PRUUVA VS. HONORLOCK

Honorlock monitors behavior during exams. Pruuva verifies understanding after them.

Honorlock is an AI-powered remote proctoring platform used by hundreds of institutions. It monitors students through their webcam, records their screen and browser activity, and uses artificial intelligence to flag behavior it deems suspicious for instructor review. It also detects secondary devices and searches for exam content on the web. The goal is to make cheating harder. Pruuva pursues a different goal entirely: making understanding visible. Instead of surveilling students during a test, Pruuva conducts a brief adaptive conversation to verify whether the student can explain and defend their own work.

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HONORLOCK'S APPROACH

AI-powered surveillance

Records students via webcam and monitors their screen, audio, and browser activity throughout the exam.
Uses AI to flag 'suspicious' moments — looking away, background voices, leaving the frame — for instructor review.
Detects secondary devices and searches the web in real time for exam content being shared.
Requires a Chrome extension and webcam access; students must show their room and workspace before beginning.
Students report anxiety about being constantly watched, flagged for normal behavior (looking down at notes, stretching), and having their home environment recorded.

PRUUVA'S APPROACH

Comprehension verification

No webcam, no screen recording, no room scans — students complete a 15-minute text-based conversation on their own schedule.
Generates adaptive questions drawn from the student's own submission to probe genuine understanding.
Measures whether the student can explain reasoning, connect concepts, and defend conclusions.
Produces an evidence-based comprehension report — not a list of behavioral flags for the instructor to review.
Designed for the AI era: even if a student used AI tools on their submission, they still must demonstrate they understand the material.

Side by side

Honorlock

Pruuva

Core philosophy

Surveillance: use AI to monitor and flag student behavior during exams

Verification: use adaptive conversation to confirm student understanding after submission

What it requires

Chrome browser, webcam, microphone, room scan before exam, stable internet connection

Any standard browser and about 15 minutes — no webcam, no extensions, no room scan

What it measures

Behavioral signals: eye movement, head position, audio, screen activity, secondary device usage

Comprehension: whether the student can explain, extend, and apply the ideas in their own work

False flags

Students report being flagged for normal behavior — looking away, reading questions aloud, background noise in shared housing

No behavioral monitoring means no false behavioral flags — comprehension is measured directly through conversation

Student experience

Room scans, constant recording, AI behavioral analysis — widely described as stressful and invasive

A brief conversation about the student's own work — designed to feel constructive, not adversarial

What you get

Flagged video segments and behavioral alerts that the instructor must manually review and interpret

A comprehension report showing exactly which concepts the student can and cannot explain

THE BOTTOM LINE

Honorlock asks 'is the student behaving correctly during the exam?' Pruuva asks 'does the student understand the material they submitted?' Surveillance monitors behavior. Verification confirms learning. We believe learning is what matters.

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