Velin AI vs LockedIn AI: Which One Tells You the Price?
LockedIn AI is the broadest product in this comparison set, and on two specific measures it beats Velin AI outright. Let's start there, because a comparison that opens with its own product winning isn't worth reading.
LockedIn AI publishes a 116ms average response time. Velin AI's stated figure is 120ms in live mode. Theirs is faster, and we're not going to pretend otherwise or bury it in a footnote.
LockedIn AI runs almost everywhere — Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome, Edge, Chromium, Opera and Brave. Velin is macOS and Windows only. If you need it on a phone, this comparison is already over.
What else LockedIn AI does well
- VSCode and Cursor integration — nothing else here reaches into your editor
- HireVue support, which most tools in this category don't name
- LockedIn Duo — remote assist with a trusted helper
- 50+ languages with accent recognition
- Mock interview practice with performance reports
- Post-interview competency scoring
- Cross-industry: engineering, finance, consulting, marketing, sales, product
They claim 1M+ users and a 4.8 rating from 2,739 reviews. That review count is proportionate to the user claim, which makes it more credible than some of the numbers in this category.
If you want editor integration, mobile access, HireVue coverage or mock interviews, LockedIn AI does things Velin doesn't do at all.
The thing you can't find out
Here's where it gets awkward. LockedIn AI's pricing page lists tier names — Unlimited, Credits, Lifetime, General, Professional — and no prices. We checked; they don't render. You find out what it costs after you start signing up.
Velin AI's prices are on the page: $34/month, $228/year, or $324 once for lifetime. Unlimited usage on all three, no credits.
That difference isn't a feature, it's a posture. A tool that shows you the price is making a different bet about your intelligence than one that doesn't. And the presence of both a "Credits" tier and an "Unlimited" tier suggests a metered model underneath — worth knowing before you're mid-interview.
| Feature | LockedIn AI | Velin AI |
|---|---|---|
| Stealth Level | App Overlay (Detectable) | OS-Level (Robust & Invisible) |
| Hands-Free Operation | No (Requires Keyboard) | Yes (Ambient AI) |
| Post-Interview Notes | No | Yes (Notes Mode) |
| Parrallel AI Jobs | No (One at a time) | Yes (Run multiple jobs) |
| General Productivity | Limited to Interviews | Designed for Daily Workflow |
| Multi-Modal Input | Limited (Screen/Voice) | Yes Realtime (Text, Voice, Screen) |
| Solution Speed | Slow (~20 seconds) | Fast (~5 seconds) |
| Controls | Limited (Keyboard Only) | Everything (Keyboard and Smart Touch) |
Two different definitions of invisible
LockedIn AI describes invisibility by outcome: "The interviewer sees only you and your normal screen share. There are no LockedIn AI overlays, no helper presence, and no UI elements visible."
That's a claim about what someone watching would notice. It's probably true, and for most interviews it's enough.
Velin's claim is about where the software sits. Hidden at the OS level — not in the dock, not in the menu bar, not in Activity Monitor, running as V Module, click-through, never the active window.
Feature Spotlight: Why the distinction matters
"Nothing visible on screen" and "nothing in the process list" are different guarantees. The first covers someone looking at a screen share. The second also covers someone asking you to open Activity Monitor, or software that enumerates running processes. Which one you need depends on who's on the other side.
LockedIn's description doesn't mention dock, menu bar, Activity Monitor or process naming. That may just be marketing emphasis rather than a capability gap — but it's what they chose to publish, and it's all either of us can go on.
A note on LockedIn Duo
Their remote-assist feature lets a trusted helper join and assist. That's a genuinely different capability, and for some interview formats it's powerful.
It also changes the risk profile: a second person now knows what you're doing, and there's a live connection to another human during your interview. Not a criticism — just a different set of tradeoffs from a tool that runs entirely on your own machine.
Which to buy
LockedIn AI is the better buy if:
- You need mobile, or a browser build, or your editor
- HireVue is in your process
- Mock interviews and competency scoring matter to you
- You want the fastest published response time
- Remote assist appeals to you
Velin AI is the better buy if:
- You want to know what it costs before you sign up
- You want unlimited usage with no credits to think about
- You want invisibility specified at the OS level, not by what the interviewer sees
- You want gesture control so there's no keyboard input to log
- You want invisible notes for behavioural rounds
- You'd rather buy once at $324 than subscribe
On breadth, LockedIn AI wins. On speed as published, LockedIn AI wins. On price transparency, unlimited usage and depth of invisibility, Velin does.
The invisibility breakdown explains the OS-level mechanism, and the pricing breakdown covers each plan.
LockedIn AI's features were taken from lockedinai.com and lockedinai.com/pricing on 12 August 2026. Their prices did not render on the pricing page, so none are quoted. Their user counts and response time are their own published claims.