Secure Online Exam Software for High-Stakes Certification Programs
Build exams from item banks, control every delivery rule and give your psychometrician item-level data. You make the changes yourself, without waiting on a vendor.
Built for certification, licensure and compliance exams
16M+ exams delivered
Virtual proctoring from 4 industry-leading vendors
Trusted by Government Agencies, Trade Organizations, and Training Providers
We’ll set up a trial site for your program type within 2 business days of a quick 30-minute call. Pricing included.
Have You Outgrown Your Testing Platform?
You can't change your own exams.
Retake resets, new forms and rule changes go through your vendor's queue, and your candidates wait in it with you.
Every exam gets the same settings.
A practice quiz and an accredited certification exam need different security, sections and rules. Your platform gives you one set.
Support disappears mid-exam.
When a candidate gets stuck during a timed exam, you need an answer in minutes.
Build any exam your program requires
Set question types, time limits, passing scores, attempt limits and retake rules for each exam. Run written and practical assessments inside the same certification program.
Six question types: multiple choice, matching, sorting, true/false, text answer and Likert scale
Bulk question upload, so your existing item library comes in from a file
Randomized questions and answer options on every attempt
Time limits, restart rules and attempt caps set per exam
Media, hints, scenarios and anchor questions on any test
Written and practical assessment results in the same candidate record
★★★★★
“Takes a few minutes to learn to navigate but once you know where things are at it is easy to create tests. Knowledge evaluation is made easier with the online testing.”
Item banks that keep every exam form secure
Write an item once and draw it into any exam across your organization. Random draws give each candidate a different form, and item performance data shows you which questions to revise or retire.
Reusable item banks across unlimited exams
Banks configured at the test level or independently
Random subsets drawn for each candidate
Organized by domain, difficulty or any category you set
Performance data for every item
Our most-used feature for a reason: it works
★★★★★
“Once the initial exam is set up, it’s easy to replicate it.”
Security for exams that decide careers
Section-based exams, randomized forms, attempt caps and integrated proctoring for accredited, licensure and compliance programs. Every attempt is logged, so you answer an auditor's question with a report instead of a search.
Security settings that protect your exam content
Sequential sections for high-stakes delivery
Randomized questions and answer options
A cap on how many questions each candidate sees per attempt
Attempt caps and restart time limits
AI and live proctoring from our virtual proctoring partners, with session reviews in the candidate's record
★★★★★
“Better able to track and monitor exam questions. Gauge allows us to better serve our clients and meet regulatory requirements much better. We have better data on all exams given.”
Everything You Need to Run a Complete Testing Program
Psychometric-ready data
Item difficulty, discrimination and distractor data, ready to export to your psychometrician.
Question Bank Exams
Build once and use everywhere. Random draws keep forms secure without rebuilding.
Section-Based Exams
For your most rigorous assessments. Sequential sections with subject-level control and advanced security.
Six Question Types
Multiple choice, matching, sorting, true/false, text answer and Likert scale.
Bulk Upload
Add hundreds of questions at once.
Full Configuration Control
Time limits, attempt caps, passing thresholds, hints, media and scoring rules. You set the rules.
★★★★★
“Without Gauge, we could not adequately protect America’s homeland. The platform is rock solid with basically zero downtime, and their team always finds a way to deliver what we need.”
Not ready for a call?
Find out where your certification program is losing time
Take a 3-minute quiz about how your program runs today, and get a diagnosis with next steps for your program.
Two Plans. No Surprises.
Pricing depends on annual exam volume, and you add only the modules you need.
Professional
For programs getting started or growing
Starting at $750 per year
Plus $250 hosting and $500 one-time setup
Eight different usage-based pricing levels
Advanced testing and user management
Security and customization features
Reporting and analytics
Available worldwide and in 26 languages
Only pay for the features you need
Enterprise
For high-volume certification programs
Starting at $10,000 per year
Plus $1,000 hosting and $2,000 one-time setup
For large organizations requiring more than 10,000 tests taken per year
Certification & Badging
Proctoring Integration
Lessons
eCommerce Capability
Developer Tools and Integrations
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of organizations use Gauge for testing?
Certification bodies, trade and professional associations, government agencies and enterprise training teams. Programs on Gauge range from a few hundred exams a year to more than 5,000.
Can I migrate my existing questions into Gauge?
Yes. Bulk upload brings in your existing item bank, and historical candidate records and results can be imported too. Your platform specialist will walk through the migration on your first call.
Does Gauge support proctored exams?
Yes. Gauge works with four virtual proctoring partners (Honorlock, ProctorU, ProctorFree and MonitorEDU) for AI-assisted and live remote proctoring, and GaugeLive supports on-site proctored testing. You can require proctoring at the exam level or let test takers purchase it directly.
Does Gauge handle psychometric analysis?
Gauge gives your psychometrician item-level and exam-level reports and exports. Equating, standard setting and specialized modeling stay with your psychometrician or analysis service. That’s how accredited customers like Crane Institute of America Certification run their programs.
How configurable are the exams?
Very. You control randomization, time limits, attempt limits, passing scores, media, hints, scoring rules and more.
Ready to Take Back Control of Your Testing Program?
Get your own trial site within 2 business days and see how your exams would run in Gauge. Pricing for your volume comes with it.
Make your own changes, with no vendor queue
Item-level data for your psychometrician
Proctoring on the same contract
16M+ exams delivered
You’ll speak with a Gauge platform specialist, from the same team that supports your program after launch.
