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Technical hiring assessments · October 2026 Edition

TestGorilla vs Codility

Two of fourteen models named TestGorilla first on the direct prompt; three named Codility. TestGorilla was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Codility by fourteen and TestGorilla carries 28 labels and Codility 53, so the shares are not directly comparable.

TestGorilla

criticized challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Codility

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share10%9%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate32%25%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels2853A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, TestGorilla reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.HackerRank was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. HackerRank vs TestGorilla · HackerRank vs Codility · CodeSignal vs TestGorilla

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the technical hiring assessments page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TestGorillaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCodility
Direct232 against Codility
Paraphrase011 against Codility
Comparative123 against TestGorilla
Budget-constrained402 against TestGorilla · 2 against Codility
Scale-constrained01
Negative004 against TestGorilla · 8 against Codility
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, TestGorilla and Codility were named in the same answer 110 times, of the 265 answers naming TestGorilla and the 212 naming Codility. In those answers Codility took the first choice seven times and TestGorilla thirty-one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where TestGorilla and Codility stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
TestGorilla Codility first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, TestGorilla on the left and Codility on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where TestGorilla and Codility stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
GLM 4.7 FlashXCodility, TestGorilla alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank

TestGorilla first, Codility not the choice

1 of 14 modelsCodility was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5HackerEarth, TestGorilla alternatives: CodeSignal

Codility first, TestGorilla not the choice

2 of 14 modelsTestGorilla was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashCodility alternatives: CodeSignal, HackerRank
MiniMax M2.5Codility alternatives: AssessHub, CoderPad, HackerRank

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniHackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, Codility
Grok 4.1 FastHackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, CoderPad, Coderbyte, Codility
Qwen 3.7 FlashCodeSignal alternatives: CoderPad, Codility, TestGorilla, Voomer
Kimi K2Coderbyte alternatives: HackerRank, TestGorilla
Muse Glimmer 30BCodeSignal, DevSkiller, HackerRank alternatives: Codility

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCoderPad, Woven alternatives: CodeSignal
Perplexity SonarCodeSignal alternatives: Coderbyte, DevSkiller
Mistral SmallGoodfit alternatives: HackerRank
Llama 4 MaverickGoodfit alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank
GPT-6 LunaCodeSignal Hire Grow alternatives: CoderPad, HackerRank

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
TestGorilla leads by ten points.
TestGorilla14%#3 of 8
Codility3%#7 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
TestGorilla leads by two points.
TestGorilla10%#5 of 9
Codility9%#6 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Codility leads at enterprise.
Codility11%#4 of 8
TestGorilla0%#7 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about TestGorilla

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“TestGorilla-style general testing platforms when your need is deep technical screening, because they are broader assessment suites rather than specialized developer tools.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“HackerEarth and TestGorilla stand out for their balance of features, pricing accessibility, and ATS integration compatibility without requiring full enterprise implementations.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“If you need zero upfront cost: start with TestGorilla’s free plan or LeetCode’s free problem bank for initial screening” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Codility

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Avoid if budget is the main constraint... Codility tends to start higher and is more enterprise-oriented” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“(e.g., HackerRank, Codility, CodeSignal): ... often criticized for not reflecting real-world job tasks” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“High negative sentiment (e.g., labeled "hostile candidate experience" in AI model analyses)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“### 1. Codility - Best for: Mid-market to enterprise companies needing secure, scalable assessments” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose HackerRank or Codility if you are an enterprise needing rigorous automated screening” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.