TestGorilla's main selling point is breadth. The test library is extensive, and for teams that need to screen across a wide variety of role-specific hard skills, that catalogue is genuinely useful and the platform is well-designed for mixing and matching tests quickly.
What tends to drive teams to look for alternatives is psychometric quality. The rigour behind individual tests varies considerably across the library, and cognitive ability assessments in particular attract criticism for lacking the validation standards of dedicated psychometric publishers. Customer support is also a consistent complaint in user reviews. If either of those is the concern, here are the alternatives worth considering.
Test Partnership
Test Partnership is the clearest alternative for teams that have found TestGorilla's cognitive assessments lack the rigour they need. The cognitive battery covers numerical, verbal, and inductive reasoning with properly validated tests and transparent validity evidence, a meaningful step up from the cognitive measures in TestGorilla's general library.
MindmetriQ adds a gamified cognitive option for teams that want strong candidate engagement alongside that rigour. The format is explicitly designed to be resistant to AI assistance, which matters increasingly for online assessment. Test Partnership's customer support is also consistently well-reviewed, which addresses the other common frustration with TestGorilla directly.
Criteria
Criteria is worth considering for teams that want a solid, well-validated cognitive and personality battery without TestGorilla's breadth of skills testing. The CCAT is a well-regarded short-form cognitive assessment, and Criteria's personality tool provides a useful complementary measure in the same platform.
Criteria won't match TestGorilla's skills library, but for roles where cognitive ability and personality are the primary screening criteria, it is a more rigorous and dependable option. The platform is straightforward, self-service, and priced sensibly for regular use at volume.
Vervoe
Vervoe is worth considering if the reason for looking at alternatives is that TestGorilla's skills tests feel too abstract and you want candidates to demonstrate ability through actual job tasks rather than multiple-choice questions. Vervoe's work sample approach asks candidates to complete practical exercises that simulate the real work of the role.
The trade-off is that work samples are harder to standardise and compare across cohorts than psychometric tests. But for roles where the specific output of the job is easy to simulate: writing, coding, and structured problem-solving. Vervoe provides a more directly relevant signal than a library of generic skills tests.
SHL
SHL is the enterprise option for teams where psychometric rigour is the non-negotiable requirement. The Verify range of cognitive assessments is among the best-validated available, and the normative datasets are significantly more extensive than anything TestGorilla offers.
The trade-off is cost and complexity; SHL is built for enterprise clients and operates at a price point that reflects that. But for organisations where the robustness of cognitive assessment needs to be defensible to a high standard, SHL is the benchmark that alternatives are measured against.
Conclusion and next steps
If psychometric rigour is the main concern, Test Partnership and SHL both offer validated cognitive assessments that are a meaningful step up from TestGorilla's general library, with Test Partnership at a more accessible price point and with better customer support. For a practical cognitive and personality battery, Criteria is solid and well-priced. And if job simulation rather than skills testing is what you actually need, Vervoe is the more natural comparison.
You can explore Test Partnership's aptitude tests and gamified assessments, or find out more about why organisations choose Test Partnership.
Sources: TestGorilla, TestGorilla on G2, Criteria, Criteria on G2, Vervoe, Vervoe on G2, SHL, SHL on G2.
Joshua Hancock
Digital Marketing Manager at Test Partnership. Over 7 years experience as a writer, content strategist, SEO and digital marketer.
