Comparisons
Agentic Blue vs KitaHQ: chat or video AI interviews?
Both run AI first-round interviews for employers in Malaysia. The real difference is the format: KitaHQ records candidates on video, and Blue interviews them in a typed chat by default.
Agentic BluePublished
The short answer
Choose KitaHQ if you want to see and hear candidates on video, want resume screening and behavioural assessments in the same product, and value a vendor with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta.
Choose Agentic Blue if you want a first-round interview candidates can finish on any phone without a camera, and want published ringgit pricing with a free tier before you speak to anyone.
Agentic Blue and KitaHQ side by side
| Agentic Blue | KitaHQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Interview format | Typed chat by default; Voice or Video interviews where the employer sets them | AI video interviews, taken in the browser with no app |
| What the candidate needs | A phone, with no app and no account; a camera only for a Video interview | A camera, somewhere quiet, and the data to upload video |
| Languages | Starts in English; candidates can answer in Malay or Chinese | More than ten, including answers that mix languages, it says |
| CV screening | Yes, read against the job description | Yes, against role criteria |
| Assessments | None | Behavioural and communication assessments |
| Candidate follow-up | One link the candidate can reopen to carry on | Automated invitations, reminders and follow-ups |
| What the recruiter gets | A scored profile with its reasoning and the full transcript. The recruiter decides | A report with scores, a transcript and the recording |
| Pricing | Published in ringgit, pay as you go: RM 3.10 a typed interview, RM 0.55 a minute for voice or video, no seats and no subscription | Not published. Cost per interview falls at higher volumes, it says |
| Presence | Priced for Malaysia in ringgit | Offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta |
Where KitaHQ is the stronger choice
You hear the candidate. For roles where spoken communication is the work, a video answer shows you something a typed one cannot.
More of the process in one place. Assessments and automated reminders sit alongside the interview.
Local presence and sector depth. KitaHQ has offices in three Southeast Asian cities and publishes setups for a long list of industries.
Where Agentic Blue is the stronger choice
Less asked of the candidate. The default typed interview needs no presentable room and no video upload on a mobile data plan. A candidate between shifts can answer in a few minutes, stop, and pick it up again later from the same link.
You know the price. Agentic Blue publishes its prices in ringgit and charges for what you run: RM 3.10 a typed interview, RM 0.55 a minute for voice or video (about RM 5.50 for a 10-minute one), and the first 3 typed interviews each month free. Top up from RM 50.00; there is no seat fee and no subscription.
A transcript you can quote. Every score carries its reasoning and the full conversation in text, which is quick to read, search and share with a hiring manager. Blue does not reject anyone, and it is never shown the role’s must-haves while it is interviewing.
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How to decide
The deciding question is the format. If you are not sure whether your candidates should get video or text, read AI video interviews or chat interviews. Both products, and six others, are compared in the 8 best AI interviewer tools in Malaysia.