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Candidate assessment · November 2026 Edition

TestGorilla vs Codility

Six of fourteen models named TestGorilla first on the direct prompt; two named Codility. TestGorilla was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Codility by thirteen and TestGorilla carries 56 labels and Codility 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

TestGorilla

endorsed leader

Named in six categories this edition.

Codility

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share51%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5634A 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.Criteria Corp was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. TestGorilla vs Criteria Corp · TestGorilla vs EmployTest · TestGorilla vs HackerRank

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 candidate assessment 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
Direct62
Paraphrase1001 against Codility
Comparative13
Budget-constrained1001 against TestGorilla
Scale-constrained00
Negative102 against TestGorilla · 2 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 November 2026 Edition, TestGorilla and Codility were named in the same answer 139 times, of the 277 answers naming TestGorilla and the 251 naming Codility. In those answers Codility took the first choice twenty-four 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 4.20
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.

TestGorilla first, Codility an alternative

6 of 14 modelsCodility was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashTestGorilla alternatives: Criteria Corp, The Predictive Index, Vervoe
DeepSeek V4 FlashTestGorilla alternatives: Canditech, Codility, Criteria Corp, HackerRank
Qwen 3.7 FlashTestGorilla alternatives: HackerRank, PI Online, Spark Hire, Vervoe
Kimi K2TestGorilla alternatives: Codility, Criteria Corp, HackerRank, HireVue, Vervoe
GLM 4.7 FlashXTestGorilla alternatives: Criteria Corp, HireVue, Thomas International
MiniMax M2.5Prevue HR, TestGorilla alternatives: Codility, Criteria Corp, HackerRank, HireVue

Codility first, TestGorilla an alternative

2 of 14 modelsTestGorilla was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallCodility, HackerRank alternatives: TestGorilla, Thomas International
Muse Glimmer 30BCodility, Thomas alternatives: HackerRank, HireVue, Weirdly

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Criteria Corp, Harver, Plum alternatives: JobCannon, SHL, TestGorilla, Vervoe, Wonderlic
GPT-5.4 miniCriteria Corp alternatives: HighMatch, TestGorilla, Testlify, The Predictive Index
Perplexity SonarCriteria Corp alternatives: Codility, TestGorilla, Vervoe
Grok 4.20Criteria Corp alternatives: Harver, TestGorilla, Thomas International
Llama 4 MaverickThomas International alternatives: Codility, EmployTest, HackerRank, Weirdly
GPT-6 LunaCriteria Corp alternatives: TestGorilla

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 sixty-six points.
TestGorilla68%#1 of 11
Codility2%#5 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
TestGorilla leads by forty-seven points.
TestGorilla51%#1 of 12
Codility4%#3 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Codility leads at enterprise.
Codility4%#4 of 12
TestGorilla2%#10 of 12
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. Four of four in this category shown.

“Some AI models flag it for issues such as poor technical support and limited budget flexibility” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most companies with a limited budget, TestGorilla offers the best combination of free tier, affordability, and assessment variety.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Strong for skills, cognitive, and personality tests; good anti-cheating and integrations. Pros: Large library, affordable.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“Start with TestGorilla for its balance of features, pricing transparency, and ease of implementation” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct 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. Two of two in this category shown.

“these are often viewed unfavorably compared to competitors like HackerRank or HackerEarth” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“positioned as best for repeatable, defensible technical hiring decisions... Codility scored highest on published criteria” Muse Glimmer 30B · 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.