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 Woven Teams
Karat and Woven Teams both land on Depends.
Woven Teams
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Worth shortlisting if you regularly hire engineers and want human-scored, real-world async screens instead of live interviews.
| Compare | Karat | Woven Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | High-volume engineering hiring | Engineering teams hiring developers remotely |
| Who it's not for | Small teams making a few hires a year | Non-engineering roles . developer-focused only |
| 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. | Vendor claims monthly management reviews; thin proof |
| Public sentiment | Candidate reviews skew negative, especially for senior roles, though G2 buyer ratings average 4.2/5.⁷ | Hard third-party numbers are sparse; one SoftwareAdvice review is positive, while Reddit shows candidates taking multiple Woven tests. |
| Biggest gotcha | Per-interview pricing snowballs with hiring volume; budget before scaling11 | Pricing is hidden; one comparison lists $249/mo plus a successful-hire fee . confirm current terms with sales. |
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 Woven Teams when
- Engineering teams hiring developers remotely
- Replacing live technical screens with async
- Data science hiring (Pandas scenarios)
- Teams wanting human-scored, real-world tasks
When Woven Teams is not a fit
- Non-engineering roles . developer-focused only
- Startups making one or two hires a year
- Buyers needing public pricing before sales calls
- Teams wanting cheap automated quiz-style screens
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
- Woven Teams homepagewoventeams.comofficial
- Woven pricing pagewoventeams.comofficial