SOURCED COMPARISON
RedPen vs TCS iON
National-scale examination delivery for governments, boards and universities.
Create a workspace
50 students free · 15 days · no card
Reasons to pick them
Where TCS iON is stronger
Scale of a kind we do not attempt. They publish exams for 344,000+ candidates in a single shift, and work with 10 of 30 Public Service Commissions. If you are a state recruitment board, that is not us.
Checked on 20 August 2026
Where we are different
| RedPen | TCS iON | |
|---|---|---|
| Price published on the website | Yes — a published per-student-per-year price, unlimited exams | Not published on their site |
| How you are billed | Per student per year, from a prepaid wallet. No subscription. | Scope-based quotation |
| Proctoring included at the base price | Yes — all three modes, same price | Four modes named; pricing is scope-based overall |
| White-label / own branding | Yes | Not published on their site |
| Public API | Yes — read and write, plus webhooks | Not published on their site |
| Face checks run in the student’s browser | Yes — analysed in the browser | Not published on their site |
| Public credential verification page | Yes — /verify, no login | Not published on their site |
| Free way to start | Yes — create a workspace yourself, 50 students free for 15 days, no card |
Not published on their site
Demo request only; no trial.
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| Question types published | 9, listed | Not published on their site |
Checked against each company’s own website on the date shown. Where a cell says “not published”, it means we could not find the claim on their site — not that the feature does not exist.