How much does an AI interview assistant cost?

Published subscriptions run $20–$299 a month across the 9 tools compared here, and a few sell sessions or credits instead, where you pay for the interview rather than the month. That range is so wide because the products are billed in genuinely different shapes — not because some are fifteen times better than others.

This page is published by PiriPiri AI, which is one of the tools, so treat the recommendation accordingly. Every competitor figure links to its source and was checked October 2026; our own price is read from the live checkout rather than typed into the page.

The number that actually matters: one interview

Comparing monthly prices is the wrong exercise for most people, because most people are not interviewing every week for a year. They have three interviews over a fortnight. On a subscription, that fortnight costs a whole month — and often a second month, because the search runs past the renewal date.

So the honest comparison is: what do I have to pay today, for the interview I have on Thursday? On that basis the ladder looks completely different from the pricing pages:

Trap 1: the advertised rate assumes a year up front

2 of these tools headline a monthly figure that is really an annual payment divided by twelve. The month-to-month price is the one you will actually pay for a short search:

In one case that is a difference of more than three times. Neither price is dishonest on its own; the problem is that comparison articles quote the small one and readers budget for it.

Trap 2: invisibility can cost extra

3 of these tools put screen-share protection on a higher tier rather than including it. If that is the reason you are shopping — and for most people in a technical interview it is — then the entry price is not your price:

Trap 3: shared credits and expiring balances

Credits look simple and are not always. One tool here shares its credit pool across roughly seven different products in a suite, so interview help competes with everything else you spend them on. Another charges $38 for a single one-hour credit but $11.80 each in its largest pack, a gap of more than three to one depending on how much you commit up front. Check whether credits expire, and what one credit actually buys, before comparing the headline number.

What the free tiers really give you

Every tool here advertises free access, and they are not comparable:

The test to apply is whether the free allowance is long enough to run a realistic rehearsal. A copilot has to hear both your microphone and the interviewer's audio, and the failures there — a headset that routes the wrong way, a meeting app that blocks capture, an accent the transcription struggles with — show up minutes in. Short free sessions can still find them, as long as you spend them on your real headset, your real meeting app and a test share rather than on a demo.

Which billing shape should you pick?

There is a genuine answer, and it depends on one number: how many interviews you expect in the next month.

Questions people ask

How much does an AI interview assistant cost in 2026?

Published subscriptions run $20–$299 a month across the 9 tools compared here. A smaller group sells credits or sessions instead, where you pay for a single interview rather than a month of access. PiriPiri AI is about $2.50 for a one-hour interview. Prices checked October 2026.

What is the cheapest AI interview assistant?

It depends on how many interviews you have, which is why a single "cheapest" answer is usually wrong. For one or two interviews, a per-session tool wins: you pay for the interview instead of the month. For a dense search with interviews every week, a subscription spreads better — and the lowest published monthly plan in this set is $20. The number to compare is what you must pay today for the interview you actually have.

Why is the advertised monthly price not what I pay?

Because 2 of these tools advertise an annual rate divided by twelve. Paying month to month costs substantially more — in one case more than three times the advertised figure. If your job search lasts weeks rather than a year, the month-to-month price is the real one.

Do I have to pay extra to be invisible on screen share?

With some tools, yes. 3 of the tools here list screen-share protection on a paid or higher tier rather than including it — in the most extreme case the tier that carries it is $149.99 a month against a $19.99 entry plan. If that capability is why you are buying, check which tier actually has it before comparing entry prices.

Are the free trials enough to test a tool properly?

Rarely. Free access here ranges from free sessions of 5, 10 or 15 minutes, through daily and monthly minute caps, down to a free plan with no live copilot at all. Judge a free tier by one thing: can you run it on your real microphone, headset and meeting app before you pay? Spend the free minutes on that test, not on clicking around the interface.

Is a lifetime licence worth it?

Only if your search is long. Interview Coder publishes one at $799 and Linkjob AI one at $999.99, and LockedIn AI sells one too. Against a subscription of $50 to $100 a month, $799 pays back in roughly eight to sixteen months, and against a per-session tool it almost never does. Most job searches end long before that point.

Every figure above links to its source in the full comparison table, with the methodology on the 2026 market benchmark. Want to skip the subscription entirely? See paying per interview with no monthly subscription. New to the category? Start with what an AI interview copilot actually is.

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