“I stopped freezing on the follow-up questions. It kept me one step ahead the entire loop — I had three offers by the end of the month.”
Hidden from screen share · Zoom, Meet & Teams
The AI co-pilot thattells you what to say,live on the call.
Interviews, client calls, sales, meetings — HandshakeBuddy listens, understands the question, and streams the perfect answer onto a private overlay only you can see.
Loved by candidates & freelancers · 7-day money-back guarantee
Zoom · Technical Interview
PMPriya M.
DODavid O.
SRSofia R.
YouYou
Live · 18:42Sharing screenHandshakeBuddyAnswer
“Tell me about a system you designed end to end.”
Start with the constraint, not the stack. Name the trade-off you accepted and what it cost — then the result in one number.
Runs silently over the tools you already use
ZoomGoogle MeetMicrosoft TeamsSlack huddlesWebexDiscordLeetCodeHackerRankCoderPad
The problem
The call is won or lost in the pause before you answer
It happens in interviews, on client calls, and in the meeting where your boss is watching. Not because you do not know — because four seconds is not enough time to assemble it.
The four seconds that decide it
The question lands and the silence stretches. Everyone on the call is watching you think, and hesitation reads as not knowing.
“Let me get back to you”
The number you do not have memorised, the system you do not own. You defer, the momentum dies, and the follow-up email never lands the same way.
The answer you gave under pressure
You discount on the spot, over-promise the timeline, or ramble past the point. Preparation does not help when your mind goes blank.
In the moment
How HandshakeBuddy helps on a live call
It listens to the conversation
It picks up the context of your call in real time — locally, on your machine — so it’s ready the second you need it.
00:16
Listening · on-device
When you need help, it answers instantly
Hit ⌘/Ctrl + Enter and a clear, structured answer streams onto your private overlay — short enough to say out loud.
Interview · LiveAnswer
Answer
Start with read replicas and caching. Call out the write bottleneck, then mention sharding as the next step.
Assist What should I say? Recap
Ask about your call…
The part that matters
You see it. They don’t.
Scroll, then drag the handle — the overlay is excluded from screen capture at the OS level. When you share your screen, those pixels are never sent.
Zoom · Technical Interview
PMPriya M.
DODavid O.
SRSofia R.
YouYou
Live · 18:42Sharing screen Your screen What they see
This protects against screen sharing and screen recording. It does not hide the overlay from a camera pointed at your monitor, from someone sitting beside you, or from proctoring software that inspects your machine.
Participants (4) No bots joined
- YouHost
- Priya MenonSpeaker
- David OkaforGuest
- Sofia RossiGuest
No bot joins your call
Nobody sees an extra participant on the guest list, and no recording banner ever appears.
Visible to you
Answer
Invisible to others
Invisible to screen share
The overlay never shows up in shared screens, recordings, or external meeting tools.
AnswerLive
⌘↑↓←→
Drag it anywhere
Position the overlay exactly where you’re looking. Fully moveable, always on top, set the opacity.
Cluely charges $149.99/mo for this. Interview Coder charges $299/mo.
Screen-share invisibility is their premium tier. With HandshakeBuddy it’s on every plan — including the $9.99 day pass.
Compatibility
Hidden on every app you'll be on
Video calls and coding platforms alike — the overlay stays out of your screen share on all of them. We add more all the time.
Runs invisibly over Microsoft Teams. When you share your screen, the overlay is never in the stream — only you can see it.
See it in the live demo →One tool, four high-stakes conversations
Exactly how it helps, situation by situation
Interview Buddy
Ace the interview — even the follow-up
Technical and behavioural interviews move fast. HandshakeBuddy hears the question, corrects misheard jargon, and streams a tight, two-part answer you can say out loud — before the interviewer has finished talking.
Answers you can speak. Hard-capped length and a one-line “say this” — not an essay you summarise under pressure.
Fixes what it mishears. “Ageontic AI” becomes “agentic AI” before it answers, so you never respond to the wrong question.
Invisible on screen share. Share your editor mid-interview with total confidence — the overlay is never in the stream.
Without it
Interviewer: “How would you scale this to 10M users?” — you freeze.
With HandshakeBuddy
Overlay: “Read replicas + caching, call out the write bottleneck, then mention sharding as the next step.”
Zoom · Technical Interview
PMPriya M.
DODavid O.
SRSofia R.
YouYou
Live · 18:42Sharing screenHandshakeBuddyAnswer
Read replicas + caching, call out the write bottleneck, then mention sharding as the next step.
Meeting Buddy
Never say “let me get back to you” again
In back-to-back meetings you get asked about a number you have not memorised, or a system you do not own. HandshakeBuddy fills that gap in the ten seconds you actually have — during the meeting, not after it.
Answers during, not after. Note-takers summarise once it is over. This answers while the question is still live.
No bot joins the call. Nobody sees a new participant, no recording banner — nothing to explain.
Covers the domain that is not yours. Most “let me check” moments are someone else’s area. It closes that gap instantly.
Without it
Stakeholder: “What’s our churn on the enterprise tier?” — silence.
With HandshakeBuddy
Overlay: “Give a range, note the trend direction, and offer exact figures after — stay credible.”
Microsoft Teams · Weekly business review
RKRaj K.
AMAna M.
TSTom S.
YouYou
Live · 18:42Sharing screenHandshakeBuddyAnswer
Give a range, note the trend direction, and offer exact figures after — stay credible.
Sales & discovery
Handle every objection like you have heard it before
On a sales or discovery call the deal turns on how you respond to pushback. HandshakeBuddy reads the conversation and suggests a calm, credible reply to pricing objections, competitor questions and brush-offs.
Objection handling, live. “Too expensive,” “we use X,” “email me” — it gives you the reframe in real time.
Keeps you consultative. Suggests questions that move the deal forward instead of a pushy pitch.
Never over-commits. It will not promise a discount or a date you did not authorise — it protects your margin.
Without it
Prospect: “Your competitor is 30% cheaper.” — you discount on the spot.
With HandshakeBuddy
Overlay: “Acknowledge, reframe on outcome and total cost — ask what nearly made them pick the other option.”
Zoom · Discovery call
JWJordan W.
ELElena L.
YouYou
MBMarc B.
Live · 18:42Sharing screenHandshakeBuddyReply script
Acknowledge, reframe on outcome and total cost — ask what nearly made them pick the other option.
Freelance Buddy
Close the client without over-promising
Freelance calls are lost by sounding desperate or committing to the impossible. HandshakeBuddy tracks the whole conversation — scope, pricing, objection, close — and suggests your next reply as a calm senior consultant would write it.
Knows the deal phase. It changes strategy for scoping vs pricing vs closing — not just the last sentence.
Refuses to over-promise. No invented portfolio, no guaranteed timelines. It strips the hype before you see it.
Uses the client’s own words. It picks up their industry and deliverable from the call and tailors the reply.
Without it
Client: “Can you build this in 3 weeks?” — you say “absolutely, no problem.”
With HandshakeBuddy
Overlay: “Yes — a focused first version in 4–6 weeks once scope is agreed. Which workflow matters most first?”
Google Meet · Client project call
SCSara C.
YouYou
DPDan P.
NRNia R.
Live · 18:42Sharing screenHandshakeBuddyReply script
Yes — a focused first version in 4–6 weeks once scope is agreed. Which workflow matters most first?
Try it live — no signup
The real engine, right here in your browser
No download, no account. Type a question and watch the same engine that runs on your calls answer it.
HandshakeBuddy · Suggested Answer
Pick one to start, or type your own below.
On a real call it hears the question itself — no typing. This demo is text-only.
How it works
Three steps, about two minutes
No meeting bot to invite, no calendar integration, no workspace admin to ask.
Install & sign in
macOS or Windows. It opens as a small bubble on top of everything — already hidden from screen share.
Join your call
Zoom, Meet, Teams — whatever you use. Hit Sync and it listens through system audio. No bot joins the call.
Read your answer
The moment they ask, a clear, structured answer streams onto your overlay — short enough to say out loud.
4s
Typical time to a usable answer
3
Modes: interview, meeting, client
100%
Of speech-to-text runs on your machine
0
Bots that join your call
Private by design
Your call audio never leaves your computer
Speech-to-text runs locally on your machine. Only the transcribed question text is sent to generate an answer — never your audio. No bot joins the call, no recording banner appears, and your history stays on your device.
On-device transcription. The audio is processed where it's captured.
No meeting bot. Nobody sees an extra participant join.
Built for compliance conversations. Facts your security team will actually want.
Voice processing · local
Real-time analysis Audio never leaves device
Voice activity detection · processed on your machine
Why it belongs in your toolkit
Six reasons people keep it running
It works when it matters most
Real-time, on the live call — not prep you forget under pressure. The value shows up in the four seconds that decide the outcome.
Invisible, by design
Content-protected at the OS level and hidden from screen share on every plan. Competitors lock this behind $149–299/mo tiers.
Built to be spoken, not read
Every answer is capped and structured so you can say it out loud, instead of reading a paragraph while everyone waits.
Private by default
Speech-to-text runs on your machine; call audio never leaves your computer. No meeting bot, no recording banner.
Four conversations, one tool
Interview, meeting, sales and freelance modes — each with its own engine. One subscription covers all of them.
Pays for itself instantly
One landed offer, one closed contract, one saved deal. The day pass is $9.99; annual is under a coffee a week.
What people say
Loved by people who live on calls
“On client calls I used to panic and discount. Now I reframe calmly and my close rate is up. It paid for a year in one contract.”
“The fact that it is invisible on screen share is the whole thing. I shared my IDE in an interview and it just was not there.”
“It is not a chatbot — the answers are short enough to actually say out loud. That is the difference from everything else I tried.”
“I run it in every cross-team meeting now. I answer the finance questions in the room instead of promising a follow-up.”
“Setup took two minutes and it works on Meet, Zoom and Teams. The day pass got me through my interview week for ten bucks.”
Honest comparison
The same core feature, a fifth of the price
Screen-share invisibility is the feature people actually pay for. Everyone else puts it behind their top tier.
| Feature | HandshakeBuddyPro | CluelyPro + Undetectability | Interview CoderMonthly Pro | Sensei AIPro Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $29 | $149.99 | $299 | $89 |
| Annual price | $149/yr | ~$540/yr | $799 lifetime | $288/yr |
| Hidden from screen share | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Included on the entry paid plan | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Real-time live answers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Client call & negotiation mode | Yes | No | No | No |
| Transcription runs on your machine | Yes | No | No | No |
| Short-term pass (no subscription) | $9.99 / 72h | No | No | No |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Yes | 15-min cap |
| Refund window | 7 days | 24 hours | — | No refunds |
Competitor pricing taken from each vendor’s own pricing page and verified August 2026. Plans change — check theirs before deciding.
Pricing
Pay for time, not tokens
No credit counter draining while you are mid-sentence. Pick a span of unlimited use and forget about it.
Free
See it work before you pay anything.
$0
forever · no card
- Unlimited use of the demo on this page
- Starter credits in the desktop app
- Hidden from screen share
- macOS and Windows
Best for one interview
Day Pass
Interview tomorrow? Start here.
$9.99
72 hours of unlimited use
- Unlimited answers for 72 hours
- All three modes
- Hidden from screen share
- No subscription, nothing to cancel
Three days, not one — interviews get rescheduled.
Most popular
Pro
For anyone who takes calls every week.
$29
per month
- Unlimited answers
- Interview, Meeting and Freelance modes
- Hidden from screen share — included
- Local transcription
- Cancel anytime
Cluely charges $149.99/mo for screen-share invisibility.
Save 57%
Pro Annual
For freelancers and consultants who live on calls.
$149
per year · $12.42/mo
- Everything in Pro
- Two months free vs monthly
- Priority support
- Locked-in price
One won contract covers this for years.
Create a free account first — your plan syncs to the desktop app automatically.
Seven-day refund, no questions. If it does not help in the conversation you bought it for, email us and we refund it. Screen-share invisibility is included on every paid plan, day pass included.
Straight answers
The questions everyone asks
No. The overlay is excluded from screen capture at the operating-system level, so when you share your screen — Zoom, Meet, Teams, or a recording tool — those pixels are never sent. What they see is your screen without it. To be straightforward about the limits: this protects against screen sharing and screen recording. It does not make the overlay invisible to a camera pointed at your monitor, to someone sitting next to you, or to proctoring software that inspects your machine rather than the video stream.
Download
Get the desktop app
The overlay has to run as a real desktop app — that is what lets it sit on top of your call and stay out of your screen share. A browser tab cannot do either.
First time on Mac?
macOS may say it “could not verify HandshakeBuddy” — that is standard for a new app that is not yet notarised. Either of these opens it:
- A.System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway.
- B.In Finder, right-click the app → Open → confirm.
What you need
- macOS 12+ or Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
- Internet connection for the AI
- Microphone or system audio for live calls
- Nothing else to install — transcription is built in
After install
- 1.Install HandshakeBuddy from the button above
- 2.Sign in with the email on your account
- 3.Grant system-audio access when prompted (about a minute)
- 4.Join a call, hit Sync, and read your answers
No account yet? Start free — it takes an email and nothing else.
Your next call is already on the calendar.
Start on the free plan, try it on something low-stakes, and decide from there. No card, nothing to cancel.
Seven-day refund on every paid plan · Invisibility included on all of them