Codility vs TestGorilla pricing for a small engineering team
November 13, 2026 6 min read
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Codility vs TestGorilla pricing comes down to one question: what are you buying for a handful of developer hires a year? Codility sells developer tests by invite credit, and TestGorilla sells a wide skills library by account plus a separate sourcing product by seat. For a team hiring two to six developers a year, Codility Starter at $1,200 a year is the cheaper test tool, TestGorilla Plus at $6,240 a year is the pricier one, and neither one finds candidates for you. Our developer coding assessment page shows what a developer test should contain.
TL;DR Codility Starter costs $1,200 a year for up to 120 invite credits, about $10 each. TestGorilla Assessments is listed from $215 a month (Core, $2,580 a year) and from $520 a month (Plus, $6,240 a year, the tier with coding challenges and custom tests), both billed annually, with Sourcing at $74 or $134 a month per seat on top. DeveloperHiring Startup costs $99 a month billed yearly ($1,188) and includes sourcing, 40 coding tests and 15 AI interviews a month.
How do Codility and TestGorilla pricing compare side by side?
Codility is priced per invite credit with annual plans, and TestGorilla is priced per account with credits inside the plan and sourcing sold per seat. The table uses the published prices on Codility's pricing page and TestGorilla's pricing page. Both vendors quote larger volumes, so treat these as the entry points.
| Codility Starter | Codility Scale | TestGorilla Core | TestGorilla Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listed price | $1,200 a year | $6,000 a year | From $215 a month billed annually | From $520 a month billed annually |
| Yearly at that price | $1,200 | $6,000 | $2,580 | $6,240 |
| Usage unit | Up to 120 invite credits a year | Up to 300 credits, 25 a month | Shared credit pool, count not shown on the page | Shared credit pool, count not shown on the page |
| Coding tests | Task library, built for developers | Task library, built for developers | Standard test library | Custom tests and coding challenges |
| Finds candidates | No | No | No, Sourcing is separate | No, Sourcing is separate |
The gap that matters is the last row. Neither vendor sources developers inside these plans. TestGorilla sells that as Sourcing Core at $74 a month per seat ($888 a year) or Sourcing Plus at $134 a month ($1,608 a year). Codility does not sell it at all.
#1 Candidate 1026
Node.js, NestJS, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
#2 Candidate 8313
Node.js, NestJS, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
#3 Candidate 9331
Node.js, NestJS, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
#4 Candidate 7707
Node.js, NestJS, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
#5 Candidate 5356
Node.js, NestJS, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
What does each tool cost per developer hire?
Cost per hire is the yearly price divided by the hires you make with it. The worked example below assumes you test 8 candidates for every hire, which is a typical funnel for a small team, and it is our assumption rather than a vendor figure. Change the 8 to match your own funnel and the ranking does not move much.
| Annual developer hires | Tests used (8 per hire) | Codility Starter per hire | TestGorilla Core per hire | TestGorilla Plus per hire | TestGorilla Plus with one Sourcing Core seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 16 | $600 | $1,290 | $3,120 | $3,564 |
| 4 | 32 | $300 | $645 | $1,560 | $1,782 |
| 6 | 48 | $200 | $430 | $1,040 | $1,188 |
At four hires a year, Codility Starter lands at $300 a hire and uses only 32 of 120 credits, so 88 credits go unused. TestGorilla Plus with one sourcing seat lands at $1,782 a hire. DeveloperHiring Startup at $1,188 a year works out to $297 a hire at four hires, with sourcing and AI interviews included.
These numbers leave out your own time to write the role, review reports and interview. They also exclude any recruiter or agency fee. If you find candidates through an agency, add the fee on top of every column. Our agency fees comparison shows how a 20 to 25 percent fee changes the total.
Which is better for hiring developers, Codility or TestGorilla?
Codility is the better fit when every candidate you test is a developer and you want a task library with plagiarism signals at the lowest entry price. TestGorilla is the better fit when you hire across several job families and want one library of skills, cognitive and personality tests. For a team that only hires engineers, TestGorilla's breadth is mostly unused, and the coding challenges you want sit on the more expensive Plus plan.
Credit counting differs too. A Codility credit is one candidate invite, so the cost per test is easy to predict. On TestGorilla, most premium tests cost one credit per candidate, while AI interviews and job simulations are listed at two. A candidate who takes a skills test and an AI interview can use three credits, so the cost per candidate depends on the mix you choose and on the credit count in your quote.
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3 small pastes, from the task text
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Steady typing, edits and reruns
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AI-generated code likelihood
Low, style matches interview answers
Signals inform your team. They never reject a candidate on their own.
Is TestGorilla cheaper than Codility?
No, at the listed entry prices TestGorilla costs more. Core at $2,580 a year is more than twice Codility Starter at $1,200, and Plus at $6,240 is slightly above Codility Scale at $6,000. The comparison is not like for like. Core lacks the coding challenges, and Plus adds AI interviews, ID verification and integrations that Codility prices differently. Ask both vendors for a written quote with the credit count before deciding.
What do both tools leave out?
Both tools score people who already applied. If you have two developer applicants a month, you pay for a test platform and still wait. A hiring manager at a 15 person company usually has no recruiter, so someone has to write the job post, find candidates and chase them. The role you post on your own careers page also needs to be found. A link building service such as Backlinksbot can help that page rank, but it still leaves screening to you.
This gap is why many small teams move to a plan that bundles sourcing with testing. Read the technical recruiting platform page to see the full pipeline, and our Codility pricing and TestGorilla pricing articles for the details behind each plan.
When should you pick Codility, TestGorilla or a hiring plan?
Match the tool to the gap you are filling.
- Pick Codility Starter if you already receive enough developer applicants, want the cheapest credible coding test and hire two to six engineers a year.
- Pick TestGorilla if the same team also hires sales, support or operations staff and you want one shared library. Budget for Plus if developer coding challenges matter.
- Pick a flat hiring plan if candidates are the bottleneck. DeveloperHiring Startup sources developers, runs 40 coding tests with hidden tests and 15 AI interviews a month, and adds no placement fee. See the TestGorilla alternative and Codility alternative pages for a full feature table.
How do you run a fair trial before you buy?
Run both tools on one real open role, not on a demo. Use the same task for five candidates, then compare how long setup took, how many candidates finished, and whether your engineers trust the scores enough to skip a screening call. Count the hours your team spent, multiply by a loaded hourly cost, and add it to the subscription. That total is the number to compare, not the sticker price.
Check two details in each contract. First, whether unused credits roll over, because on Codility Starter unused credits expire with the year. Second, what happens at renewal, since annual plans commonly auto-renew at the then-current list price. Both are worth a written answer.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Codility cost compared with TestGorilla?
Codility Starter costs $1,200 a year for up to 120 invite credits and Scale costs $6,000 for up to 300. TestGorilla Assessments is listed from $215 a month on Core and from $520 a month on Plus, billed annually, which is $2,580 and $6,240 a year. Sourcing is extra.
Does TestGorilla have coding tests?
Yes, but custom tests and coding challenges are listed under the Plus plan, not Core. Core covers the standard library of skills tests. If you hire developers, confirm the challenges cover your stack before you pick a tier, and run a trial on a real role.
Is Codility only for developers?
Codility is built for technical hiring, so its tasks and plagiarism signals target engineers. It does not offer cognitive or personality tests for sales or support roles. If you hire across job families, a broader library like TestGorilla covers them, at a higher entry price.
What is cheaper for hiring four developers a year?
Codility Starter is cheaper at about $300 a hire in our worked example, against $645 for TestGorilla Core and $1,560 for Plus, before sourcing. DeveloperHiring Startup works out to about $297 a hire at four hires and includes sourcing and AI interviews.
Do Codility or TestGorilla find developer candidates?
Codility does not. TestGorilla sells Sourcing separately at $74 or $134 a month per seat. DeveloperHiring includes candidate sourcing, coding tests and AI interviews in one flat plan, so there is no second subscription and no placement fee on the developer you hire.
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