Truffle is candidate screening software that combines resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments. Public price, 7-day free trial, first Position Link live in 10 minutes. No quarterly implementation.
$99
per month, annual
Listed on the page. No quote form.
10 min
from signup to live link
First Position Link by lunch.
3 layers
of evidence per candidate
Resume. Interview. Assessment.
150
candidates per month
Included on every plan.
Trusted by recruiting teams at companies like these
HireVue is built for Fortune 500 hiring committees with quarterly implementations. Truffle is built for in-house recruiters who need a working screening flow this week, with the same three layers in one Position Link.
HireVue is built for enterprise pipelines and the resume layer typically sits in a connected ATS. Truffle parses every resume against your intake criteria in one workflow, applies qualification questions, and gets you a live screening link in under 10 minutes instead of the multi-week implementations HireVue's tier expects.
Qualified · meets 4 of 4 must-havesHireVue's AI scoring works at enterprise scale, but candidates and journalists have flagged opacity in how the model decides. Truffle's AI Match traces every score back to the criteria you defined at intake. Reasoning is visible per candidate, per response, and Candidate Shorts explain why each 30-second clip was selected.
Candidate Short · 30 sec · citedHireVue offers psychometric and game-based assessments at higher tiers behind sales conversations. Truffle includes IPIP Big Five Personality, Situational Judgment, and Environment Fit assessments on every plan, with no enterprise contract required.
Match · explained against your criteriaLive shortlist preview · click any row
Operations Coordinator · 184 completed
AI Summary
Five years operations management at a 200-person logistics company, including a P&L of $4M and a team of seven. Walked through how she rebuilt a broken inventory cadence in 90 days. Personality reads conscientious and decisive.
Why this match score
Cited interview moment
Tell us about a time you owned a process end to end.
“I inherited an inventory cadence with two-week stockouts. I rebuilt the reorder triggers, set up weekly variance reviews, and cut stockouts to under three days inside a quarter.”
AI Summary
Strong communicator. Three years at a high-growth marketplace running cross-functional rollouts. Less direct ops experience on the resume but the interview answer on stakeholder alignment was the standout in the pool.
Why this match score
Cited interview moment
Walk us through a hard cross-team decision.
“I ran the merger of two onboarding flows owned by sales and CX. I built the shared metric, pulled in both leads weekly, and shipped the merged flow without dropping handoff time.”
AI Summary
Coming from a smaller team, lighter resume, but the assessment is the strongest in the pool on situational judgment. Interview was steady, not flashy. The kind of candidate AI-only video tools rank lower than they should.
Why this match score
Cited interview moment
How do you handle a teammate consistently missing deadlines?
“I'd start one-on-one with what's in their way. If it's process, fix the process. If it's load, rebalance. If neither, name the pattern with the manager and let them decide.”
AI Summary
Career switcher from hospitality to ops. Resume light on traditional credentials. Interview presence was warm and clear. Assessment soft on judgment under pressure. Worth a screen if pipeline thins.
Why this match score
Cited interview moment
What part of operations are you most excited about?
“The puzzle. I ran the floor at a 60-cover restaurant. Same problems, smaller scale: bottlenecks, handoffs, who's drowning. I want to do that with data behind me.”
HireVue is enterprise software with enterprise pricing and an enterprise sales motion. Truffle posts $149 on the page and starts the trial when you sign up.
Truffle
Live in 10 minSelf-Serve · annual
7-day free trial · No credit card
HireVue
Quote requiredCustom plan
Public reports place typical HireVue contracts at $35K+ per year.
HireVue is enterprise software. The pricing page is a quote form. The trial follows a discovery call, a security review, and procurement. By the time you've seen the product, two of your open reqs have closed somewhere else.
Truffle posts $149 on the page, or $99/month with annual billing. The 7-day trial starts the second you sign up, no credit card, no call. The first Position Link is live in under 10 minutes.
HireVue has a deep feature set: video, assessments, game-based scoring, structured interviewing, and a long list of integrations. For a 5,000-person team that runs structured implementation, all of that lands. For a 1-5 person in-house team with 20 open reqs, it's more product than the day allows.
Truffle ships the same three layers, resume screening, one-way video, and assessments, in one Position Link you can configure in 10 minutes. AI Match scores trace to your intake criteria, AI Summaries cite specific responses, and Candidate Shorts pick 30-second highlights with reasoning. Less surface area, more time on the conversations that matter.
Every candidate enters one workflow you design. Resumes get parsed against your criteria, interview responses transcribe and score, and Personality, Situational Judgment, and Environment Fit assessments add evidence beyond self-presentation. Everything ranks into one shortlist with one match score.
Sign up at the price on the page and build your first position with AI-suggested questions. Send the Position Link by URL, email, or CSV bulk invite, and reminders go out automatically. You see responses ranked the same day.
Match scores trace back to the criteria you set during intake, AI Summaries cite specific responses, and Candidate Shorts pick the three most-revealing 30-second moments and explain why. The AI is compressing the time between hundreds of applications and a real shortlist. It isn't making the call for you.
Truffle's sweet spot
In-house recruiters and TA leads on 1-5 person teams at 100-1,000 employee companies. 15-30 open roles at any time. Hiring year-round on high-volume positions where resumes alone don't tell you who's real. Self-serve buyers who want a price on the page and a working trial today.
Where they may be stronger
HireVue is built for Fortune 500 scale: 100,000+ candidates per cycle, multi-stage assessments tied to validated job analysis, structured interviewing across many business units, and SSO, SOC 2, and procurement requirements that take a quarter to satisfy. If that's your context, HireVue is purpose-built for it. The demo is worth your time.
Data import
Most teams point their next role at a Truffle Position Link and let the HireVue pipeline finish on its own. Within two to three weeks the new workflow is the only one running. CSV bulk invite handles any HireVue candidates worth contacting again.
Timeline
Under 10 minutes from signup to live Position Link. The first ranked shortlist usually arrives within 48 hours of going live.
No friction
No annual contracts. No setup fee. 7-day free trial with no credit card. Cancel any time.
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Truffle is $149 per month, or $99 per month with annual billing. Both prices are listed on the page and include unlimited positions, unlimited team members, and 150 candidates per month. HireVue is enterprise pricing on a quote, with public reports placing typical contracts at $35K+ per year on annual agreements. For a 1-5 person team, Truffle is usually one or two orders of magnitude cheaper and always more transparent.
Yes. The 7-day free trial starts the second you sign up. No credit card required. No demo needed. You build your first position, send the Position Link, and start reviewing candidates. Most teams set up their first role on their own in under 10 minutes.
No. Truffle's assessments are Personality (built on validated Big Five research), Situational Judgment Tests scored against your team's preferred approach, and Environment Fit assessments that surface whether a candidate's work-style preferences match the role. If your hiring is built around game-based or cognitive ability assessments tied to a validated job analysis, HireVue is purpose-built for that. If you want assessments that measure judgment and temperament alongside resume and interview signals, Truffle is the better fit for a self-serve team.
Truffle doesn't pull data directly out of HireVue. The cleanest migration is to point your next open role at a Truffle Position Link and let your existing HireVue pipeline finish on its own. Most teams are fully on Truffle within two to three weeks. Native and Zapier integrations cover most ATS handoffs from there.
Truffle's sweet spot is in-house recruiters on 1-5 person teams at 100-1,000 employee companies. Custom plans are available for higher volume, API access, and extended data retention. SSO/SAML is on the roadmap. If you need a Fortune 500 implementation with deep validated assessments and dedicated CS, HireVue is built for that scale, and the demo is worth your time.
We use Truffle to hire field sales reps. It helps us quickly spot who might be a great fit for us.
Maggie Rivers
As a marketing agency owner, I don't have time to screen every applicant. Truffle has saved hundreds of hours.
Laura Williams
Truffle is very easy to use and affordable. Applicants have also said they found it straightforward.
Rick Opton