Synap review
A strong choice for managed certification assessments, with a high annual entry price.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Synap is an online assessment platform for universities, training providers, awarding bodies, professional organisations, and businesses. It supports exam authoring, reusable question banks, secure delivery, proctoring, automatic and manual grading, moderation, certificates, reporting, and psychometric analytics. Assessments can use standard, written, interactive, coding, spreadsheet, audio, and video responses, making it suited to organisations managing varied professional or academic assessments rather than simple quizzes.
Pricing is structured around annual plans. Standard costs £1,200 per year and includes the platform, the first 500 credits, standard question types, automatic and manual grading, candidate and question analytics, CSV import and export, and three admin accounts. Pro costs £3,500 per year and adds advanced question types, essential APIs, Zapier, double and blind grading, and unlimited admin and manager accounts. Business costs £8,000 per year and adds the first 1,000 credits, Single Sign-On, advanced APIs, LTI integration, advanced marking workflows, and regional data hosting. Enterprise provides bespoke integrations, custom features and reports, AI and human question generation, AI-based grading, white-labelled mobile apps, and a dedicated account manager. A 14-day free trial is available.
Its strongest fit is for teams that need controlled assessment operations across authoring, delivery, grading, reporting, and certification. REST APIs, real-time webhooks, LTI 1.3, Zapier, Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, Salesforce, Tableau, Credly, Accredible, and Segment support connections with learning, business, analytics, and credentialing systems. Chrome extension access complements the web and API platforms. Organisations needing reusable banks, mixed grading, proctoring, analytics, certificates, and LMS connectivity should consider Synap. Smaller teams seeking a free option or a lower-cost entry point should look elsewhere.
Synap pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Reusable banks support tagged, interactive, and varied question formats
- Mixed automatic and manual grading includes rubrics, moderation, and analytics
- LTI, LMS, API, webhook, Zapier, and proctoring support extend delivery options
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan is available
- Standard starts at £1,200 per year, excluding VAT
- Advanced workflows and integrations require higher plans
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