# Mercer | Mettl alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 232 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Mercer | Mettl holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mercer-mettl/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- TestGorilla: 71
- SHL: 23
- Criteria Corp: 17
- Toggl Hire: 8
- Canditech: 7
- Codility: 7

## Candidate assessment

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Mercer | Mettl.

- TestGorilla: first choice in 44 of those 84
- Canditech: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Toggl Hire: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Brilliant Assessments: first choice in 3 of those 84
- EmployTest: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Codility: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Criteria Corp: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Criterion: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Mercer | Mettl (Mercer | Mettl is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- TestGorilla: first choice in 27 of those 79
- Criteria Corp: first choice in 6 of those 79
- Codility: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Toggl Hire: first choice in 3 of those 79
- EmployTest: first choice in 2 of those 79
- HackerRank: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Test Partnership: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Bryq: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Mercer | Mettl (Mercer | Mettl is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- SHL: first choice in 23 of those 69
- Criteria Corp: first choice in 10 of those 69
- Codility: first choice in 3 of those 69
- HireVue: first choice in 3 of those 69
- The Predictive Index: first choice in 2 of those 69
- CodeSignal: first choice in 1 of those 69
- HackerRank: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Inspera: first choice in 1 of those 69

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