HiPeople vs Xref Engage

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.

Xref Engage provides employee engagement, Leadership 360, onboarding and pulse surveys for collecting, analysing and sharing organisational feedback. Users can select expert-designed templates or create their own questionnaires. Employees complete surveys on desktop or mobile, and surveys are available globally. Anonymous and repeat surveys, automated reminders, industry benchmarking, eNPS tracking and demographic filtering are supported. Data Studio lets teams explore metrics and download or share reports. Xref’s workplace psychology team can advise on survey curation. Xref says the platform is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, encrypts data with TLS 1.2 in transit and AES 256 at rest, and conducts annual independent penetration tests. Customers can choose AWS storage regions in Sydney, Frankfurt, Toronto or North Virginia. Engage requires an active Xref Enterprise subscription and costs extra. Pricing starts at $70/mo (annual), with a free trial offered.