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Codeaid vs Codility

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

Starting price

Codeaid

$129/mo 14 day free trial

A coding assessment platform built specifically for AI and machine-learning roles. Candidates work in real notebooks or GPU containers on messy datasets, and an AI interviewer builds the test and scores the work. The Team plan is $129/mo for 20 candidate invites a month, with a 14-day free trial.

Where Codeaid fits

  • AI startups hiring ML and generative AI engineers
  • Agencies pre-screening AI and ML candidates for clients
  • Companies upskilling software engineers into ML roles
  • Teams on Greenhouse, SmartRecruiters or Recruitee

Codility

$1,200/yr

Technical assessments and interviews for engineering hiring. Starter is $1,200/yr for 120 invites and one user. Custom is quote-based.

Where Codility fits

  • Engineering teams screening developers
  • Growing teams with steady hiring volume
  • Enterprises mapping engineering skills
  • Teams that want tasks built from their own code

At a glance

DetailCodeaidCodility
Starting price$129/mo$1,200/yr
Free tier–No–No
Free trial14 day free trialNot on record
MCP server–No✓Yes
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underAssessments, AI interviewingAssessments

Where they pull apart

Codeaid

Stands out: General coding test platforms struggle to tell whether someone can actually train and debug a model. Codeaid tests that directly, with datasets too large to paste into an AI assistant, and agencies can use it to pre-screen ML candidates before sending them to clients.

Watch out: Twenty invites a month on the Team plan is tight for volume hiring, so credit packs or Enterprise may be needed. It is narrow by design: for general software engineering or non-technical roles a broader assessment library fits better.

Not the right fit for

  • High-volume hiring for general developer roles
  • Non-technical assessments

Codility

Stands out: Custom tasks can be built with MCP straight from your IDE and codebase on Scale and Custom plans.

Watch out: Starter is one platform user and 120 invites a year. ATS integrations, SSO and full API access are on the quote-based Custom plan.

Not the right fit for

  • Non-technical hiring
  • Teams that need many users on the entry plan

Pros and cons

Codeaid

  • Built for AI and ML roles specifically
  • Real notebooks and GPU environments
  • 14-day free trial
  • Only 20 invites a month on Team
  • Narrow focus beyond AI and ML roles
  • Only three ATS integrations

Codility

  • Self-serve Starter and Scale plans
  • Custom tasks built via MCP
  • Public API documentation
  • Starter covers one platform user
  • ATS integrations need Custom
  • Invite credits cap yearly volume

What each one costs

Codeaid

$129/mo

Codeaid's Team plan is $129/mo, with 20% off on annual billing, and includes 5 users, 20 candidate invites a month, unlimited openings and interviews, 75 questions per interview, 2 custom interview templates and Greenhouse, SmartRecruiters and Recruitee integrations. Extra invites are sold in credit packs of 10, 50 or 100. A 14-day free trial is available. Enterprise, with unlimited users, invites and templates plus invoicing and premium support, is quoted. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 13 Oct 2026

Codility

$1,200/yr

Starter is $1,200 a year for up to 120 invite credits and one platform user. Scale is $6,000 a year for up to 300 invites and three users. Custom is sales-quoted and adds Skills Intelligence, integrations, SSO and full API access. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Is Codeaid cheaper than Codility?
Codility starts lower, at $1,200/yr against $129/mo for Codeaid. That is the entry plan on each side, so the real number depends on seats and the tier you land on.
Can you try Codeaid or Codility for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Codeaid offers a 14 day free trial.
Does Codeaid or Codility have an MCP server?
Codility ships a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 13 Oct 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?