HiPeople vs HiveRef

HiPeople is paid web software that automates reference checks for hiring teams. It handles referee outreach, scheduling, reminders, follow-ups, and report creation, with custom questionnaires, mixed reference channels, a reporting dashboard, and API access. Its agents ask follow-up questions when answers are unclear or contradictory. HiPeople says it detects overly positive, negative, or inconsistent references and verifies identities through professional-network authentication, shared-experience checks, and job-title matching. It can flag participant similarities and suspicious IP or phone-number signals. Integrations connect ATS, HRIS, and worksuite systems, including SAP, Greenhouse, Workday, Oracle, and iCIMS. Connected systems can exchange data both ways, trigger agents from hiring stages, and receive scores, notes, or PDF reports. HiPeople states SOC 2 Type II certification and ISO 27001 compliance, encryption in transit and at rest, US or EU hosting, and that customer data is never used to train other models. Pricing is on request.

HiveRef automates structured employment reference checks for small and medium businesses. Users can turn a job description into a tailored questionnaire, edit it, or start from a template. Automated reminders follow up with referees, who complete mobile-friendly forms that typically take 2 to 3 minutes. Reports provide an AI-assisted summary, integrity signals, a timestamped audit trail, and PDF export. Signals such as IP address, submission timing, email type, and network context are offered for human review; HiveRef says it does not decide whether to hire or reject a candidate. It describes GDPR as its global design baseline and says it reflects Australian Privacy Principles where Australian law applies. Reference data is stored by default in a Sydney-region database. Zapier can trigger automations when checks are created or completed and create pre-filled check links; API access is also available. Plans range from A$4, paid once for a candidate check to monthly subscriptions. Every included check allows up to 10 referee responses, and extra checks cost $4.00 each on every plan.