Codility Review
Codility is a technical skills assessment platform for hiring and developing engineers, with Screen, Interview and Skills Intelligence, work-simulation tasks and AI-skill tests.
- Company size
- Small businesses, mid-market companies, enterprises
- Pricing model
- Tiered plans
- Free trial
- Yes
- Integrations
- 21
Best for
- Companies hiring software engineers who want work-simulation tests
- Enterprises that need SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and EU or US hosting
- Teams that want adverse impact checks on cut scores
Not ideal for
- Small teams that need SSO or ATS integrations without a custom contract
- Employers testing mostly non-technical roles at high volume
How we evaluated Codility
This review rests on 21 facts checked against Codility’s official pricing pages and documentation, most recently on . We did not test the product hands-on: the score and the pros and cons use only those verified facts, as our methodology explains, and third-party ratings are quoted, never scored.
Our verdict
Codility, founded in 2009 and headquartered in London, assesses engineers with work simulations, coding and AI-skill tasks across Screen, Interview and Skills Intelligence, with leakage protection, plagiarism detection and EEOC four-fifths adverse impact checks. Starter ($1,200 a year) and Scale ($6,000 a year or $600 monthly) are published; SSO, the full API and enterprise integrations are on the quoted Custom plan.
Strengths
Published entry plans
Starter costs $1,200 a year and Scale $6,000 a year, or $600 billed monthly.
Evidence: Price transparency: Partly published
Security and hosting choice
Codility states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and customers choose AWS hosting in the EU or the US.
Evidence: SOC 2 Type II: Yes
Fairness checks
Adverse impact is checked at every measured cut score against the EEOC four-fifths threshold.
Evidence: Adverse impact monitoring: Yes
Integrity features
Leaked tasks are removed from the library, and plagiarism detection is on every plan.
Evidence: Key features: Engineering work simulations and AI-skill tasks, Task leakage protection, Plagiarism detection and integrity signals, VS Code assessment environment with sidecar services (Custom), Codility Desktop App to detect unauthorized applications (Custom)
Weaknesses
Enterprise features on Custom
SSO with SAML, the full API and enterprise ATS integrations are part of the Custom plan only.
Evidence: Single sign-on: SAML
Few users on self-serve plans
Starter includes 1 platform user and Scale 3; unlimited users require Custom.
Trials through sales
Free trials are scoped by the Codility team rather than offered as self-serve signup.
Evidence: Free trial: Yes
Price at a glance
Pricing model
Tiered plans
Price transparency
Partly published
Free trial
Yes
Contract term
Monthly
Quick answers
- How much does Codility cost?
- Starter costs $1,200 a year (annual billing only) and Scale $6,000 a year or $600 billed monthly; Custom is priced on request.Based on Starting base fee: $1,200/mo
- Does Codility offer a free trial?
- Yes, but trials run through the Codility team and are scoped to your roles and volume rather than self-serve.Based on Free trial: Yes
- Is Codility SOC 2 compliant?
- Codility states it is SOC 2 Type II audited, with the report under NDA, and ISO 27001 certified.Based on SOC 2 Type II: Yes
- Which ATS does Codility integrate with?
- Codility connects with 21 platforms, including Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, SAP and SmartRecruiters; enterprise integrations are on Custom.Based on Native integrations: 21
Coverage of core pre-employment assessments capabilities
Each core capability we evaluate in Pre-employment Assessments, checked against Codility’s own documentation. “Not verified yet” means we have not confirmed it either way, not that it is missing.
8 verified of 10 core capabilities
Pre-employment Assessments
- Assessment library
- Custom assessments
- Validity documentation
- Adverse impact monitoring
- Disability accommodations · not verified yet
- Automated scoring
- Proctoring and identity checks
- Mobile candidate experience · not verified yet
- ATS integration
- Records retention
Specifications
Fit
- Industry focus
- Technology, Software engineering hiring, Business roles with AI skills
Product
- Modules
- Screen, Interview, Skills Intelligence
- Deployment
- Cloud
- AI features
- Agentic AI Copilot with reviewable activity per assessment, Claude Code CLI in assessments (Custom), AI follow-up questions and personalized feedback (Custom), AI-skill tasks for prompt engineering and reviewing AI-generated code
Integrations
- Open API
- Yes
Support
- Support channels
- Standard support (Starter, Scale), Dedicated Customer Success Manager and quarterly business reviews (Custom), Help Center
Codility integrations
5 integrations we documented, by how they connect. Codility reports 21 native integrations in total.
Native integrations
Codility integration coverage
The 7 apps that pre-employment assessments products document most often, and whether Codility documents each.
5 of the 7 most-connected apps documented by Codility; median of the 3 products compared: 5
- Greenhouse · documented by 3 of 3
- Ashby · documented by 2 of 3
- iCIMS · documented by 2 of 3
- Lever · documented by 2 of 3
- Okta · documented by 2 of 3
- SmartRecruiters · documented by 2 of 3
- Workday · documented by 2 of 3
Integrations each vendor documents (native, marketplace, Zapier or API), 3 live pre-employment assessments products. Not documented does not mean not possible.
Where it ranks
- #1 of 4 scoredPre-employment Assessments
- #1 of 3 scoredPre-employment Assessments for Enterprises
- #1 of 2 scoredPre-employment Assessments for Mid-Sized Companies
- #1 of 2 scoredPre-employment Assessments for Small Business
Codility alternatives
Security and compliance
- SOC 2 Type IIYes
- ISO 27001Yes
- GDPR programYes
- Single sign-onSAML
About Codility
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Ownership
- Private
Official profiles
Codility: frequently asked questions
Where is Codility based?
Codility is headquartered in London, with offices in Poland, Germany and the United States.
Can Codility detect cheating?
Yes. Codility uses plagiarism detection and integrity signals and removes leaked tasks from its library; the Codility Desktop App, which detects unauthorized applications, is part of the Custom plan.
What is Codility used for?
Codility, on the market since 2009, is a pre-employment assessments product built for small businesses, mid-market companies, and enterprises. Its modules include Screen, Interview, and Skills Intelligence.
Is Codility legit?
Codility is sold by the company of the same name, which was founded in 2009, is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and is privately held. Codility states that it holds a current SOC 2 Type II report.
What are the best alternatives to Codility?
In our pre-employment assessments ranking, the highest-scored products other than Codility are HackerRank, Criteria, and Vervoe. Compared side by side, by reason to switch: Codility alternatives.
What are the pros and cons of Codility?
Strengths documented on the vendor’s own pages: published entry plans, security and hosting choice, and fairness checks. It is less suited to small teams that need SSO or ATS integrations without a custom contract and employers testing mostly non-technical roles at high volume.
Does Codility have an API?
Yes. Codility offers an open API to customers.
Is Codility good for small businesses?
Codility lists small businesses among the company sizes it is built for (small businesses, mid-market companies, and enterprises). It ranks #1 of 2 in our pre-employment assessments for small businesses.
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