Karat
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy only if you're a large org hiring many engineers and lack senior interviewer bandwidth . it's a premium human service used by Atlassian and Walmart-scale companies.
Comparison
Karat vs Codility
Karat and Codility both land on Depends.
Codility
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're an enterprise screening hundreds of engineering candidates and need proctoring, compliance, and ATS integration.
| Compare | Karat | Codility |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | High-volume engineering hiring | Enterprise tech hiring at volume |
| Who it's not for | Small teams making a few hires a year | Startups hiring 1-2 engineers a year |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.² | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | No evidence in sources. | No support-quality evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Candidate reviews skew negative, especially for senior roles, though G2 buyer ratings average 4.2/5.⁷ | Employers and review sites rate Codility highly, while developer-candidates widely complain the tests are hard, confusing, and opaquely scored. |
| Biggest gotcha | Per-interview pricing snowballs with hiring volume; budget before scaling11 | Pricing starts around $1,200/year on the Starter plan |
Pick Karat when
- High-volume engineering hiring
- Orgs short on senior interviewer time
- Teams wanting standardized screening benchmarks
When Karat is not a fit
- Small teams making a few hires a year
- Anyone wanting transparent, self-serve pricing
- Staff/senior-only hiring funnels . candidate backlash is loud
- Buyers wanting cheap automated coding tests
Pick Codility when
- Enterprise tech hiring at volume
- High-volume candidate screening funnels
- Teams needing legally defensible, proctored tests
- Regulated industries (finserv)
When Codility is not a fit
- Startups hiring 1-2 engineers a year
- Teams wanting simple take-home exercises
- Buyers who care about candidate experience backlash
- Anyone needing transparent, low-cost pricing
Sources
- Karat (official site)karat.comofficial
- Karat Customer FAQskarat.comofficial
- Flatiron case studyconnect.karat.comofficial
- Karat G2 seller ratingg2.comreview
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- Karat Glassdoor reviews (64)glassdoor.comreview
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- STOP accepting Karat interviews (TeamBlind)teamblind.comreview
- Walmart Karat interview guideinterviewfox.aireview
- Karat cost estimate 2026interviewcost.comnews
- Karat vs Utkrusht comparisonutkrusht.ainews
- Companies using Karat (Landbase)data.landbase.comnews
review
- Codility === Sadnessdev.toreview