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Video interviewing · September 2026 Edition

Hirevire vs Willo

Zero of twelve models named Hirevire first on the direct prompt; zero named Willo. Hirevire was named by ten of the twelve models and Willo by twelve and Hirevire carries 13 labels and Willo 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Hirevire

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Willo

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share10%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1340A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Hirevire reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Spark Hire was named alongside these two in twelve of the twelve direct answers. Spark Hire vs Hirevire · Spark Hire vs Willo · Hirevire vs myInterview

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the video interviewing page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HirevireFirst choices, of twelve modelsWillo
Direct001 against Willo
Paraphrase11
Comparative00
Budget-constrained32
Scale-constrained00
Negative111 against Willo
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Hirevire and Willo were named in the same answer twenty-seven times, of the 64 answers naming Hirevire and the 104 naming Willo. In those answers Willo took the first choice two times and Hirevire four.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Hirevire and Willo stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
Hirevire Willo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Hirevire on the left and Willo on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Hirevire and Willo stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashSpark Hire alternatives: BrightHire, Hireflix, VidCruiter, Willo
Perplexity SonarSpark Hire alternatives: Jobma, VidCruiter, Willo
Grok 4.1 FastSpark Hire alternatives: VidCruiter, Willo, interviewstream
Qwen 3.7 FlashSpark Hire alternatives: Hirevire, VidCruiter
GLM 4.7 FlashXSpark Hire alternatives: VidCruiter, Willo

Neither was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Spark Hire alternatives: HackerRank, Hireflix, Jobma, VidCruiter
GPT-5.4 miniSpark Hire alternatives: HireVue
Mistral SmallSpark Hire alternatives: Pin, interviewstream
DeepSeek V4 FlashSpark Hire alternatives: VidCruiter, interviewstream
Llama 4 MaverickSpark Hire
Kimi K2Spark Hire alternatives: VidCruiter, interviewstream
MiniMax M2.5Spark Hire alternatives: VidCruiter, interviewstream

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Hirevire leads by six points.
Hirevire17%#2 of 9
Willo10%#3 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Hirevire leads by two points.
Hirevire10%#2 of 9
Willo7%#4 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Hirevire0%#– of 6
Willo0%#5 of 6
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Hirevire

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Safer Alternatives (high-rated for experience ...): Truffle, Willo, Hirevire, Hireflix—praised for simple links, mobile support” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
“Hirevire combines affordability with powerful features that traditionally were only available in enterprise solutions” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Hirevire is your best bet — it's widely recommended as the best budget option for small businesses.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Willo

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“they suffer from high candidate drop-off rates because job seekers intensely dislike the format” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Hireflix/Willo are solid but very lightweight.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Highly recommended for small businesses and tight budgets... start with Willo (best free tier and low-cost plans)” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Safer Alternatives (high-rated for experience, per G2/Capterra/Reddit): Truffle, Willo, Hirevire, Hireflix” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Willo if you want a more budget-friendly screening tool” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.