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Technical hiring assessments · November 2026 Edition

CoderPad vs TestDome

Zero of fourteen models named CoderPad first on the direct prompt; zero named TestDome. CoderPad was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and TestDome by eleven and CoderPad carries 32 labels and TestDome 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

CoderPad

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

TestDome

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels3216A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, CoderPad reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.CodeSignal was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. HackerRank vs CoderPad · HackerRank vs TestDome · Codility vs CoderPad

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.
CoderPadFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTestDome
Direct00
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained021 against CoderPad
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against CoderPad · 2 against TestDome
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, CoderPad and TestDome were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 111 answers naming CoderPad and the 57 naming TestDome. In those answers TestDome took the first choice six times and CoderPad one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where CoderPad and TestDome 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
CoderPad TestDome first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, CoderPad on the left and TestDome on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCoderbyte alternatives: CodeSignal, CoderPad, DevSkiller, TestGorilla
GPT-6 LunaHackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, CoderPad

Neither was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5CodeSubmit, TestGorilla alternatives: CodeSignal, Codility, Qualified
GPT-5.4 miniCodility alternatives: CodeSignal, HackerRank
Perplexity SonarHackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, Codility, TestGorilla
Grok 4.20HackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, Codility
Mistral SmallCodeSignal alternatives: Coderbyte, Codility, HackerRank, TestGorilla
DeepSeek V4 FlashCodility alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank, TestGorilla
Llama 4 MaverickCodility alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank
Qwen 3.7 FlashCodeSignal alternatives: Coderbyte, Codility
Kimi K2Codility, HackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal
GLM 4.7 FlashXCodility alternatives: Canditech, CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank
MiniMax M2.5Codility alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank
Muse Glimmer 30BCodility alternatives: Canditech, HackerRank, 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
CoderPad leads by six points.
CoderPad11%#2 of 9
TestDome6%#5 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
CoderPad leads by two points.
CoderPad6%#5 of 8
TestDome4%#6 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
CoderPad leads by two points.
CoderPad4%#5 of 10
TestDome2%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about CoderPad

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

“CoderPad assessments with proctoring enabled: CoderPad advertises webcam monitoring, AI analysis of video, and recording candidate activity.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Codility and CoderPad are popular tools for live technical interviews and coding assessments, but may require a larger budget” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · soft negative
“with CoderPad and Codility being some of the worst." ... "CoderPad cut me off early claiming my deadline expired"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“CoderPad is my top recommendation for a mid-sized B2B company.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend CoderPad as the top pick” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top Overall Recommendation: CoderPad” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about TestDome

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

“reviewers note proctoring can be accidentally left enabled, so teams need to double-check settings before sending assessments” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“specific reviews call it "the worst testing platform" due to delivery issues” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“For a company with a tight or unpredictable budget, I'd start with TestDome.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“such as Coderbyte or TestDome, which offer pay-as-you-go pricing” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Excellent for ultra-low budgets or bursty hiring... lacks some of Coderbyte's AI/advanced screening features” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared
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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.