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Should I use Testlify?

Skills assessment platform for hiring teams - testlify.com

Depends. Buy if you hire at volume across many role types and can absorb ~$198/mo plus candidate friction. Skip it if you hire a handful of people a year — a simpler tool or take-home task costs less.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 30+ public sources; independent buyer review volume is thin and much comparison content is vendor-published.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo buyer-side support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

from $198/mo

Paid plans (Standard and up)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • High-volume recruiters
  • Mixed technical and non-technical roles
  • Mid-size teams on Workday
  • Teams replacing resume screens with skills tests

Not for

  • Small teams hiring a few people a year — $198/mo is overkill
  • Anyone sensitive to candidate experience — candidates resent long unpaid tests
  • Coding-first screening — Testlify itself points those buyers to Adaface
  • Buyers needing deep security vetting — no public security page found

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Entry price near $198/mo; credit-based plans may add costs as hiring volume scales

medium

Long assessments (71-minute invites reported) risk candidate drop-off and abandoned applications

medium

G2 reviews incentivized with $25 discounts — read ratings skeptically

low

Small bootstrapped vendor with no outside funding — plan your data export path

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Users consistently praise the user-friendly interface
  • Wide test library spans technical and non-technical roles
  • Listed on Workday Marketplace — real ATS integration path
  • Publishes transparent public pricing
  • Vendor reports customers hire 55% faster

Cons

  • Paid plans start at $198/mo — steep for small teams
  • Candidates report long, unpaid pre-interview assessments
  • Some users report it didn't reduce their bad hires
  • Independent review base is thin — Trustpilot shows 3 reviews
  • Vendor offers $25 discounts for posting G2 reviews

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 18 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x6review x8security x2news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • from $198/mo

    Starting price

  • 18

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. $198/mo entry; ROI claims are vendor-reported
  • Ease of use: 4/5. G2 users praise user-friendliness
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Huge test library, proctoring, AI anti-cheating
  • Support quality. No buyer-side support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 3/5. GDPR page exists; no public security page found
  • 4.0/5 Software Advice rating 29 reviews
  • $198/mo Starting price per G2 pricing page
  • 1,500+ teams Customers vendor-claimed
  • None raised Funding ~$952K projected revenue (Crunchbase)

Pricing

Paid plans (Standard and up)

from $198/mo

  • Credit plans scale with hiring volume
  • Fixed monthly subscription option

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Buyer-side reviews praise ease of use and test breadth, while candidates on Reddit complain about long unpaid assessments and independent review volume is thin.

“We have had 96% success rate using test”
Reddit, r/recruitinghell
“Then was sent a pre-interview assessment via Test”
Reddit, r/jobs
“I did well on my first-ever online test and am”
Testlify candidate reviews (vendor-collected)

Alternatives

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Companies that use it

  • Arch Advisory Group18
Full analysis

Based on 30+ public sources; independent buyer review volume is thin and much comparison content is vendor-published.

User-friendly skills testing for volume hiring; ~$198/mo start and long tests make it overkill for small, occasional hirers.

Methodology

Based on 30+ public sources; independent buyer review volume is thin and much comparison content is vendor-published.

Sources

  1. Testlify Reviews — G2g2.com
    review
  2. Testlify Pricing — G2g2.com
    review
  3. Testlify Reviews — Software Advicesoftwareadvice.com
    review
  4. Trustpilot reviews of Testlifytrustpilot.com
    review
  5. WhatJobs: Testlify 2026 reviewwhatjobs.com
    review
  6. Reddit r/jobs — unpaid assessments threadreddit.com
    review
  7. Reddit r/recruitinghell — 71-minute testreddit.com
    review
  8. Reddit r/Hirevire — bad hires threadreddit.com
    review
  9. Testlify pricing pagetestlify.com
    official
  10. Testlify vs HiPeople pricing comparisontestlify.com
    official
  11. Testlify vs Adaface comparisontestlify.com
    official
  12. Testlify GDPR compliance pagetestlify.com
    security
  13. Qualys SSL test — integrations.testlify.devssllabs.com
    security
  14. Testlify on Workday Marketplacemarketplace.workday.com
    official
  15. Crunchbase — Testlify company profilecrunchbase.com
    news
  16. Tracxn — Testlify company profiletracxn.com
    news
  17. Testlify help center — $25 G2 review discounthelp.testlify.com
    official
  18. Testlify case study — Arch Advisory Grouptestlify.com
    official

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