What Spark Hire costs
From $249 a month billed annually, $299 month to month (prices checked October 2026)
Spark Hire's pricing page lists its Video Interviews product at $299 a month on monthly billing (up to 5 jobs and 5 users) or from $249 a month billed annually (unlimited jobs and users), with unlimited live and one-way interviews, and says pricing varies by company size. Its separate Recruit ATS starts at $335 a month billed annually for companies up to 200 employees, with AI resume reviews (6,000 a year on that plan). Recruit plans require an annual contract.
Sources: Spark Hire pricing page. HRBlade costs $99 a month, or $79 a month billed annually: see HRBlade pricing.
HRBlade vs Spark Hire, feature by feature
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Who Spark Hire is good for
- Teams that already have an ATS and want to add one-way and live video interviews
- Hiring managers who want to watch every recorded answer themselves
- Companies that need video interviewing connected to an existing ATS
Where Spark Hire is better than HRBlade
- A long-running, mature video interview product with both live and one-way interviews
- 40+ ATS integrations for its video product, plus Zapier
- Transcription in 50+ languages and 24x7 support listed on its video plans
- A behavioral assessment product sold alongside video interviews
Why a one-person HR team picks HRBlade
- The AI does the interviewing and the first review, so you are not watching hours of recordings
- Phone and chat interviews as well as video, for candidates who will not record themselves
- Screening of every applicant, an ATS and AI interviews in one $99 plan, instead of a video tool plus a separate ATS
- Scores come with quotes from the candidate's answers, and a human decides
- No face, voice or emotion analysis, attested in writing
HRBlade analyses no faces, no voices and no emotions; only the text of answers is scored. Read the attestation. Built for companies with one HR person: HRBlade for small businesses.
Frequently asked questions
Is HRBlade cheaper than Spark Hire?
Yes on list price. Spark Hire's video interview product starts at $249 a month billed annually or $299 monthly, and its ATS is a separate plan from $335 a month billed annually. HRBlade Small Business is $99 a month, or $79 billed annually, and includes screening, AI interviews and an ATS. Busy months can need top-ups, available on any plan: +100 AI interviews for $39, +1,000 resume screens for $19 and +100 voice minutes for $49.
Can I use HRBlade alongside Spark Hire?
There is no native HRBlade integration with Spark Hire listed today. You can run HRBlade as the screening and first-interview layer and keep Spark Hire for the rest of your process, moving finalists across by hand, or use the ATS built into HRBlade instead.
Does Spark Hire use AI to score candidates?
Spark Hire's pricing page lists AI features such as AI video review and auto-summaries, and AI resume reviews on its Recruit ATS plans. Candidates record their answers and your team reviews them. In HRBlade the AI also conducts the interview, by video, phone or chat.
Does HRBlade support live video interviews like Spark Hire?
HRBlade is built around the AI-run first interview. If live video calls with a recruiter are the core of your process, Spark Hire's live interviews are a closer fit.
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