Mettl is built for 10,000 candidates. You have twelve.
Mercer Mettl is the enterprise assessment platform of India and the Gulf: proctored exams at scale, coding simulators, psychometrics, campus drives with thousands of candidates a day. Pricing is customised per organisation and starts with a quote form. springhire is for the other 99% of hiring: a founder or HR lead with a few open roles who wants to test, interview and rank candidates this week, at a price printed on the website.
Facts and pricing last verified on September 3, 2026.
The funny comparison
A day in the life, with each tool
Slightly unfair, entirely accurate. Every line is true as of the verified date.
| Moment | Mercer Mettl | springhire |
|---|---|---|
| Getting a price | Fill the form. Pick your products. Wait for the call. | Scroll to the pricing page. $39. |
| Ideal customer | A campus drive with 8,000 engineers on Saturday. | A support lead hiring three people this month. |
| Proctoring | Webcam, screen, room scan, human proctors on request. | Random question draws and timers. Enough for a screening round. |
| Languages | Enterprise localisation on request. | Seven candidate languages including Hindi, Arabic and Tamil, on every plan. |
The cost comparison
What it costs to start
Mercer Mettl does not publish prices. This is what each side asks of you before you can screen a single candidate.
Mercer Mettl
No published prices. A quote form and a sales phone line. Plans customised per organisation.
No free plan listed.
springhire
Starter plan, 50 credits a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time. Yearly saves 20%.
Free plan: 10 assessment credits a month, every tool, no card.
Compared as of September 3, 2026. Mercer Mettl does not publish prices; its pricing page is a quote form. springhire prices are on its pricing page.
The feature comparison
Who has more of what
Grey grows left for Mercer Mettl, magenta grows right for springhire. Then every feature, row by row.
Each row is scaled to its own larger value. The numbers are the real counts.
| Feature | Mercer Mettl | springhire |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | Quote | $39/mo |
| Free plan | No | 10 credits every month |
| Skills tests | Large enterprise library, coding simulators | 200+ across 16 categories |
| Psychometric | Yes, enterprise reports | 7 inventories included |
| Remote proctoring | Advanced, human proctors optional | Randomized draws and timers |
| One-way video interviews | Yes | Yes, AI scored, included |
| AI resume scoring | No | Yes |
Scale and proctoring
Mercer Mettl
Mettl's core strength: exams for thousands at once, webcam and screen proctoring, room scans, human proctors, secure browsers. Built for university exams and campus hiring.
springhire
Built for a screening round, not an exam hall. Random draws from larger banks, per-test timers and instant scoring keep it honest enough to shortlist, at a fraction of the friction for candidates.
Psychometrics
Mercer Mettl
Enterprise personality and behavioural assessments with detailed reports and consulting from Mercer.
springhire
Seven inventories on every plan: Big 5, DISC, 16 types, Enneagram, integrity and reliability, work motivation and culture add. Scored alongside the skills tests.
Buying
Mercer Mettl
Quote form, sales call, custom plan. Pricing depends on products, volume and term.
springhire
Free, $39, $99 or $169 a month, printed on the site. Cancel any time, yearly saves 20%.
Conclusion
Both are good. They are good for different people.
Pick Mercer Mettl if you run high-volume, high-stakes assessments that must be proctored and audited, and you have a procurement team to negotiate the contract. Pick springhire if you hire a handful of roles at a time, want skills tests, psychometrics, resume scoring and video in one link, and want to pay $39 a month without a call.
Pick Mercer Mettl if
- You assess thousands of candidates in a sitting and need proctoring you can audit.
- You need coding simulators and custom-authored content.
- You have procurement, legal and a budget cycle to match an enterprise contract.
Pick springhire if
- You hire a few roles a month and want to start today.
- You want the price before the conversation.
- You want candidates to take the test in Hindi, Arabic or Tamil without a localisation project.
Facts and pricing last verified on September 3, 2026. If Mercer Mettl changes a price, tell us and we will fix this page.
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