Technical hiring assessments for small business buyers
Asked as “coding assessment platform”, and as “technical interview tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
22%
Contested · CoderPad 17%
22Coderbyte17CoderPad14TestGorilla47others
22% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
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01Coderbyte22%
Coderbyte22%02CoderPad17%
CoderPad17%03TestGorilla14%
TestGorilla14%04HackerRank12%
HackerRank12%05CodeSignal5%
CodeSignal5%06TestDome3%
TestDome3%07Codility3%
Codility3%08Adaface2%
Adaface2%What they warned about
One of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Codility54%
25 of 46 labels negative · 13 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“candidate experience is rigid and clunky ... Starting price is around $500/month, which is steep for small businesses” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
HackerRank46%
26 of 56 labels negative · 12 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“Many AI hiring models specifically flag these as “generic coding challenge platforms” to avoid for small businesses” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
TestGorilla25%
12 of 48 labels negative · 11 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“AI hiring recommendations explicitly list TestGorilla as a platform to avoid for small businesses with fluctuating hiring needs” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
CodeSignal47%
18 of 38 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“watch out for deceptive "monthly" pricing. Platforms like *TestGorilla* and *CodeSignal* often advertise low monthly rates ... but these plans frequently require a full annual payment upfront” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
77 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1078 links across 174 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · HackerRank42 answers · 83 citations · 13 models
38 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
vendor site · TestGorilla28 answers · 55 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G227 answers · 51 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CodeSignal25 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
vendor site · TestTrick24 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CodeSubmit23 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Adaface22 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Goodfit20 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 21 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Intervue18 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
31 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 11 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 11 models
16 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best coding assessment platform”, “coding assessment platform”, “technical assessment platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| Coderbyte coderbyte.com | 22% | 82 | 2,400 | 60 | 2,019 | 93 | ||
| CoderPad coderpad.io | 17% | 133 | 18,100 | 269 | 34,657 | 9 | 2 | |
| TestGorilla testgorilla.com | 14% | 253 | 4,400 | 170 | 58,548 | $462 | 76 | |
| HackerRank hackerrank.com | 12% | 248 | 33,100 | 1,116 | 58,699 | 22 | 4 | |
| CodeSignal codesignal.com CodeSignal 5%, CodeSignal Build 3% | 8% | 173 | 14,800 | 548 | 152,420 | $5,323 | 23 | 9 |
| TestDome testdome.com | 3% | 39 | 880 | 22 | 34,709 | 0 | ||
| Intervue intervue.io | 3% | 26 | ||||||
| Codility codility.com | 3% | 199 | 3,600 | 114 | 3,042 | $108 | 3 | |
| Adaface adaface.com | 2% | 22 | 260 | 2 | 20,658 | |||
| Testlify testlify.com | 2% | 45 | 480 | 6 | 43,586 | 0 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (codesignal.com, hackerrank.com). The first result for “best coding assessment platform” is algocademy.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best coding assessment platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which technical interview tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top technical assessment platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best coding assessment platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a coding assessment platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which technical assessment platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceCoderPadChangedagainst: Spark HireTestGorilla, Testlifyagainst: CodilityCoderbyte, Xobinagainst: HackerEarth, HackerRankno first choiceagainst: CoderPad, Codility, HackerRank, HireVue, Karat, Mercer | Mettl, TestGorilla
Two alternatives
Coderbyte, HireflixThree alternatives
CoderPad, Coderbyte, TestDomeThree alternatives
CoderPad, TestGorilla, TripleByteGPT-5.4 miniCodeSignal Build, Coderbyteagainst: CodilityCoderPadChangedCodeSignal, HackerEarth Assessmentsagainst: CodeSubmitCodeSignalno first choiceagainst: Coderbyte, Criteria, HackerEarth Assessments, TestGorilla
Two alternatives
CodeAid, HackerRankFour alternatives
CoderPad, Codility, HackerRank, TestlifyTwo alternatives
CoderPad, CodilityGemini 3.5 FlashCoderPadagainst: CodeSignal, HackerRankCoderPadHeldagainst: Codility, HackerRankCodeSubmitagainst: HackerRankTestDomeagainst: CodeSignal, Codility, HackerRank, TestGorillaCoderPadagainst: CodeSignal, Codility, HackerRankagainst: CodeSignal, Codility, HackerRank, Qualified
Three alternatives
Coderbyte, TestDome, TestGorillaTwo alternatives
Coderbyte, WovenThree alternatives
CoderPad, Coderbyte, TestGorillaThree alternatives
CodeSubmit, Coderbyte, JobCannonThree alternatives
CodeSubmit, TestGorilla, WovenPerplexity SonarHackerRankagainst: CodilityIntervueChangedCodeSignalTestGorillaagainst: Codility, HackerRankno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
HackerEarth, TestDomeOne alternative
AI InterviewerEight alternatives
Adaface, CoderPad, Coderbyte, Codility, HackerRank, TestDome, TestGorilla, Toggl HireFour alternatives
Coderbyte, Playcode, Testlify, VS Code Live ShareGrok 4.1 FastCoderbyteagainst: CodeSignal, Codility, LeetCodeHackerRankChangedagainst: CodeSignal, Playcode, ReplitHackerRank, TestGorillaagainst: CodeSignal, CodilityTestGorillaagainst: CodeSignal, CoderPad, Codility, HackerRankCodeSignalagainst: Codility, HackerRank, TestGorilla, iMocha
One alternative
HackerRankOne alternative
CoderPadTwo alternatives
CoderPad, Toggl HireTwo alternatives
LeetCode, PlaycodeTwo alternatives
Adaface, HackerRankMistral SmallCoderbyteJobma, TalviewChangedTestGorillaCoderbyteCodility, HackerRank, TestGorillaagainst: CodeSignal, Codility, HackerRank
Two alternatives
HackerEarth, HackerRankFour alternatives
Hirevire, Karat, Toggl Hire, WovenTwo alternatives
HackerRank, Toggl HireThree alternatives
CodeSignal, CoderPad, LeetCodeDeepSeek V4 FlashTestGorillaCoderPadChangedagainst: HackerRankCoderbyteagainst: CodeSignalTestGorillaTestGorillaagainst: HackerRankagainst: Codility, HackerRank, HireVue, LeetCode, TestGorilla, eSkill
Four alternatives
Adaface, CodeSignal, CoderPad, CodilityTwo alternatives
CodeSignal, CoderbyteFive alternatives
CoderPad, Codility, HackerRank, TestDome, TestGorillaFour alternatives
CoderPad, Criteria Corp, HackerRank, Toggl HireFour alternatives
CodeSignal, Coderbyte, Codility, TestlifyLlama 4 MaverickCoderbyteCodeSignalChangedno first choiceHackerEarthno first choiceagainst: Coderbyte, Codility, HackerRank, TestGorilla
One alternative
CodewaveThree alternatives
Coderbyte, TestGorilla, Toggl HireQwen 3.7 FlashCoderbyteagainst: HackerRankCoderPadChangedagainst: HackerRankCodeSignal, Coderbyteagainst: HackerRankGitHub Classroomagainst: Codility, TestDomeCodility, HackerRankagainst: Adaface, Coderbyte, Codility, HackerRank, TestGorilla
Two alternatives
Adaface, TestGorillaTwo alternatives
HireVue, TestDomeOne alternative
TestGorillaTwo alternatives
CodinGame, HackerRankTwo alternatives
CoderPad, TestGorillaKimi K2Coderbyte, TestGorillaagainst: CodeSignal, HackerRank ScreenHackerRankChangedno first choiceCoderbyteCoderbyteagainst: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, Codility, HackerRank, Karat
Two alternatives
CoderPad, Criteria CorpSix alternatives
CodeSignal, CoderPad, Coderbyte, HackerRank, TestDome, Toggl HireThree alternatives
Hirevire, TestGorilla, TestTrickThree alternatives
CoderPad, HackerEarth, HackerRankGLM 4.7 FlashXTestGorillaagainst: CodeSignalIntervueChangedTestDomeagainst: XobinCoderbyteno first choiceagainst: Adaface, CodeSignal, Coderbyte, Codility, Criteria Corp, HackerRank, TestGorilla
Two alternatives
Coderbyte, HackerRankTwo alternatives
CoderPad, JobmaSeven alternatives
CodeSignal, CodeSubmit, CoderPad, DevSkiller, HackerRank, TestGorilla, WeCPTwo alternatives
Adaface, TestGorillaMiniMax M2.5HackerRankCoderPad, HackerRankChangedCodility, HackerRank, TestGorillaagainst: CodeSignalCanditech, TestlifyAdaface, Coderbyteagainst: Coderbyte, Codility, Equip, HackerRank, TestGorilla, iMocha
Three alternatives
Coderbyte, Codility, TestGorillaTwo alternatives
CoderPad, CoderbyteOne alternative
TestGorillaTwo alternatives
LeetCode, TestGorillaBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:19 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:38 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 16 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:51 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:02 | yes | 24 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:39 | yes | 11 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:38 | yes | 21 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 9 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:39 | yes | 9 | 46 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:29 | yes | 9 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:47 | yes | 24 | 103 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:15 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:06 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:06 | yes | 17 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:22 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:25 | yes | 25 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:00 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:21 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:51 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:42 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:47 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:40 | yes | 16 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:34 | yes | 6 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:39 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 23 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:55 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:02 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:36 | yes | 10 | 49 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:29 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:55 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:46 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:42 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:02 | yes | 21 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 22 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:43 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:39 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:00 | yes | 23 | 58 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:32 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:01 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 6 | 54 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:35 | yes | 25 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:02 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:02 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 18 | 59 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:57 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:36 | yes | 8 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:04 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:51 | yes | 21 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:06 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:27 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:10 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 23 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:53 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:39 | yes | 22 | 53 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:47 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:50 | yes | 19 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 17 | 30 s |
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