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GitRoll vs Karat

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

Starting price

GitRoll

Free scan; contact for hiring plans

GitHub-evidence scoring for engineering hiring, with a free scan path and hiring plans sold through the vendor. GitRoll does not publish paid tier prices.

Where GitRoll fits

  • Engineering hiring teams that want GitHub evidence, not another coding-test vendor
  • Startups willing to start with a free scan before buying a hiring workspace
  • Teams sourcing outside the usual FAANG-resume pool
  • Recruiters who want agentic profiles instead of a static GitHub URL

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

DetailGitRollKarat
Starting priceFree scan; contact for hiring plansSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underAssessments, InterviewingAssessments, Interviewing

Where they pull apart

GitRoll

Stands out: GitRoll scores real GitHub work (CURISM and ACID assessments) instead of resume keywords, aimed at finding undervalued builders in a 150M+ developer graph.

Watch out: GitRoll does not publish a self-serve rate card. Treat hiring seats as a quoted conversation.

Not the right fit for

  • TA teams that need a printed per-seat rate before a demo
  • Non-engineering hiring where GitHub evidence does not exist

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

GitRoll

  • Scores real GitHub work instead of self-reported resume stacks
  • Free scan path so you can test a profile before buying hiring seats
  • Company page also offers a placement fee path if you want managed matching
  • No published paid SaaS rates
  • Placement fees (0.25% interview, 4.5% of salary) are a different commercial model than seats
  • Useless for roles with no public code history

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

GitRoll

Free scan; contact for hiring plans

A free scan path is the public entry. The for-companies page quotes a 0.25% fee for the initial interview plus 4.5% of the hire's salary on successful placement. No hiring software plans or seat prices are published. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 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 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

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Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?