TestGorilla vs. Mettl

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Overview: TestGorilla vs. Mercer Mettl

TestGorilla vs Mercer Mettl Pricing Updated

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*Information accurate as of 14th October 2025. See pricing page for the most up to date information, or chat with our team for more details.

At a glance: TestGorilla vs. Mercer Mettl

TestGorilla helps you evaluate talent holistically with a library of 350+ tests built for modern hiring. It goes beyond resumes to assess cognitive ability, job-specific skills, and personality. Features like its Culture Add test and AI video interviews, and AI resume scoring support diverse, efficient, and human-centered hiring.

Mercer Mettl offers a larger but more traditional test library of 400+ psychometric and aptitude assessments rooted in classic theory. It excels at technical screening for niche roles with advanced simulators but lacks the modern, holistic approach of TestGorilla, making it better suited for formal corporate or academic use.

TestGorilla delivers smart, effective anti-cheating tools that protect integrity without compromising the candidate experience. Features like question rotation, copy-paste blocking, and hidden test content strike the right balance for business hiring.

Mercer Mettl uses a high-surveillance model built for academic exams, including AI proctoring, live invigilators, lockdown browsers, and multi-step ID checks. While thorough, it can feel intrusive in a competitive hiring landscape.

TestGorilla creates a welcoming, branded candidate journey with custom intro and outro videos, mobile-friendly tests, and intuitive tools that let any hiring manager build custom assessments quickly. It’s designed for speed, flexibility, and accessibility.

Mercer Mettl offers customization options but some users find these limited compared to competitors with some facing difficulties creating highly tailored assessments. The experience leans formal and exam-like, with comparatively less personalization.

TestGorilla offers transparent, usage-based pricing with a free-forever plan and simple annual tiers based on company size. All plans include unlimited assessments. Paid plans include an in-depth sourcing solution that gives customers access to a talent pool of 2m+ skills-tested jobseekers. Mercer Mettl uses a closed, quote-based pricing model geared toward large enterprises. Costs vary based on volume and security needs.

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Results dashboard

TestGorilla’s reporting tools provide clear, customizable insights into candidate performance. Take a look at account and assessment level analytics, compare scores, and filter results based on test scores or responses. You can also add ratings and notes for easier shortlisting. Reports are available in CSV, PDF, or Excel formats, making them easy to share with your team.

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Personalize the candidate journey

Engage and delight your candidates. Personalize your assessment using company-specific branding and colors, introduce your company with a warm welcome video, and keep test-takers in the loop with automated emails.

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Streamline your hiring process with ATS integrations

We provide 20+ ATS integrations assess applicants, view their results, and filter out top performers directly from your preferred HR solution.

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Why our users love us

Highly useful and intuitive. I use the app to evaluate every candidates due to its easy to navigate interface and comprehensive range of tests for both hard and soft skills. The tests are concise and time efficient, effectively assessing the desired skills. Additionally, the interpretation and results are detailed and easy to understand, and tests can be shared through various channels.

Review from

Derek G.

Talent Acquisition Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

TestGorilla is super easy to use. It's something I didn't realize I needed. I liked the quick responses from surveys sent out to potential hires. Depending upon what I send them, I can get a pretty good idea from their answers about whether they fit the job.

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Timothy Bryant

Technology Director, US

Tests created by subject matter experts, not people off the street! The biggest benefit is that test takers cannot look up answers to questions online. It's much harder the cheat on these tests because of them being situation based.

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Rick M.

Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

TestGorilla is an exceptional tool for streamlining hiring processes. The intuitive interface, paired with a comprehensive range of pre-employment tests, makes candidate screening a breeze.

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Carlos Oliveira

Founder & CTO, WIFT

TestGorilla: Seamlessly scale up your talent discovery

With its intuitive interface, flexible pricing options including a free-forever plan, in-depth sourcing capabilities, and award-winning customer support TestGorilla offers a comprehensive alternative to Mercer Mettl.

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