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Yandex Contest

Web · API

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Yandex Contest is ranked #10 of 30 in coding challenge platforms on Freedom251. It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan.

Yandex Contest plans and pricing

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Yandex Contest for organizers Free Free for up to 10,000 participants contest.yandex.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on coding challenge platforms

Free plan: Yes
Primary use: contests
Languages supported: Bash, C, C#, C++, Dart, Delphi, D, Free Basic, Free Pascal, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Kumir, Lua, OCaml, PascalABC.NET, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Swift, TypeScript
Problem library size: 80,000 problems
Custom challenges: Yes
Company assessments: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Yandex Contest is an online platform for programming competitions, practice, and lessons with automatic solution checking.
Audience: The maker names schools, universities, and competition organizers as users of the platform.
Contest formats: The platform supports individual and team contests, and contests may be open or restricted.
Automatic checking: Participant solutions are checked automatically on a testing server, with results shown according to contest rules.
Contest builder: Organizers can create problems or use ready-made sets, configure rules, deadlines, and ratings, and invite participants.
Capacity: The maker says Yandex computing power supports over 10,000 participants simultaneously.
Languages: The platform lists 20+ programming languages and provides compiler settings for supported languages.
Problem types: The demo contest describes checker-based, interactive, run-twice, test, text-answer, and matching problems.
Public API: The public API can register participants, manage groups, retrieve contest and problem information, submit or rejudge solutions, and export leaderboard data.
API access: API calls use OAuth tokens and permissions for participant submission or administrator contest management.
Login: Users can sign in with Yandex ID or credentials provided by contest organizers.
Setup requirement: Organizers must fill out a form to get full access to the administrator panel.
Support: The maker directs users to a form for technical support about access, users, competitions, and task sets.
Notable limit: The pricing page says to contact Yandex if a competition is expected to exceed 10,000 participants.
Price from: Free

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Sources

contest.yandex.com· checked 30 Sept 2026
contest.yandex.com/docs/en/contest· checked 30 Sept 2026
official.contest.yandex.com· checked 30 Sept 2026
contest.yandex.com/contest/90118/enter· checked 30 Sept 2026
admin.contest.yandex.ru/docs/en/api-access· checked 30 Sept 2026
contest.yandex.com/docs/en/authorization· checked 30 Sept 2026
admin.contest.yandex.ru/docs/en/fast-start· checked 30 Sept 2026
admin.contest.yandex.ru/docs/en/troubleshooting· checked 30 Sept 2026
contest.yandex.com· checked 30 Sept 2026