Karat is humans running technical interviews at $500 each. Raffi is AI running every interview at $0.45/minute — Karat for the final-round, Raffi for the screening round.
Raffi vs Karat in one paragraph: Karat is humans running technical interviews at $500 each. Raffi is AI running every interview at $0.45/minute — Karat for the final-round, Raffi for the screening round.
Karat: Technical-interviews-as-a-service for engineering hiring. Karat runs structured technical interviews for software-engineering roles using a network of senior-engineer interviewers (humans), supplemented with AI tooling. Big-brand customers in tech (American Express, Wayfair, Citi). Premium offering. Pricing: Per-interview pricing, enterprise contracts. Typically $400-700 per interview, custom annual commitments. Pick Karat when: Senior-engineer interviewers conducting real technical calls — gold-standard signal for tech hiring. Pick Raffi when: you want real conversational voice interviews, a live operator room to query candidates by name, and SaaS pricing instead of placement or enterprise contracts.
Raffi
One room interviews every applicant. One room talks to you about who to hire next.
Pricing
$25 starter credit free · $199/mo Pro ($100 grant) · $599/mo Growth ($300 grant). No placement fees, no hire fees. SaaS.
Why this wins
Karat
Karat runs structured technical interviews for software-engineering roles using a network of senior-engineer interviewers (humans), supplemented with AI tooling. Big-brand customers in tech (American Express, Wayfair, Citi). Premium offering.
Pricing
Per-interview pricing, enterprise contracts. Typically $400-700 per interview, custom annual commitments.
Genuine strengths
Honest, fact-based gaps — the kind real buyers hit during evaluation.
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Pick Karat when…
You're hiring senior+ engineers at a tier-1 enterprise, you have budget for $400-700 per technical interview, and you specifically want a human senior engineer running the call.
Pick Raffi when…
You're hiring across roles (not just engineering), you want SaaS pricing at $199-599/mo instead of per-interview fees, and you want AI to handle the first 80% of the funnel so your humans only meet the top candidates.
Yes. Raffi covers most of what Karat covers, plus the two-room operator model where you actually talk to the AI about your candidates. SaaS pricing, $25 starter credit, no card required.
Karat is humans running technical interviews at $500 each. Raffi is AI running every interview at $0.45/minute — Karat for the final-round, Raffi for the screening round.
You're hiring senior+ engineers at a tier-1 enterprise, you have budget for $400-700 per technical interview, and you specifically want a human senior engineer running the call.
You're hiring across roles (not just engineering), you want SaaS pricing at $199-599/mo instead of per-interview fees, and you want AI to handle the first 80% of the funnel so your humans only meet the top candidates.
Karat: Per-interview pricing, enterprise contracts. Typically $400-700 per interview, custom annual commitments.. Raffi: $25 starter credit, then $199/mo Pro or $599/mo Growth. No placement fees, no hire fees.
$25 starter credit, no card required. Interview your next 5 applicants with Raffi tonight, then decide.