# HrThroo: expanded product overview > Recruitment software for Indian agencies and HR teams: CV screening that quotes its evidence, AI phone screens and video interviews, and client shortlists. HrThroo is made by Brandstac Private Limited (Brandstac), New Delhi, India. Brandstac is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program; membership is not an endorsement of HrThroo by NVIDIA. ## What it does - A recruiter creates a job; AI proposes must-have and nice-to-have criteria, and the recruiter approves them before any CV is screened. - CVs arrive by bulk upload (PDF, DOCX), CSV import, or a public apply page per job. - Each CV is screened against the approved criteria, with a quote from the CV as evidence for every criterion. Claims the CV can't support are marked "insufficient evidence". - AI never rejects a candidate. A person decides in a review queue. - AI phone screens in Indian languages (Sarvam AI speech inside LiveKit), from the customer's own phone number, only for candidates who consented, between 10:00 and 19:00 IST. The AI discloses that it is an AI and that the call is recorded; saying "stop" opts out. - AI video interviews through a one-time browser link, evaluated only on what was said. No facial, emotion or appearance scoring. - Candidate emails go from the recruiter's own mailbox (Gmail, Zoho or SMTP). - Client shortlist links expire, can be revoked, log every open, and collect client feedback. - WhatsApp: coming soon. ## Plans (prices in INR, taxes as applicable) - Starter: ₹10,000 a month before taxes. 1,000 CV screenings, 500 AI phone-screen minutes, 120 AI video-interview minutes, 300 Throo replies a month. For a small desk filling a handful of roles a month. - Growth: ₹20,000 a month before taxes. 2,500 CV screenings, 1,400 AI phone-screen minutes, 480 AI video-interview minutes, 1,000 Throo replies a month. For agencies running several clients' roles at once. - Scale: ₹30,000 a month before taxes. 4,000 CV screenings, 2,600 AI phone-screen minutes, 1,000 AI video-interview minutes, 3,000 Throo replies a month. For high-volume hiring across teams and clients. - Billing: A connected call or interview of up to 60 seconds counts as 1 minute; after that, each started minute counts as a whole minute. Calls that don't connect are free. - Calls go out through your own phone number, so call charges from your telephony provider are billed by that provider to you. They aren't part of your HrThroo plan. ## Pages - [Recruitment software that shows its evidence](https://hrthroo.com/): Recruitment software for Indian agencies and HR teams: CV screening that quotes its evidence, AI phone screens and video interviews, and client shortlists. - [Pricing](https://hrthroo.com/pricing): Starter, Growth and Scale plans in rupees, with monthly CV screenings, phone-screen minutes and video-interview minutes. How minutes are counted. - [AI CV screening with quoted evidence](https://hrthroo.com/features/cv-screening): Approve the criteria, then every CV is screened against them with a quote from the CV for each one. Unsupported claims are flagged. People decide. - [AI phone screening in Indian languages](https://hrthroo.com/features/ai-phone-screening): First-round phone screens in Indian languages from your own number, only for candidates who agreed, 10:00 to 19:00 IST, with the AI saying it's an AI. - [AI video interviews](https://hrthroo.com/features/ai-video-interviews): One-time browser links for first-round video interviews, evaluated only on what the candidate said. No facial, emotion or appearance scoring. - [Client shortlist links](https://hrthroo.com/features/client-portal): Send clients a shortlist link that expires, can be revoked and records every open. Clients leave feedback on each candidate in the same place. - [HrThroo for recruitment agencies](https://hrthroo.com/use-cases/agencies): Screen faster across many clients' roles, phone-screen the shortlist automatically and send clients a link instead of a zip of CVs. - [HrThroo for in-house HR teams](https://hrthroo.com/use-cases/in-house): Handle application spikes without lowering the bar: evidence-quoted screening, consented phone screens and interviews, and hiring managers in the loop. - [HrThroo vs Zoho Recruit](https://hrthroo.com/vs/zoho-recruit): HrThroo and Zoho Recruit compared from each product's own pages: AI screening evidence, AI phone screens, video interviews, client sharing and INR pricing. - [HrThroo vs Recruit CRM](https://hrthroo.com/vs/recruit-crm): HrThroo and Recruit CRM compared from each product's own pages: AI matching and evidence, AI phone screening, client portals, mailboxes and pricing. - [HrThroo vs Manatal](https://hrthroo.com/vs/manatal): HrThroo and Manatal compared from each product's own pages: AI screening, AI interviews and languages, client sharing, pricing and data location. - [Security](https://hrthroo.com/security): How HrThroo protects candidate data: encryption, workspace isolation, role-based access, expiring client links and responsible disclosure. - [About HrThroo and Brandstac](https://hrthroo.com/about): HrThroo is built by Brandstac, a creative technology studio in New Delhi that also makes FollowThroo and is part of NVIDIA Inception. - [Contact](https://hrthroo.com/contact): Write to the HrThroo team for a walkthrough, a question about plans, or anything about privacy and your data. - [Changelog](https://hrthroo.com/changelog): Every HrThroo release and what changed in it, newest first. - [Privacy Policy](https://hrthroo.com/privacy): How HrThroo handles workspace, candidate and visitor data under India's DPDP Act: roles, purposes, retention, your rights and the grievance officer. - [Make a privacy request](https://hrthroo.com/privacy/request): Ask to access, correct or erase your personal data, withdraw consent, nominate someone, or raise a grievance with HrThroo. No account needed. - [Terms of Service](https://hrthroo.com/terms): The terms for using HrThroo, including subscriptions, usage allowances, cancellation and refunds, acceptable use and data protection. - [Cookie Policy](https://hrthroo.com/cookies): Every cookie HrThroo sets, what it is for and how long it lasts. Sign-in and your consent choice only; no tracking. - [Subprocessors](https://hrthroo.com/subprocessors): The service providers that process personal data so HrThroo can work, what each one receives, and where. ## Contact - General: hello@hrthroo.com - Privacy and grievances: privacy@hrthroo.com ## Frequently asked questions ### What is HrThroo? Recruitment software for agencies and in-house HR teams in India. It screens CVs against criteria you approve, quoting the CV as evidence, runs first-round AI phone screens and video interviews, and sends clients a shortlist link. Your team makes every decision. ### Does the AI reject candidates? Never. The AI recommends and shows its evidence; a person on your team approves, holds or sets aside each candidate, and the decision is recorded with their name. ### What happens when a CV doesn't prove a claim? The criterion is marked insufficient evidence instead of being taken on trust. A skill listed with no role or project behind it, for example, is shown as exactly that, so you can ask about it on the call. ### How do CVs get in? Bulk upload of PDF and Word (DOCX) files, a CSV import, or a public apply page that HrThroo creates for each job. ### Is WhatsApp supported? Not yet. WhatsApp is coming soon. Today candidates hear from you by email, from your own mailbox, and by phone. ### Who gets an AI phone call, and when? Only candidates who agreed to be called, and only between 10:00 and 19:00 IST. The call comes from your own phone number. At the start the AI says that it is an AI and that the call is recorded, and a candidate who says “stop” isn't called again. ### Which languages can the phone screen use? English, Hindi and other Indian languages, using Sarvam AI's speech recognition and voice. Tell us the languages your candidates use and we'll confirm before you start. ### What is a video interview evaluated on? Only on what the candidate said. HrThroo does no facial analysis, emotion detection or appearance scoring. Candidates join from a one-time link in the browser; there's nothing to install. ### How are call and interview minutes counted? A connected call or interview of up to 60 seconds counts as 1 minute; after that, each started minute counts as a whole minute. Calls that don't connect are free. ### Who pays for the phone calls themselves? Calls go out through your own phone number, so call charges from your telephony provider are billed by that provider to you. They aren't part of your HrThroo plan. ### Who is responsible for candidate data? Your organisation is. Under India's DPDP Act, the agency or employer using HrThroo is the Data Fiduciary for its candidates, and Brandstac processes that data on its behalf. The privacy policy sets out both roles. ### Is candidate data used to train AI models? No. CVs, transcripts and recordings are used only for the hiring they were collected for, and never for model training, datasets or marketing. ### Where is the data stored? The database is hosted in Mumbai. Some service providers, such as AI model providers, process data outside India; each is listed on the subprocessors page. ### How long is candidate data kept? Candidate data, including recordings, is deleted 12 months after the last application closes, unless your workspace sets a shorter period. Candidates can make requests at any time through our privacy request form or privacy@hrthroo.com. ### What does a CV screening include? One CV screened against one job's approved criteria, with a status and quoted evidence for every criterion. ### Do the allowances carry over? No. Each plan's CV screenings, call minutes and video minutes are a monthly allowance that resets at the start of every billing period. ### Can I cancel? Yes, any time. Your plan stays active until the end of the period you've paid for and doesn't renew after that. The terms explain cancellation and refunds. ### Are prices inclusive of GST? Prices are in Indian rupees, before taxes. Taxes are added as applicable. ## Recent changes The full history is at https://hrthroo.com/changelog. - 0.7.2 (Nov 2026): Tab bars no longer show stray scroll arrows on desktop. - 0.7.1 (Nov 2026): Optional analytics now also covers the app, sign-up and sign-in, with your consent and with record ids removed. It never runs on the pages candidates and clients use. - 0.7.0 (Nov 2026): Mailbox is now the Inbox: candidates' WhatsApp replies in one place, with an unread count, alongside every email sent from your mailbox. Interview links now get a reminder email about a day before they expire. WhatsApp from your own number, in early access while Meta reviews the app: call and interview reminders to candidates who agreed, and their replies in the Inbox. Apply pages and consent links gain an optional, unticked box for WhatsApp updates. - 0.6.3 (Nov 2026): Optional website analytics on hrthroo.com and the help centre, off until you allow it in Cookie settings. Never in the app or on candidate pages. Updated Cookie Policy, Privacy Policy and Subprocessors. - 0.6.2 (Nov 2026): A help centre at help.hrthroo.com: step-by-step guides to jobs and criteria, CV screening evidence, phone screens and interviews, client links, your team, plans and privacy. Help is linked from the site footer and from the account menu in the app. - 0.6.1 (Nov 2026): Comparison pages: HrThroo vs Zoho Recruit, Recruit CRM and Manatal, with every competitor fact linked to that vendor's own page. - 0.6.0 (Nov 2026): Meet Throo, HrThroo's assistant: open it from the top bar or with Ctrl+J. Ask it to set up a job, propose criteria, find candidates with their evidence, or tell you how hiring is going. Throo asks before anything reaches a candidate or a client: approving criteria, moving a candidate, starting phone screens or interviews and sharing a shortlist each wait for your Confirm. It never rejects anyone. Use HrThroo from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor: add app.hrthroo.com/api/mcp as a custom connector and allow it on HrThroo's own consent screen. Every plan includes Throo replies each month: 300 on Starter, 1,000 on Growth, 3,000 on Scale. - 0.5.1 (Nov 2026): A public status page at status.hrthroo.com shows whether the website and the app are up, with 90 days of history. Clearer for search engines and AI assistants: one canonical address, breadcrumbs on feature pages, a fuller product description for AI at /llms-full.txt, and the app kept out of search results. ## Help centre (help.hrthroo.com) Step-by-step guides at https://help.hrthroo.com/en, in English. ### Getting started What HrThroo does, setting up a workspace, and connecting the mailbox your candidate emails go from. - [What is HrThroo?](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/what-is-hrthroo): Recruitment software for agencies and HR teams in India: AI screens CVs with quoted evidence, phones and interviews candidates, and people decide. - [First steps: set up your workspace](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/first-steps): Sign up with your work email, answer a few questions, choose a plan, then connect a mailbox, connect and test a phone line, and create your first job. - [Connect your mailbox](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/connect-a-mailbox): Consent requests, interview links and client shortlists go from your own Gmail, Zoho or SMTP mailbox. Connect one in Settings → Mailboxes. ### Jobs, CVs and screening Create a job, approve its criteria, bring in CVs, read the evidence, decide in the review queue and share with clients. - [Create a job and approve its criteria](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/create-a-job): Paste the job description, let the AI suggest must-have and nice-to-have criteria, edit them, and approve. Nothing is screened until you approve. - [Add CVs: upload, CSV import or apply page](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/add-cvs): Upload PDF and Word CVs in bulk, import a spreadsheet as CSV, or share the job's public apply page. Every route ends in the same review queue. - [How screening evidence works](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/screening-evidence): Each criterion gets a status and a quote from the CV. A quote that isn't really in the CV becomes insufficient evidence. The AI recommends; you decide. - [Decide in the review queue](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/review-queue): Shortlist, start an AI phone screen or interview, move to any stage, or reject with a reason. Every decision is logged with your name and the time. - [Share a shortlist with a client](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/client-links): Send a client a link to chosen candidates that expires, can be revoked and logs every open. The client marks each candidate and you see it at once. ### Phone screens and interviews AI phone screens from your own number, connecting that number, AI video interviews, and WhatsApp reminders and replies. - [AI phone screens](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/phone-screens): HrThroo's AI calls consented candidates from your own number between 10:00 and 19:00 India time, says it's an AI, and stops if they say stop. - [Connect your phone line](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/connect-a-phone-line): Phone screens ring candidates from your own number through your provider's outbound SIP trunk. Connect it in Settings → Phone line, then test it. - [AI video interviews](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/video-interviews): Candidates get a one-time browser link that works for 72 hours. The AI interviews them; the report is based only on what they said. - [Connect WhatsApp](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/connect-whatsapp): Send call and interview reminders from your own WhatsApp Business number to candidates who agreed, and read their replies in the Inbox. ### Throo, the assistant Ask Throo to set up jobs and find candidates, and connect it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. - [Throo, the assistant](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/throo-assistant): Ask Throo to set up jobs, find candidates and read their evidence. Anything that reaches a candidate or client waits for your Confirm. - [Connect Throo to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/connect-throo-to-ai-assistants): Add HrThroo's MCP server as a custom connector, sign in and allow it. Each tool call uses one Throo reply; nothing goes live without your Confirm. ### Workspace, plans and privacy Your team and how colleagues join, plans and monthly allowances, and how candidate data is protected. - [Team, roles and joining by company domain](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/team-and-joining): One workspace per company email domain. Colleagues join automatically, with approval or only by invitation — your choice in Settings → Team. - [Plans, allowances and minute counting](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/plans-and-allowances): Starter, Growth and Scale are monthly plans in rupees with allowances for CV screenings, phone and interview minutes and Throo replies. - [Privacy, consent and how long data is kept](https://help.hrthroo.com/en/articles/privacy-and-data): Your agency decides about candidates; HrThroo processes their data for you under India's DPDP Act. Consent first, at most 12 months' retention. ## Status and uptime Live status, incidents and 90 days of uptime history are public at https://status.hrthroo.com (Better Stack). It shows two components: Website (hrthroo.com) and Application & API (the app's health check, a read-only database query). It does not report on telephony, speech, mail or payment providers.