Cluely, InterviewBee, and TechScreen split the AI interview-assistant market

Three products, three very different sales models

The AI interview-assistant market is starting to separate around pricing shape as much as product capability. Cluely, InterviewBee, and TechScreen all say they help with interviews or interview-related work, but they package that help in notably different ways.

Cluely’s pricing page lists a free Starter plan, a Pro plan at $19.99 per month, and a Pro + Undetectability plan at $149.99 per month, according to the company. InterviewBee says it uses one-time payment with no subscription and no auto-renewal. TechScreen, by contrast, sells quarterly access with monthly prices billed every three months and fixed allowance caps.

Cluely: free entry, then a premium stealth tier

According to Cluely, the product is free to use for meetings, homework, sales calls, or just curiosity, and the pricing page offers a Get for Mac button on the Starter plan. Starter includes limited AI responses, limited meeting notetaking, custom instructions plus file upload, and the ability to ask AI about past meetings.

Cluely’s Pro plan adds unlimited AI responses, unlimited meeting notetaking, unlimited access to the latest AI models, and priority support. The company also lists a Pro + Undetectability plan that is described as undetectable during screen share and completely hidden to meeting screen sharing software.

That structure makes Cluely look less like a single-purpose interview tool and more like a general AI assistant with a premium privacy-oriented add-on. The pricing page itself is the clearest signal of how the company wants buyers to think about the product: start free, move up for unlimited usage, and pay much more for the hidden mode.

InterviewBee: one-time packs instead of recurring billing

InterviewBee takes a different approach. Its pricing page says there is a free plan with lifetime access, one Live Assistant simulation session, one mock interview session up to 15 minutes, 20+ mock interview scenarios, and a performance report.

Paid interview packs start at $29, according to InterviewBee, and the company says those packs include live-assistant sessions, mock-interview sessions, 100+ behavioral, technical, coding, and situational scenarios, latest-generation reasoning models, and detailed performance feedback. Paid mock interview sessions can run up to 60 minutes.

The big difference is billing structure. InterviewBee explicitly says it uses one-time payment, no subscription, and no auto-renewal. For buyers, that makes the product easier to compare as a finite purchase rather than an ongoing seat or token commitment, while still preserving a free tier for trial use.

TechScreen: quarterly tokens and time limits for recruiters

TechScreen’s pricing is built around quarterly allowances. Its pricing page lists Essential at $32 per month, Professional at $47 per month, and Expert at $80 per month, all billed every three months. Every plan includes a 3-day free trial, and allowances refill each billing period.

The company says Essential includes 150 tokens per quarter and 1.5 hours of conversation per quarter, Professional includes 480 tokens and 9 hours, and Expert includes 1.5K tokens and 27 hours. TechScreen also defines the units: one token equals one resolved question, and one second equals one second of conversation mode.

On its company site, TechScreen describes the product as a SaaS platform for recruiters to conduct in-depth technical interviews in real time. That positions it more clearly on the hiring side than the candidate side, and the token-and-time model matches a recruiter workflow where usage is metered and planned in advance.

Why the differences matter now

These products are increasingly differentiated by what they actually sell. Cluely emphasizes a broad AI assistant with a free tier and a high-priced undetectability option. InterviewBee sells interview preparation as a pack-based purchase. TechScreen sells recruiter-facing interview capacity through quarterly tokens and conversation hours.

For candidates, that means the relevant comparison is not just whether a tool can help in an interview context. It is also whether the product is free or paid, whether it is tied to a subscription or a one-time pack, whether it is built for Mac or framed as a recruiter SaaS, and whether the plan includes hard limits or open-ended usage.

For hiring teams, the pricing shape matters just as much. A metered platform with quarterly refills is a different buying decision from a one-time interview pack or a general assistant with premium privacy features. The market is no longer just about AI help in the abstract; it is about platform fit, usage limits, and the product promise attached to each plan.