Greenhouse runs your ATS. Vettika runs the first-round interview.
Greenhouse manages your pipeline, structures your scorecards, and keeps your hiring data clean. It does not conduct a live two-way voice interview with every applicant at about $3 a call. That is Vettika — and the transcript and rubric score are ready to read the moment the call ends.
The right framing
Replace Greenhouse? No. Extend it with a live AI first-round.
Greenhouse is an ATS. What Greenhouse does not ship is a live two-way conversational AI interviewer. There is no Greenhouse product that picks up when a candidate clicks a link, conducts a 10-minute voice screen, follows up dynamically on their answers, and outputs a per-criterion rubric score.
Greenhouse's native first-round path still runs through a human: a recruiter books a phone screen, fills in the Greenhouse scorecard, and advances or rejects. The bottleneck is the calendar. Vettika removes that calendar entirely.
Greenhouse customers who add Vettika describe the split the same way every time:
“Greenhouse is the system of record. Vettika is the interview.”
Side by side
Greenhouse native screening vs Vettika — nine honest rows
Greenhouse pricing sourced from third-party estimates and public coverage. Where uncertain we say so rather than invent a number.
| Dimension | Greenhouse | Vettika |
|---|---|---|
| Who conducts the first-round interview | Human recruiter, using a Greenhouse scorecard as guide | Voice AI. No human on the call. No scheduling required. |
| Interview format | Human-led phone screen, or one-way video via third-party integration | Live two-way voice conversation, capped at the length you set — 10, 15, 20 or 30 minutes. AI follows up dynamically. |
| Scheduling required | Yes. Calendar coordination, Calendly, or booking link. Typically 2–5 business days. | No. Candidate self-serves on a link. Time-to-first-round is minutes after the application lands. |
| Scoring | Recruiter fills the Greenhouse scorecard manually after the call | AI scores each answer against your rubric. Available in Vettika within 60 seconds of hangup. |
| Throughput | Bounded by recruiter calendar availability | Unbounded. AI runs interviews in parallel. |
| ATS integration | Greenhouse is the ATS — native | Candidate import from Greenhouse via the Harvest API is rolling out. Results stay in Vettika — we do not write to your Greenhouse profile. |
| Pricing | Contract pricing (~$6K–$30K+/year, third-party estimates) | Your first interview is free, no card. Then prepaid packs from $19, from $0.30 per interview minute. |
| Free trial | No self-serve trial — demo request flow | Your first interview is free. No card. Working today. |
| NYC Local Law 144 / AEDT bias audit | Not applicable — Greenhouse first-round uses human interviewers | Disclosure shown to every candidate before the call starts; per-criterion record kept for audit. Independent bias audit not yet complete — status at /legal/aedt-bias-audit. |
Setup
How Vettika runs alongside Greenhouse — three steps
Build the campaign in 90 seconds
Create a Vettika campaign with your questions and rubric. Add candidates by CSV or share an apply link — no ATS setup required. Direct candidate import from the Greenhouse Harvest API is rolling out; we are proving it against real accounts before switching it on.
Drop the interview link in your confirmation email
Candidates applying to a live role receive the Vettika interview link in your existing Greenhouse application confirmation email — paste it once into your email template or auto-reply.
Transcript and rubric score are ready in Vettika
Within 60 seconds of the interview completing, the full transcript, per-criterion rubric scores with AI reasoning, and the overall recommendation are on the candidate in Vettika. Share or export the report to attach it to the Greenhouse profile — Vettika does not write to Greenhouse itself.
No new dashboard for your team. Every result surfaces inside Greenhouse, where your recruiters already live.
Dropout data
The dropout numbers — from Greenhouse's own 2026 research
Source: 2026 Greenhouse Candidate AI Interview Report (April 2026, 2,950 US job seekers)
38%
of US candidates have already left a hiring process because it included an AI interview
33%
of US dropouts cite one specific trigger: pre-recorded, AI-scored video with no human and no two-way conversation
70%
of candidates were never clearly told upfront that AI would evaluate them
Vettika's format is built to sidestep these triggers
A live two-way voice call. No camera. No recorded monologue. Compliance disclosure appears before the call starts on every interview. Candidates know what they are walking into — which is exactly what 70% of them never got.
Why it works
The calendar was always the bottleneck. Not the interview itself.
Minutes, not days
Candidates complete a Vettika first-round within minutes of applying. No booking link. No waiting for recruiter availability. The 2–5 day scheduling gap disappears.
Unbounded parallel throughput
One recruiter running 200 applications cannot schedule 200 first-round calls in a week. Vettika runs them all simultaneously — and delivers a scored report for each one.
Your Greenhouse stays untouched
Vettika never writes to your ATS. Your Greenhouse workflow, your scorecards, your pipeline stages — untouched. The transcript, rubric scores, and recommendation wait for you in Vettika, to share or export as you decide.
FAQ
Questions Greenhouse customers ask.
Does Vettika replace Greenhouse?
No. Greenhouse is your ATS and system of record. Vettika is a voice AI that conducts first-round interviews and returns a rubric-scored transcript for each one. The results live in Vettika — you share or export them into Greenhouse; Vettika does not write to it.
What Greenhouse plan do I need for the API integration?
The Greenhouse Harvest API is available on the Essential plan and above. You will need a Harvest API key and a Greenhouse user account with API permissions enabled.
How does Vettika compare to Greenhouse Intelligence?
Greenhouse Intelligence assists with writing job descriptions and compensation benchmarking. It does not conduct live voice interviews. Vettika does one specific thing: a 10-minute live two-way voice call against your rubric with every applicant.
What exactly do I get after a Vettika interview?
Four things within 60 seconds, on the candidate in Vettika: (1) the full interview transcript, (2) per-criterion rubric scores with AI reasoning, (3) an overall recommendation with a summary, and (4) interview metadata including date, duration, and role. Share the report by link or export it — Vettika does not post it into Greenhouse for you.
What does Vettika cost on top of a Greenhouse subscription?
Vettika's first interview is free, no card required. After that: prepaid packs — Starter $19 for 50 Interview Minutes, Growth $49 for 150, or Scale $149 for 500. Prepaid, no subscription, no overage — you buy Interview Minutes and an interview deducts exactly the length you scheduled.
Is Vettika compliant for Greenhouse customers hiring in New York City?
Vettika's AI scoring model is an AEDT under NYC Local Law 144, and we treat it as one: the required candidate disclosure appears before every call, and every screen produces the per-criterion record an audit is run against. The independent bias audit LL144 requires is not yet complete — its current status is published at /legal/aedt-bias-audit. LL144 obligations sit with the employer, so read that page before screening NYC candidates.
Run your first AI first-round free
Create a Vettika campaign, add your Greenhouse candidates by CSV or apply link, and run a live AI first-round today. Your first interview is free. No card.