Prices were read on 11 November 2026 from each company's own page, as shown to a visitor in India. Prices change often, so check before you pay. If we got something wrong, tell us.
Key takeaways
- Compare the price of an interview hour, not the monthly price: four one-hour interviews in a month cost from ₹1,199 on Helpwing to $299 on Interview Coder.
- Pay-once tools (Helpwing, AceRound) suit a few interviews. Passes and yearly plans win once you use them for many hours.
- Free starts differ: unlimited 15-minute sessions on Sensei AI, ten 10-minute sessions on Parakeet AI, 30 minutes on AceRound and 15 on Helpwing. Final Round AI and Interview Coder have no free live help.
- Most of these tools now say they stay off your shared screen. Cluely charges $149.99 a month for it; Helpwing includes it on every pack.
- Six of the ten market help with online assessments or coding tests. We don't recommend any tool for that.
How did we pick the best AI interview assistant for 2027?
We compared ten candidate-side tools that sell live help in interviews and publish their prices: the ones candidates ask about most, plus Beyz, Cluely, Interview Coder and AceRound, new in this update. Other tools exist, some of them cheaper per minute: see AI interview assistants without a subscription. Recruiter-side "AI interviewers" are a different product; what is an AI interview assistant explains the difference.
Our criteria, all checkable on a public page:
- Price per interview hour for a typical month of a few interviews, and the lowest rate if you use a lot.
- Free trial: how much live help you can try, and whether a card is needed.
- Subscription or pay-once: whether you are signed up for a plan that renews.
- Screen share: whether the answer window stays off your shared screen, and on which plan.
- Platforms: Mac, Windows, browser, phone.
- Answers from your resume: whether the tool says it uses your resume or documents.
- Payment in rupees: prices in ₹, GST and UPI.
We did not test answer quality or speed head to head; those are hard to check fairly from outside. Use each tool's free minutes on a practice call and judge for yourself.
Best AI interview assistants at a glance
| Tool | How you pay | Free to start | Platforms | Off the shared screen | Rupees and UPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helpwing | Pay-once minute packs; no subscription | 15 minutes, no card | Mac and Windows desktop app | Yes, on every pack | ₹ prices with GST included; UPI, cards, netbanking |
| AceRound | One-time credits or passes; no auto-renew | 30 minutes, no card | Windows and macOS desktop app | Says so, but doesn't guarantee it | US dollars; local currency at checkout |
| Parakeet AI | Credits or an unlimited subscription | Ten 10-minute sessions, no card | Windows and Mac app; desktop Chrome; phone browser | Says so | ₹ prices shown in India; UPI |
| Final Round AI | Subscription in US dollars | Free plan, but live help needs a paid plan | Mac and Windows app; browsers | Stealth Mode on paid plans | US dollars; UPI and netbanking accepted |
| LockedIn AI | Subscription, credits or a lifetime plan | Free start | Mac, Windows, browser, iPhone and Android | Stealth Mode | ₹ prices shown in India |
| Verve AI | Monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription | Three 15-minute sessions a month, no card | Mac, Windows, browser and mobile | Not stated on the pages we checked | ₹ prices shown in India |
| Sensei AI | Subscription in US dollars | Unlimited 15-minute sessions | Recommends the latest Chrome | Says it's undetectable | US dollars |
| Beyz | Subscription in US dollars | Free trial, no card | Mac and Windows app; browser and phone | Desktop app, says so | US dollars |
| Cluely | Subscription in US dollars | Free plan with limited responses | Mac and Windows | Only on the $149.99 plan | US dollars |
| Interview Coder | Subscription or lifetime, US dollars | Free download; AI needs a paid plan | Mac and Windows | Says so | US dollars |
Helpwing's rupee prices include 18% GST. For the others, check at checkout whether tax is added, and expect a forex markup on your card if the price is in dollars.
What do four one-hour interviews cost?
Each plan covers a different number of hours, so monthly prices mislead. Here is one realistic month instead: four interviews of about an hour each, for example two rounds at two companies.
| Tool | Smallest option that covers four hours | Total | Per interview hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helpwing | Value pack: 300 minutes | ₹1,199 (or $24 outside India) | about ₹300 ($6) |
| Cluely | Pro, monthly (hidden from screen share only on the $149.99 plan) | $19.99 | about $5 ($37.50 with screen-share hiding) |
| AceRound | Standard credits: 240 minutes | $29.90 | about $7.48 |
| Beyz | Monthly plan (no coding help on it) | $49.99 | about $12.50 |
| Verve AI | Standard, monthly: five 60-minute sessions | ₹4,199.99 | about ₹1,050 |
| Parakeet AI | Weekly unlimited if all four fall in one week; otherwise 3 credits plus 1 credit | ₹4,980 to ₹6,050 | about ₹1,245 to ₹1,513 |
| LockedIn AI | Credits, monthly: 400 minutes | ₹6,213 | about ₹1,553 |
| Sensei AI | Pro, monthly | $89 | about $22 |
| Final Round AI | Monthly plan | $150 | $37.50 |
| Interview Coder | Monthly Pro | $299 | about $75 |
If you still have Helpwing's 15 welcome minutes, the same month costs ₹1,125 (225 minutes at ₹5). Outside India, Cluely's $19.99 Pro plan costs less than Helpwing's $24 for this month, but Pro doesn't hide its window from screen share.
When does a pass or subscription cost less than Helpwing?
When you use a lot of it. Unlimited plans charge the same for one hour or forty, so past a certain number of hours they beat paying by the minute. Below, rupee plans are compared with Helpwing's rupee rates (₹299 an hour on Starter, about ₹180 on Power) and dollar plans with its dollar rates ($6 and $3.60 an hour).
| Option | Price | Beats Helpwing Starter after | Beats Helpwing Power after |
|---|---|---|---|
| AceRound 7-day pass | $24.90, paid once | 4.2 hours in the week | 6.9 hours in the week |
| AceRound 30-day pass | $39.90, paid once | 6.7 hours | 11.1 hours |
| Sensei AI Pro, yearly | $24 a month, billed yearly | 4 hours a month, all year | 6.7 hours a month, all year |
| Final Round AI, yearly | $300 a year | 4.2 hours a month, all year | 6.9 hours a month, all year |
| Beyz Titan | $24.99 a month, billed every six months | 4.2 hours a month | 6.9 hours a month |
| Parakeet AI Unlimited, yearly | ₹37,900 a year | 10.6 hours a month, all year | 17.6 hours a month, all year |
| Verve AI Pro, yearly | ₹3,299.99 a month, billed yearly | 11 hours a month, all year | 18.3 hours a month, all year |
| Sensei AI Pro, monthly | $89 a month | 14.8 hours | 24.7 hours |
| LockedIn AI Unlimited, 3 months | ₹7,099.67 a month, billed every 3 months | 23.7 hours a month | 39.5 hours a month |
| Interview Coder Lifetime | $799, paid once | 133 hours in total | 222 hours in total |
So Helpwing is our pick for a few interviews, not for heavy use. AceRound's passes are the closest rival: they also never renew, and past about 7 hours in a month they cost less per hour. The yearly plans win at even fewer hours, but only if you pay for the whole year up front and keep interviewing all year.
Why Helpwing is our pick for 2027
Against the criteria above, Helpwing comes out first for the most common case: a job seeker with one to five interviews coming up.
- Price for a few interviews. ₹299 for one interview hour, ₹1,199 for four, with GST included. The next rupee-priced option for that month is Verve AI at ₹4,199.99. Among the dollar-priced tools, only Cluely's Pro plan costs less than Helpwing's $24, and it shows on screen share.
- No subscription. Pay once, billed by the second only while a session runs, and nothing renews. Minutes stay valid for 365 days.
- Rupees and UPI. Prices in ₹ with GST included, paid by UPI, card or netbanking. Outside India: $6, $24 or $60.
- Answers from your own resume. In Tune Interview you add your resume, the company, the job description and notes, and answers stay inside your own experience: no invented employers.
- Answer shapes built for interviews: "Say this" in 1–3 sentences plus 3–5 key points; STAR for behavioural questions; approach, code, complexity and edge cases for coding from a screenshot; points plus a diagram for system design.
- 100% undetectable on screen share, on every pack. The overlay stays on your screen only: Zoom, Google Meet and Teams share your screen without it, and no bot joins the call.
Where it isn't the pick: heavy use (an AceRound pass or a yearly plan), a browser or phone (Parakeet AI, Verve AI, LockedIn AI, Beyz), many interview languages (Parakeet AI, Verve AI, Final Round AI), the most free time (Sensei AI), or preparation extras such as question banks and practice interviews (Final Round AI, Verve AI).
The ten tools, one by one
What each does well, who it suits, and the catch.
1. Helpwing
What it does well. Pay-once rupee packs with GST included: ₹299 for 60 minutes, ₹1,199 for 300 or ₹2,999 for 1,000 (₹3–5 a minute depending on the pack), or top-ups at ₹5 a minute. No subscription, no auto-renew, billing by the second, and 15 free minutes with no card. Answers come from what you add in Tune Interview, in the fixed shapes above, in a small overlay that hears the interviewer through system audio or your microphone.
Who it suits. Software engineers in India with a few interviews coming up who want to pay by UPI without a plan.
The catch. Desktop only, for Mac (macOS 14.2 or later) and Windows 10/11: no browser, phone or Linux version. No unlimited plan, so a heavy month costs more than a pass or subscription. Fewer extras than the bigger tools, such as question banks or resume builders. It is for live interviews and preparation, never for exams, online assessments or proctored tests.
2. AceRound
What it does well. It also sells without a subscription. Credit packs cost $9.90 for 60 minutes, $29.90 for 240 and $59.90 for 600, and the minutes never expire. Passes give unlimited use for $24.90 for 7 days, $39.90 for 30 days or $69.90 for 90 days, paid once, and you can buy a pass now and start it on the day of your interview. It costs less per hour than Helpwing if you interview a lot in a short window. New accounts get 30 free minutes and a practice interview with no card, and it covers 12 interview languages.
Who it suits. People with a dense few weeks of interviews who are happy to pay in dollars.
The catch. Prices are in US dollars, with local currency shown at checkout. Its credits cost more per minute than Helpwing's packs ($0.10–$0.17 against $0.06–$0.10 outside India). Its page says it doesn't guarantee its window stays hidden and tells you to test your share mode first. It also sells an "OA Copilot" for HackerRank, CodeSignal and Codility assessments.
3. Parakeet AI
What it does well. The widest choice of devices: a Windows and Mac app, desktop Chrome (which also covers Linux) and phone browsers, in more than 50 languages, with a choice of Gemini, GPT and Claude models. In interview mode it uses your resume, your documents and up to 20,000 characters of instructions. It shows rupee prices in India, takes UPI, and its credits never expire.
Who it suits. People who need a browser or phone option, or who interview in a language other than English.
The catch. It is expensive per hour if you buy little: one credit (an hour) costs ₹2,360 on its own, ₹1,230 in a 3-credit pack and ₹738 in a 15-credit pack (₹11,070). Unlimited is ₹4,980 a week, ₹9,470 a month or ₹37,900 a year. Sessions are billed in 30-minute blocks. Its FAQ says it "works during online exams". Details: Parakeet AI price in India.
4. Final Round AI
What it does well. The broadest product here. You set up a "Goal" per job with your resume and materials, it parses the job description, and paid plans add unlimited live help, Stealth Mode, practice interviews, debriefs, a 10,000-question bank and coding help from your screen. It runs on Mac and Windows and lists 76 spoken languages. Indian users can pay by UPI or netbanking.
Who it suits. People on a long search who want preparation and live help in one subscription, and who will use it all year.
The catch. No free trial of live help. On 11 November 2026 its plans were $150 a month, $250 a quarter or $300 a year (the homepage's "$25 a month"), all renewing until you cancel. The FAQ on its plans page says monthly plans aren't refundable, though its dated refund policy covers them. Its Interview Copilot page lists coding-test platforms such as CodeSignal and HackerRank. Details: Final Round AI pricing in India.
5. LockedIn AI
What it does well. Runs almost everywhere: Mac (macOS 13 or later), Windows, a browser, and iPhone and Android apps. Unlimited plans include up to two hours per interview, unlimited document upload, models from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek, and an optional human helper (LockedIn Duo). You can start free.
Who it suits. Someone with a heavy interview schedule over one to three months who wants a phone app.
The catch. Prices went up since our October check. Unlimited is now ₹12,424 a month (shown as 50% off ₹24,848) or ₹7,099.67 a month billed every three months, against ₹4,880 a month when we checked on 21 October 2026. Credits cost ₹6,213 a month for 400 minutes, and a lifetime plan is ₹89,565.50 once. Its pricing FAQ notes that subscriptions cost more in its mobile app. It sells an "Online Assessment Helper", and its plans list OA sessions.
6. Verve AI
What it does well. It works on Mac, Windows, a browser and mobile, and transcribes more than 55 languages. The free plan gives three 15-minute live sessions a month, five practice interviews and 14 tools, with no card. Pro adds 20 interview domains, from system design to finance and consulting, with unlimited 90-minute sessions.
Who it suits. People who want to start free, switch between devices, or interview outside software.
The catch. Standard (₹4,199.99 a month) includes only five 60-minute sessions a month; unlimited needs Pro at ₹7,950 a month. Longer commitments cut that: Standard is ₹3,749.99 or ₹1,599.99 a month on quarterly or yearly billing, and Pro ₹5,649.99 or ₹3,299.99. It markets an "Online Assessment Copilot" and HireVue support.
7. Sensei AI
What it does well. The most generous free tier we found: start as many 15-minute live sessions as you like. Pro is $89 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly. It uses your resume, personal stories and job details, supports more than 30 languages, and works with Zoom, Teams, Meet, Webex and Chime.
Who it suits. People who want to try a lot before paying, and long-term users happy to pay a year ahead in dollars.
The catch. Dollar prices, no refunds (per its FAQ), and we found no desktop app on its homepage: it recommends the latest Chrome. Free sessions stop at 15 minutes, shorter than most interviews. Its homepage promises it will land you your dream job, which no tool can honestly promise.
8. Beyz
What it does well. A new desktop app for Mac (macOS 14+) and Windows 11 that it says is invisible to screen sharing, plus browser and phone use. It supports 14 languages, including English (India) and Hindi, and can follow an interviewer who switches language. You can start free with no card.
Who it suits. People who interview in more than one language, or who want desktop and phone in one plan.
The catch. Dollar prices: $49.99 a month, or $32.99 a month billed quarterly and $24.99 a month billed every six months ($98.97 and $149.94 up front, by our arithmetic). The monthly plan has no coding assistant and takes only your resume as a file. The desktop app is at version 0.1.10, so it is young.
9. Cluely
What it does well. A general meeting assistant for Mac and Windows: AI answers and notes during any call, custom instructions and file uploads, and a free starter plan. Pro is $19.99 a month for unlimited responses and notes.
Who it suits. People who want one AI for sales calls and meetings as well as interviews, and who don't share their screen.
The catch. Hiding the window from screen share is a separate plan, Pro + Undetectability, at $149.99 a month. Its pricing page describes meeting features, not interview-specific answer formats.
10. Interview Coder
What it does well. Built for coding interviews (LeetCode-style and system design), with audio support for spoken questions and a long list of features to keep its window off screen shares and process lists. It runs on Mac and Windows.
Who it suits. Engineers whose interviews are mostly coding rounds and who would use it often enough for a lifetime plan.
The catch. The most expensive monthly plan here: $299 a month (shown as down from $499) for 1,000 usage credits, and the page doesn't say how many minutes that covers. Lifetime is $799 once. The free download has no AI features. Its homepage lists coding-test platforms such as HackerRank, CoderPad and Codility among the places it stays hidden.
Where should you use an AI interview assistant?
Live rounds and practice, where the rules of that round allow it. Employers set their own rules: some ban outside AI tools in interviews, others build AI into some coding rounds. Is using AI in an interview cheating? covers what each company says, and our company AI policies guide lists them.
Online assessments, coding tests and proctored exams are a different matter. Six of these ten products market help with them: AceRound, Final Round AI, Interview Coder, LockedIn AI, Parakeet AI and Verve AI. We report that as a fact from their own pages. We don't recommend using any tool that way: an assessment measures what you can do alone, and outside help breaks the rules you agreed to. Helpwing is never for exams, online assessments or proctored tests.
And you still have to do the job. A tool that invents projects you never worked on sets you up to fail the next round, which is why Helpwing keeps answers inside your own resume.
Which AI interview assistant should you pick?
Start from your situation, not from a ranking.
| Your situation | Look at | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A fresher or switcher with a few interviews, paying in rupees | Helpwing | About ₹300 an hour, GST included, no subscription to cancel |
| A dense few weeks of interviews | AceRound's 7-day or 30-day pass | Unlimited for a fixed window, paid once, no renewal |
| An experienced engineer interviewing for months | A yearly plan: Sensei AI, Final Round AI or Verve AI Pro | Lowest cost per hour, if you pay up front and keep using it |
| You want to try a lot for free first | Sensei AI, then Parakeet AI | Unlimited 15-minute sessions, or ten 10-minute sessions |
| You need a phone or browser version | Parakeet AI, Verve AI, LockedIn AI or Beyz | Browser and mobile access |
| A non-English or mixed-language interview | Parakeet AI, Verve AI or Beyz | 50+, 55+ and 14 languages |
| An online assessment or proctored test | None of them | Prepare before the test instead |
Whatever you pick, prepare as if you had no tool: practise "tell me about yourself" from your resume and keep a few stories in a STAR story bank.
How to check an AI interview assistant before you pay
- Use the free minutes on a practice call. Ask a friend to read you questions about your own resume and one technical question.
- Share your screen on that call the way your interview will (window, tab or full screen), and check what the other side sees.
- Ask about your own project. If the answer names an employer or a number that isn't on your resume, the tool is inventing.
- Notice the delay. You have to keep talking while the answer appears.
- Check renewal, refunds, currency and tax before you pay, not after.
How Helpwing helps in this round
Helpwing is our pick for a few interviews: add your resume and the job description in Tune Interview, and answers stay inside your own experience, in an overlay that is 100% undetectable on screen share. Pay once in rupees (₹3–5 a minute depending on the pack, GST included), with no subscription and 15 free minutes to try it. It is not for exams, online assessments or proctored tests. See pricing or how it compares.
Questions people ask
What is the best AI interview assistant in 2027?
Our pick is Helpwing for anyone with a few interviews: about ₹300 an interview hour, no subscription, answers from your resume and an overlay that stays off the screen share. We publish Helpwing, so check our criteria above. For heavy use, AceRound's passes or a yearly plan such as Sensei AI's cost less per hour.
What is the best AI interview assistant in India?
For rupee prices with GST included, UPI and no subscription, look at Helpwing. Parakeet AI, LockedIn AI and Verve AI also show rupee prices in India but sell credits or subscriptions. Final Round AI accepts UPI for Indian users but prices in dollars, and AceRound shows local currency at checkout.
Is there a free AI interview assistant?
Most have a free start. On 11 November 2026: Sensei AI offered unlimited 15-minute sessions, Parakeet AI ten sessions of up to 10 minutes, AceRound 30 minutes, Helpwing 15 minutes and Verve AI three 15-minute sessions a month. Final Round AI's free plan and Interview Coder's free download don't include live help.
Is a subscription or pay-per-minute cheaper?
Pay-per-minute is cheaper for a few hours of interviews, a pass or subscription for many. With the prices above, the lowest-priced passes and yearly plans start to beat Helpwing at about 4 to 11 hours a month; monthly unlimited plans need far more.
Which AI interview assistants stay off the screen share?
Helpwing's overlay is 100% undetectable on screen share on every pack. Most others say the same on some plan: Cluely only on its $149.99 plan, and AceRound says it can't guarantee it. Test on a practice call with the share mode your interview uses.
Why is Helpwing first if Helpwing wrote this?
Because it wins on the criteria we set out for a job seeker with a few interviews, and we say at the top that we publish it. Every competitor fact comes from that company's own page on the date shown, linked below, and we've said where others are stronger. If something is out of date, tell us.
Sources
- Helpwing pricing, Helpwing, checked 11 November 2026
- AceRound pricing, AceRound, checked 11 November 2026
- ParakeetAI homepage: pricing, FAQ and devices, ParakeetAI, checked 11 November 2026
- Final Round AI homepage, Final Round AI, checked 11 November 2026
- Final Round AI subscription plans and FAQ, Final Round AI, checked 11 November 2026
- Final Round AI Interview Copilot, Final Round AI, checked 11 November 2026
- LockedIn AI pricing, LockedIn AI, checked 11 November 2026
- LockedIn AI homepage, LockedIn AI, checked 11 November 2026
- Verve AI pricing, Verve AI, checked 11 November 2026
- Verve AI homepage, Verve AI, checked 11 November 2026
- Sensei AI homepage: pricing and FAQ, Sensei AI, checked 11 November 2026
- Beyz homepage: plans and desktop app, Beyz, checked 11 November 2026
- Cluely pricing, Cluely, checked 11 November 2026
- Interview Coder homepage: pricing and FAQ, Interview Coder, checked 11 November 2026