-way interview 5.
Starter is $49/mo billed monthly with 200 credits and a hard cap. Core is $99/mo billed annually with 7,200 credits a year, Team $199/mo, Scale $499/mo, and rollover plus $0.25 overage credits above Starter. The trial is 7 days and 30 credits, no card.
Pick Truffle if
- Resume screening is the bottleneck, not the interview. Truffle prices that as its cheapest action.
- Your volume swings month to month and credit rollover is worth more to you than a fixed allowance.
- You want assessments and interviews measured in one budget rather than two subscriptions.
· Sources: hiretruffle.com/pricing · VoxScreen vs Truffle
OneWayInterview
OneWayInterview is a one-way video interview tool aimed at small businesses, with AI candidate scoring, over 100 pre-built screening tests, ATS integrations, anti-cheat controls and metered interview volume.
Annual plans run $13.99/mo for 30 interviews, $34.99 for 60, $62.99 for 150 and $209.99 for unlimited, with monthly billing about 30% higher and extra interviews at $0.57 each. The trial is 14 days with no card. There is no free plan.
Pick OneWayInterview if
- Your volume is genuinely small and predictable, and a 30-interview allowance covers a whole quarter.
- You want a large library of ready-made screening tests rather than questions generated for your role.
- Unlimited interviews at $209.99/mo is the shape you need, and metering per interview beats metering per candidate.
· Sources: onewayinterview.com/pricing · VoxScreen vs OneWayInterview
Hirevire
Hirevire is an asynchronous screening tool that collects video, audio and file responses, transcribes them in 90+ languages and produces AI scorecards, with plans metered by active jobs, users and interviews per year.
Hirevire publishes $49/mo for Essentials (1 active job, 1 user, 300 interviews a year), $149/mo for Professional and $249/mo for Agency, each about 20-35% cheaper billed yearly. There is a 7-day free trial with no card, but no permanently free plan.
Pick Hirevire if
- You need candidates to attach files or portfolios alongside their recorded answers.
- You screen in languages well outside the five VoxScreen supports — Hirevire advertises transcription in 90+.
- You hire one role at a time and one person does all the reviewing, which is exactly what the Essentials plan is priced for.
· Sources: hirevire.com/pricing
The honest version
If free is a hard constraint — you want to run a role end to end and spend nothing — VoxScreen is the only tool here that lets you. That is a real advantage and it is also a narrow one: it says nothing about which product is better once you are paying.
If you are going to pay anyway, the free plan should not decide it. OneWayInterview is far cheaper than anything else here at $13.99/mo on an annual plan. Hireflix and Spark Hire sell unlimited volume at a flat rate, which beats a per-candidate allowance once your volume is high enough. Willo is the one with ISO 27001 and 18+ interview languages.
A trial is not a worse thing than a free plan, it is a different thing. A month of Hireflix with everything switched on will teach you more about Hireflix than a year of anyone's free tier. What a free plan gives you is time: no deadline to evaluate against, and no decision forced by a clock.
Common questions
Is there any genuinely free video interview software?
Yes, but far less of it than the marketing suggests. Of the seven one-way video interview tools compared here, only VoxScreen offers a plan that costs nothing and does not expire: 50 candidates a month, 2 active interviews, unlimited team members, no card. Every other vendor on this page offers a time-limited trial instead — 7 days at Truffle and Hirevire, 14 at OneWayInterview, about a month at Hireflix.
What is the difference between a free plan and a free trial?
A free plan has no end date. You can leave a role running on it, come back next quarter, and it still works. A free trial gives you full access for a fixed window — usually 7 to 30 days — after which the tool stops unless you pay. Trials generally unlock everything; free plans generally hold back the higher-tier features. Both are useful, but only one of them lets you hire on a budget of zero.
What is the catch with a free video interview plan?
Usually a feature line and a volume cap. On VoxScreen's free plan there is no feature line: AI scoring against your rubric, the ranked shortlist, the CEFR spoken-language read and unlimited team members are all on the free plan. The catch is volume alone — 50 candidates a month and 2 interviews open at once. Paying raises those ceilings and nothing else.
Do free plans limit how many people can review candidates?
Most paid plans in this category do, and it is worth checking before the free tier decides anything. Hirevire's entry plan includes one user. Willo Lite caps at five. Spark Hire includes five on the monthly plan. VoxScreen does not cap team members on any plan, so adding the hiring manager who actually makes the call never changes the bill.
Do candidates pay, or need an account?
No, on every tool here. Candidates open a link, record in the browser on a phone or laptop, and never sign up. They count against whatever allowance your plan carries, but they are never a seat and never a charge of their own.
VoxScreen makes one of the tools on this page, so read the ranking with that in mind. Every competitor figure comes from that vendor's own public pages, read on the date shown in their section, and every section says when they are the better buy. Products and prices change — check their site before you decide.
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