# SHL alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 208 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where SHL 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/shl/alternatives

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

- TestGorilla: 70
- Criteria Corp: 12
- Toggl Hire: 8
- Canditech: 7
- Codility: 7
- EmployTest: 4

## Candidate assessment

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name SHL.

- 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 SHL (SHL is #10 of 12 at 0%).

- TestGorilla: first choice in 26 of those 79
- Criteria Corp: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Codility: first choice in 4 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**: 45 of 84 answers did not name SHL (SHL is #1 of 12 at 41%).

- Criteria Corp: first choice in 6 of those 45
- Codility: first choice in 2 of those 45
- SHL TalentCentral+: first choice in 2 of those 45
- iMocha: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Assessio Bloom: first choice in 1 of those 45
- HackerRank: first choice in 1 of those 45
- HireVue: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Inspera: first choice in 1 of those 45

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.