Codilityvs
HackerRank
HackerRank: If you want a broader question library covering more than pure coding assessments, including for a lower entry commitment
Codility
Technical coding assessment platform priced by annual invite volume, not by seat count alone
As of 1 September 2026, Codility's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A coding skills assessment platform for technical hiring, whose Starter plan is capped at a fixed number of candidate invites per year rather than a simple per-user rate. Softwr lists it under Recruitment. Codility is made by Codility Limited, available on Web.
Overview
What Codility does
Codility provides take-home and live coding assessments used in technical hiring pipelines, with a task library, automated scoring, plagiarism detection and integration into applicant tracking systems. It is one of the older entrants in the technical assessment category, alongside HackerRank, aimed at screening software engineering candidates before a human interview. The distinguishing commercial fact is that its published pricing is metered by candidate invites per year rather than by user seats alone: the Starter plan costs around 1,200 US dollars a year (billed annually only) for up to 120 assessment invites and one platform user, while Scale runs around 500 US dollars a month, or roughly 5,000 US dollars a year on annual billing, for up to 300 invites a year (25 a month) and three platform users. Both tiers are more a hiring-volume cap than a headcount limit, and Custom plans remove the invite ceiling for enterprise volume. Buyers are engineering hiring teams that want structured, comparable coding assessments early in the pipeline, typically at companies hiring a moderate, sustained volume of software engineers. The trade-off is that the invite-based cap means a hiring surge, a busy recruiting quarter or a sudden increase in applicant volume can exhaust the plan's allowance faster than headcount growth would suggest, forcing either per-invite overage charges or a tier upgrade mid-year.
What people use it 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
Related searches
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Codility.
- Pricing is capped by candidate invites per year, not by hiring headcount, so a busy recruiting quarter or hiring surge can exhaust the allowance faster than a company's growth plan anticipated.
- The Starter plan supports only one platform user, making it impractical for any team with more than a single recruiter or hiring manager needing direct access.
- Annual-only billing on the Starter tier requires a full year's commitment before a company knows whether its actual invite usage matches the plan it bought.
- As with any automated coding assessment, over-reliance on it as an early filter risks screening out strong candidates who do not perform well under artificial timed test conditions.
- Its assessment format is squarely aimed at software engineering roles, so it offers no coverage for non-technical or adjacent technical hiring needs that HackerRank's broader question library covers.
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Codility
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- CodilityvsXray Test Management
Xray Test Management: If you are separately evaluating QA and testing tools rather than hiring assessment tools
Pricing
What Codility costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Starter
$1,200 /yr
- Up to 120 assessment invites per year
- 1 platform user
- Annual billing only
Scale
$500 /mo
- Up to 300 assessment invites per year (25 a month)
- 3 platform users
- Discount available on annual billing
Custom
On request
- Custom quote
- Unlimited or high-volume invites
- Unlimited users, SSO, integrations and dedicated support
Capabilities
Features
Coding task library
Pre-built and customisable coding challenges across languages and difficulty levels
Automated scoring
Objective scoring against test cases without manual grading
Plagiarism detection
Pattern analysis flagging copied or AI-generated solutions
Live coding interviews
Real-time collaborative coding sessions with interviewers
ATS integrations
Direct integration with applicant tracking systems for pipeline sync
Candidate experience reporting
Feedback on assessment completion rates and candidate drop-off
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
What counts against the invite limit?
Each candidate assessment invitation sent counts toward the plan's annual (or monthly, for Scale) invite allowance.
What happens if we exceed our invite allowance?
Additional invites beyond the plan limit typically incur per-invite charges or require an upgrade to a higher tier.
Is there a free tier?
No published free tier exists; all plans require payment, with Starter billed annually only.
Keep looking
Where to go from Codility
- Codility alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
- Codility pricingPlans, floors and what the tiers exclude
- Codility badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All Recruitment softwareThe full category
- Best Recruitment softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
Best Recruitment software for
Compare Codility with
- HackerRank
- hireEZ
- Fetcher
- Karat
- SeekOut
- Checkr
- Findem
- Gem
- Glassdoor
- Indeed
- ZipRecruiter
- Metaview
- Teamtailor
- Breezy HR
- ClearCompany
- HackerRank
- Glassdoor
- Indeed
Other Recruitment software
Technical hiring platform with a metered attempt allowance and per-attempt overage charges on its entry tier
10 researched notesAI sourcing and hiring platform priced against the recruiting tool stack it consolidates
Pricing on request12 researched notesSourcing platform with published tiered pricing and an optional dedicated human sourcer
12 researched notesOutsourced technical interviewing, engineers conduct your candidate interviews for you
Pricing on request11 researched notesAI candidate search across a claimed billion-plus profile database, with a published self-serve price
Pricing on request12 researched notesBackground check platform priced per report, with third-party court fees passed through separately
10 researched notesTalent intelligence and sourcing platform built on a large pre-aggregated candidate data set, demo-only pricing
Pricing on request11 researched notesRecruiting CRM and AI sourcing tool that layers onto an existing ATS or replaces it
11 researched notesEmployer review and salary transparency app owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Indeed
Free plan9 researched notesJob search app aggregating listings, owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Glassdoor
Free plan9 researched notesJob posting and applicant matching platform priced per job slot, quoted individually per employer
Pricing on request11 researched notesAI notetaking and sourcing agents for recruiters, priced per agent rather than per platform
Free, then $100/mo12 researched notesTalent management platform unifying hiring, onboarding, performance, and learning
Pricing on request8 researched notesTechnical hiring platform with a metered attempt allowance and per-attempt overage charges on its entry tier
10 researched notesEmployer review and salary transparency app owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Indeed
Free plan9 researched notesJob search app aggregating listings, owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Glassdoor
Free plan9 researched notes
Softwr does not host reviews and shows no star rating for Codility, because a rating we did not collect is not ours to publish. What is here is the pricing and platform detail from the vendor’s own pages, limitations we could state concretely, and alternatives a reviewer confirmed people weigh against it. Tell us if any of it is wrong.
More on Codility
Codility alternatives
What people switch to, and what they give up
Codility pricing
Every tier, and where the cost actually lands
Compare Codility
Put it head to head with anything we hold
Codility badge
Its rating, and an embed for your own site
Best Recruitment software alternatives
Recruiting CRM and AI sourcing tool that layers onto an existing ATS or replaces it
Per user per month, by company size and seat typeTalent intelligence and sourcing platform built on a large pre-aggregated candidate data set, demo-only pricing
quoteEmployer review and salary transparency app owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Indeed
Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting productsAI sourcing and hiring platform priced against the recruiting tool stack it consolidates
quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replacedTechnical hiring platform with a metered attempt allowance and per-attempt overage charges on its entry tier
Per month by tier, with a metered annual candidate attempt allowance and per-attempt overage on StarterSourcing platform with published tiered pricing and an optional dedicated human sourcer
Per user per month, tiered by lead volume and sourcer supportBackground check platform priced per report, with third-party court fees passed through separately
Per report, plus pass-through court and database fees