ShortlistIQ
Verified Oct 21, 2026 ActiveRuns a conversational AI interview on every applicant and scores them before a recruiter opens a resume.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $49/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free plan covers up to 10 invited applicants with no card. Paid prices are shown under 'Pay annually': Basic $49/month (20 invited applicants a month, 1 AI assistant), Standard $199/month (200 applicants, unlimited assistants, priority support), Premium $599/month (2,000 applicants, dedicated account manager, personalised onboarding). The FAQ mentions monthly billing but gives no monthly figures; no setup fees, cancel anytime.
Use tool ↗About ShortlistIQ
ShortlistIQ automates the first round of hiring by having candidates go through a conversational AI interview instead of a recruiter reading every resume by hand. It produces a scoring report per candidate and aims to remove most of the manual screening work from a recruiter's day. A free tier allows testing with up to 10 applicants and no card required; paid tiers scale by applicant volume, from Basic at $49/month for up to 20 applicants with one AI assistant, through Standard at $199/month for up to 200 applicants with unlimited AI assistants, to Premium at $599/month for up to 2,000 applicants with a dedicated account manager. The product is run by a company registered as UNIT01 doo; no country is stated on the site.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 21, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: free plan for up to 10 invited applicants with no card; under 'Pay annually' Basic $49/month (20 applicants, 1 AI assistant), Standard $199 (200 applicants, unlimited assistants), Premium $599 (2,000 applicants, dedicated account manager); no setup fees; footer '© 2026 Copyright UNIT01 doo' with no country (15 October 2026)shortlistiq.com ↗
- Site reachable at www.shortlistiq.com and still describes conversational AI interviews with per-candidate scoring reports (15 October 2026)shortlistiq.com ↗
Is ShortlistIQ legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Oct 10, 2023 (3 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 6, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 21, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 21, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- UNIT01 dooOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of ShortlistIQ
ShortlistIQ's pitch is straightforward: let an AI interview run before a human ever opens a resume, and price it by applicant volume so a small team is not paying enterprise rates. The tiers scale steeply, so a company with a genuinely high-volume hiring season pays considerably more than the entry price suggests.
Pros
- Free tier lets a team test on real applicants before paying anything
- Pricing scales by applicant volume with clear published tiers
- Standard tier and above include unlimited AI assistants, not just unlimited applicants
- Produces a structured scoring report per candidate rather than a raw transcript
Cons
- Jumps from $49 to $199 to $599/month quickly as applicant volume grows
- No country or founder information disclosed on the site
Best for
- Talent teams handling high applicant volume for common roles
- Small teams wanting to test AI screening on 10 applicants for free first
Not for
- Roles where a structured human interview is a compliance requirement
- Companies uncomfortable with a first-round interview being fully automated
Watch out: Applicant caps are per plan; a busy hiring month can push a team into the next pricing tier automatically.
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