Chiku AI Review 2026: Pricing, Features and Detection Risk

Chiku AI works like a second screen for your interview. You start a session, it transcribes the conversation, and an answer appears for you to read or put in your own words. The company says it works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, HackerRank and LeetCode, and it also offers a desktop app.

What You Get

• Live transcription: real-time captions in 52+ languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali and Spanish.
• Desi Mode: answers phrased the way people talk in Indian interviews, with Indian examples and a straight-to-the-point tone. The homepage sets this against a stiff, rehearsed "normal AI" answer.
• Glance: turns an answer into a diagram, such as a flow, a comparison or a sequence, so you can explain it out loud instead of reading a paragraph. It is tagged as new on the site.
• Coding assistant: shows code with a worked example for technical rounds.
• AI resume builder: ten ATS-friendly templates where the AI writes, rewrites and tightens your resume.

Where It Is Most Useful

The easier use to defend is preparation. Running a mock question through Desi Mode shows you how a short, clear answer is built, and the free minutes are enough to rehearse a few behavioural questions. Reading answers off a screen during a real interview is a different matter, and this Chiku AI review covers it in the ethics section below.

The terms list a free tier, three credit packs and unlimited subscriptions. Packs are sold in hours, and the homepage describes per-minute billing, so credit only drains while a session runs. Prices are in rupees, and 18% GST is added at checkout. This table shows what each pack costs per hour (our arithmetic, before GST).

The bigger packs cut the hourly rate by up to about 37%, and because credits do not expire by date, a larger pack is less risky than it sounds. The terms also mention monthly, quarterly and annual unlimited plans, but the pricing page loads in the browser and we could not read those prices from it, so check them on the official site.

The "Save 69%" Comparisons

The homepage claims large savings against rivals: ₹1,199 against ₹3,749 for Parakeet AI, ₹8,188 a month for Final Round AI and ₹6,213 a month for LockedIn AI. These are the company's own comparisons, and they set a one-off pack beside monthly subscriptions, so they are not like for like. A fairer test, and the one we would use in any Chiku AI review, is how many interview hours you need in the month you are actually interviewing.

The headline claim on the homepage is that Chiku AI is undetectable on Zoom, Meet, Teams and screen-share. Independent coverage is less sure. One write-up we found says the browser-based version is fully visible if you share your entire screen, and that the desktop app uses a disguised process name, which is not true invisibility and can still be flagged by proctoring software that watches background processes. We could not test this ourselves, so this Chiku AI review treats it as a warning rather than a measured result.

The bigger question is not detection but rules. Many employers treat AI help during an interview as cheating, and an offer can be withdrawn after the fact. Chiku AI's own privacy policy puts the responsibility on you: users are "solely responsible" for how they use it, and the company says it is not responsible for consequences if assistance is "against company policies". Read your interview invitation, and if it bans outside help, do not use a live assistant. For honest preparation, university career pages such as Penn Career Services publish interview guides at no cost.

The terms were last updated on December 16, 2025 and the privacy policy on December 14, 2025. These are the points from our Chiku AI review that are worth knowing before you pay:

• Heavy data collection: the policy says it stores interview transcripts, audio recordings and screen capture data, plus any resume you upload.
• Retention: session data is typically kept for 90 days unless you ask for earlier deletion, and you can request account deletion at any time by emailing support@chiku-ai.in.
• Model improvement and OpenAI: your data may be used to improve the company's AI models, and answers come from third-party AI services including OpenAI. The company says it does not sell your data for marketing.
• Refunds: only within 7 days of purchase and only if none of your paid minutes were used. There are no partial refunds, and dissatisfaction with an answer is not a reason.
• Cancellation: you can cancel at any time, effective immediately, and remaining minutes stay available. Subscriptions renew automatically.
• Termination: the company may suspend or close your account without notice, and the terms allow one account per person.

The audio point deserves a second thought. Your interviewer is being transcribed by a tool they have not agreed to, which can raise consent and confidentiality questions depending on where you live and what your employer expects.

The homepage shows 1,00,000+ candidates, a 4.8 average rating and "used for 10,00,000+ interviews", followed by a wall of testimonials from users who say they reached final rounds or landed offers, and a link to read reviews on Trustpilot. We could not find an independent review page with real user feedback, so every number in this Chiku AI review that comes from the homepage remains the company's figure. The testimonials are curated and labelled only "Job seeker", and the praise centres on confidence and the pay-for-what-you-use credits.

The company also runs a creator programme that pays video makers a fixed monthly fee to make content about the tool. That is common practice, but it means some of the enthusiastic videos you see online may be paid, so weigh them accordingly.

Credit packs do not expire by date and are used per minute, while subscriptions renew automatically. Rupee prices exclude 18% GST, so Standard comes to about ₹1,415 at checkout (our arithmetic). The dollar figures come from the terms page and may differ from what you are charged, and the company reserves the right to change pricing. Confirm everything on the official pricing page before you buy.

This Chiku AI review comes down to one question: how will you use it? As a practice partner with a fair free trial and pay-per-minute packs it is reasonable value, and Desi Mode is a useful idea for Indian candidates. As a live crutch in a real interview it is risky, because the invisibility claim is overstated, employers can treat it as cheating, and your audio and screen are stored for around 90 days. Use the free minutes first, read the refund rule, and buy a small pack only once you know it works for you.