# CoderPad review (2026): is it worth $80 a month, billed yearly?

> Coding assessments and live technical interviews with AI in the editor

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

CoderPad covers technical hiring from automated pre-screens and take-home tests to live pair-coding interviews in a shared editor. Its plans all include unlimited users and an AI assistant in the editor, and they differ mainly in the AI models, agents and question libraries unlocked.

- **Category:** Hiring & Applicant Tracking
- **Made by:** CoderPad
- **Website:** https://coderpad.io
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you interview a lot: each plan has a set number, and extras cost $30 each.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, CoderPad is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $80 per month, billed annually ($120 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** Free trial offered on Starter, Team and Frontier Lite; length not stated.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starter | $80 per month, billed annually ($120 billed monthly) | 60 interviews a year (5 a month when monthly). 400+ question library, 10 custom questions, unlimited users. |
| Team | $400 per month, billed annually ($500 billed monthly) | 360 interviews a year (30 a month). 1,400+ question library, 20 custom questions, take-homes and auto-scored screens. |
| Frontier Lite | $1,000 per month, annual billing only | 360 interviews a year. Adds agentic interviews, Claude Code and Codex in the pad, and top-tier AI models. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Sold through sales: agentic hiring at scale, dedicated customer success manager, advanced cheating detection. |

Read from https://coderpad.io/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CoderPad before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows a Save 20% label on annual billing; Starter is $80 a month annually against $120 monthly. Source: https://coderpad.io/pricing/

## Key features

- **Collaborative coding interviews:** Live pair-coding in a shared editor supporting 40+ languages and frameworks, with a digital whiteboard and code playback.
- **AI assistant in the pad:** An LLM runs inside the editor on every plan and each prompt is captured for playback. Higher plans add stronger models.
- **Automated screens and take-homes:** Question libraries and auto-scored screening tests, with a Qualify product that runs automated pre-screens at scale.
- **Agentic interviews:** Frontier Lite and above let candidates work with coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex side by side in a session.
- **Integrity checks:** Session recording and code playback on all plans; webcam proctoring with AI behavior analysis and live cheating alerts on higher plans.

## Good for

- Engineering teams that interview candidates while using AI tools
- Small teams that hire in low volume and want a monthly plan
- Recruiters who want an ATS-connected screening step

## Worth knowing

- Each plan includes a set number of interviews; extra tests or interviews cost $30 each.
- Claude Code and Codex in the editor, and agentic interviews, start at Frontier Lite.
- Webcam proctoring and real-time cheating alerts are not on the lower plans.
- Monthly billing is offered only on Starter and Team.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. CoderPad runs pre-screens, take-homes and live pair-coding with an AI assistant in the editor, and every plan has unlimited users. Each plan allows a fixed number of interviews, and the newer agentic features start at $1,000 a month.

- **Value for money: C.** Starter is $80 a month on yearly billing for 60 interviews a year, just above the category's cheaper quarter at $74. The tiers jump to $400, then $1,000.
- **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial is offered on Starter, Team and Frontier Lite, but its length isn't stated. A trial with no terms is a D.
- **Features: C.** Live coding, take-homes, screens and AI in the pad. Agentic interviews and Claude Code in the editor start at Frontier Lite, and webcam proctoring isn't on lower plans.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and the listing shows question libraries and tests to set up. That puts it at C.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web product connecting to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workday. No desktop or phone app, so B.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CoderPad's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among hiring and applicant tracking tools

- CoderPad's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 54 of the 101 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, and level with 21.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 39 of 101) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 64).
- Its paid plans start at $80 a month, against a middle price of $99 for the category: 16 of the 42 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hiring

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace CoderPad you would be making video calls. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $960 a year.

- You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Video calls.
- You could not: A library of tested questions with scores to compare candidates by.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday

**Tags:** Skills tests, AI features, Video calls, Reports, Public API

## Alternatives

- [HackerRank](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hackerrank): Coding assessments, pair-programming interviews and an AI interviewer. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coderpad-vs-hackerrank)
- [CodeSignal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/codesignal): Coding and skills assessments with AI interviewers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coderpad-vs-codesignal)
- [Codility](https://toolgpa.com/tools/codility): Technical screening and live coding interviews. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coderpad-vs-codility)
- [TestDome](https://toolgpa.com/tools/testdome): Skills tests and live coding interviews, paid per candidate. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coderpad-vs-testdome)
- [Karat](https://toolgpa.com/tools/karat): Expert-run technical interviews for hiring and contractor vetting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coderpad-vs-karat)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://coderpad.io/pricing/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/coderpad
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