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800+

Challenges + Bytes

3 modes

Take-home, CodePair, Bytes

Unlimited

Team members

The core difference

Real-world work beats test-prep drills

CodeSignal is built around timed algorithm tests — good for test prep, bad for showing real skills. CodeSubmit lets candidates clone a repo, use their tools, and send a PR — just like actual work.

Receive a real brief

Candidates get a clear assignment with realistic scope instead of a toy prompt or browser puzzle.

Clone the repo in their own setup

They open the project in the IDE, terminal, and extensions they already use day to day.

Work through the task normally

Code, test, commit, and iterate the way they would on the job, with no artificial editor friction.

Submit reviewable engineering work

Your team gets actual code changes, commit history, and cleaner follow-up material for interviews.

Review signal

What your team gets back

Candidates stay in a familiar workflow, and reviewers get artifacts they can actually discuss in follow-up.

Reviewable diffs

See file structure, commits, and implementation choices your team can actually discuss.

Familiar tooling

Candidates stay in their own environment instead of burning energy on a browser sandbox.

Better follow-up

Live interviews can pick up from the real submission instead of resetting around a new prompt.

Stronger signal

You learn how candidates organize work, test changes, and move through ambiguity.

Why it matters

Actual engineering skill, not test scores

Algorithm quizzes miss most of what matters in engineering. Real projects show how people actually think and build.

Git-native workflow

Clone, branch, push commits — like any dev job. You review real commit history and code choices.

Their IDE, their tools

Their editor, their setup. No browser sandbox or weird keybindings wrecking focus.

Multi-file, real projects

Full project structure with tests and dependencies — the kind of code that ships to prod.

AI-powered CodePair

Live interviews in a full dev environment with AI help — closer to real collaboration.

Bytes for quick screening

Short 15-30 minute tasks to quickly spot core skills before deeper interviews.

800+ ready-to-use tasks

800+ ready-to-use coding tasks across languages. Or create your own custom challenges.

Side by side

CodeSubmit vs CodeSignal Grow

Comparing our Scaleup plan against CodeSignal's Grow plan — their mid-tier offering.

Feature	CodeSubmit Scaleup	CodeSignal Grow
Monthly price	$299/mo	$479/mo
Annual price	$239/mo	Contact sales
Credits included	30/month	35/month
Overage fees	$20/candidate	$20/assessment
Team members	Unlimited	Limited by plan
Assessment approach	Real-world take-home	Standardized algorithms
Candidates use own IDE
Git-based workflow
Live coding interviews	CodePair with AI
Quick screening (Bytes)
Pricing transparency	Published on website	Removed public pricing
Proctoring approach	Trust-based	Invasive (webcam, ID, screen)
Annual price increases	None	5-10% built in
ATS integrations	Included (Scaleup+)	Enterprise only
All pricing on website		Enterprise hidden

Pricing

Get more signal per dollar

Every plan and price is public on our site. No sales demos needed, no hidden fees.

CodeSubmit Scaleup

$299/mo

or $239/mo billed annually

30 candidate credits/month
Unlimited team members
Take-home, CodePair, and Bytes
800+ ready-to-use tasks
$20/candidate overage

Also available: Startup ($199/mo) and Business ($499/mo)

CodeSignal Grow

$479/mo

35 credits included

$20 per additional assessment
Standardized algorithm tests only
Removed public pricing
5-10% annual price increases
Enterprise starts at $19K/yr

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The difference matters for your hiring outcomes

Real tasks, not standardized tests

CodeSignal gives candidates a standardized algorithm test, a webcam, and a timer. CodeSubmit gives them a real project, a Git repo, and the freedom to work the way they actually work.

The result? You see how candidates structure code across files, how they write commit messages, how they handle edge cases when nobody is watching them through a webcam. That is the signal that predicts on-the-job performance — not how fast someone can invert a binary tree while being recorded.

Every CodeSubmit plan includes take-home challenges, live CodePair interviews with AI, and Bytes screening tasks. Three assessment modes, one platform, all the signal you need to make great hires.

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