SpeedExam

SpeedExam is an online assessment platform for educators, training teams, and employers running exams, hiring assessments, or appraisals. It is strongest when an organization needs varied question formats, delivery options, monitoring, and reporting in one system. The main decision is capacity: monthly attempts range from 25 on the free plan to 3,500 on Ultimate.

Overview

SpeedExam brings exam creation, publishing, monitoring, and analysis together, with options to charge candidates for exams. Its range of formats and delivery channels makes it relevant to both recurring examinations and recruitment workflows. Teams with occasional, small-scale needs can start free; larger programs need to weigh the attempt ceiling against instructor seats and storage.

Key features

Question formats include multiple choice, multiple correct, fill-in-the-blank, matching, drag-and-match, true/false, yes/no, essay, scenario-based, and audio-answer questions. This supports assessments beyond standard quizzes, but essay responses require manual marking. Scoring can use marks, points, or grades; multiple-correct questions can receive full-mark scoring.

Analytics cover average score and time taken, total attempts, candidate score graphs, and statistics at candidate, section, question, and answer level. Difficulty indicators, question-wise reports, and overall performance reports can help teams identify weak areas or questions that need review. Challenge Quotient is also included among the quiz analytics.

Proctoring options include AI-based cheating prevention, live streaming, and candidate photo capture. Exam Monitor can show candidate status, attempts, device, browser, operating system, IP address, and location details. These capabilities give administrators useful oversight, while also making review and intervention part of running monitored exams.

Exams can be published through a candidate site, embedded on a website or blog, or distributed through Facebook, Twitter, email, or SMS. Registration can connect through an API or LMS. The platform also supports selling exams with payments through PayPal, Stripe, or Razorpay, and certificates are available. A 500-response limit matters for teams expecting high response volumes.

SpeedExam says it uses SSL-encrypted communication and records security alerts in the administrator account. Its homepage displays badges for GDPR, ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and SOC2. Android and iOS are supported operating systems, and an Android app provides exam notifications.

Pricing

The free plan costs nothing, billed Today & Always. Its 25 monthly exam attempts, 2,000 questions, and 100 MB storage make it a practical starting point for small cohorts or limited assessment programs, but not a high-volume option.

Professional costs $37 a month, billed Monthly Billing. It raises the cap to 500 exam attempts per month and provides 10 instructor accounts, 15,000 questions, and 1 GB storage. This is the sensible step up for teams running regular assessments that have outgrown the free quota; the 500-attempt ceiling remains a constraint for larger candidate pools.

Ultimate costs $180 a month, billed Monthly Billing. Its 3,500 monthly attempts, 25 instructor accounts, 50,000 questions, and 1 GB storage suit larger programs with multiple instructors and substantial question banks. Storage does not increase over Professional, so teams prioritizing file capacity over question or attempt limits may find the upgrade less compelling.

Paid plans include phone support; 24/7 email support is available. The pricing note also gives paid access as starting at $20/mo (annual), so buyers should distinguish that annual starting figure from the monthly prices shown for Professional and Ultimate.

Platforms

SpeedExam supports Android, iOS, API, and web. Its publishing channels extend to websites, social media, email, SMS, and LMS integration, giving organizations several routes to reach candidates.

Who it's for

SpeedExam is a good fit for educators and organizations managing regular examinations, training assessments, campus drives, recruitment, or appraisals. It particularly suits teams that need both candidate monitoring and question-level analysis, or that want to publish exams through an existing website or LMS. It is less suited to programs whose candidate volume regularly exceeds the relevant monthly cap, or whose essay-heavy assessments would make manual scoring burdensome.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Broad question formats, including scenario and audio answers, support varied assessment styles.
• Pros: Monitoring combines proctoring options with candidate and device details for administrator review.
• Pros: Multiple publishing routes, registration API and LMS integration, and exam payments support different delivery models.
• Cons: Monthly attempt caps are tight on Free and still capped at 500 on Professional.
• Cons: Essay questions require manual marking, adding review work.
• Cons: Ultimate increases attempts and question capacity but retains the same 1 GB storage as Professional.

Alternatives

Choose Eklavvya if its free plan's 25 exams and 1 GB storage, or its support for macOS and Windows, better match your needs.

ThinkExam is an alternative with a free plan and trial, plus a Standard plan priced at $3,125 a month, billed annually, for 100 users and unlimited quizzes.

OpenEMIS Admissions is worth considering if you want free open-source software with no licensing fees and a self-hosted option.

Wheebox is another paid option, with Android, iOS, web, API, macOS, and Windows platforms.

ClassMarker may suit teams looking for a free plan and trial; its Professional 2 plan includes up to 1,000 monthly credits, AI exam proctoring, and custom certificates.

TestWe is a paid alternative for macOS, web, and Windows.

evasys may fit institutions seeking a tailored quote based on products, project scope, integrations, hosting model, and support needs, with API, self-hosted, and web platforms.

FastTest is an alternative with API and web access and a plan starting at $6,750 a year, with pricing dependent on organization qualification.

Compare broader options in Online Exam Software, Quiz Maker Software, and Assessment Software.

Verdict

SpeedExam is a strong choice for organizations that need a flexible exam workflow, from varied question creation through monitoring and detailed analysis. Its clearest advantages are the breadth of delivery and oversight tools and the free entry point. Look elsewhere if your regular volume exceeds its monthly caps, or if manual essay marking and the unchanged 1 GB storage on Ultimate are poor fits for your workload.