{"id":1007,"date":"2026-07-07T16:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastroundai.com\/blog\/?post_type=competitor&p=1007"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:43:34","slug":"detectable","status":"publish","type":"competitor","link":"https:\/\/lastroundai.com\/compare\/cluely\/detectable","title":{"rendered":"Is Cluely Detectable? The Plan-by-Plan Answer (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Not on base plan<\/span>
\n $149.99\/mo for stealth<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div>\n

Quick answer<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Standard Pro ($19.99\/mo)<\/span><\/p>\n

Visible in screen share. Stealth is not included at this tier.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n Pro + Undetectability ($149.99\/mo, or $44.99\/mo billed annually)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hidden from live screen-sharing in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. Lockdown-browser proctoring and in-person setups carry separate risks not covered by this feature.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n Bottom line<\/span><\/p>\n

Undetectability is a paid upgrade, not a default. Without it, sharing your screen in an interview exposes Cluely to the interviewer. Test your specific setup before any interview that matters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The question of whether Cluely can be detected is more specific than most forum posts about it acknowledge. The honest answer depends almost entirely on which plan you’re on and what kind of detection you’re asking about. And the marketing pages don’t explain that split clearly.<\/p>\n

Cluely’s base Pro plan is $19.99\/mo. At that tier, the overlay is not designed to be hidden from screen share. Undetectability from meeting software is sold separately: a Pro + Undetectability add-on priced at $149.99\/mo month-to-month, or $44.99\/mo billed annually<\/a>. That pricing is as of June 2026. The gap between the two tiers is the single most important thing to understand before you assume Cluely is hiding anything on your screen.<\/p>\n

The sections below cover what the stealth tier actually does, where its limits are even on that tier, and how to verify your own setup before a live interview.<\/p>\n

What the Pro + Undetectability tier does<\/h2>\n

Cluely markets the stealth tier as making the tool “completely hidden to meeting screen-sharing software.” In practice, this means the Cluely overlay window is excluded from the screen-capture stream that Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet transmit to the other participants. Your interviewer’s live feed and their local recording don’t include the Cluely window.<\/p>\n

This is a real technical capability. Desktop applications can register overlay windows at the OS level in ways that tell the screen-capture subsystem to skip them. Other interview tools in this category use the same approach.<\/p>\n

Three things are worth keeping in mind. Cluely’s stated guarantee is scoped specifically to “meeting screen-sharing software,” which limits what’s actually covered. The stealth applies to the live-call case on major platforms — not to every application that can capture a screen. And the month-to-month price for this tier ($149.99) is roughly seven and a half times the base Pro plan. The annual billing option brings it to $44.99\/mo, which is more workable, but still a material commitment and a price point most competing tools don’t charge for stealth at their base tier.<\/p>\n

If you’re on the standard Pro plan and assuming the stealth feature applies to you, it doesn’t. That’s the most important sentence on this page.<\/p>\n

Detection risk by scenario<\/h2>\n

Four scenarios cover most of what candidates encounter. The table maps each against both plan tiers.<\/p>\n

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Scenario<\/th>\nStandard Pro ($19.99\/mo)<\/th>\nPro + Undetectability ($149.99\/mo or $44.99\/mo annual)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Live screen share on Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet<\/td>\nHigh risk. Cluely is visible in the interviewer’s shared-screen view.<\/td>\nLow risk. The overlay is excluded from the shared-screen stream, per Cluely’s stated coverage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Screen recording by a third-party tool (e.g., OBS, QuickTime, Windows Game Bar)<\/td>\nHigh risk. Standard recording software captures the overlay.<\/td>\nUncertain. Some recording tools use a capture path that bypasses the API exclusion used by meeting software. Reported in user discussions; not addressed in Cluely’s published documentation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lockdown-browser proctoring (e.g., Honorlock, Proctorio)<\/td>\nHigh risk. Proctoring software operates at the OS process layer and flags active unauthorized applications.<\/td>\nHigh risk. Lockdown browsers enumerate running processes regardless of screen-capture status. Process detection and screen-capture detection are different systems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In-person interview or second camera pointed at your screen<\/td>\nHigh risk. A physical camera sees whatever is displayed on the monitor.<\/td>\nHigh risk. Screen-capture API settings don’t affect what a camera or a person in the room can see.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Cluely’s undetectability tier solves the live screen-share case on the major video conferencing platforms. That covers the most common interview format in 2026. The scenarios in the table where even the paid tier carries high risk are not obscure edge cases.<\/p>\n

Reported limitations<\/h2>\n

A few patterns have appeared in user discussions. These are attributed as reported rather than verified in independent testing.<\/p>\n