--- title: Sova Reviews meta_title: 'Sova Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 63 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Sova works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.4 review_count: 63 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-17' parent_category: name: Pre-Employment Screening url: https://www.g2.com/categories/pre-employment-screening --- # Sova Reviews **Vendor:** Sova Assessment Ltd. **Category:** [Talent Assessment Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/talent-assessment-software) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 63 ## About Sova Sova is a flexible, end-to-end talent assessment platform that helps organisations hire fairly, efficiently, and confidently. With science-backed role-based, skills-based, or fully custom assessments, video interviews, and virtual assessment centres, Sova is designed for businesses managing high-volume or complex hiring. Customisable workflows, analytics and easy integration with existing HR systems removes inefficiencies and reduces admin time by 90%. Sova helps companies find the right people, faster, without compromising on fairness or candidate experience. ## Sova Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find Sova to be **affordable** , enabling them to perform multiple activities without breaking the bank. (1 reviews) - Users value the **analytical assessments** of Sova, enhancing candidate evaluation beyond traditional CVs. (1 reviews) - Users value Sova for its **effective candidate management** , which aids in identifying the best talent efficiently. (1 reviews) - Users value Sova's **excellent customer support** , which provides prompt assistance and enhances collaboration for better productivity. (1 reviews) - Users highly value the **excellent customer support** of Sova, appreciating the prompt assistance with technical issues. (1 reviews) - Users love the **ease of use** of Sova, enjoying quick access to essential candidate data and support. (1 reviews) - Users value Sova for its **effective candidate assessment** that significantly improves the hiring process and candidate development. (1 reviews) - Efficiency (1 reviews) - Helpful (1 reviews) - Hiring Efficiency (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find it **difficult to track submissions** via Greenhouse ATS, leading to confusion in candidate management. (1 reviews) - Users feel Sova's **complex reporting** features need upgrades, as they find them lacking in usability and clarity. (1 reviews) - Users feel the need for **upgraded reporting and data features** to enhance their overall experience with Sova. (1 reviews) - Users feel that Sova needs **improvement in reporting and data features** to enhance functionality and user experience. (1 reviews) - Users feel that Sova has **insufficient data** features, particularly regarding reporting and analytics upgrades. (1 reviews) - Users find it **difficult to track submissions** when using the Greenhouse ATS integration within Sova. (1 reviews) - Users find it challenging to monitor submissions due to a **lack of clarity** in Greenhouse ATS. (1 reviews) - Login Issues (1 reviews) - Missing Features (1 reviews) - Poor Reporting (1 reviews) ## Sova Reviews ### 1. Early user of Sova **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ritesh B. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 22, 2023 **What do you like best about Sova?** Nice platform to use, being able to bespoke the assessment to meet our needs & requirements, as well as the needs of our service users **What do you dislike about Sova?** I think the admin portal could be a little more user friendly, & some of the options in terms of (for example) accessing practitioner reports, specific data on individuals could be more user friendly & easier to access **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping to identify & a wider talent pool of individuals **Official Response from Shahzad Ahmed:** > Thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear that you find Sova to be a nice platform for bespoke assessments. We appreciate your input about the admin portal and accessing specific data, and we are taking all this into account on future releases ### 2. Reliable platform and assessments **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tim T. | Lead Principal Consultant, Graduate & Project Recruitment (xPO), Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2023 **What do you like best about Sova?** One of the best providers of psychometric assessment in the market **What do you dislike about Sova?** Platform lacks some functions and we are quite reliant on the internal team for setup **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Assessment of people for recruitment, particularly useful for high volume recruitment projects **Official Response from Shahzad Ahmed:** > Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Sova's psychometric assessments. We understand the importance of a seamless setup process and will work on enhancing the platform's functionality to reduce reliance on internal teams with our continuous release of self service features. ### 3. Simple but Effective **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alison M. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2023 **What do you like best about Sova?** Any easy to use product that is easily understandable **What do you dislike about Sova?** The back office can be a little tricky at times **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps understand behaviours and preferences when recruiting to executive roles within the organisation **Official Response from Shahzad Ahmed:** > Thank you for your feedback about the back office, we'll work on making it more user-friendly including a host of tutorials and support guides we will shortly launch. ### 4. We partner with SOVA for our leadership assessments **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tom V. | Managing Director - Leadership Advisory Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2023 **What do you like best about Sova?** Knowlegeable, flexible and thinking in solutions. They are ahead in the curve in adopting new assessment technologies. Great relationships. **What do you dislike about Sova?** at times expensive when it comes to small tweaks **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** they provide state-of-the-art technology and assessment expertise ### 5. Partnering with Sova **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 31, 2023 **What do you like best about Sova?** A very flexible platform with reliable and valid products on offer. Candidates have a seamless, branded assessment experience across the whole process. **What do you dislike about Sova?** At times making changes in the solutions and lead times for booking in work can take longer than is ideal but this is improving **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** We work with Sova on a range of clients so solving many talent assessment issues - in particular, speed to hire, improving candidate experience, better assessment data management and candidate reporting **Official Response from Shahzad Ahmed:** > Thank you for sharing your experience with Sova. We're happy to hear that our platform has been beneficial in solving talent assessment issues for your clients. We are continuously working to enhance our solutions and booking processes to further improve your experience. ### 6. Sova is a very professional organisation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eva E. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2023 **What do you like best about Sova?** The people that work at Sova are focused on delivering a great customer experience **What do you dislike about Sova?** Nothing comes to mind, so far everything has worked out fine. **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sova saves time for us and also gives us a more professional look and feel for recruiting **Official Response from Shahzad Ahmed:** > Thank you for your kind words! We are glad to hear that our team is delivering a great customer experience for you. ### 7. Great Assessment Platform! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ramona C. | Employee Experience Lead| Digital Transformation, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 09, 2022 **What do you like best about Sova?** We have a very supportive Customer Support team, the platform is customized to our needs, and it's user-friendly. **What do you dislike about Sova?** Not all features are available in the platform, but the team continuously works to improve it. **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Digital Assessment Experience for our candidates and employees. ### 8. Great platform for your recruitment assessment needs! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Sova?** The platform is easy to use and user-friendly for Recruiters, Assessors and Candidates. One of the key benefits is being able to set up your assessment processes through one platform rather than multiple tools and vendors. The team is also incredibly responsive to feature requests and suggested areas of improvement, adding these to their roadmap wherever possible. **What do you dislike about Sova?** Sova is growing quickly as a company and the assessments platform is continuously being developed. It takes time as a client to adapt to this and also to feed into their product roadmap of what features would be beneficial to us, this sometimes can be a little time-consuming compared to working with larger assessment companies. That said, it does also allow us to help shape the future of Sova's products more so than we might be able to with other companies. **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1) The business is helping us simplify the user experience for candidates, recruiters and hiring managers -providing a truly digital assessment & interviewing platform. 2) Helping us to drive consistency & fairness in our selection processes 3) Improving the candidate experience through automated and personalised feedback ### 9. SOVA products review. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Piers C. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2023 **What do you like best about Sova?** Accurate reporting and self-sufficient!. **What do you dislike about Sova?** None identified - service is superb. +++ **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows us to provide a highly predictive tool to a range of clients. ### 10. Superb candidate experience with a flexible portal **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2022 **What do you like best about Sova?** Flexibility, communication, product features, expertise, candidate experience. The product roadmap is clear and there are exciting improvements coming soon particularly for self service and updated assessments. **What do you dislike about Sova?** Reporting & Dashboards could do with improvement. **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Manual pre-screening of candidates, self service interview booking, virtual assessment centres and interviews **Official Response from Nicola Fine:** > Thank you for your detailed feedback, it is incredibly helpful to us. We're especially delighted that you are happy with the candidate experience and flexibility! ### 11. Great platform, fantastic team and product. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Sova?** Sova was an excellent platform to utilise for our graduate recruitment volume hiring. The team were excellent in their delivery and I thoroughly trusted the partnership. Mostly we had no issues with the technology, minimal compared to other tech I have utilised. **What do you dislike about Sova?** No downsides apart from lack of integration into the ATS (not necessarily a bad thing as most of those are a nightmare). **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sova enabled us to take our interview process online with minimal hassle and drawbacks. Through this we saved time and saw greater engagement from assessors. ### 12. Great product and customer support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Sova?** Great platform, perfect for our needs. The team at Sova were incredibly supporting during the implementation of the platform given we had a very tight timescale. **What do you dislike about Sova?** There were a couple of limitations with the platform at the time we started using it. Thanks to upgrades to the platform these are no longer an issue **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sustainability and security. We no longer use excessive amounts of paper and our documentation and assessor notes are kept securely in one place ### 13. Valuable data, good support **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 05, 2022 **What do you like best about Sova?** Good overview and insights for the organization and the candidate **What do you dislike about Sova?** Language availability for reports is very limited **Recommendations to others considering Sova:** Training to use the tool is essential **What problems is Sova solving and how is that benefiting you?** Support for recruiting and employee development ## Sova Discussions - [What is Sova used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-sova-used-for) - [View Sova pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/sova/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-19+13%3A35%3A04+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=d2d2d285-faaf-4814-ac28-217b3c261863&secure%5Btoken%5D=b973d7e6ba7d9ec1b65032fed486db77acd9a9c92775ec3b62527e9962861106&format=llm_user) ## Sova Integrations - [Avature](https://www.g2.com/products/avature/reviews) - [Cornerstone OnDemand](https://www.g2.com/products/cornerstone-ondemand-cornerstone-ondemand/reviews) - [Cornerstone Talentlink](https://www.g2.com/products/cornerstone-talentlink/reviews) - [eArcu](https://www.g2.com/products/earcu/reviews) - [Eightfold](https://www.g2.com/products/eightfold/reviews) - [Eightfold AI](https://www.g2.com/products/eightfold-ai/reviews) - [GR8 People](https://www.g2.com/products/gr8-people/reviews) - [Greenhouse](https://www.g2.com/products/greenhouse/reviews) - [ICIMS](https://www.g2.com/products/icims/reviews) - [Oleeo](https://www.g2.com/products/oleeo/reviews) - [PeopleFluent Talent Management](https://www.g2.com/products/peoplefluent-talent-management/reviews) - [Pinpoint](https://www.g2.com/products/pinpoint-software-pinpoint/reviews) - [SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-successfactors-employee-central/reviews) - [SAP SuccessFactors HCM](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-sap-successfactors-hcm/reviews) - [SmartRecruiters](https://www.g2.com/products/smartrecruiters/reviews) - [Teamtailor](https://www.g2.com/products/teamtailor/reviews) - [Workday HCM](https://www.g2.com/products/workday-hcm/reviews) ## Sova Features **Platform Basics** - Integrations - Interoperability - Performance **Platform Basics** - Interoperability - Performance - Reporting **Platform Basics** - Interoperability - Performance - Self-service - Automation **Platform Basics** - Interoperability - Performance **Platform Basics** - Reporting - Interoperability - Performance - User, Role, and Access Management **Platform Content** - File Sharing - Content Library - Customization - Technical Screening - Coding Development - Reports **Platform Data** - Platform Search - Visualization **Platform Data** - Platform Search - Dashboard - Alerts and Notifications - Analytics **Platform Content** - Automation - Reminders - Email Template - Booking - Rescheduling **Platform Content - Talent Assessment** - Candidate Screening - Content Library - Assessment - Portal - Emotional Intelligence - Logical Reasoning - Big Five - Psychometric **Platform Content** - Technology - File Sharing - Customization **Platform Additional Functionality** - Dashboard - Mobility - Messaging - Soft Skills Testing - Additional Tools **Platform Content** - Automation - Content Creation - Content Library **Platform Functionality** - Dashboard - Diversity - Add-on - Talent Acquisition - Proctoring - Assessments **Platform Performance** - Reporting - Monitoring **Platform Performance - Talent Assessment** - Uptime - Analytics - Monitoring **Platform Additional Functionality** - Mobility - Messaging - Task Management - Dashboards **Platform Additional Functionality** - Applicant Tracking - Unbiased Sourcing - Job Description Management **Platform Additional Functionality - Talent Assessment** - Mobility - Messaging - Integrations - Video Interview - Simulation **Platform** - Customization - Integration APIs - Internationalization - User, Role, and Access Management - Dashboards **Platform Basics - Talent Assessment** - Analytics - Interoperability - Automation **Agentic AI - Talent Intelligence** - Multi-step Planning - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Decision Making **AI Capabilities - Talent Assessment** - AI Personalization - AI Predictive Insights - AI Scoring - Assessment Generation - AI Bias Detection ## Top Sova Alternatives - [TestGorilla](https://www.g2.com/products/testgorilla/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,354 reviews) - [Mercer Mettl Assessments](https://www.g2.com/products/mercer-mettl-assessments/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (487 reviews) - [CodeSignal](https://www.g2.com/products/codesignal/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,353 reviews)