CodinGame
Technical skills development software
Education software
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€70 per month
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- Information technology and software
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What is CodinGame
CodinGame is a coding practice and technical skills development platform that uses programming challenges, puzzles, and project-style exercises to help learners improve software development skills. It serves individual developers as well as organizations that want structured practice content and team-based learning activities. The product emphasizes interactive, browser-based coding in multiple languages and includes gamified elements such as levels, leaderboards, and contests.
Interactive coding challenge format
CodinGame centers learning around hands-on programming challenges that run in an in-browser IDE, which supports practice without local environment setup. This format helps users validate solutions through automated test cases and immediate feedback. It is well-suited to reinforcing algorithms, problem solving, and language fluency through repetition and iteration.
Broad language and topic coverage
The platform supports multiple programming languages and a range of challenge types, from short puzzles to longer exercises. This makes it usable across different engineering stacks and learner levels. Teams can use the same environment to practice consistently even when developers use different primary languages.
Engagement via gamification and events
Leaderboards, achievements, and time-bound competitions provide structured motivation for ongoing practice. These mechanics can increase participation for self-directed learners and internal enablement programs. The contest model also enables benchmarking progress over time within a cohort.
Limited depth for full curricula
Challenge-based learning can be less effective for building end-to-end competency without complementary instruction, labs, and guided paths. Compared with course-centric learning libraries, users may need additional resources for theory, architecture, and best-practice context. Organizations seeking standardized curricula and completion tracking across many domains may find gaps depending on their requirements.
Not a hiring assessment focus
While challenges can indicate skill progression, the platform’s core experience is practice and engagement rather than formal, proctored assessments. Companies that need robust anti-cheating controls, standardized test batteries, and hiring workflow integrations may require separate tooling. This can add process overhead if the primary goal is candidate evaluation.
Gamification may not fit all
Leaderboards and competitive mechanics can motivate some learners but discourage others, especially in mixed-seniority teams. Organizations may need to manage how results are interpreted to avoid unhealthy comparisons. Some teams prefer project-based, job-task simulations over puzzle-style problems for role relevance.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 — 2 tests or interviews per month | Limited question bank; interviews expire in 4 days; unlimited users. |
| Starter | €100 / month (billed monthly) OR €70 / month (€840 billed annually) | 5 tests/interviews per month (60/year); €25 per additional test/interview; unlimited users; 400+ ready-to-use questions; 10 custom questions; 14-day trial available. |
| Team | €375 / month (billed monthly) OR €375 / month (€4,500 billed annually) | 30 tests/interviews per month (360/year); €25 per additional test/interview; unlimited users; 1,400+ ready-to-use questions; 20 custom questions; additional team/enterprise features. |
| Custom (Enterprise) | Tailored pricing (billed annually only) — contact sales | Custom number of tests; unlimited users; 4,000+ ready-to-use questions; unlimited custom questions; SAML SSO + SCIM, invoicing option, dedicated customer success manager, security review, enhanced data controls, interview transcription (in beta) and other enterprise features. |
Notes: Overages: €25 per test or interview on Starter and Team plans. 14-day free trial (no credit card required) is offered for paid plans. Prices on the official site are shown in euros for many regions; the site states prices are displayed in USD for other countries. All information sourced from the vendor's official pricing page.
Seller details
CodinGame
Montpellier, France
2012
Private
https://www.codingame.com/
https://x.com/CodinGame
https://www.linkedin.com/company/codingame/
