Head to head

Codility vs Karat

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

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

Karat

Sales-quoted

Technical interviewing as a service: trained Interview Engineers run live engineering interviews to your bar. Quote-based.

Where Karat fits

  • Companies short on engineer-interviewers
  • High-volume technical hiring programs
  • Enterprises standardizing a technical bar
  • Teams vetting contractors and partner talent

At a glance

DetailCodilityKarat
Starting price$1,200/yrSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server✓Yes–No
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underAssessmentsAssessments, Interviewing

Where they pull apart

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

Karat

Stands out: Expert interviewers run the technical interview, backed by benchmarks from 600,000-plus interviews.

Watch out: No public rate card. You buy a scoped interview program after a demo, not software by the month.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that only need a coding pad
  • Buyers who need a published price

Pros and cons

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

Karat

  • Interviewers included, not only software
  • Consistent bar across teams and regions
  • Benchmarks from 600,000-plus interviews
  • No public self-serve price
  • Demo required before a quote
  • Costs more than a self-run pad

What each one costs

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

Karat

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Pricing is set per interview program after a demo. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Codility or Karat for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.
Does Codility or Karat 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 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?