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Alternatives to Codility
20 recruitment tools sit alongside Codility in this directory. Below is what separates each from Codility on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Codility starts at
- On request
Why people look past Codility
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Codility entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Codility carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Technical hiring platform with a metered attempt allowance and per-attempt overage charges on its entry tier
- Sold on a Per month by tier, with a metered annual candidate attempt allowance and per-attempt overage on Starter model rather than Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier.
Native test management for Jira, licensed per Jira user rather than per tester
- Sold on a Per Jira user per month, tiered to total instance size model rather than Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier.
Employer review and salary transparency app owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Indeed
- Can be used without paying; Codility cannot.
- Sold on a Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products model rather than Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier.
- 1 tier to Codility's 3.
Job search app aggregating listings, owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Glassdoor
- Can be used without paying; Codility cannot.
- Sold on a Free for job seekers, employers pay for sponsored listings model rather than Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier.
- 1 tier to Codility's 3.
AI notetaking and sourcing agents for recruiters, priced per agent rather than per platform
- Can be used without paying; Codility cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $100/month, where Codility does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month, per agent model rather than Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier.
- 4 tiers to Codility's 3.
Recruiting CRM and AI sourcing tool that layers onto an existing ATS or replaces it
- Sold on a Per user per month, by company size and seat type model rather than Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier.
- 2 tiers to Codility's 3.
Every Codility alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codility (this page) | On request | Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier | 3 | |
| HackerRankIf you want a broader question library covering more than pure coding assessments, including for a lower entry commitment | On request | Per month by tier, with a metered annual candidate attempt allowance and per-attempt overage on Starter | 3 | vs Codility |
| Xray Test ManagementIf you are separately evaluating QA and testing tools rather than hiring assessment tools | On request | Per Jira user per month, tiered to total instance size | 3 | vs Codility |
| Glassdoor | Free | Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products | 1 | vs Codility |
| Indeed | Free | Free for job seekers, employers pay for sponsored listings | 1 | vs Codility |
| Metaview | Free, then $100/month | Per user per month, per agent | 4 | vs Codility |
| Gem | On request | Per user per month, by company size and seat type | 2 | vs Codility |
| Findem | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Codility |
| ZipRecruiter | On request | Per active job slot per month, quoted individually | 3 | vs Codility |
| Fetcher | On request | Per user per month, tiered by lead volume and sourcer support | 4 | vs Codility |
| hireEZ | On request | Quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced | 2 | vs Codility |
| Karat | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Codility |
| Oracle Taleo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Codility |
| SeekOut | On request | Per user per month, self-serve entry tier then per seat by quote | 2 | vs Codility |
| Checkr | On request | Per report, plus pass-through court and database fees | 3 | vs Codility |
| Occupop | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Codility |
| Recruitee | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Codility |
| BrightHire | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Codility |
| Comeet | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Codility |
| Bullhorn | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Codility |
| JobAdder | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Codility |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Codility badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Codility is most often brought in for an engineering team with a steady, moderate hiring volume that fits comfortably within the starter or scale invite allowance, a company that wants automated coding assessments integrated directly into an existing applicant tracking system, a hiring team concerned about ai-generated or copied solutions wanting built-in plagiarism detection, an organisation running live, interviewer-led coding sessions in addition to take-home assessments. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Codility is broadly right and the question is cost, the Codility pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Recruitment category lists everything the directory holds, and best recruitment tools ranks them.
Codility runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Codility alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Codility?
- 20 other recruitment tools are listed in this directory, led by HackerRank, Xray Test Management, Glassdoor, Indeed. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Codility?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Glassdoor, Indeed, Metaview.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Codility?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Codility?
- Codility is most often brought in for an engineering team with a steady, moderate hiring volume that fits comfortably within the starter or scale invite allowance, a company that wants automated coding assessments integrated directly into an existing applicant tracking system, a hiring team concerned about ai-generated or copied solutions wanting built-in plagiarism detection, an organisation running live, interviewer-led coding sessions in addition to take-home assessments. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Codility?
- None of the recruitment tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Codility alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Recruitment, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Codility against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Codility covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every recruitment tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Recruitment category, 20 tools beside Codility. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.