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Technical hiring assessments · October 2026 Edition

CoderPad vs HackerEarth

One of fourteen models named CoderPad first on the direct prompt; one named HackerEarth. CoderPad was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and HackerEarth by eleven and CoderPad carries 52 labels and HackerEarth 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

CoderPad

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

HackerEarth

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share10%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels5215A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, CoderPad reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.HackerRank was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. HackerRank vs CoderPad · HackerRank vs HackerEarth · CodeSignal vs CoderPad

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the technical hiring assessments page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CoderPadFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHackerEarth
Direct11
Paraphrase40
Comparative101 against HackerEarth
Budget-constrained03
Scale-constrained10
Negative603 against CoderPad · 1 against HackerEarth
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, CoderPad and HackerEarth were named in the same answer twenty-four times, of the 142 answers naming CoderPad and the 44 naming HackerEarth. In those answers HackerEarth took the first choice one time and CoderPad one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where CoderPad and HackerEarth stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
CoderPad HackerEarth first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, CoderPad on the left and HackerEarth on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where CoderPad and HackerEarth stood in it.

CoderPad first, HackerEarth not the choice

1 of 14 modelsHackerEarth was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCoderPad, Woven alternatives: CodeSignal

HackerEarth first, CoderPad not the choice

1 of 14 modelsCoderPad was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5HackerEarth, TestGorilla alternatives: CodeSignal

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.1 FastHackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, CoderPad, Coderbyte, Codility
Qwen 3.7 FlashCodeSignal alternatives: CoderPad, Codility, TestGorilla, Voomer
MiniMax M2.5Codility alternatives: AssessHub, CoderPad, HackerRank
GPT-6 LunaCodeSignal Hire Grow alternatives: CoderPad, HackerRank

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniHackerRank alternatives: CodeSignal, Codility
Perplexity SonarCodeSignal alternatives: Coderbyte, DevSkiller
Mistral SmallGoodfit alternatives: HackerRank
DeepSeek V4 FlashCodility alternatives: CodeSignal, HackerRank
Llama 4 MaverickGoodfit alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank
Kimi K2Coderbyte alternatives: HackerRank, TestGorilla
GLM 4.7 FlashXCodility, TestGorilla alternatives: CodeSignal, Coderbyte, HackerRank
Muse Glimmer 30BCodeSignal, DevSkiller, HackerRank alternatives: Codility

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
CoderPad leads by fifteen points.
CoderPad17%#2 of 8
HackerEarth2%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
CoderPad leads by three points.
CoderPad10%#3 of 9
HackerEarth7%#7 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: HackerEarth leads at enterprise.
HackerEarth2%#5 of 8
CoderPad0%#6 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about CoderPad

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“CoderPad lacks webcam monitoring and browser lockdown features... the site can get buggy, has limited pre-built questions” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Advanced features locked behind higher tiers, occasional bugs, limited question library” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“CoderPad – Time management issues, weaker proctoring.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“CoderPad | End-to-End & Live Pairing | Offers a great developer experience. Candidates use a real VS Code-like environment.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“CoderPad if you want to interview candidates in real-time to gauge their communication and debugging skills.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Known for live, collaborative interviews, which can provide a more realistic candidate experience” Mistral Small · negative prompt · first choice

What the models said about HackerEarth

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Similar to HackerRank in being low-cost, but with less-modern technology.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Weaker auto-cheat detection per tests.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · soft negative
“For mid-market B2B companies specifically, HackerEarth and TestGorilla stand out for their balance of features, pricing accessibility, and ATS integration compatibility” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“The best coding assessment platform for a company with a limited budget is HackerEarth, which offers coding tests and live technical interviews on a modest budget.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“HackerEarth or TestGorilla would be the best starting points due to their affordability” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.