Equip vs RoundZero

Equip is a hiring platform that combines applicant tracking, CV screening, skills assessments and AI interviews from application through offer. Its ATS handles job posts, interview scheduling, offers, a careers page and pipeline management. Recruiters set job criteria for CV parsing and applicant ranking, which Equip says does not use credits. Assessment options include quizzes, programming, communication, psychometric, SQL, Excel, CSS, typing and custom tests. Candidates can submit one-way video, audio or text responses, or take part in a conversational interview with an AI bot. Assessments and interviews can be created without a stated quantity limit, with charges applying per candidate who takes them. AI proctoring monitors camera, microphone and screen during assessments on every plan. REST APIs support candidate invitations, results retrieval and pipeline management from a customer’s own ATS or internal system. Equip says its AI supports recruiters rather than making hiring decisions autonomously. A free ATS plan is available; paid plans start at $30 a month. New teams can try it for 30 days with 10 free credits and no card.

RoundZero is a web-based hiring tool that pre-screens applicants and prepares evidence-backed reports before human interviews. Every submitted application receives a role-specific AI pre-evaluation showing a match score, confidence, and missing requirements. Selected candidates complete an adaptive text interview followed by a browser voice conversation; the complete evaluation is estimated at 15–20 minutes, including about five minutes of voice. Reports contain scores, strengths, gaps, screening answers, authenticity signals, transcripts, and evidence excerpts. Employers decide who advances, who is rejected, and who is hired. Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Recruitee, and SmartRecruiters are listed as job-import sources. Growth and Scale include importing jobs from supported public boards or CSV, with imported roles remaining drafts until review and publication. The Free plan costs nothing and includes one active job, five reports per job, and one teammate plus the account holder. Paid plans cost $39 a month, $99 a month, and $249 a month.