Polygraf AI vs Verified Call: interview cheating detection

Updated October 29, 2026

Polygraf listens to the answers. Verified Call also checks the camera, the video and the hidden tools on the candidate's computer. Polygraf AI judges the transcript for signs of AI coaching; Verified Call finds the tool itself.

Verified Call flags hidden AI tools like Cluely and Interview Coder, camera software, face swaps and a change of voice during live video calls, without a bot joining the call. It publishes its test results, including false alarms. In our own testing, each of 4 hidden AI tools (Interview Coder, OpenCluely, Pluely and Cheating Daddy) was found in 30 of 30 tries, with 0 of 30 false alarms with no AI tool open and 0 of 30 with everyday apps open (October 4, 2026).

This page compares the two on the questions hiring teams ask. Polygraf cells come from Polygraf's own press releases and from directories and trade press that quote its pages, with links. Checked October 2026.

Polygraf AI vs Verified Call at a glance

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Verified Call compared with Polygraf AI, checked October 2026

What it checks	Verified Call	Polygraf AI
Spots hidden AI tools like Cluely and Interview Coder	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AIPartlyInfers AI coaching from the transcript of the answers; the tool itself is not seen on the candidate's computer.The listing's words: "analyzes the resulting text"Source
Detects deepfakes and face swaps	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AINo public informationDescribes no camera, video or face check for interviews. Meeting Guard's launch describes deepfake voice detection; it does not describe a face or video check.Channel Insider's words: "monitors for deepfake voices, AI-generated responses, identity impersonation"Source
Notices a different face or voice	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AINo public informationIts meeting product, Meeting Guard, names identity impersonation; no same-person check is described for interviews.Channel Insider's words: "monitors for deepfake voices, AI-generated responses, identity impersonation"Source
Checks the voice belongs to the same person	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AINo public informationMeeting Guard describes deepfake voice detection; no check that the voice stays the same person's is described.
Tells a direct camera from camera software	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AINo public informationNo public evidence found on the pages checked.
Checks during the live call	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AIYesClaims real-time analysis of the call audio, with detection in under 2 seconds.The listing's words: "real-time audio analysis"Source
No bot joins the call	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AINo public informationNot stated for the interview detector. Its meeting product, Meeting Guard, joins meetings as a visible participant.Their words (launch release): "joins virtual meetings as a visible participant"Source
Works inside the interviews you already run	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AIYesSays its interview module works in Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams sessions; its meeting product, Meeting Guard, runs on all three.Source
No special hardware needed	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AINo public informationDescribes no install or hardware for the candidate; nothing public either way.
Publishes how it tests, false alarms included	YesVerified Call: Yes	Polygraf AINo public informationPublishes headline numbers (up to 98.7% detection of named tools; 99.9% is transcription accuracy) but no test method, sample or false-alarm rate.Source

Checked October 2026. Polygraf cells are its claims as published or quoted, linked in each row, not our tests. "No public information" means we found no public evidence, not that the feature is missing. Verified Call's results, with how each was tested, are on the Research page.

How Polygraf AI works

Polygraf AI's Interview Cheating AI Detector transcribes the candidate's answers in real time and checks the text for signs of AI coaching tools such as Cluely, Yoodli, InterviewCoder and Pickle. Its listing names speaker diarization, acoustic signature analysis, AI-text detection and VeXon. The result is a score and a flagged transcript with confidence ratings.

Polygraf says its interview module works in Zoom, Meet and Teams sessions. Polygraf describes no camera, video or face check for interviews. Polygraf describes no install for the candidate. Access to the interview detector is through a request form, and it publishes no price.

The transcript or the tool

Polygraf judges the transcript: it infers from the answers that an AI tool was coaching them. Verified Call finds the tool itself, on the candidate's computer, and checks the camera and the video as well.

A transcript can't show a face swap or a virtual camera. Verified Call checks both, before and during the call, with no bot in the meeting.

What the numbers measure

Polygraf's "99.9% accuracy" refers to transcription: words captured correctly. It says up to 98.7% detection of named tools and detection in under 2 seconds. It publishes no test method, sample or false-alarm rate.

Their 99.9% is how accurately they transcribe words. We publish every test, false alarms included: for example, 0 of 30 false alarms with no AI tool open (October 4, 2026, in our own testing). Why that number matters is in ask any tool for its false-alarm rate.

What Verified Call does

Verified Call checks the person on a video call, before and during it, without joining. The host turns it on for guests in Google Calendar. Verified Call checks for hidden AI tools, camera software and a change of face or voice. The host sees a badge next to each person in the call: Verified, Needs a look with the proof, or Can't confirm.

• 30 of 30tries, each of 4 hidden AI tools foundOctober 4, 2026
• 0 of 30false alarms with no AI tool open, and 0 of 30 with everyday apps openOctober 4, 2026
• 0 of 3,990sessions with someone else’s face got through, on recordings of 70 peopleOctober 1, 2026
• 962 of 970sessions with the real person clearedOctober 1, 2026

Our own testing. How each was tested is on the Research page.

Where Polygraf AI is strong

• Enterprise security posture: its meeting product, Meeting Guard, is "built on an encrypted SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified infrastructure" and can be deployed on-premises.
• An established security vendor: Polygraf AI is an Austin AI security company that raised a $9.5M seed round led by Allegis Capital in October 2025. It sells to enterprise and government buyers, including through Carahsoft.
• A flagged transcript of the interview, for teams that want one.

What each is best for

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