# HackerRank Pricing: Cost vs Tracy (Nov 2026)

> HackerRank pricing as of 3 Nov 2026: Starter $79 a month, Pro $419, extra attempts $20. Cost at 100, 500 and 1,000 interviews against Tracy.

- URL: https://tracyinterview.ai/compare/hackerrank-pricing
- Published: 2026-11-11
- Author: Tracy team

> **In short** Tracy AI Interviewer charges $1 per credit, one credit per started 20 minutes, so a 45-minute technical interview is $3. The first 3 results are free, with no seats.
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> She follows up on approach and trade-offs inside the coding task and leaves a recording and an assessment per question.
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> At 100 interviews a year Tracy costs $300 against $1,748 on HackerRank's listed plans, which also include tests and a library. HackerRank is the better pick for timed coding tests and its question library.
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> Next step: try three real interviews free, then work out your own cost.

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HackerRank pricing is public: Starter is $79 a month billed annually and Pro is $419 a month billed annually, as listed on 3 Nov 2026. This page prices a technical screen at 100, 500 and 1,000 candidates and sets it beside Tracy AI Interviewer, which charges for each interview that produced a result. See [Tracy's pricing](/pricing) for the full list.

Choose HackerRank when:

- You want timed coding tests from a large question library, with live pair programming.
- An annual plan with ATS and calendar integrations covers your volume.

Choose Tracy when:

- You want the first round to be a conversation that follows up on how the candidate reasoned, in their own field.
- Your volume swings and you would rather pay for each interview than for a yearly allowance of attempts.

## What does HackerRank pricing look like?

HackerRank sells Starter and Pro by the year, with unlimited users and a fixed number of candidate attempts. Starter is $948 a year for 60 attempts and Pro is $5,028 a year for 360. Pro adds ATS and calendar integrations and a larger library, 4,000+ questions against 2,000+. Enterprise is custom, with custom users and attempts and 7,500+ questions. Billed monthly, the same prices carry 5 attempts a month on Starter and 30 on Pro. Chakra, HackerRank's AI interviewer, and real-time follow-ups are listed as included on every plan.

Source: HackerRank pricing page, as of 3 Nov 2026.

| Plan | Billed annually | Attempts | Adds |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starter | $79 a month, $948 a year | 60 a year | Unlimited users, 2,000+ questions |
| Pro | $419 a month, $5,028 a year | 360 a year | ATS and calendar integrations, 4,000+ questions |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | 7,500+ questions, 22+ enterprise ATS integrations |

## What costs extra on HackerRank?

Extra attempts cost $20 each on Starter and Pro. Annual Pro customers can pre-purchase extra attempts at $15 each. Enterprise has volume pricing, with no figure listed. The plan price covers more than interviews: it includes take-home assessments, pair programming interviews, proctoring features, an identity match between screen and interview, and the library.

## What does HackerRank cost at 100, 500 and 1,000 interviews?

This is our arithmetic from the listed prices, not a HackerRank quote. Starter plus 40 extra attempts at $20 covers 100 attempts. Annual Pro plus pre-purchased attempts at $15 covers 500 and 1,000. Tracy charges one credit for each started 20 minutes, so a 45-minute interview is 3 credits. HackerRank counts a candidate attempt, which can be a test or an interview, so its figure buys more than the interview alone; the comparison is cost per candidate screened, not like for like.

HackerRank figures from its pricing page, as of 3 Nov 2026. Tracy figures are $1 per credit before the first 3 free results.

| Interviews in a year | HackerRank, cheapest listed route | Tracy, up to 20 minutes | Tracy, 41 to 60 minutes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 100 | Starter plus 40 extra attempts, $1,748 | $100 | $300 |
| 500 | Pro plus 140 pre-purchased attempts, $7,128 | $500 | $1,500 |
| 1,000 | Pro plus 640 pre-purchased attempts, $14,628. Enterprise volume pricing: no figure listed. | $1,000 | $3,000 |

![Bar chart: HackerRank $1,748, $7,128, $14,628 against Tracy $300, $1,500, $3,000 at 100, 500, 1,000 interviews.](/blog/images/hackerrank-pricing-1.png)

*Tracy's usage cost for 45-minute interviews beside the cheapest listed HackerRank route at each volume, so you can size a technical screening budget. Plan prices, not a quote. Source: HackerRank pricing page (as of 3 Nov 2026) and Tracy pricing page, Nov 2026.*

At 100, 500 and 1,000 interviews a year, Tracy's usage cost is a fraction of HackerRank's cheapest listed route.

## What does the interview itself look like?

The price per interview is the first difference; the second is what the interview does. Tracy asks questions in the person's own field, follows up on what they said and waits for the answer. Inside a coding task she follows up on approach and trade-offs: why this structure, and what breaks when the input grows. Questions come from the job description or your own list, and you set the skills and their weights per role. HackerRank's Chakra also asks follow-ups: it opens a live canvas like a dev environment and asks about the candidate's work. Both do more than score a test. See [how Tracy works](/product).

![Sample interview: Tracy asks why a hash map, the candidate answers, Tracy asks what breaks at scale.](/blog/images/hackerrank-pricing-2.png)

*A follow-up chain inside a coding task: Tracy asks about a trade-off the candidate has just made, so the reviewer sees reasoning, not only a result. Illustration with sample data*

Tracy answers a coding choice with a follow-up on its trade-off.

## How do HackerRank and Tracy compare beyond price?

HackerRank column from its pricing page, as of 3 Nov 2026.

| Criterion | Tracy AI Interviewer | HackerRank | Who leads |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Depth | Follow-ups in the person's own field, a coding task inside the interview, questions from the job description or your own. | Live canvas with follow-ups on the work, pair programming interviews, 4,000+ library questions on Pro. | HackerRank on coding environment and library; Tracy on own-field questions. |
| Volume | Starts on click at any hour, no scheduling; ready in under 10 seconds. | Priced by attempts a year; 60 on Starter, 360 on Pro. | Tracy: no allowance to outgrow. |
| Stack | API and MCP (ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral, Gemini, Copilot Studio), Slack, WhatsApp and Zapier, and use beside Workable and Breezy HR. | ATS and calendar integrations from Pro; 22+ enterprise ATS integrations on Enterprise. | HackerRank on ATS depth. |
| Evidence | Recording of both sides, timestamped transcript, assessment per question with reasoning. A person decides. | Report with transcript, session replay and scores. | Level. |
| Integrity | Signals for a human reviewer to interpret, with their evidence: tab changes, answer delays, fullscreen exits, external screens. Applicants are told on the join screen that the interview is recorded. No automated decision. ID check: Not stated. | Advanced proctoring features and a screen to interview identity match. | HackerRank. |
| Security | SOC 2 Type II attested; report on request. No bias audit published. | SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR listed as included. | HackerRank on listed standards. |
| Price | $1 per credit; first 3 results free; no seats. | From $948 a year; extra attempts $20 each. | Tracy at the volumes above. |

## Is HackerRank worth its price, and for whom?

If you run timed coding tests from a large library, want live pair programming, and need ATS connectors and proctoring on every candidate, HackerRank is built for it. If you want the first round to show how each applicant reasons, Tracy fits, at a cost that follows the number of interviews. At the volumes above, Tracy's interview costs less than HackerRank's cheapest listed route, though HackerRank's price also buys tests, a library and pair programming: the first 3 results are free, there is no seat to buy, and the next 100 interviews of up to 20 minutes cost $100.

Which path fits you:

- Engineers and other technical roles: [technical interviews](/use-cases/technical-interviews).
- Hundreds or thousands of applicants: [volume hiring](/use-cases/volume-hiring).
- A first-round budget: [AI interview cost](/blog/ai-interview-cost).

## What should you ask HackerRank before you buy?

1. What is the first-year total at our volume and at twice our volume, with extra attempts?
2. What happens to unused attempts at the end of the year?
3. Does a Chakra interview use one attempt, the same as a test?
4. What does Enterprise volume pricing come to at our volume?
5. Which ATS connector is on our plan, and does it write results back?

Tracy answers the money questions on her pricing page.

## Common questions

### How much does HackerRank cost?

As of 3 Nov 2026, Starter is $79 a month billed annually ($948) for 60 attempts a year and Pro is $419 a month billed annually ($5,028) for 360. Extra attempts are $20 each. Enterprise is custom.

### How much does HackerRank cost for companies?

The plans above are the company plans. Enterprise, for custom users and attempts, lists no price. Tracy lists hers: $1 per credit, no seats.

### Does HackerRank have a free trial?

Its Chakra page offers a free trial. Tracy's first 3 results are free and no card is needed.

### Is Tracy cheaper than HackerRank?

At the listed prices, yes at 100, 500 and 1,000 interviews a year: $300, $1,500 and $3,000 for 45-minute interviews against $1,748, $7,128 and $14,628. HackerRank's price also buys tests and a library.

### Does Tracy charge per seat or per month?

No. There are no seats, no subscription and no upfront cost, and a session with no answers is never charged.

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## Sources

- [HackerRank, pricing](https://www.hackerrank.com/pricing), retrieved 3 Nov 2026.
- [Tracy AI Interviewer, Pricing](https://tracyinterview.ai/pricing), retrieved 9 Nov 2026.