The TestGorilla Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about TestGorilla in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
TestGorilla
The Insider’s Guide
Skills tests, AI interviews and candidate sourcing for hiring teams
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among hiring and applicant tracking tools, read from TestGorilla’s own pages.
Made by TestGorilla · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from TestGorilla’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on TestGorilla’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 6 of the 14 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade
TestGorilla sells pre-hire skills testing and candidate sourcing rather than an applicant tracker. Gorilla Assessments sends candidates a mix of 350+ skills tests, AI interviews, video questions, job simulations and resume scoring, and Gorilla Sourcing searches a pool of candidate profiles. The two are bought separately, and the tests link to ATSs such as Greenhouse and Workday.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about TestGorilla, taken from its own pages and our grades.
The AI builder suggests tests from a job description, but credits that stack within an assessment take some working out.
- 1
Best for testing candidates' skills before interviews
TestGorilla isn't an applicant tracker.
- 2
Paid plans start at $74 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $74 per Sourcing seat / month, billed annually; skills tests from $215 a month.
- 3
There is a free plan
Assessments Free: 10 credits a month that refresh, 5 essential tests with unlimited use and limited use of 180+ others. Sourcing Free lets you browse and preview profiles only.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Skills test library
350+ tests on paid plans, from problem solving and communication to the Big 5 personality test and coding, with an AI builder that suggests tests from a job description.
- 6
AI interviews and video questions
AI interviews ask follow-up questions and video questions take recorded answers, each scored against the same rubric.
- 7
Resume scoring and qualifying questions
Ranks each resume against the job description and screens out candidates who miss a hard requirement, free on every plan.
- 8
A 2.2 GPA, above 6 of 14
That is against the other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
Nothing TestGorilla does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company.
TestGorilla at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $74 per Sourcing seat / month, billed annually; skills tests from $215 a month
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- TestGorilla
- Category
- Hiring & Applicant Tracking
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for testing candidates' skills before interviews
TestGorilla isn't an applicant tracker. It tests candidates' skills before you meet them, with 350+ tests, AI interviews and anti-cheating checks, and the free plan is good enough to start on. Paying gets steep, though, and linking tests to your tracker needs the $520 plan.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Graded against the trackers it's listed beside. Assessments Core is $215 a month and up on yearly billing, and that's for testing alone, more than some of them charge for a whole ATS. Linking tests to your tracker needs Assessments Plus at $520 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | B | A real free plan: 10 credits a month that refresh, 5 essential tests you can use as much as you like, and resume scoring. A small company testing a few candidates a month could stay on it. |
| Features | C | Graded against trackers, it does a smaller job: 350+ tests, AI interviews, video questions, coding tests and anti-cheating checks, plus a candidate search. It does testing fully, but it doesn't track applicants, so you need an ATS as well. |
| Ease of use | C | No App Store rating on record. The AI builder suggests tests from a job description, but credits that stack within an assessment take some working out. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with links to Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, BambooHR and Ashby, and invites sent from Gmail or Outlook. The ATS links and the API need Assessments Plus. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who TestGorilla is for
- Great if resumes alone aren't telling you who can actually do the job
- Handy when you hire in volume and need to cut a long list down fast
- Good for small teams testing a handful of candidates a month for free
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you need somewhere to track applicants, as it doesn't do that
- Pricey if you want test results flowing into your ATS, since that needs the $520 plan
- Tight if you lean on AI interviews, which cost 2 credits each and stack up
Good to know
Good for
- Teams that want to test candidates' skills before booking interviews
- High-volume hiring where resumes alone do not separate applicants
- Companies that already have an ATS and want testing alongside it
Worth knowing
- It does not track applicants through a pipeline; ATS links to Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, BambooHR and Ashby need Assessments Plus.
- Tests run on credits: most cost 1 credit per candidate, while AI interviews and job simulations cost 2, and they stack within an assessment.
- Sourcing and Assessments are separate subscriptions; Sourcing Core is capped at 1 seat and Plus at 5.
- The prices shown are billed annually, and Assessments Core and Plus are listed as starting prices without the credits they include.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$74
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
TestGorilla has a free plan. Paid plans start at $74 per Sourcing seat / month, billed annually; skills tests from $215 a month.
Graded against the trackers it's listed beside.
Free
$0
Free tiers of both products: 10 assessment credits a month, 5 essential tests, 1 premium user role, and sourcing limited to browsing.
Sourcing Core
$74
per Sourcing seat / month, billed annually
Unlimited candidate searches and AI recommendations, 500 invites per seat a month, shortlists and messaging. One seat only.
Sourcing Plus
$134
per Sourcing seat / month, billed annually
Everything in Sourcing Core with 1,500 invites per seat a month, for up to 5 seats.
Assessments Core
$215
per account / month and up, billed annually
The full library of 350+ tests, video questions, custom questions and a shared credit pool for the account, with 2 premium user roles.
Assessments Plus
$520
per account / month and up, billed annually
Adds AI interviews, job simulations, custom tests and coding challenges, ID verification, ATS and API links, and unlimited premium roles.
The free plan
Assessments Free: 10 credits a month that refresh, 5 essential tests with unlimited use and limited use of 180+ others. Sourcing Free lets you browse and preview profiles only.
Read from testgorilla.com on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 25% with annual billing
TestGorilla's pricing page says paying annually saves 25% against paying monthly. The monthly-billed prices are not shown by default.
Stated on testgorilla.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Skills tests, AI interviews and candidate sourcing for hiring teams. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, skills tests.
It does testing fully, but it doesn't track applicants, so you need an ATS as well.
- Skills test library
- 350+ tests on paid plans, from problem solving and communication to the Big 5 personality test and coding, with an AI builder that suggests tests from a job description.
- AI interviews and video questions
- AI interviews ask follow-up questions and video questions take recorded answers, each scored against the same rubric.
- Resume scoring and qualifying questions
- Ranks each resume against the job description and screens out candidates who miss a hard requirement, free on every plan.
- Coding tests and job simulations
- A built-in coding IDE with code playback and automated scoring, plus job simulations and custom tests on Assessments Plus.
- Anti-cheating checks
- Webcam snapshots, disabled copy and paste, full-screen mode, timed tests, location logging and ID verification with a live selfie.
- Candidate sourcing
- Gorilla Sourcing searches 900M+ candidate profiles with AI recommendations, shortlists and invites sent from Gmail, Outlook or IMAP.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Workday
- Greenhouse
- Lever
- BambooHR
- Ashby
- Gmail
- Outlook
TestGorilla is made by TestGorilla.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
6/14
Other hiring and applicant tracking tools it is graded above
TestGorilla's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 6 of the 14 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 14 of 14) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $74 a month for each person, against a middle price of $89.17 for the category: 2 of the 9 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 15 hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. TestGorilla’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 14
- BFree plan and trialAbove 14 of 14
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 14
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 14
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 14
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 10 hiring and applicant tracking tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. TestGorilla is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
Nothing TestGorilla does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company.
It costs $888 a year.
What you could not
- A library of tested questions with scores to compare candidates by.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Workday, Greenhouse and Lever among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. TestGorilla’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Workable, Tellent Recruitee, Breezy HR and Manatal
The 4 tools TestGorilla is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
Workable
Free trial · from $299/mo
Applicant tracking and HR software priced by company size.
- TestGorilla has a free plan. Workable does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Workable lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Workable lists a browser extension.
- 2.4GPA
Tellent Recruitee
Free trial
Applicant tracking system with a careers site builder, by quote.
- TestGorilla has a free plan. Tellent Recruitee does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Tellent Recruitee lists iOS and Android apps.
- TestGorilla also covers skills tests.
- 2.6GPA
Breezy HR
Free plan · from $157/mo
Flat-priced applicant tracking with a free one-job plan.
- Only Breezy HR lists iOS and Android apps.
- TestGorilla also covers skills tests.
- Breezy HR also covers workflow automation, reports, applicant tracking and job board posting.
- 2.8GPA
Manatal
Free trial · from $15/mo
Low-cost per-user ATS and recruitment CRM with AI candidate matching.
- TestGorilla has a free plan. Manatal does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Manatal lists a browser extension.
- TestGorilla also covers skills tests.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is TestGorilla free?
TestGorilla has a free plan. Assessments Free: 10 credits a month that refresh, 5 essential tests with unlimited use and limited use of 180+ others.
How much does TestGorilla cost?
TestGorilla lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does TestGorilla work on?
TestGorilla is available on Web.
Does TestGorilla offer any discounts?
TestGorilla publicly lists the following: Save 25% with annual billing.
Does TestGorilla have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. TestGorilla is listed for Web.
Does TestGorilla have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. TestGorilla is listed for Web.
Is TestGorilla open source?
TestGorilla is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Does TestGorilla have an API?
Yes. TestGorilla offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does TestGorilla integrate with?
TestGorilla's listing names Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, BambooHR, Ashby, Gmail and Outlook.
Who makes TestGorilla?
TestGorilla is made by TestGorilla.
What are the alternatives to TestGorilla?
The closest alternatives to TestGorilla in our directory are Workable, Tellent Recruitee, Breezy HR and Manatal.
How does TestGorilla compare with other hiring and applicant tracking tools?
TestGorilla's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 6 of the 14 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, and level with 2.
Is TestGorilla good value for money?
ToolGPA grades TestGorilla D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $74 a month for each person, against a middle price of $89.17 for the category: 2 of the 9 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of TestGorilla?
Nothing TestGorilla does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from TestGorilla’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TestGorilla's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by TestGorilla. Prices change, so check testgorilla.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,068
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ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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categories
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price changes on record
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What else is on toolgpa.com
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- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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