AI interview and English test tools, compared honestly
Every product below is better than MockLive at something, and each page says what, and names the situations where we would send you to them instead.
Facts about other companies were read off their own sites on 12 August 2026, and every page links to the source so you can check. Pricing in this category changes quietly; if something here is out of date, trust their page over ours and tell us.
Best-of roundups
Best AI mock interview tools in 2026
MockLive AI, Final Round AI, Big Interview, Himalayas, Aced (formerly Exponent and Pramp), interviewing.io, Yoodli, Huru and Interviews by AI: who talks with you live, who covers coding, what's free and what it costs.
Google Interview Warmup is gone. Here are the alternatives
Google's free Interview Warmup has been retired and its links now redirect. What it did, and the closest free and paid alternatives for practising interview answers out loud.
Best AI IELTS Speaking practice tools in 2026
British Council IELTS Ready, TalkDrill, CueRise (formerly BandLift), MockLive AI, SmallTalk2Me, IELTS Pulse and ELSA Speak: which ones talk to you like an examiner, which score each IELTS criterion, and what's free.
AI visa interview practice tools, compared
MockLive AI, Permito, TalkConfident, VisaInterview.ai, Visaz AI, MockVisa and YMGrad compared: which hold a spoken interview with follow-ups, which visa types they cover, what is free and what each costs.
OET Speaking practice online, compared
OET's own free materials, E2 OET, Benchmark Education, Swoosh English, OET Live and MockLive AI compared: AI patient or human teacher, what is free, what it costs, and which professions each covers.
PLAB 2 practice online, compared
The GMC's own guide, Plabable, OSCE Revisions, Geeky Medics, SimsBuddy and MockLive AI compared for PLAB 2: AI patients, how many stations, what is free and what each costs.
AI coding interview practice, compared
MockLive AI, DevInterview.AI, HackerRank's AI mock interviews, interviewing.io's free AI Interviewer, Tough Tongue AI, Aced (formerly Exponent) and NeetCode compared: who talks with you, who runs your code, what's free and what it costs.
AI interview practice for data science, compared
MockLive AI, ProjectPro, Interview Query, DataInterview, StrataScratch, 365 Data Science, Aced (formerly Exponent) and Prepfully compared for data science, analytics and ML interviews: spoken or coding sessions, what's free and what it costs.
Free PTE Academic mock tests with AI scoring, compared
Pearson's official AI practice, Alfa PTE, Gurully, EdKnot, RealPTE, APEUni and MockLive AI compared: which free PTE mock is fully scored, how big each bank is, and what paid plans cost.
AI TOEFL Speaking practice for the 2026 format, compared
ETS TestReady, Magoosh, TestGlider, PrepEx, Gabble, BestMyTest, TST Prep and MockLive AI compared for the January 2026 TOEFL iBT: Listen and Repeat, Take an Interview, AI scoring on the 1–6 scale, prices and free tiers.
Duolingo English Test practice tests, compared
Duolingo's official practice test, DET Mock Tests, DETPractice, Arno, Gurully and MockLive AI compared: which give a 10–160 score estimate, which are full adaptive mocks, what's free and what it costs.
Mock interview tools
MockLive vs ChatGPT
Free, brilliant and the first thing most people try — but a general assistant you have to turn into an interviewer yourself, not an interview room or an exam.
MockLive vs Final Round AI
The biggest name in AI interview tools, and mostly a different product: its headline feature runs during your real interview, not before it.
MockLive vs Aced (formerly Exponent and Pramp)
Free peer-to-peer mock interviews with real people (5 a month on the free plan), plus a spoken AI interviewer for paid members. The catch with peers is scheduling and the quality lottery.
MockLive vs interviewing.io
Anonymous mock interviews with engineers who actually work at FAANG. The strongest option in this list for senior technical interviews, and priced accordingly.
IELTS Speaking practice tools
MockLive vs SmallTalk2Me
The best-known AI IELTS Speaking simulator, used by millions: you speak through all three parts and get an estimated band with feedback.
MockLive vs Test & Score
An IELTS-only platform with AI video interviewers for Speaking and full mock exams, sold on monthly and multi-month plans.
PTE practice tools
The short version, for interviews
If you want a human being on the other end
Use Aced's free peer mocks (formerly Exponent and Pramp) or interviewing.io if you are interviewing for a senior engineering role and can afford expert time. Neither of those is us, and pretending otherwise would waste your money.
If you want volume and measurement
Twenty scored sessions against a fixed rubric, with transcripts and replayable answers, is where a machine beats a scheduled human — you can do it tonight, and again tomorrow, and compare the two.
If you are outside the US or UK
Per-session expert pricing is not a real option in most of the world. Purchasing-power bands are the difference between a tool you can use and one you read about.
If you want something to help during the actual interview
That is not what this is, and we are not building it. MockLive runs before the interview and nothing runs during it.
Try it before you compare specs
A comparison table is a poor substitute for 7 minutes of being interviewed. The first session is free, needs no card, and ends with a scored report — which is enough to know whether this is the one you want.