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Technical hiring assessments · November 2026 Edition

Codility vs CoderPad

Seven of fourteen models named Codility first on the direct prompt; zero named CoderPad. Both were named by all fourteen models and Codility carries 58 labels and CoderPad 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Codility

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

CoderPad

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share21%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate21%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels5832A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Codility 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 Codility · HackerRank vs CoderPad · Codility vs Coderbyte

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.
CodilityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCoderPad
Direct70
Paraphrase231 against Codility
Comparative40
Budget-constrained005 against Codility · 1 against CoderPad
Scale-constrained10
Negative106 against Codility · 3 against CoderPad
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, Codility and CoderPad were named in the same answer sixty-seven times, of the 251 answers naming Codility and the 111 naming CoderPad. In those answers CoderPad took the first choice eight times and Codility fifteen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Codility first, CoderPad not the choice

7 of 14 modelsCoderPad was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniCodility alternatives: CodeSignal, HackerRank
DeepSeek V4 FlashCodility alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank, TestGorilla
Llama 4 MaverickCodility alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank
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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5CodeSubmit, TestGorilla alternatives: CodeSignal, Codility, Qualified
Gemini 3.5 FlashCoderbyte alternatives: CodeSignal, CoderPad, DevSkiller, TestGorilla
Perplexity SonarHackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, Codility, TestGorilla
Grok 4.20HackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, Codility
Mistral SmallCodeSignal alternatives: Coderbyte, Codility, HackerRank, TestGorilla
Qwen 3.7 FlashCodeSignal alternatives: Coderbyte, Codility
GPT-6 LunaHackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, CoderPad

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 eight points.
CoderPad11%#2 of 9
Codility4%#6 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Codility leads at mid-market.
Codility21%#2 of 8
CoderPad6%#5 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Codility leads by seventeen points.
Codility21%#2 of 10
CoderPad4%#5 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Codility

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

“Why Avoid the Giants? (HackerRank & Codility) ... often poor choices for *strictly* limited budgets” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“While these are industry standards, they carry specific complaints regarding *usability* and *relevance* rather than malice.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“significantly cheaper than enterprise-focused platforms like HackerRank or Codility (which start around $1,200+/year)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Codility | Defensible hiring decisions; agentic AI coding | ~$1,200/yr (120 credits) | Strongest proctoring, VS Code env, Claude Code integration” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Codility if you need defensible, custom work-sample assessments, strong compliance/auditability and explicit coding-agent support.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Codility offers the best balance of assessment quality, pricing, and defensibility.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

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
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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.