Guide vs. candidate.fyi
The agent you supervise
Both run AI interview scheduling. Guide lets you set how much the agent decides, per workflow, and works inside Greenhouse and Ashby.
Why teams switch
Three reasons to choose Guide over candidate.fyi
Coordination that lives in your ATS
candidate.fyi connects to nine ATS platforms and runs in its own app. Guide runs inside two of them, and every action writes straight back.
No second system for coordinators to learn
Scheduling config inherited from your ATS, not rebuilt
Reporting filters by every attribute already in Greenhouse or Ashby
You decide how much the agent decides
candidate.fyi reports that 80%+ of requests need no human. Guide lets you set that threshold yourself, per workflow, rather than inheriting it.
Copilot: Aria proposes, you approve, edit or swap
Autopilot: executes after a 20 second window
Set per workflow and per user, so SDR reqs and VP searches differ
The interviewer side, not just the candidate side
Candidate experience is where candidate.fyi started and it shows. The interviewer experience is where Guide goes further.
Interviewers see upcoming interviews, full history and their own load
PagerDuty excludes on-call engineers from panels, with override
Decline rates, RSVP rates, no-shows and notice time all reported
From the reviews
What candidate.fyi users ask for
We read 28 public candidate.fyi reviews. The rating is 4.8 of 5 and the praise is real. Three requests recur, and this is how Guide handles them
At a glance
Side by side
Every row is verifiable from public documentation. Sources are listed at the foot of this page.
| Automation |
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| AI agents | Aria, one agent for coordination. | fyi operator, plus five named agents. |
| Who sets the automation threshold | You do, per workflow. Copilot approves each action, autopilot executes after 20 seconds. | The platform does, with escalation when a case needs human judgment. |
| Declines and reschedules | Same-slot swap first, then a new slot, then a fresh availability request. | Schedule rebuilt automatically when an interviewer drops. |
| Role setup | ATS anatomy pulled by default. Save a template only when the role repeats. | Interview rounds configured in candidate.fyi. |
| AI application review | Application Review Agent. | |
| Where the work happens | ||
| Recruiter workspace | Inside Greenhouse or Ashby, via a deep Chrome extension. | candidate.fyi's own app, plus an extension. |
| What interviewers see | Upcoming interviews, full history and their own load. | Upcoming interviews, candidates and roles. |
| On-call awareness | PagerDuty excludes on-call interviewers, with override. | |
| Candidate experience | ||
| Candidate portal | Live schedule, interviewer bios, prep unlocking by stage, stage-level inbox. | Schedule, locations, links and prep materials, mobile-first. |
| Portal configured at | Org, department, job or individual candidate. | Branded templates, tone of voice and multi-brand. |
| Message identity | Sends as the recruiter, with a signature linking back to their portal. | Branded messaging. Sender not stated. |
| Candidate feedback | Pulse surveys, plus Live Surveys held anonymously until a decision. | Pulse surveys, with reported response rates above 50%. |
| Reporting | ||
| Scheduling metrics | Queue time, reschedules, swaps, admin changes and reasons, by job and stage. | Time to schedule, interview load, feedback completion and bottlenecks. |
| Interviewer metrics | Decline and RSVP rates, no-shows, notice time, leaderboards. | Participation and interview load across the team. |
| Agent adoption | Aria usage by scheduler, job, stage and action type. | |
| Platform and commercials | ||
| ATS integrations | Greenhouse, Ashby. | Workday, Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, UKG Pro Recruiting, SAP, Oracle. |
| Microsoft 365 | Outlook, Teams and GCC High. | |
| Coding assessments | CodeSignal, CoderPad, HackerRank. | |
| MCP server and public API | MCP server for AI assistants, plus a public API. | |
| Pricing model | Flat by headcount. Every seat and module included. | Quote only. |
Setup
Three steps to your first scheduled interview
Figures below come from live Guide deployments at roughly 300 to 500 FTE.
Your team's setup time
Onboarding
Connect and sync
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Set your defaults
You tell Guide how your interviews usually run once. Every new role inherits those rules instead of starting from scratch.
Launch and pilot
Guide builds scheduling plans for the roles you're hiring, reviews your candidate portal, and train your coordinators before you go live.
Pricing
One number versus a quote
The models differ more than the prices do. One scales with your company, the other with your hiring volume.
Flat, by headcount
Priced on full-time headcount, not candidate or interview volume.
Every seat and module included: portal, messaging, reporting
No add-ons
No mid-contract true-ups when hiring spikes
Price changes only at renewal
30-day opt-out, no invoice until day 60
Custom quote
Custom quote. What you pay follows what you switch on.
Six product lines and five agents, scoped per deal
Quote through a demo request
Enterprise positioning throughout
Bill tends to rise with hiring volume
Suits teams buying scheduling and AI screening as separate lines
The scenario worth modelling
A 500-person company hiring 40 roles this year and 120 next year pays Guide the same either way, because price follows headcount.
The honest recommendation
Which one to choose
Choose Guide if
You run Greenhouse or Ashby on Google Workspace and want coordination inside your ATS, not beside it
You want to decide how much the agent does on its own, workflow by workflow
Your interviewers need their own portal, with history and personal load, not just a list of what’s next
Interviewer burnout and on-call conflicts are a real problem for your engineering panels
You want flat, predictable pricing with no volume true-ups
Choose candidate.fyi if
You run Workday, Lever, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, SAP, Oracle or UKG
You run Microsoft 365, Outlook or Teams. Guide does not support it as of August 2026
You need native coding assessment integrations with CodeSignal, CoderPad or HackerRank
You want AI application review and interview intelligence from the same vendor
You want an MCP server so AI assistants can query and schedule against your interview data. Guide does not offer one
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Is Guide a good alternative to candidate.fyi?
What is the biggest difference between Guide and candidate.fyi?
Does Guide have an MCP server?
Does Guide work with Outlook or Microsoft Teams?
Can I schedule manually in Guide when I need to?
What happens when an interviewer declines?
Do interviewers get their own view in Guide?
How long does Guide take to implement?
Methodology
How we compared these
Every claim about candidate.fyi comes from its own public documentation, product pages or public user reviews, checked on the dates below. Review themes are paraphrased and counted, never presented as individual endorsements.
- candidate.fyi product, agents and integrations pages, checked 28 Oct 2026
- candidate.fyi integrations directory, checked 28 Oct 2026
- G2, 28 candidate.fyi reviews, Jun 2023 to Oct 2026, retrieved 28 Oct 2026
- guide.co product documentation, pricing and customer deployments, 25 Aug 2026