Truffle is candidate screening software that combines resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments. $149/month flat, AI Match included, no upgrade tier between you and AI scoring.
$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
Spark Hire is a broad suite that adds modules as you scale up plans. Truffle ships resume screening, one-way video, and assessments in one workflow on every plan, scored against your criteria.
Spark Hire's strength is mature one-way and live video with deep ATS integrations. Resume screening is basic and often handled in your ATS instead. Truffle parses every resume against your intake criteria in the same workflow as the interview and assessment, so all three signals show up in one ranked candidate view.
Qualified · meets 4 of 4 must-havesSpark Hire is the established mid-market option for video interviews with reviewer scorecards. Truffle adds AI Match scoring against your criteria, transcripts cited to specific responses, and 30-second Candidate Shorts that highlight the most-revealing moments and explain why each one was chosen.
Candidate Short · 30 sec · citedSpark Hire bundles assessments at higher pricing tiers. Truffle includes Personality (IPIP Big Five), Situational Judgment, and Environment Fit assessments on every plan at $149 per month, with assessment results in the same candidate view as resume and interview signals.
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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.”
Spark Hire's mid and higher tiers start in the $299 band, and AI features sit further up. Truffle is $149/month flat with AI Match, Candidate Shorts, and assessments on every plan.
Truffle
Half the entry priceSelf-Serve · annual
7-day free trial · No credit card
Spark Hire
Quote requiredCustom plan
Mid-tier features and AI scoring move you out of the entry plan.
Spark Hire has a real product, but the workflow most teams want, AI scoring, assessments, and a full reviewer experience, isn't on the entry plan. By the time you've added what you came for, you're often in the $299 band or higher, with seats capped.
Truffle is $149/month flat, or $99/month with annual billing. AI Match, Candidate Shorts, Personality, Situational Judgment, and Environment Fit assessments are all on every plan. Unlimited team members, no upgrade tier between you and the analysis layer.
Spark Hire is broad on video. It does one-way and live, with reviewer tooling on top. But resume screening lives in your ATS or your inbox, and assessments aren't part of the same view. Three signals scattered across two or three tools.
Truffle stacks three screening layers in one Position Link: resumes for credentials, one-way interviews for communication and presence, and assessments for judgment and work style. Each layer adds a signal that's harder to fake than the last.
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 AI Match on the same plan as the video collection.
Where they may be stronger
Spark Hire has been in the market longer and ships live video alongside one-way, plus a deeper set of mid-market reviewer features and integrations. If you need both live and one-way in one tool, or you're already invested in the Spark Hire ecosystem, the case to switch is narrower. Spark Hire is worth the demo.
Data import
Most teams point their next role at a Truffle Position Link and let the Spark Hire pipeline finish on its own. Within two to three weeks the new workflow is the only one running. CSV bulk invite handles any Spark Hire candidates worth contacting again.
Timeline
Under 10 minutes from signup to live Position Link. AI Match and Candidate Shorts are on by default. 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. AI Match, Candidate Shorts, assessments, and unlimited team members are included. Spark Hire's Lite tier sits in the $149-$199 band for video only, with Pro and higher in the $299+ band where most of the AI and assessment features live. For most teams the comparison isn't price to price, it's price to the plan that actually includes the workflow you want.
Spark Hire has AI features, but they're surfaced more on higher-tier plans. Truffle's AI Match scores ship on every plan, trace back to the criteria you set during intake, and rank every candidate in one shortlist. AI Summaries cite the specific responses that drove each score, and 30-second Candidate Shorts pick the three most-revealing moments and explain why.
No. Truffle is built around one-way video, resume screening, and assessments, the layers you run before a live conversation. Most teams keep their existing live interview tool (Zoom, Google Meet, or their ATS scheduler) and use Truffle to compress the funnel down to the people worth a live call. If live video is your top requirement in one tool, Spark Hire may be the better fit.
Truffle doesn't pull data directly out of Spark Hire. The cleanest migration is to point your next open role at a Truffle Position Link and let your existing Spark Hire 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.
No. Unlimited team members on every plan. Hiring managers, recruiters, and reviewers all see the same candidate view, the same Match scores, and the same Candidate Shorts. No per-seat upcharge, no plan upgrade to add a teammate.
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