Head to head

Berke Assessment vs Criteria

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Berke Assessment

Sales-quoted

Pre-hire personality and aptitude assessments. The product is now sold as HighMatch. Pricing is sales-quoted.

Where Berke Assessment fits

  • HR teams using pre-hire personality and aptitude for job fit
  • Companies already on Greenhouse, Lever, or iCIMS
  • Industrial and hourly hiring that uses assessments, not only professional roles
  • Buyers comparing Predictive Index-class tools

Criteria

Sales-quoted 14 day free trial

Pre-employment testing and video interviewing sold as three packages: Assess, Interview, and Hire. Quote-based, with a 14-day free trial.

Where Criteria fits

  • HR teams adding validated pre-hire tests
  • Companies that want cognitive plus personality tests
  • Teams that want tests and video interviews together
  • Buyers who want a free trial before a demo

At a glance

DetailBerke AssessmentCriteria
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on record14 day free trial
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underAssessmentsAssessments
Capterra4.7 from 21 reviewsNot enough reviews

Where they pull apart

Berke Assessment

Stands out: Job-fit assessments with a long ATS list on the HighMatch site (Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS, JazzHR, Jobvite, Taleo, ADP, Paylocity).

Watch out: You are buying HighMatch. Budget a quote and an implementation into the ATS, not a $49/mo DISC login.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that want Crystal-style browser personality lookups
  • Buyers who need a public per-assessment price
  • Engineering orgs that need coding tests

Criteria

Stands out: Cognitive, personality, emotional intelligence, risk, and skills tests on one platform, with video interviews in the same suite.

Watch out: All three packages are sales-quoted. AI proctoring, the AI interview agent, and AI scoring are paid upgrades, and Develop is a separate add-on.

Not the right fit for

  • Engineering teams that only need a live coding pad
  • Buyers who need a published price

Pros and cons

Berke Assessment

  • Job-fit assessments rather than a novelty DISC widget
  • Long ATS/HRIS list on the HighMatch site
  • Still the Berke brand hiring managers may recognise
  • Quote-only
  • Brand is now HighMatch
  • Not a coding assessment

Criteria

  • Broad test catalog in one platform
  • Video interviewing in the same suite
  • 14-day free trial
  • No published price
  • AI features cost extra
  • Develop is a separate add-on

What each one costs

Berke Assessment

Sales-quoted

Quote-based. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 17 Sep 2026

Criteria

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Three packages (Assess, Interview, Hire) are priced by headcount, with AI upgrades and the Develop add-on on top, and a 14-day free trial is available. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Berke Assessment or Criteria for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Criteria offers a 14 day free trial.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 17 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?