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Codeaid vs HackerEarth

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

HackerEarth is a technical hiring platform for coding tests, live coding interviews and AI screening interviews. Plans start at $99 a month, with Scale at $399 and custom Enterprise pricing. It fits tech recruiting teams that want assessments and interviews in one tool.

Where HackerEarth fits

  • Technical recruiting teams
  • Screening developers at volume
  • Live coding panel interviews
  • Teams wanting AI first-round interviews

At a glance

DetailCodeaidHackerEarth
Starting price$129/mo$99/mo
Free tier–No–No
Free trial14 day free trialNot on record
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underAssessments, AI interviewingAssessments, Interviewing, AI interviewing
CapterraNot enough reviews4.7 from 26 reviews

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

HackerEarth

Stands out: You can send unlimited invites and pay only for tests candidates attempt. The platform runs assessments, FaceCode live interviews and the OnScreen AI interviewer in one place. Its benchmarking draws on 150M+ evaluated solutions, so scores compare candidates against a wide pool.

Watch out: The $99 Growth plan has one admin and 10 credits a month and leaves out ATS integrations, question pooling and proctoring. API access and SSO require the custom-priced Enterprise plan.

Not the right fit for

  • Non-technical hiring only
  • Teams needing API access on a small budget
  • Single admins needing ATS sync

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

HackerEarth

  • Published monthly plans from $99
  • Charged only for attempted tests
  • Assessments, live and AI interviews in one platform
  • Growth plan limited to one admin and 10 credits
  • ATS integrations start at $399 a month
  • API and SSO only on Enterprise

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

HackerEarth

$99/mo

HackerEarth publishes three plans billed monthly. Growth costs $99 a month for one admin, 10 credits, assessments plus FaceCode and 5,000+ questions. Scale costs $399 a month for unlimited admins, 25 credits, a 20,000+ question library, AI plagiarism checks and ATS and calendar integrations. Enterprise is custom priced and adds API access, SSO and the full 25,000+ question library. You can send unlimited invites and are charged only for attempted tests. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 26 Sep 2026

Common questions

Is Codeaid cheaper than HackerEarth?
HackerEarth starts lower, at $99/mo 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 HackerEarth for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Codeaid offers a 14 day free trial.

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