EVY VS CLASSET

Classet calls candidates. Evy interviews them.

Classet's Joy is an AI phone screen, fast and friendly, but voice-only, with no camera, no screen, and no way to catch a candidate reading from ChatGPT. Evy runs real video interviews with calibrated anti-cheat and $2–4/interview pricing, no per-job fees.

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THE TL;DR

Why teams pick Evy over Classet

A phone call can't catch a cheater

Joy is voice-only. There's no camera, no screen share, no eye tracking. A candidate can read ChatGPT's answer aloud and you'll never know. Classet's own advice for trades is to 'add a brief practical test' after the phone screen, a tacit admission that self-reported experience over the phone is the limit. Evy runs full video with calibrated eye tracking and full-page activity monitoring on every interview.

Per-interview pricing, not per-job

Classet Flex bills $190/week per active job (or $700/mo flat) for 50 monthly interviews, then $4 per overage. Evy is a flat $2–4 per interview across every role: open ten reqs and you pay for the interviews, not the postings.

Video evidence, not a voice transcript

Hiring managers reviewing a Classet candidate get an audio recording and an AI-generated resume. With Evy they get the camera feed, the screen recording, the full activity log, and the AI's structured scorecard. Actual evidence, not just words.

FEATURE BY FEATURE

Feature-by-feature comparison

How Evy and Classet stack up on the things buyers ask about.

Anti-cheat

Evy
Calibrated eye tracking + screen + camera + full-page activity
Classet
None advertised; phone calls have no camera or screen to monitor

Pricing model

Evy
$2–4 per interview, no per-job fees, no annual commitment
Classet
$190/wk per job (Flex, 50 interviews/mo) or $1,995+/mo (ATS Sync)

Public pricing

Evy
Yes, published on /pricing
Classet
Yes, published on classet.ai (Flex and ATS Sync starting prices)

Interview format

Evy
Conversational video with adaptive follow-ups
Classet
Outbound AI phone call (Joy), voice only

Video interview

Evy
Yes, full two-way video
Classet
No, phone audio only

Camera capture

Evy
Yes, full candidate video, on record
Classet
No, phone calls have no camera

Eye tracking

Evy
Yes, per-session calibrated
Classet
Impossible without a camera

Lockdown browser

Evy
Yes, restricts other apps and tabs
Classet
N/A, no browser interaction during a phone call

Trade-specific certs (EPA 608, OSHA 30, CDL, etc.)

Evy
Configurable per role
Classet
Yes, trade-cert verification + apprentice / journeyman / master script templates

Languages

Evy
20+ languages
Classet
25+ languages including Spanish (bilingual is a core design pillar)

ATS integrations

Evy
Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Workday, Workable, BambooHR + CSV
Classet
100+ ATSs via Kombo unified API (Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Bullhorn, iCIMS, SAP SuccessFactors, JazzHR, Workable, Jobvite, SmartRecruiters, Ashby, Talention), on the ATS Sync tier

Time to launch

Evy
Minutes, self-serve, no demo required
Classet
Same-day on Flex; 1–5 weeks for ATS Sync onboarding

Compliance

Evy
SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
Classet
SOC 2 Type II, NYC Local Law 144, monthly Warden AI bias audit

Best for

Evy
Teams that want real video interviews and defensible anti-cheat
Classet
Voice-first trades, home services, and frontline screening at high volume
ANTI-CHEAT BREAKDOWN

An interview you can cheat on isn't a screen.

The #1 thing Evy gets right and most AI interviewers get wrong: catching the candidates who run ChatGPT in another window. Here's the honest comparison.

Classet's approach

Phone-only voice screening; no camera, no screen, no cheat detection possible

Classet's Joy is, by design, an AI phone call. The candidate picks up their cell phone and talks. That format is genuinely useful for accessibility: frontline workers in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, healthcare, hospitality, and warehousing don't always have a laptop or a quiet room with a webcam. But the trade-off is structural. A phone call has no camera, no screen share, no eye tracking, no tab-switch detection, and no lockdown. A candidate can keep ChatGPT open on a second device and read its answers verbatim, and the system has no signal to flag it. Classet's own marketing does not claim any cheat detection or integrity monitoring, and their own published guidance for trades customers is to 'add a brief practical test' after the phone screen, a tacit admission that self-reported experience over the phone is the validation limit. For trades and skilled-labor roles where the cost of a bad hire is measured in turnover, callbacks, and warranty claims, a screening you can pass with a chatbot in your lap is a real risk.

Evy's anti-cheat stack

  • Per-session calibrated eye tracking
    Evy calibrates to each individual candidate at the start of the interview, so off-screen glances at a second device or printed notes are flagged with real confidence, not a generic heuristic.
  • Screen + camera recording
    Every interview is recorded on both sides: the camera feed of the candidate and the full screen of what they were looking at. Your hiring manager sees the evidence, not just the transcript.
  • Full-page activity detection
    Tab switches, copy-paste events, window blurs, and second-screen lookups are logged with timestamps, the actual tells of someone running an LLM in another window.
  • Lockdown browser mode
    For roles where integrity matters most, lockdown restricts other apps and tabs during the interview so the candidate has to answer with what they actually know.
When you hire trades workers based on a phone call, you're trusting they didn't have help. With Evy, you don't have to.
PRICING SHOWDOWN

Pricing, at the volumes that matter

Classet publishes pricing on classet.ai, which is rare for this category. Classet Flex is $190/week per active job (or $700/month flat), capped at 50 AI phone interviews per role with $4/interview overage, no contract, live in under a day. ATS Sync starts at $1,995/month with integration to 100+ ATSs (via Kombo), unlimited jobs and seats, typical go-live 1–5 weeks. Joy Sync per-completed-interview is marketed at $2.50–$4 with no per-seat or integration fees. Because Flex bills per role rather than per interview, the math gets expensive fast for teams running multiple reqs at once.

50 interviews/mo (1 job)

Evy$100–$200
Classet$760/mo (1 Flex job) or $700/mo (Flex flat-rate)

200 interviews/mo (4 jobs)

Evy$400–$800
Classet~$3,040/mo (4 Flex jobs) or $1,360 with 1 job + 150 overages

500 interviews/mo

Evy$1,000–$2,000
ClassetATS Sync from $1,995/mo + per-interview ($2.50–$4)

1,000 interviews/mo

Evy$2,000–$4,000
ClassetATS Sync $1,995+/mo + ~$2,500–$4,000 in per-interview fees

At 200 interviews a month spread across four open roles, Classet Flex runs north of $3,000. Evy is $400–$800, and you actually get the video, the screen capture, and the eye-tracking evidence to back the hire.

SWITCHING STORIES

What teams say when they switch from Classet to Evy

Evy caught a candidate cheating that we 100% would have moved forward. That alone paid for the year.
VP of People
Set up an interview in 4 minutes, had 12 candidates done by Monday. This is the future.
Founder
Reduced our cost-per-hire by ~40%. Hard to argue with the math.
VP of Talent
QUESTIONS

Common questions about Classet vs Evy

Does Classet have anti-cheat or integrity monitoring?
No. Classet's Joy operates entirely as an outbound AI phone call, and Classet's marketing does not claim any anti-cheat capability. With no camera and no screen, there is no eye tracking, no tab-switch detection, and no lockdown browser; the format simply cannot support those signals. Classet's own published guidance for trades roles is to follow the phone screen with a brief practical test, which is a tacit acknowledgment of the verification gap. Evy, by contrast, runs every interview as video with per-session calibrated eye tracking, full screen and camera capture, and full-page activity logging.
Is Classet a good fit for skilled trades hiring like HVAC or electrical?
It's a credible option for top-of-funnel speed and accessibility. Trades candidates don't need a laptop, Classet has clear specialization (trade-cert verification for EPA 608, OSHA 30, CDL, backflow prevention, confined space; apprentice / journeyman / master script templates; union and non-union configurations; bilingual Spanish), and customers like MAU Workforce Solutions, Sears Home Services, Ace Handyman, Goodsmith, and Envocore report strong show-rate improvements and after-hours coverage. The honest gap is verification. When a candidate cheats a phone screen by reading ChatGPT aloud, the cost lands later as a bad hire, a callback, or a warranty issue. Evy fits the same workflow, adds video evidence, and catches the cheating before you offer the job.
How does Classet pricing work, and is it more expensive than Evy?
Classet Flex is $190/week per active job (or $700/month flat) and includes 50 AI phone interviews per role with $4/interview overages. ATS Sync, which adds ATS integration via Kombo's unified API, starts at $1,995/month with unlimited jobs and seats. Joy Sync per-completed-interview is marketed at $2.50–$4 with no per-seat or integration fees. Evy is a flat $2–4 per interview with no per-job fee, no minimum, and no annual commitment, so once you have more than one or two open roles or any meaningful interview volume, Evy is materially cheaper.
Is Evy or Classet better for HVAC, electrical, and plumbing hiring?
If you're running one or two reqs and want the fastest possible voice screen for high-volume frontline candidates, Classet's phone-only format is genuinely convenient, and the trade-specific tooling (cert verification, apprentice / journeyman / master scripts, bilingual Spanish) is real. If you care about verifying that the person on the other end actually knows the trade and isn't reading answers off a chatbot, Evy's video interview with eye tracking, screen capture, and full-page activity monitoring is the safer hire. Most teams we talk to switch because turnover from a single cheated screen costs more than a year of Evy.
Can a candidate cheat on a Classet AI phone interview?
Yes, trivially. They can keep ChatGPT or any other LLM open on a laptop, tablet, or second phone while Joy is on the call and read the answers verbatim. There is no camera to see them, no screen capture to show the second device, and no eye-tracking to flag where they're looking. Evy is built specifically to catch this pattern; it's the difference between a recorded conversation and an actual screen.
What is Joy, Classet's AI interviewer?
Joy is Classet's branded AI voice agent. It places outbound phone calls to candidates (typically within about 60 seconds of an application), conducts a scripted but conversational screening interview in 25+ languages, can auto-schedule the next human interview using both parties' calendars, generates a resume from the conversation (since handwritten resumes are rare in trades), and writes back to your ATS with a transcript and a structured summary. It is voice-only by design; there is no video, screen share, or web-interview component. Classet sells Joy across three tiers: Classet Flex (self-serve, per job), ATS Sync (integrated with 100+ ATSs via Kombo), and Joy Embed (API/white-label).
Does Classet offer video interviews?
No. Classet is phone-only; every interaction with Joy is an audio call placed to the candidate's phone. That makes it accessible for frontline workers without computers, but it also means hiring managers never see the candidate before the in-person stage. Evy runs full two-way video so the manager sees the human, the recording, and the integrity signals before deciding to advance.
Who built Classet and how is it funded?
Classet was founded in 2021 by Bluecrew alumni: Gino Rooney (CEO, previously co-founder and CEO/CTO of Bluecrew), Cooper Newby (CPO, previously Bluecrew's co-founder and CPO), and Nick Jones (COO, previously VP Ops and COO at Bluecrew). Bluecrew was YC S15, took a $14M investment from IAC in 2018, and was acquired by EmployBridge in November 2022. Classet has raised ~$7.25M total: a $3M Seed in December 2022 led by Starting Line, and a ~$4.25M Seed extension in May 2025. Headcount is ~10–12 employees. There is no Series A.

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