5 Best Video Interview Software for Employers for 2023
This article is part of a larger series on Hiring.
With video interview software, you can set up live interviews or let a candidate pre-record answers to given interview questions. The best platforms also provide evaluation and rating tools, while also facilitating collaboration among your hiring team. Some even include tools for recruiting, skills evaluation, and rejecting or hiring candidates.
The best five video interview platforms for small businesses are:
- Best standalone video interviewing software for pre-recorded and live interviews: Spark Hire
- Best for streamlining video interviewing with the recruiting process: Breezy
- Best for one-way interviews: Willo
- Best for using AI to determine candidate fitness: myInterview
- Best for tech companies hiring engineers and coders: Codility
Video Interview Software Compared
Free Plan Option | Starter Monthly Pricing* | # Languages | Mobile App** | Pre-recorded and Live Interviews | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ✕ | $149 | Only by using Chrome Translate | Only by using Chrome Translate | ✓ |
 | 14-day free trial*** | $189 | 15+ | Android: 3.5 out of 5 stars iOS: 4.5 out of 5 stars | ✓ |
 | ✓ | $75 | 10+ | No app | Pre-recorded only |
 | ✓ | $129 | 7 | No app | ✓ |
 | ✕ | Call for Pricing | 40 | No app | ✓ |
*Based on month-to-month pricing; discounts for annual plans are available.
**All the software on our list is mobile-friendly, but some have mobile apps as well.
***While Breezy has a free plan, it does not include video interviewing.
Check out our guides on how to conduct a video interview and interviewing candidates for some tips and tricks.
Spark Hire: Best Pre-recorded & Live Video Interview Software for Employers
Overall Score:
4.72 / 5
Pros
- Privately chat with collaborators during live interviews
- Transcripted recordings for easy replay and candidate evaluation
- Uses Chrome translate to work in multiple languages; has hosted interviews in 100+ countries
- Offers both interactive and pre-recorded video options
- Excellent analytics of interviews, ratings, and rejections
Cons
- No free plan option
- No free trial
- No longer offers a mobile app
- No live phone support
What we like:
Spark Hire is a highly rated video interviewing software with excellent features to make it easy to select your next employee. It ranks as our top pick for its reasonably priced plans, in-video private team chat, and anonymous candidate evaluation. Additionally, you can choose interview questions from its bank of libraries to use for pre-recorded or live interviews. The software integrates with Google, iCloud, Outlook.com, Exchange, and Office 365 for easy interview scheduling.
Spark Hire has hosted interviews in over 100 countries, but you need Chrome translate to work in other languages. Breezy, Willo, and Codility have built-in language capabilities. Like Breezy, you can use a private chat during live interviews to share comments with your hiring team. Recordings and transcripts mean you can rewatch an interview or share it with someone who couldn’t be there.
Spark Hire no longer offers a free trial, dropping its pricing score to 3.5 out of 5. It also no longer has a mobile app, although it is mobile-friendly. Nonetheless, it had perfect scores for video tools, functionality, popularity, reporting, and our expert score, giving it an overall score of 4.72 out of 5.
Since Our Last Update:
Spark Hire has removed the free trial and changed its plans and pricing. Also, it no longer has mobile apps on Google Play or the Apple Store, although the website is mobile-friendly.
Spark Hire Pricing
Spark Hire’s pricing is average compared to those on our list, but is a great deal for the functions it offers. For example, Willo is cheaper but offers only pre-recorded videos.
All plans offer unlimited interviews with intro and outro videos, evaluation, ratings, comments, candidate questionnaires, scheduling, 24/7 support, and more. It also has add-ons that are available with annual subscriptions. It no longer advertises a free trial on its pricing page.
- Lite Plan ($149 per month): One job, three users. Standard features, plus live training for annual subscribers.
- Pro Plan ($299 per month): Five jobs, five users. Lite Plan + adjustable time limits, think time, analytics and reports, and bulk invites. Dedicated onboarding and service management, and video downloads are available for annual subscribers.
- Growth Plan ($499 per month): 10 jobs, custom number of users. Growth Plan + advanced questionnaire tools and more options with annual subscriptions.
- Enterprise Plan (Custom pricing): Unlimited jobs, custom number of users. Growth Plan + API access, additional security tools, service level agreement, and master service agreement.
Spark Hire offers pre-recorded and live interview options. (Source: Spark Hire)
Spark Hire Features
Unlike Breezy, Spark Hire is a standalone video interviewing software. However, it integrates with over 35 programs for applicant tracking and other necessary features and is developing several more integrations. You can create pre-recorded interviews, but also schedule and conduct live interviews, which sets it apart from Willo. We were also impressed with its analytics, which dives deep into interview results and hiring decisions to help you improve the process.
Some of Spark Hire’s standout features include:
- A library of questions for evaluating candidates to ensure all interviewees start at the same place
- Anonymize candidate information to reduce hiring bias (unique to Spark Hire—learn more about blind hiring and why it’s good to adopt)
- 5-star rating system for quick candidate evaluation
- Menu of rejection options and templates
- Control how long candidates have to answer questions and limit the number of retakes
- Rate and comment on interviews privately with team members during live interviews
- Scheduling directly through the software
- Invite candidates to interview via email or SMS texts
- Create personalized and branded videos
- Dedicated support including onboarding, training, and a success manager (with annual subscriptions)
A note on languages:
While it says it works in over 100 countries, we learned from customer support that you need Chrome to translate written communications. This widens your available language base, but if you want built-in language capabilities, consider Breezy, Willo, or Codility.
Spark Hire User Reviews
Sparkhire earned an average of 4.78 out of 5 from users on Capterra, G2, and TrustRadius—the highest average score after Willo. Reviewers praised Spark Hire for its versatility, straightforwardness, and great time-saving quality. They also like its intuitive interface and functionality.
Breezy: Best Video Interview Platform for Integrated Recruiting Tools
Overall Score:
4.45 / 5
Pros
- Full-service recruiting software
- Candidates can schedule their own interview with the self-schedule portal
- Advanced multi-path questionnaires
- Free trial
- Has mobile apps
Cons
- Limited focus on video interview features
- Dedicated account manager only with paid plans
- No video transcriptions
- Does not anonymize candidate information
What we like:
Breezy is a complete recruiting system that includes live and pre-recorded video interviewing. The real advantage of this software is that, unlike standard video interview software like Spark Hire, Breezy takes you from job ads to onboarding. Breezy is one of our top recommended applicant tracking systems and the best overall option in our guide to the best recruiting apps.
Since the video interviewing tool is secondary to its recruiting platform, it is relatively basic, allowing for the inclusion of pre-recorded answers in interview questionnaires, scheduling of live interviews, and team collaboration and evaluation of candidates. Spark Hire offers more robust interviewing functionality that allows you to better collaborate with your team.
Breezy came in close second to Spark Hire, with a score of 4.45 out of 5. It scored well for video tools and functionality and had perfect scores for reporting and our expert evaluation. Its inability to anonymize candidates and its higher price (compared to Spark Hire and myInterview) brought its score down. Its free plan does not include video interviewing.
Since Our Last Update:
Breezy has increased its prices. The startup plan has increased over $40, while the Business plan has increased by over $100.
Breezy Pricing
Like myInterview, Breezy offers a free plan; however, that plan does not include video interviewing. You need the Startup Plan at $189 per month to be able to use its video interview features. If you sign up for an annual plan, you get two free months. Breezy offers a 14-day free trial.
All paid plans include unlimited users, unlimited candidates, unlimited positions, recruiting tools, one-way (prerecorded) video interviews, two-way interviewing, email support, and weekly webinars.
- Bootstrap Plan (Free): Recruiting tools only
- Startup Plan ($189 per month): Advanced hiring tools, plus video interviewing
- Growth Plan ($329 per month): Startup Plan + reference checks, customizable interview guides, customizable scorecards, advanced recruiting tools
- Business Plan ($529 per month): Growth Plan + priority support, candidate comparisons, advanced questionnaires, advanced evaluation tools
Breezy Features
Breezy’s virtual interview tools are basic compared to others on our list. However, in addition to its native video solution, it also integrates with Indeed, MS Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom. Its big advantage lies in its recruiting functions, which lets you post jobs to over 50 boards, automate hiring workflows, and send offers and approvals. Additionally, Breezy offers the following standout features:
- Automated resume checking and handling
- Background check integration
- Multi-path interview questionnaires
- Candidate comparison features
- Branded career site
- Interview self-scheduling
You can add notes, fill out the scorecard, and discuss the candidate all on the screen during the interview. (Source: Breezy)
Breezy User Reviews
According to user experiences and reviews on G2 and Capterra, Breezy is user-friendly and easy to organize and keep track of applicants. However, most reviews are about the HR services as a whole, and little was said about the video interview portion. It averaged 4.46 out of 5 for software and scored well among mobile (iOS and Google Play) users for functionality within its mobile apps.
Willo: Best for One-way Interviews
Overall Score:
4.19 / 5
Pros
- Free forever pan
- Built-in multilanguage support
- Digital ID checking
- Question generator
- 5,000+ integrations
Cons
- Pre-recorded interviews only
- No live phone support
- Help site hard to find online
- Does not anonymize candidates
What we like:
Willo is a relatively new, yet increasingly popular video interviewing application. It differs from the others on our list in that it only provides pre-recorded interviews, but the service is inexpensive, offers a great set of tools, and has the highest user rating of those on our list.
Some of its best features include an intelligent question generator, 5,000+ integrations, multiple branding opportunities, and the ability to upload files. One feature we did not find elsewhere was the digital right-to-work and ID checks that certify a candidate is who they claim to be. Willo works in 14 languages, making it a good choice for international hiring.
Earning 4.19 out of 5 on our rubric, it’s a strong contender, especially considering the hit it took for not offering two-way interviewing. It lost points for not having phone support and no support documents on the website. It cannot anonymize candidates (consider Spark Hire for that). The free plan and low rates earned it a perfect score in pricing.
Willo Pricing
Willo is the least expensive video interview software on our list, and like myInterview, even has a limited free plan. All the plans include every feature and vary only according to business size and hiring requirements. Willo also offers a 50% discount for nonprofits and a reduced rate for startups.
There’s a discount for annual subscriptions and a 15-day free trial.
- Free Forever: One job and 10 responses per month
- Starter ($75 per month): For One to 49 employees, 200 responses, three users, unlimited jobs, 100 SMS invite credits, your branding
- Growth ($300 per month): For 50-249 employees, 4,000 responses, 15 users, unlimited jobs, 500 SMS invite credits, dedicated success manager, unlimited custom branding
- Scale ($850 per month): For 250+ employees, custom number of responses, custom number of users, unlimited jobs, custom number of SMS invite credits; white label capability, uptime service level agreement, open API and webhooks
Willo provides text questions for candidates to answer. (Source: Willo)
Willo Features
It takes only four minutes to set up an interview on Willo and share it with candidates. Choose the company branding and job, and create questions. Questions are text-based, and you can choose how long the candidate has to answer. You can also set the number of times a candidate has to retake an answer. You and your team can review and rate interviews.
Other standout tools include:
- Fourteen languages, including Chinese, French, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic
- Automated question generator based on job and industry
- Can answer by audio and text or upload documents (in addition to video)
- Digital ID and right-to-work verification
- Customizable email and SMS invites
- Scheduling assistant
- Download content
- 5,000+ Code-free integrations, plus OpenAPI
Willo User Reviews
With an average of 4.8 out of 5 stars over several review sites, Willow had the highest user approval rating on our list. Employers said it saved time and made a great impression on the candidates. Besides that, users remarked that the UI is simple, and customer support is great. Those that left feedback revolved around requests for more options for questions.
myInterview: Best Video Interview Platform for Candidate Evaluation
Overall Score:
4.09 / 5
Pros
- Free plan available
- Pre-made and custom question templates
- Interview analysis for skills, traits, and keywords
- High user approval rating
- Automated shortlisting
Cons
- No mobile app
- Limited features in lower-tiered plans
- Account language options with Pro Only
- Does not anonymize interview information
What we like:
myInterview is a popular video interview platform that scored well across the board. Like Willo, its free plan lets you conduct pre-recorded interviews and evaluate responses. We liked it for its candidate compatibility tours (available in the Pro plan). These include automated shortlisting, filtering by keywords, and an AI-generated personality analysis that helps you find the best candidate for the job.
myInterview integrates with many ATS platforms, but only with the highest-paid plan—otherwise, you are limited to Zapier (the free plan lacks integrations). Like Spark Hire, interviews are automatically transcripted, and keywords are highlighted to make reviewing easier. You also have the choice of assigning one of seven languages to a job.
myInterview, like Willo, earned a perfect score for pricing due to its free forever plan and affordable higher-tiered plans. It had a high score for video tools, reporting, ease of use, and our expert score. The lack of a mobile app, phone support, and anonymization of candidate information brought its score down. Real-world users rated it 4.76 out of 5. Our overall rating: 4.09 out of 5.
Since Our Last Update:
myInterview has changed its plans and pricing. It has also added multilanguage capability to all plans.
myInterview Pricing
Like Willo, myInterview has a free plan. Paid plans start at $129 per month and are for businesses with <50 employees. The Professional plan for larger businesses has custom pricing. Annual subscriptions enjoy a 20% price reduction.
All plans include pre-recorded interviews with adjustable time limits and retakes, multiple languages, Kanban boards, candidate rating and comments, analytics, user management, and security tools.
- Starter Plan (Free): One active job, Two user seats, 10 one-way interviews per month, 100 SMS invites per month
- Individual Plan ($129 per month, for businesses with <50 employees): Two active jobs, two users, unlimited one-way interviews, 500 invites per month, 24/7 support, co-branding, Zapier integration
- ProfessionalPlan (Custom pricing, for businesses with >50 employees): Unlimited interviews and live interview scheduling, custom active jobs and users, ATS integrations, automated shortlisting, smart phrase filtering, download interviews, transcripts, advanced sharing tools, advanced analytics, custom workflows, 24/7 phone support, onboarding, dedicated success manager, service level agreement
myInterview lets you offer pre-recorded or live interviews. (Source: myInterview)
myInterview Features
With its highest plan, myInterview Intelligence analyzes the video recordings for soft skills, personality traits, and keywords to help you find candidates that match your company culture. It can also create your shortlist for you. Additional features include:
- Automated shortlisting
- Role Fit AI personality analysis and report on compatibility for the job
- Filter candidates by keywords
- Email templates
- Candidate ratings
- Set time limits to how long a candidate can see a question
- Adjustable time limits and retakes
- Additional languages
- Advanced analytics
- Candidate sourcing
myInterview User Reviews
Users on G2 and Capterra did praise myInterview for how much easier it made the hiring process; however, they also said they’d experienced glitches and wished the lower-tier plans came with more features. The average user rating was 4.76 out of 5, higher than Breezy or Codility. While myInterview does not currently offer a mobile app, its website is mobile-friendly.
Codility: Best Video Interview Software for Hiring Engineers & Programmers
Overall Score:
4.04 / 5
Pros
- Real-time candidate evaluation with live coding
- Skills-based programming assessments
- Candidate feedback forms
- Allows live coding during interviews
- Candidate anonymization
Cons
- Pricing is not transparent; you must speak with a representative
- Limited to certain fields
- No mobile apps
- No interview transcription
What we like:
Designed for programmers and software engineers, Codility offers more than standard video interview software with features that make it easier to assess the strengths of the candidate in programming, from feedback forms covering skills, tasks, and ambiguities to a dedicated place to code during the interview itself. Live coding during interviews (unique to Codility) allows for the candidate to demonstrate their skills in real time.
Codility is not just for software engineers, however. It serves customers in the technology, finance, government, ecommerce, transportation, and entertainment industries. Like the other providers on our list (except myInterview), it also operates in multiple languages. Its 40 languages and frameworks allow you to interview coders and engineers from all over the world.
With an overall score of 4.04, Codility ranked well in our video tools category for its features available when performing live coding. It also did well in functionality due to the ability to code in multiple languages and its in-software scheduling functions. Where Codility fell behind was in pricing, due to its lack of transparency, affordability, and no free plan available. Like myInterview, it also doesn’t have a mobile app.
Codility Pricing
Pricing for Codility is not transparent on its website. To get exact pricing, you must speak with an Account Executive, who will provide a custom price according to your specific business needs. Capterra lists Codility pricing as “starting from $5,000 per year,” which is about $417 per month.
In addition to standard video interviewing, you can set up a whiteboard to evaluate a candidate’s coding skill in real time. (Source: Codility)
Codility Features
Codility is different from traditional video interview software, like Spark Hire or Breezy, because you can code together to get a real-time impression of your candidate’s skills. Its features include:
- CodeLive – Private online room for real-time coding
- CodeCheck – Evaluates skills and includes a library of coding tasks for all skill levels
- CodeChallenge – Lets you set up coding challenges for promoting your brand and attracting new and upcoming programmers
It also offers these video interview tools:
- Custom tasks and questions
- Anti-plagiarism kits (for coding and answers)
- Email templates
- Candidate anonymization (only Spark Hire also has this)
Codility User Reviews
Users found Codility very responsive to customer service inquiries (G2) and outstanding for candidate tests and evaluations (Capterra). What users didn’t like was the lack of clarity on its reporting features following skills tests and its high price. Its overall user review score is 4.53 out of 5, averaged over multiple review sites. Codility does not currently offer a mobile app.
How We Evaluated
We considered over a dozen video interview platforms, looking for those that catered to small businesses and offered monthly plans. While we considered specific use cases, we favored those that worked for a wider range of industries and needs. Then, we rated them for function and ease of use.
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Free, low-cost, and unlimited package options ensure all businesses can try the software. Willo and myInterview received top ratings (5 out of 5) in our pricing category for their free plans, affordability for small businesses, and transparent pricing.
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Features such as pre-recorded video questions, transcripted interviews, interview evaluation and collaboration metrics, and the ability to limit a candidate’s time for recording were all features that earned Spark Hire a 5 out of 5 in this category.
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We evaluated each software on its functionality, including supporting multiple languages, linking to private interview rooms, scheduling capabilities, and the ability to anonymize candidate information to eliminate bias. Most of the software we reviewed scored high rankings (above 4 out of 5); however, Spark Hire and Codility achieved a perfect score in this category.
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Our popularity category was based on user experience, mobile app reviews, and reviews on third-party websites. Spark Hire again got perfect marks, although all the video interview platforms earned admirably high user-review ratings.
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Reporting was based on the availability of basic reporting and analytics, as well as a rating system for collaborating with other team members. Spark Hire, Breezy Codility, and Willo all achieve perfect scores in this category.
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Our expert score was based on our personal assessment of each video interview software. We found each software that made this list to be easy to navigate and recommended their use for small businesses. Nonetheless, perfect scores went to Spark Hire, myInterview, and Breezy.
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Ease of use was evaluated based on the software’s ease of implementation, live support, mobile friendliness, and the ability to integrate with applicant tracking systems. While not a perfect score, Breezy scored best in this category.
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Video Interview Software Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
We recommend Spark Hire as the best software for interview videos. It’s easy to use, is priced competitively, and offers great tools both for pre-recorded interviews and live interviews. On our evaluation rubric, it earned perfect scores in five out of seven categories, and real-world users give it 4.78 out of 5 stars (averaged over multiple review sites).
Video interviewing software goes beyond a FaceTime or Zoom meeting. The software lets you schedule interviews, conduct them in the application, transcribe the interview (and sometimes analyze it for keywords), collect feedback and ratings from those involved in the interviewing process, and integrate with applicant tracking software.
It can also let you set up pre-recorded (or one-way) interviews by letting you create written or recorded questions, then send the link to the candidate to allow them to answer on their own schedule and send them back to you. The analysis and rating tools work here as well.
Video interviewing software lets you set up, record, store, rate, and share candidate interviews conducted virtually. It saves you the time, money, and hassle often involved with in-person interviews and gives you a deeper understanding of the individual than a phone screening interview can.
First, understand your needs. Some video interview platforms, like Willo, only offer one-way interview tools but are less expensive and strong on analytics. Others, like Breezy, include video interviewing as part of an overall recruiting package. Some, like myInterview, save their advanced features for their custom plans.
Other things to consider:
- How often or how long do you need the software? (Annual plans are usually cheaper, while free plans are great for very limited use)
- Do you have special requirements? (Codility, for example, lets you test a coder’s skills live during the interview)
- Do you need an applicant tracking system or have one? Many video interview platforms integrate, but some ATS systems already have their own video tools, like Breezy.
Next, do your research on review sites like ours and on user-review sites like Capterra and G2. Finally, take advantage of free trials or free plans to test the software for yourself before making a decision.
Bottom Line
Video interviewing software is more than a convenience, and users report it has reduced the time and cost of hiring an employee. They are an excellent way to streamline your hiring process, saving you time, increasing responses, and reducing bias. You can find standalone services that integrate into your existing ATS software or find HR software that includes video interviewing. Most offer a bank of questions and scheduling, collaboration, and evaluation tools.
Overall, we found Spark Hire the best for those needing a standalone service. With excellent features in an intuitive format, it’s highly regarded by users in small businesses and large companies. It’s also reasonably priced for the services it provides.
