Compare The Needle and RIVS - Jun 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - The Needle or RIVS?

The Needle is more expensive to implement (TCO) than RIVS, and RIVS is rated higher (83/100) than The Needle (77/100). The Needle offers users more features (7) than RIVS (0).

Looking for the right Video Interview solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

The Needle Vs. RIVS

The Needle: The Needle provides video interviewing solution that helps recruitment managers engage with candidates and hiring managers to humanise the early stage of the recruitment process. Recruitment managers can set up video interviews within a very flexible interview structure, asking questions in text form. The Needle's invitation system makes it ea...

RIVS: Our clients use our services to improve their quality of hire and reduce hiring costs by leveraging digital interviews to get better candidate information sooner and with less effort. Digital interviews make it possible to evaluate skills and attitudes that usually don't appear on a resume, reducing the time spent interviewing by 60% while allowin...

Who is more expensive? The Needle or RIVS?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Video Interview software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for The Needle and RIVS.

The Needle price starts at $20 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 The Needle is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Video Interview software. RIVS accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 The Needle is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Video Interview software.

Bottom line: The Needle cost is around the same cost of RIVS.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared The Needle Vs. RIVS based on some of the most important and required Video Interview features.

The Needle: Time and Expense Tracking, Billing & Invoicing, Calendar Sync with Google, Time Tracking, Task Management, Contact Management, Contract Management.

RIVS: We are still working to collect the list of features for RIVS.

Target customer size

The software is a useful solution for businesses of all sizes and a wide range of types. Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.