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Should I use Bryq?

AI-powered talent assessment platform for cognitive, personality, and skills-based hiring. - bryq.com

· 1 month ago

Buy if you hire at volume and need validated cognitive-plus-personality screening wired into your ATS. Skip it if you're a small team — at $199/month it's overkill; TestGorilla or structured interviews will do.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources: G2/Capterra reviews, Reddit threads, vendor pricing pages, and funding news. Review quotes were truncated in sources.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo evidence in reviewed sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

From $199/month

Single published plan

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Mid-market and enterprise HR teams
  • High-volume hiring (BPOs, telecom)
  • ATS-centric recruiters (Greenhouse)
  • Teams wanting cognitive + personality data

Not for

  • Small teams hiring a few people a year
  • Startups wanting cheap skills screens
  • Companies with no HR staff to interpret scores
  • Employers sensitive to candidate backlash

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Candidates share AI-copilot cheating methods; proctoring may not fully stop it.

medium

Pricing reports conflict: $83/month (Bryq blog) vs $199/month (SoftwareAdvice). Get a quote first.

medium

Terms reference charges on early termination — check contract exit costs before signing.

medium

Assessment-based screening draws adverse-impact and candidate-experience complaints online.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Combines cognitive, personality, and skills data in one assessment
  • Native Greenhouse ATS integration
  • Reviewers highlight ease of use
  • Case studies span BPOs, telecom, and finance roles
  • Publishes pricing publicly, unlike many assessment rivals

Cons

  • From $199/month — far pricier than $180/year rivals
  • Candidates publicly refuse to finish its long assessments
  • AI cheating guides specifically target Bryq tests
  • Public claims of discriminatory screening practices exist
  • Only 58 G2 reviews — smaller track record than rivals

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x4security x2news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • From $199/month

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. $199/mo vs rivals charging $180/yr
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Capterra reviewers call it easy
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Cognitive, personality, skills tests; ATS integrations; proctoring
  • Support quality. No evidence in reviewed sources
  • Security posture: 3/5. Security page and DPA published; AI-cheating tooling documented
  • 4.8/5 Rating FeaturedCustomers aggregate
  • $199/mo Starting price Single plan per SoftwareAdvice
  • 58 G2 reviews Far fewer than bigger rivals
  • $5.14M Total funding Incl. $4M pre-Series A, 2022

Pricing

Single published plan

From $199/month

  • Talent assessments incl. cognitive and personality
  • ATS integrations

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Employer reviewers praise ease of use and screening speed, while candidates on Reddit complain the tests are long and some refuse to finish them.

“I love how easy Bryq was to …”
Capterra reviewer
“Just sent the recruiter a no thank you email to their 50 item …”
Reddit, r/jobs
“Bryq assessment, WTF?!”
Reddit, r/mensa

Alternatives

Compare Bryq with each alternative.

  • TestGorilla

    Cheaper skills testing from $180/year; better fit for startups

  • Vervoe

    Skills-based candidate auditions instead of cognitive testing

    Bryq vs Vervoe

  • Adaface

    Coding and skills tests at a lower price point

    Bryq vs Adaface

Companies that use it

  • Accountingprose
  • Granicus
  • Persado
  • Localazy
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources: G2/Capterra reviews, Reddit threads, vendor pricing pages, and funding news. Review quotes were truncated in sources.

Validated assessments for mid-market, high-volume hiring; at $199/mo it's overkill for small teams — try TestGorilla.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources: G2/Capterra reviews, Reddit threads, vendor pricing pages, and funding news. Review quotes were truncated in sources.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Bryq homepagebryq.com
    official
  2. Bryq cognitive ability testbryq.com
    official
  3. Bryq pricing pagebryq.com
    official
  4. SoftwareAdvice review and pricingsoftwareadvice.com
    review
  5. Capterra reviewscapterra.com
    review
  6. G2 reviewsg2.com
    review
  7. Reddit r/jobs candidate threadreddit.com
    review
  8. Greenhouse integrationsupport.greenhouse.io
    official
  9. $4M pre-Series A fundingbusinesswire.com
    news
  10. Pitchbook company profilepitchbook.com
    news
  11. AI cheating guide targeting Bryqextrabrain.app
    security
  12. Bryq security pagebryq.com
    security

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