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Spark Hire's all‑in plan is $499 a month. Truffle starts at $49.

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Truffle candidate review: one applicant's resume match, interview score, personality and work scenarios side by side, with Candidate Shorts and an AI summary.
Truffle review list: five candidates for a marketing manager role, ranked by match score from 92% down to 34%.

Teams screening with Truffle

Randstad logoCatch Co logoChick-fil-A logoMathnasium logoThe Salvation Army logoMove-Tastic logoValley logo

48 new features vs. 20 for Spark Hire since August 2025.

TruffleSpark Hire Meet

New candidate screening features shipped, August 2025 to today

2048AUG 2025JAN 2026JUL 2026OCT 2026
Q4 2025
  • Zapier integration
  • Share candidates with one link
  • Roles and access control
Q2 2026
  • Situational Judgment and Environment Fit assessments
  • Home dashboard and pipeline analytics
  • Global search
Since July 2026
  • Resume screening and hosted job pages
  • Job-board applications import themselves
  • Team notes with mentions
  1. Q4 2025
    • Zapier integration
    • Share candidates with one link
    • Roles and access control
  2. Q2 2026
    • Situational Judgment and Environment Fit assessments
    • Home dashboard and pipeline analytics
    • Global search
  3. Since July 2026
    • Resume screening and hosted job pages
    • Job-board applications import themselves
    • Team notes with mentions

Counted the same way from each company's public changelog: one entry per new feature, improvements and fixes excluded. Spark Hire counted for Meet, its video interview and assessment product.1Read the changelog

01 Truffle vs. Spark Hire

Expect more from your AI screening tool.

Item Spark Hire2 Truffle3
Entry price $299/mo monthly, $249/mo annual ✓$49/mo monthly
Resume screening Inside Recruit, the ATS, from $335/mo annual ✓Every plan
Assessments Sold separately, or bundled in Recruit Growth ✓Three types, every plan
Users Up to 5 monthly, unlimited annual ✓Unlimited, monthly or annual
Free trial4 None listed ✓7 days, 30 credits, no card
AI scoring5 Six fixed factors Your criteria, reasoning shown
Live video interviews5 ✓Yes No, one-way only
Reviews6 4.7/5 on Capterra 4.9/5 on G2
02 Truffle vs. Spark Hire pricing

Don't want to break the piggy bank? Truffle's pricing is built for you.

Each month needs resumes and assessments, which on Spark Hire means Recruit Growth, billed annually.7

Walter, the Truffle pig, smashing a piggy bank with a hammer

$499

Spark Hire, every month

  • $49Light month
  • $99Typical month
  • $199Busy month

Truffle, the same three months

Month Resumes Assessed Interviews Credits Truffle plan
Light month 120 20 8 200 Starter, monthly
Typical month 240 45 15 405 Core, annual ($119 monthly)
Busy month 750 120 40 1,190 Team, annual ($239 monthly)

Credits: A resume is 1, an assessed candidate 2, a one-way interview 5. Spark Hire also sells video and assessments separately, from $249/mo each on annual billing.2 Price your own month →

03 Why teams move

Why teams tell us they move from Spark Hire.

Truffle shortlist for a marketing manager role, with each resume rated High, Mid or Low and its strengths and gaps.

Resume screening on every plan

AI Match scores each resume against the must-haves you set. At Spark Hire, AI resume review sits inside Recruit, its ATS, from $335 a month.2

See resume screening
Truffle one-way interview review: the candidate's video answer next to an AI evaluation with scores and key moments.

Interviews scored on your criteria

Spark Hire's AI Video Review rates six fixed factors. Truffle scores answers against your role and clips the 30 seconds that matter.5

See one-way interviews
Truffle Work Scenarios result showing how a candidate's choices align with the approach the role needs.

Three assessments on the same plan

Personality, Situational Judgment and Environment Fit, included. Spark Hire sells its behavioral assessment from $249 a month.2

See assessments
“I hired 25 new employees and converted 35 contractors in a single week, but only after I found the right tools.”
Amanda Harrison Head of People and Talent, Ohla US
Read the Ohla US story
Hires a week 10 to 70
Applicants screened 30/day to 600/week

From the published Ohla US customer story.

04 Where Spark Hire wins

When we'd tell you to stay on Spark Hire.

  • You run live video interviews5

    Spark Hire does live and one-way in one product. Truffle is one-way only.

  • You want an ATS from the same vendor5

    Spark Hire Recruit is a full ATS. Truffle connects to yours.

  • You like spending money

    Maybe you've got money to burn. No judgement from us.

  • You like your UX old-school

    Spark Hire feels familiar. Maybe a little too familiar. A good fit if “modern” isn't on your wish list.

05 How to switch

Switching from Spark Hire is ridiculously easy.

No massive migration project. You can try out Truffle in parallel and see how it compares.

  1. Start the trial

    7 days, 30 credits, no card.

  2. Build your next role

    Paste the job description and review the questions. Live in about 10 minutes.8

  3. Let open roles finish

    New roles go to Truffle. Nothing moves mid-search.

  4. Re-invite the keepers

    Paste names and emails, up to 200 at a time.

Questions

Got questions? Here are answers.

What if I only need one-way video?

Spark Hire's video product starts at $249/mo annual or $299/mo monthly. Thirty one-way interviews a month fit Truffle's $49 Starter, using 150 of its 200 credits.

Can a teammate record question intros?

Yes. Each question can carry a pre-recorded video.

Does the AI decide who moves forward?

No. It transcribes, summarizes and scores against your criteria, with the reasoning shown. It never auto-rejects anyone.

When am I charged a credit?

Only when a screening gives you a result: a resume scored, an assessment completed or an interview submitted. Candidates who don't finish cost nothing.

Try Truffle on your next role for free.

7-day free trial · 30 credits · No credit card

Sources (10)
  1. 1 hiretruffle.com/changelog and sparkhire.canny.io/changelog
    Checked Oct 8, 2026
    One entry per new feature a customer would recognise, from each public changelog, August 2025 onward. Bullets that extend the same feature are merged, features announced twice count once, and improvements, fixes and pricing changes are excluded. Spark Hire: entries tagged New and Meet (its video interview and assessment product); Recruit, its ATS, is excluded.
  2. 2 sparkhire.com/pricing
    Checked Oct 8, 2026
    Video interviews from $299/mo monthly with up to 5 users, or $249/mo annual with unlimited users. Behavioral assessment priced the same way. Recruit Pro from $335/mo and Growth from $499/mo, billed annually. Enterprise by quote.
  3. 3 hiretruffle.com/pricing
    Checked Oct 8, 2026
    Starter $49/mo monthly with 200 credits. Core $99, Team $199, Scale $499 a month annual ($119, $239, $599 monthly). Every feature on every plan.
  4. 4 sparkhire.com/pricing and FAQ
    Checked Jul 29, 2026
    No free trial listed.
  5. 5 sparkhire.com product pages
    Checked Jul 29, 2026
    AI Video Review scores answers on six fixed factors. Video Interviews covers live and one-way. Recruit is a full ATS.
  6. 6 Capterra, G2
    Checked Jul 29 and Sep 30, 2026
    Spark Hire 4.7/5 on Capterra from 109 reviews. Truffle 4.9/5 on G2, from a much smaller review base.
  7. 7 hiretruffle.com/compare/screening-software-pricing
    Run Oct 5, 2026
    Hiring months that each need resumes and assessments. Spark Hire lands on Recruit Growth, billed annually, in every one, because its behavioral assessment only appears on Growth. Truffle lands on Starter ($49, monthly), Core ($99, annual) or Team ($199, annual).
  8. 8 Truffle product facts
    Checked Oct 8, 2026
    A role goes live in about 10 minutes. All three assessments take a candidate about 13 minutes.
  9. 9 Truffle sales calls and email
    Jan 2025 to May 2026
    Shortened and anonymized. Names, companies and identifying details withheld.
  10. 10 Truffle product data
    Jul 30 to Sep 23, 2026
    Roughly 9 in 10 applicants start the screening.

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