Assessment tool pricing
HackerRank pricing in 2026: what it actually costs
The short answer
HackerRank Starter is $99 a month, or $990 a year paid up front, which they badge as two months free. That buys one user and 60 attempts a year. Pro is $449 a month or $4,490 a year, with unlimited users and 300 attempts. Extra attempts are $20 each. Unused attempts expire every cycle and never roll over.
An attempt is spent when a candidate starts a test or joins an interview, so live interviews and take-home tests come out of the same pool.
01Every price we could find, and where it came from
HackerRank builds its prices in the browser, which is why almost every directory listing quotes an older plan. We read the live page, then checked the figures a second way against HackerRank's own plans API.
| Source | Price as printed | What it really is | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| HackerRank pricing page (Starter, annual) | $82 / mo, $990 / year | "$990 billed annually". 1 user, 60 attempts a year, $20 per extra attempt. Annual is the toggle's default. | 2026-08-02 |
| HackerRank pricing page (Starter, monthly) | $99 / mo | 5 attempts a month, month to month, no annual lock. | 2026-08-02 |
| HackerRank pricing page (Pro, annual) | $375 / mo, $4,490 / year | 300 attempts a year, unlimited users, AI proctoring, ATS integrations for Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby. | 2026-08-02 |
| HackerRank's own plans API | $99.00 and $449.00 | We fetched this ourselves rather than take it on trust: starter-v4 at $99.00 a month, pro-v3 at $449.00. The SKU names, a fourth and a third generation, are why old listings are wrong. | 2026-08-02 |
| Vendr, real contract data | $12,495 / year median | "Median buyer pays $12,495 per year", range $4,506 to $46,346, about 24 percent off list. What companies large enough to negotiate actually sign. | 2026-08-02 |
| TrustRadius | $199 / mo (Starter) | Pro matches the live page at $449. Starter does not: $199 is retired, and undated. | 2026-08-02 |
| G2 | $165 / 10 attempts | Also $15 per extra attempt against a live $20. To G2's credit it prints its date: "last updated on July 10, 2025". Over a year old. | 2026-08-02 |
| Capterra | $199 | Usage-based model, free trial yes, no free version. The retired Starter figure again. | 2026-08-02 |
Seven figures in circulation for the entry plan: $82, $99, $165, $199, $375, $449 and $990, plus a real median contract of $12,495. The live Starter price is $99 a month or $990 a year. The gap to Vendr's median is not a contradiction: it is the difference between what anyone can buy on a card and the negotiated Enterprise contracts that are most of HackerRank's revenue.
02What the price does not include
HackerRank meters attempts, not candidates or tests, and the definition of an attempt is where budgeting goes wrong.
More attempts than your plan allows
Starter includes 60 a year, Pro 300. Past that it is $20 per additional attempt on both, charged automatically in batches of 25. A 200-candidate year on Starter is 140 overage attempts, which is $2,800 on top of the $990 subscription and roughly quadruples the bill.
Live interviews as a separate thing
This one cuts in your favour. There is no separate Interviews subscription: their FAQ says that when you interview a candidate, that also counts as an attempt, so screening and interviews draw from one pool. The flip side is that a candidate you both test and interview costs two attempts, not one.
Attempts you did not use
Section D says unused attempts expire at the end of each billing cycle, do not roll over, and are not subject to any refund or credit. On a monthly plan that reset happens twelve times a year, so a quiet month is lost. It is the strongest argument for the annual plan.
Enterprise features, and there are a lot of them
Certified assessments, 40-plus integrations including Workday and Oracle, the full 7,500-question library, advanced roles and permissions, SSO, a designated account manager and testing up to 100,000 candidates at once are Enterprise only, with no published price. Starter gets 2,000 questions, Pro gets 4,000.
03The contract terms, in their words
The self-serve plans run on a short document called the Subscription Plan Terms, and it is noticeably more reasonable than most of this market. The clauses that matter, quoted exactly.
Section B, annual plans
“Annual subscription plans continue for an initial term of one (1) year from the Services Start Date. Thereafter, annual plans automatically renew for successive one-year terms on each anniversary of the Services Start Date unless Customer's subscription is cancelled in accordance with these Subscription Terms.”
Section D, unused attempts
“An Attempt is used when a Candidate begins a test or joins an interview session. Unused Attempts expire at the end of each Billing Cycle, do not roll over to future Billing Cycles, and are not subject to any refund or credit.”
Section G, cancellation
“Customer may cancel its subscription at any time by using the cancellation feature available within the Services. Cancellations by Customer will be effective at the end of Customer's then-current Billing Cycle.”
Master Subscription Agreement, section 4.1
“Fees are not subject to apportionment and are non-refundable except as provided for by this Agreement.”
In plain words, and this is genuinely better than the rest of the field: a monthly plan really is monthly, you cancel it yourself inside the product, and there is no notice period to remember. Annual plans auto-renew, but you can switch the renewal off any time rather than inside a window. What you do not get back is money already paid or attempts already expired. One thing to notice: their FAQ says an attempt counts when a candidate completes an assessment, while section D says it counts when a candidate begins one. The contract binds, and it is the less generous version.
Read it yourself: HackerRank Subscription Plan Terms.
04What it works out to for three sizes of buyer
Attempts are the whole game. Under your allowance the effective rate falls fast; over it, the $20 overage takes charge of the bill.
How these were worked out. Starter at $990 a year with 60 attempts, read off hackerrank.com/products/pricing on 2 August 2026 and cross-checked against HackerRank's plans API the same day. One attempt per candidate, which assumes a take-home test and no live interview; add one attempt per candidate you also interview. Overage at the published $20.
| Buyer | What they pay | Per candidate |
|---|---|---|
| One role, 10 candidates10 attempts against an allowance of 60 | $990 for the year | $99.00 each ($990 / 10) |
| Small team, 50 candidatesStill inside the 60 attempt allowance | $990 for the year | $19.80 each ($990 / 50) |
| Agency or scale-up, 200 candidates60 included, then 140 overage at $20 each | $3,790 ($990 + $2,800) | $18.95 each. Pro at $4,490 for 300 attempts would be $22.45 |
Model the overage rate before you buy. At 200 candidates the cheap plan plus overage beats the expensive plan, which is unusual and easy to miss. If most of that volume is a first-pass knowledge filter rather than real coding, a plain multiple-choice screen is free for five tests a month and will not replace HackerRank for the candidates who get through it.
05When HackerRank is the right choice
HackerRank is the strongest product here for a specific job, and its pricing is honest about what that job is. Three cases where it is clearly right.
You are hiring engineers and the code has to be real
A 7,500-question library, multi-file project questions, an IDE candidates can actually work in and leaked-question protection are not things a cheap multiple-choice tool approximates. If a wrong hire costs six figures, $99 a head to watch somebody write real code is not the expensive part of the process.
You want screening and interviewing in one place
Screen and Interview share one attempt pool on every plan, including Starter. Most competitors sell live interviewing as a separate product or a higher tier. Here a take-home followed by a live pairing round is two attempts, with no second contract and no second tool for candidates to learn.
You want to start monthly and keep the exit open
This is the quiet advantage over most of this market. Starter at $99 a month is a real month-to-month plan you cancel yourself, with no twelve month commitment and no notice window. Run one hiring round, decide it is not for you, and stop. Very few vendors on this page allow that.
06Cheaper or simpler options
If the attempt maths does not work for your volume, these four bill differently. Ours is the last row and it does not do coding at all.
| Tool | Price | Billing model | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equip | ₹95, about $1, per candidate per test | Prepaid credits, no subscription, no contract | Per test, not per candidate. Nothing like HackerRank's project questions or IDE |
| TestDome | $20 down to $7 per candidate | Prepaid packs of invites. Packs never expire | Unused invites return to your balance after 6 days, but the $7 rate needs a 600 candidate pack |
| CoderPad | $960 a year, or $120 a month | Monthly or annual, per test or interview | $25 per test over quota, and ATS integrations are on the custom tier only |
| Codility | $1,200 a year (Starter) | Annual billing only on the entry plan | 120 invite credits a year and one platform user. Proctoring beyond snapshots is custom tier |
| Journey Uncommon | Free for 5 tests a month, then ₹499 | Monthly, cancel any time, no annual lock | Multiple choice only. There is no coding sandbox, so it cannot do the job HackerRank exists to do |
Where Journey Uncommon fits, honestly
Cheapest row in that table, and the least complete. Multiple choice only, no coding sandbox, no ATS integration, no webcam proctoring, and proctoring is not on the roadmap. If you need any of that, buy one of the others.
07HackerRank pricing questions
How much does HackerRank cost?
Starter is $99 a month, or $990 a year if you pay annually, and includes one user with 60 attempts a year. Pro is $449 a month, or $4,490 a year, with unlimited users and 300 attempts a year. Both charge $20 per attempt beyond the allowance. Enterprise has no published price. Read off hackerrank.com/products/pricing on 2 August 2026 and confirmed against HackerRank's own plans API the same day.
What is an attempt on HackerRank?
Section D defines it as used when a candidate begins a test or joins an interview session. A take-home assessment and a live interview each cost one attempt from the same pool. Sending an invite costs nothing. Note that their pricing FAQ says an attempt counts when a candidate completes an assessment, which is more generous than the contract wording. The contract is what binds.
Do unused HackerRank attempts roll over?
No. Section D says unused attempts expire at the end of each billing cycle, do not roll over, and are not subject to any refund or credit. On a monthly plan that reset happens every month, so a quiet month is money lost. On an annual plan you get the whole 60 or 300 to use whenever you like, which HackerRank markets directly.
Can I cancel HackerRank at any time?
Yes, more easily than most tools here. Section G says you may cancel at any time using the cancellation feature inside the product, effective at the end of your current billing cycle, with no notice period on your side. You will not get a refund for the remainder of the cycle you have paid for, but you keep access until it ends.
What do companies actually pay for HackerRank?
Vendr, which brokers software contracts, publishes a median of $12,495 a year across its HackerRank deals, ranging from $4,506 to $46,346, with buyers saving about 24 percent off list. That is far above the self-serve plans because it reflects negotiated Enterprise contracts. Buying on a card, $990 or $4,490 is your world. With procurement involved, $12,495 is the more useful anchor.