Aivy alternative: hear how candidates speak, not just how they play
Aivy gives candidates short, game-based aptitude tests, validated to the German DIN 33430 standard. For apprentice and volume hiring in Germany, that is a sound way to compare people who have no work history yet.
But aptitude is not the same as the job. If the role is on the phone or at a counter, a game score will not tell you how someone sounds when a customer is upset.
The short version
- What it tests: Aivy measures aptitude. Greet tests spoken, job-specific skills in a scenario.
- Format: Aivy is games. Greet is a two-way voice conversation with an AI.
- Price: Aivy pricing needs a contact. Greet is $99/month for 100 sessions.
What Aivy is
Aivy is a Berlin company. It provides game-based online aptitude assessments validated to DIN 33430, used for apprentice and volume hiring, mainly by German employers with apprenticeship and early-careers programmes.
It does that well. The scientific validation is to a recognised German standard, the experience is game-based and works on mobile, and it suits candidates without work history.
Where it falls short
From its own site:
- It measures aptitude, not job-specific spoken skills.
- It is focused on the German market.
- Pricing requires contacting them.
What Greet does instead
A real situation from the job
You write the scenario: a customer who wants to return something without a receipt, a patient calling to move an appointment, a caller asking about a bill. The AI plays that person. The candidate has to respond, and the AI follows up if the answer is thin. Up to 10 questions or scenarios per session.
You hear how they speak
For customer-facing roles, voice is the job. Greet scores from the dialogue and answers, and can include audio. You can measure English or German level, communication and problem-solving as separate assessment blocks. Interviews run in German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Georgian.
Results you don’t have to translate
Each session returns a match rate on your criteria, a written summary, the transcript and the recording (recording on Pro and above). Your hiring manager reads a paragraph instead of an aptitude profile. Turn on Show Feedback if you want candidates to see their results too.
Works for first-time applicants
No CV needed. Candidates open a link on their phone and start when they are ready. Push to Talk helps if they are somewhere loud, and they can type instead if they prefer. Camera is optional unless you turn on Camera Required.
Keep the aptitude test if you need it
If your process requires a DIN 33430-validated test, keep Aivy for that. Greet can run as the next step, so the people you invite to an interview have already shown they can handle the conversation.
Side by side
| Aivy | Greet | |
|---|---|---|
| What it tests | Aptitude, through games | Your job scenarios and questions, spoken |
| Format | Game-based online tests | Two-way AI voice interview, browser or phone |
| Validation | DIN 33430 | Your own criteria, checked against the recording |
| Result | Aptitude scores | Match rate, summary, transcript, recording |
| Price | On request | $99/month for 100 sessions, $200/month for 500 |
| After the hire | Not a core use | Same scenarios as role-play training |
Which one to pick
Pick Aivy if you hire apprentices or trainees in Germany and need DIN 33430-aligned aptitude tests.
Pick Greet if you hire for customer-facing roles and want to hear each candidate handle a real conversation from the job, or you want to add that step after an aptitude test.
Try it on one role
- Pick a customer-facing role with lots of young applicants.
- Write one everyday situation from the first week.
- Take the session yourself with Play.
- Share the link and compare the scores with your current shortlist.
Create your Greet account and try it with this intake.
Competitor details come from the public pages below, checked November 2026. Prices change; check the vendor’s site. Greet details are from greetai.co.