Codility vs Karat (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Codility and Karat share a 1.6 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about the free plan, where Codility grades higher, or value for money, where Karat does.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Codility
Technical screening and live coding interviews
Which one is for you
Pick Codility if
- Fits if you screen a lot of engineers and want coding tasks and live interviews together
- Works for large hiring teams that can use the Enterprise ATS links
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you hire a few engineers a year, as the online plans start at $800 a month
- Skip it if you need ATS links, SSO or ID verification, since those are Enterprise
- Tight if you want certainty on the trial, as the listing says only that one is available on request
- Watch out: invites are capped at 25 to 100 a month, or 200 to 1,400 a year
- Watch out: the desktop app that flags unauthorised apps is part of Enterprise
Pick Karat if
- Fits if you hire many engineers and don't want your own staff doing every first interview
- Works for firms that vet contractors or IT vendors as well
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a self-serve test library, because this is a delivered service
- Not for you if you want a price: the site asks you to request a consult
- Watch out: the pricing path on the site returns an error
- Tight if you want a trial, as no free plan or trial is mentioned
How we grade them
| 1.6GPACodilityWeak | 1.6GPAKaratWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$800 a month for 25 invites, or $4,800 a year for 200, which works out to $400 a month. The dearest tenth of hiring tools starts at $299 a month. | CNo price is published, so we can't set it against the $74 to $149 a month this category charges. That leaves it at C. |
| Free plan and trial | DA free trial is available on request, and the length and card terms aren't stated. There's no free plan. | FNo free plan and no trial is listed; the site routes you to a demo. A demo request isn't a trial. |
| Features | CScreening tasks, an AI assistant, live interviews and integrity checks. The online plans have no SSO, ATS links or ID verification, and invites are capped per pack. | CInterviews by Karat's engineers, plus contractor vetting and AI-skill evaluation. It's a service rather than a test library, so it covers a smaller job than a full platform. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You pick tasks, send invites and handle the review yourself. | CNo store rating on record, and the listing shows a service you arrange through a consult. That puts it at C. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only on the online plans. Workday, Greenhouse, Lever and other ATS links are Enterprise only. | CWeb only, with no separate app on record. One kind of device, so C. |
| Best for | technical screening and live coding interviews | technical interviews run by outside engineers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Codility and Karat. How we grade
Where they differ
- Codility also covers applicant tracking.
- Karat also covers reports.
At a glance
| Codility | Karat | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $800 per month for 25 invites, billed monthly; yearly packs from $4,800 | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free trial available on request | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Codility | Karat |
| Price read from | codility.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Codility
- Online plans have no SSO, no ATS integrations and no ID verification; those need Enterprise.
- Invites are capped per pack: 25 to 100 a month, or 200 to 1,400 a year.
- Enterprise pricing is a quote, set by products, integrations, support and a fair-use limit.
- The desktop app that flags unauthorized apps during an assessment is part of Enterprise.
Karat
- No prices are published: the site directs buyers to request a consult, and its pricing path returns an error.
- It is a service delivered by Karat's interviewers, not a self-serve test library.
- Product pages are built for enterprise buyers; no free plan or trial is mentioned.
Key features
Codility
- Screening tasks
- A library of 1,300+ validated coding tasks across 80+ languages and frameworks, with the full library from 1,000 invites a year.
- AI Assistant and agents
- Candidates can use an AI assistant, and Claude Code and Codex are set up in the terminal; every prompt and code change is saved for review.
- Live interviews
- Live technical interviews are included on online plans, with interview recording and transcripts available on Enterprise.
- Integrity checks
- Plagiarism detection, proctoring with snapshots and task leakage protection are on online plans.
- Enterprise controls
- SSO, a full API, EU or US hosting, weighted scoring and every ATS integration, including Workday and SAP.
Karat
- Interview Engineers
- Trained interviewers assess every candidate the same way, so hiring data is comparable across teams and locations.
- Direct Hiring
- Technical interviews for a company's own engineering hires, applying a consistent technical bar everywhere.
- Partner Talent
- The same evaluation applied to contractors and IT service providers before they join projects.
- AI Readiness
- Live AI-native scenarios used to assess whether incoming or current engineers work well with AI tools.
- Hiring Insights
- Benchmarks drawn from the vendor's pool of more than 600,000 technical interviews it says it has run.
Plans
Codility
Online, monthly$800
per month for 25 invites, billed monthly
Monthly packs of 25 to 100 invites, with 5 platform users and unlimited collaborators.
Online, yearly$4,800
per year for 200 invites, billed annually
Yearly packs run from 200 to 1,400 invites; the full task library comes from 1,000 invites a year.
EnterpriseCustom
Quoted for your products, ATS and support; adds SSO, ID verification, video proctoring and every ATS integration.
Karat
Pricing could not be confirmed. See karat.com.
Ways to pay less
Codility
- Annual discount
Save up to 50% with annual packs
The pricing page's annual toggle says it saves up to 50%, with yearly packs starting at $4,800 against $800 a month.
Karat
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Codility or Karat?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Codility starts at $800 per month for 25 invites, billed monthly; yearly packs from $4,800, and Karat has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Codility or Karat?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Codility nor Karat has a free plan. Codility has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.