ProctorFree

ProctorFree is an on-demand online proctoring service, based in Cornelius, North Carolina, that its homepage describes as "an on-demand, easy-to-use, and cost-effective online proctoring solution for higher education institutions and professional organizations." Test-takers sit proctored exams whenever they are ready, without booking a slot or traveling to a test center, and the institution plugs ProctorFree into the LMS or testing platform it already uses. The site lists six groups it serves: education, certification and licensure, business and corporate, state and federal government, HR and pre-hiring, and students. For readers of the assessment tools category, ProctorFree adds security and reporting to quizzes and exams built elsewhere, and through partners it also offers exam delivery, psychometrics and ready-made real estate exams.

What you get

Services. The services menu names five offerings: Fully Automated Proctoring, Human-Assisted Proctoring, a Secure Browser, Psychometrics and Proctored Exam Delivery. An organization can therefore choose software-only monitoring for routine tests or add human review for higher-stakes exams, lock down the browser, and get help with exam analysis and delivery from the same vendor. Its video library covers the thinking behind these, with titles on the role of AI in online proctoring, anomalous behavior and psychometrics, and test centers versus remote proctoring.

On demand, around the clock. The homepage pitch rests on three points. 24/7 access: "On demand proctoring. No pre-scheduling or appointments required." Simple and flexible: "Easy to set-up, responsive support, and customizable to fit your needs." Affordable: "No more requiring students to drive on site, no more physical exams, no more paying for a live proctor."

LMS integrations. ProctorFree lists integrations with Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace by D2L and Moodle, and the details on the partners page are specific. It says it has supported its Blackboard integration "for nearly 10 years," helps institutions migrating to Blackboard Ultra while still supporting those on the Blackboard Building Block experience, and is available "on a per-course or school-wide basis in the Blackboard LMS." It says it has built and maintained its Brightspace by D2L integration for nearly 10 years as well, and keeps optimizing the proctoring experience inside that platform. The menu adds Udutu, a cloud LMS with course authoring used for employee, customer and compliance training, and Skilljar.

Testing platforms and other systems. For continuing education providers, ProctorFree "launches automatically from within an exam taken in DigitalChalk." With Gauge by Test.com, an organization can add on-demand proctoring to "any exam authored on the Gauge platform." It also integrates with Jenzabar, where the partners page positions it for medium- to high-stakes assessment, and with ASC's assessment platform. One testimonial comes from a law enforcement educator using ProctorFree "in an un-integrated format," which shows it can run without any LMS connection at all.

Real estate education. With Learn Test Pass, ProctorFree offers a package for real estate educators nationwide that combines on-demand, AI-based exam proctoring for pre-licensing and post-licensing exams with detailed reporting. Providers get course materials (practice exams, presentation and slideshow templates, exam-focused textbooks and practice quizzes), a Cram Course described as "a real estate school in a box," and end-of-course exam services with pre-written questions or the provider's own. Candidates receive a detailed tentative score report when they finish, and the page promises "all questions answered in 2 minutes or less" for candidate support.

Pricing, case studies and partners

ProctorFree publishes no price list. Its homepage promises "Prices that match your budget," and the site offers both a free demo and a free trial, which starts by contacting the company to review your needs. The LMS page adds that the company will walk prospects through previous use cases, provide referrals to satisfied clients and run live demonstrations inside existing platforms.

The case study library spans safe driving courses, criminal defense and law enforcement training, global linguistics certification exams, continuing education exams, Texas Tech University School of Health Sciences, Learn Texas Real Estate Online, the National Fireplace Institute and Cornerstone Healthcare Training. The featured case is a road safety education platform based in Australia that has worked with ProctorFree since 2017, offering proctored online certifications that local magistrates use in court diversion cases. Its key points are Moodle, multiple time zones, international expansion, and priorities of identity verification and on-demand access.

Testimonials are specific. Rick Vlahos, an executive director, praises an exam that is "Easy for the client when taking the exam, accurate, thorough reporting to us when the exam is over, economical and great customer service." Romi G. Hubbard, President and CEO of Gracor Language Services, says the company "took the time to learn about us" before proposing solutions, studying her industry, workflow and testing, and calls its support staff "extraordinary in their knowledge, technology and patience." A CEU education specialist delivering state board accredited education says, "I wanted to add proctoring as an additional service and not as an additional cost to our candidates." A professional license educator reports a client who "gushed about the ease of use...no scheduling." A commercial client using ProctorFree during the COVID-19 pandemic shows how quickly results come back: "I was able to get the report yesterday afternoon & this guy is shipping out this weekend." Carolyn Hriso, a real estate instructor using Learn Test Pass for final exams, says "The staff is professional, helpful, and kind."

ProctorFree lists the NCTA and ATP, two testing industry associations, among its partners. It also invites LMS and test delivery vendors to build it into their own products, pitching the integration to them as a way to retain clients, grow within existing accounts and expand into new territories. The footer links a refund policy, FERPA and HEOA pages, a Spanish-language version of the site and a technical requirements page.

Who it suits and who it does not

ProctorFree suits organizations that want proctoring available whenever a candidate is ready, without scheduling: continuing education providers, professional licensing educators, real estate schools, colleges on Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace or Moodle, and specialist certification programs such as linguistics. Institutions with long-running Blackboard or Brightspace setups benefit from integrations it has maintained for nearly a decade, and CE providers on DigitalChalk or Gauge get proctoring that launches from the exam itself. The choice between fully automated and human-assisted proctoring lets one account cover both routine and higher-stakes tests.

Buyers who need published prices to compare will have to request a quote. Programs that want a person watching every session in real time should explore the human-assisted option in the demo, since the homepage pitch is built around not paying for a live proctor.