Both HireVue Skills Assessment and Lightcast Skills Taxonomy are Skills Based Hiring Tools tools. This page compares pricing, deployment, and features side by side to help you decide which fits your team.
HireVue's game-based and structured assessments measure skills and potential beyond what resumes reveal.
Lightcast provides the Open Skills taxonomy used by hundreds of companies to build skills-based hiring frameworks.
Closely matched with HireVue Skills Assessment on the attributes we track — see full table below.
| Feature |
H
HireVue Skills Assessment
Skills Based Hiring Tools
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L
Lightcast Skills Taxonomy
Skills Based Hiring Tools
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|---|---|---|
| Scores (RecruitsAgent Score) | ||
| Support Score |
7.7/10
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8.2/10
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| Maintain Score |
9.2/10
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8.2/10
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| Platform Score |
9.0/10
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8.1/10
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| Key Specifications | ||
| Category | Skills Based Hiring Tools | Skills Based Hiring Tools |
| Best For | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Pricing Model | Custom | Custom |
| Starting Price | Custom | Custom |
| Free Trial | No | No |
| AI Features | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Deployment | cloud | cloud |
| Integrations & Coverage | ||
| Listed integrations | 4 listed: iCIMS, Oracle, SAP, Workday | 4 listed: Greenhouse, LinkedIn, SAP, Workday |
| Integrations in common | SAP, Workday | |
| Countries listed | 35 countries | 35 countries |
| Category-Specific Features | ||
| Game Assessments | Yes | — |
| Market Data | — | Yes |
| Open Skills Library | — | 32,000+ skills |
| Skills Scoring | Yes | — |
| Taxonomy Standard | — | Yes |
| Video + Assessment | Combined | — |
| View Full Details | View HireVue Skills Assessment | View Lightcast Skills Taxonomy |
It depends on your priorities. HireVue Skills Assessment stands out for: HireVue Skills Assessment has a higher RecruitsAgent Score (8.6/5).
Both are Skills Based Hiring Tools tools. See the full comparison table below for pricing, deployment, and feature differences.
Both use custom pricing — check each vendor's site for current rates.