Paradox (Olivia) vs HireVue vs Moka vs SeekOut
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Paradox (Olivia)
AI recruiting chatbot for high-volume hourly hiring (now Workday)
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HireVue
Enterprise video interviewing and skills assessment at hiring scale
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Moka
China's biggest ATS pushing an English AI-hiring platform into APAC
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SeekOut
Billion-profile AI sourcing, strong on diversity and tech hiring
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
| Capability | — | — | — | |
| Value for money | — | — | — | |
| Ease of use | — | — | — | |
| ASEAN readiness | — | — | — | |
| API quality | — | — | — | |
| Pricing | Enterprise | Enterprise | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | None; no free trial, sales-contact only | None; demo/sales contact only | — | Self-serve Recruit Core plan available |
| Paid from | Typical enterprise contracts $50,000-500,000+/yr, custom quote | ~$25,000-35,000/yr (mid-market); $200,000+/yr enterprise | — | From $149/month (Recruit Core); Enterprise custom, 3-seat minimum |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 1,150+ customers, 60%+ of Fortune 100 | — | 750+ enterprise customers |
| Founded | 2016 | 2004 | — | 2017 |
| Maker | Aaron Matos | The Carlyle Group + TCV (majority investment 2019) | — | Aravind Bala, Vikas Manocha, Anoop Gupta, John Tippett |
| Verdict | Paradox built its name on Olivia, a chat-and-text assistant that screens hourly applicants, answers their questions, and books interviews without a recruiter in the loop. For QSR, retail, hospitality and logistics hiring... |
HireVue is the incumbent in enterprise video interviewing, and it earns that mostly on breadth. Beyond recorded and live interviews, it bundles structured guides, game-based psychometrics, coding tests, and language scre... |
Moka is the most credible Chinese HR-tech vendor making a real international push — mokahr.io is built for English-speaking APAC buyers, not a translated version of the domestic product, with a Singapore base and deep in... |
Two things SeekOut is genuinely known for: diversity sourcing and technical recruiting. It ranks #1 in G2's Diversity Recruiting category, and its technical-profile depth, pulling GitHub activity, patents and publication... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.