TestGorilla Pricing in 2026: What It Costs Per Hire

The short answer

TestGorilla publishes four self-service tiers on testgorilla.com/pricing. Free is $0 with 10 credits a month, 5 essential skills tests and 1 full-access seat. Core is $142/mo or $1,704/yr (annual) for the full 350+ test library, talent sourcing, analytics and 2 full-access seats. Plus starts from $400/mo (from $4,800/yr) and adds custom tests and coding challenges, AI interviews with auto-scoring, job simulations, ID verification, ATS integrations and unlimited seats. Enterprise is custom-quoted. Billing is by credit, and 1 credit covers one candidate through a full skills battery. As of July 2026, verified against TestGorilla’s published pricing page.

TestGorilla pricing (2026).

TestGorilla publishes Free, Core and Plus as self-service tiers and reserves Enterprise for a custom quote. The cost drivers are the test library, the feature set (coding challenges and AI interviews sit on Plus) and the number of full-access seats. Pricing tracked through testgorilla.com/pricing.

Plan	Price (2026)	Seats	Test library	Key inclusions
Free	$0 (10 credits/mo)	1	5 essential tests	Resume scoring, AI video interviews
Core	$142/mo ($1,704/yr)	2	350+ tests	Talent sourcing, analytics
Plus	From $400/mo (from $4,800/yr)	Unlimited	350+ plus custom	Coding challenges, AI interviews, ATS + API
Enterprise	Custom (contact sales)	Custom	Full	Scientific validation, security review

Plus adds custom tests and coding challenges, AI interviews with full customisation and auto-scoring, job simulations, ID verification, up to 20 custom questions per assessment, ATS integrations and API access, branding removal and a dedicated customer success manager. Enterprise adds scientific validation, security and compliance reviews and tailored agreements. TestGorilla does not publish a number for Enterprise; treat any single third-party figure as an aggregate of negotiated contracts, not a list price.

The credit-per-candidate model.

TestGorilla bills by credit, and the credit is the number that decides your real cost. One credit covers one candidate. Assessing a candidate with a skills battery (up to 5 tests in a single assessment) costs 1 credit whether you include one test or five. As of the January 2026 credit change, the mapping is:

Action	Credit cost per candidate
Skills test battery (up to 5 tests)	1 credit
Video questions	1 credit
ID verification	1 credit
Sourcing invitation	1 credit
AI interview	2 credits
Qualifying questions, custom essay questions, AI resume scoring	0 credits

Because a single credit covers a whole battery of up to 5 tests, the per-candidate cost is low relative to coding platforms that meter each coding attempt. The trade-off is that AI interviews cost double (2 credits) and the free screening tools (qualifying questions, resume scoring) no longer consume credits at all, which shifts the sensible screening order: filter for free first, spend credits on the candidates worth a full battery.

Per-candidate amortisation math.

The right cost framing is the plan price divided by the candidates you actually assess. TestGorilla does not publish per-plan credit allowances on its pricing page, so the exact per-candidate figure depends on the allowance you confirm at checkout. Third-party procurement summaries (G2, Capterra) report the Core plan bundles roughly 400 credits a year, which anchors the illustrative math below; treat that allowance as an aggregator report, not a published number.

Tier	Annual cost	Illustrative credits	Effective per candidate
Core	$1,704	~400 (aggregator)	~$4 to $5
Plus	From $4,800	Scales with volume	Falls as volume rises
Enterprise	Custom	Negotiated (1,000s)	Lowest per candidate at scale

At roughly $4 to $5 per assessed candidate for a full skills battery, TestGorilla’s Core tier is inexpensive on a per-candidate basis. The cost case, as with any assessment platform, rests on reviewer time saved: a scored battery replaces the 20 to 40 minutes a reviewer would spend judging an unstructured screen, and at a loaded reviewer rate of about $60 to $120 per hour that saving dwarfs the per-candidate credit cost once you run real volume.

Cross-references.

For coding-specific assessment platforms, see the HackerRank cost page and the CodeSignal cost page. For invite-based coding assessment, see Codility cost, and for outsourced technical interviews (a different model entirely) see the Karat cost page. For the broader tooling cost framework, see the tools page.

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Frequently asked questions

What does TestGorilla actually cost in 2026?

TestGorilla publishes self-service pricing on testgorilla.com/pricing. Free is $0 with 10 credits a month, 5 essential skills tests and 1 full-access seat. Core is $142 per month or $1,704 per year (annual billing) for the full 350+ test library, talent sourcing, analytics and 2 full-access seats. Plus starts from $400 per month (from $4,800 per year) and adds custom tests and coding challenges, AI interviews with auto-scoring, job simulations, ID verification, ATS integrations and API access, branding removal and unlimited seats. Enterprise is custom-quoted and adds scientific validation and security and compliance reviews. Verified against testgorilla.com/pricing as of July 2026.

How does TestGorilla's credit model work?

TestGorilla bills by credits, and one credit covers one candidate. Assessing a candidate with a skills-test battery (up to 5 tests in one assessment) costs 1 credit, whether you include one test or five. Video questions, ID verification and sourcing invitations are also 1 credit per candidate. An AI interview costs 2 credits per candidate. As of the January 2026 credit change, qualifying questions, custom essay questions and AI resume scoring cost 0 credits. That means the credit-per-candidate number, not the seat count, is what drives your bill as hiring volume rises.

What is the effective cost per candidate on TestGorilla?

It depends on the included credit allowance, which TestGorilla does not publish on its pricing page. Third-party procurement summaries (G2, Capterra) report the Core plan bundles roughly 400 credits a year with its $1,704 price, which would put the effective cost around $4 to $5 per assessed candidate at full utilisation, with the option to buy more credits as volume grows. Treat the 400-credit figure as an aggregator report rather than a published number, and confirm your exact allowance at checkout. The important structural point is that 1 credit covers a full skills battery, so the per-candidate cost is low relative to single-purpose coding platforms that charge per coding attempt.

How does TestGorilla compare to HackerRank and CodeSignal on cost?

They price different things. HackerRank Pro is $4,490 per year (300 coding attempts) and CodeSignal Grow is $5,748 per year (420 credits); both are coding-assessment platforms where an attempt is a coding test. TestGorilla Core is $1,704 per year for a broad skills-assessment library (cognitive, personality, role-specific and software skills) where 1 credit covers a whole battery, and coding challenges sit on the Plus tier from $4,800 per year. If you only need to screen software engineers on code, a dedicated coding platform is the closer comparison; if you screen across many roles and want one platform for cognitive, personality and skills, TestGorilla's Core tier is materially cheaper per candidate.

Is the Free plan enough for a small team?

For a very low volume of hires, yes. The Free plan gives 10 credits a month (10 candidates), 5 essential skills tests, resume scoring, qualifying questions and 1 full-access seat, plus AI video interviews. That covers a single open role screening a handful of candidates. The moment you need the full 350+ test library, more than one person reviewing, talent sourcing or analytics, you are on Core at $142 per month. Coding challenges, custom tests, AI interviews with auto-scoring and ATS integrations only unlock on Plus.

What does TestGorilla Plus add over Core?

Plus (from $400 per month, from $4,800 per year) adds the features that matter for higher-volume and more technical hiring: custom tests and coding challenges, AI interviews with full customisation and auto-scoring, job simulations, ID verification, up to 20 custom questions per assessment, ATS integrations and API access, branding removal, a dedicated customer success manager and unlimited full-access seats. Core is capped at 2 seats and the standard test library; Plus is the tier once you need coding assessment, deeper integration or more than two people running hiring.

Where does TestGorilla fit in a cost-per-hire budget?

It sits in the assessment-tooling line, alongside an ATS and any live-coding platform. On the 2025 SHRM benchmark, direct cost per hire averages $5,475, and screening tools are a small fraction of that next to interviewer time. TestGorilla's value case is the same as any assessment platform: it replaces reviewer hours spent on unstructured screening with a scored battery, so the platform pays for itself when the reviewer time it saves exceeds the per-candidate credit cost. Across a full hiring year that threshold is low, which is why structured screening tends to lower total cost per hire rather than raise it.

What TestGorilla costs in 2026: real per-hire math.