Proctorio

Spec sheet

What it does

Proctorio provides automated online proctoring, identity verification, browser lockdown, monitoring and integrity review for remote assessments.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Purpose

Proctorio provides online assessment proctoring, identity verification, and AI-powered protection.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Audience

Proctorio describes its products for education and non-profits, small and mid-sized organizations, large organizations, and individual professionals; its site also lists K-12, higher education, workforce, and credentialing sectors.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Integrations

Proctorio says it integrates natively via LTI with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, and Open LMS, and supports custom third-party connections through APIs.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Security

Proctorio says exam recordings are end-to-end encrypted with AES-GCM and data at rest uses AES-256 encryption.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Compliance

Proctorio reports SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 audits, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, ISO/IEC 27018:2019 certification and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Support

Proctorio advertises support 24 hours a day, every day of the year, with help-center articles, chat, email and phone options.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Headquarters

Scottsdale, Arizona, United StatesRead 23 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Founded

2013Read 23 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

AI oversight

Proctorio says its AI identifies patterns and potential concerns while institutions retain control over decisions.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Company facts

LinkedIn lists Proctorio as privately held, founded in 2013, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with a 51–200 employee company size.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company founders

Crunchbase identifies Mike Olsen and Teddy Garland as founders and Mike Olsen as founder and CEO.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Company history

Proctorio says it launched as an automated proctoring service in 2013.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Company legal name

Crunchbase lists the legal name as Proctor.io Incorporated.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Configurable controls

Exam settings include full-screen mode, tab and download controls, clipboard and printing restrictions, screen/audio/video recording, ID checks, desk scans, multiple-monitor controls and live proctoring.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Connectivity limits

Proctorio requires a stable internet connection and blocks or troubleshoots VPNs, proxies, virtual machines and certain traffic-intercepting security tools.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Data access model

Proctorio says it holds no cryptographic key for exam recordings and that only institution-approved representatives can decrypt them.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Desktop requirements

Desktop exams require the Secure Exam Proctor extension in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Opera; advanced-security exams may also require the Secure Companion App on Windows or macOS.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Documentation depth

Developer documentation includes authentication, getting started, error handling, rate limits, endpoint schemas, webhooks, SDK examples and a dated changelog.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Google Play app

The MobileExam Android app lets candidates access exams from a phone, lists 1K+ downloads, and was updated June 15, 2026.Read 14 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Integrity features

The Integrity solution combines identity checks, secure testing environments, automated monitoring and proctoring.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Languages

The integration page lists English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch and Japanese language availability.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Licence and hosting

The service terms describe a proprietary application service, prohibit reverse engineering and state that users receive no right to source code, which indicates the core service is not open source or self-hostable.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Limit: false positives

Gartner reviewers say ordinary behaviors such as looking away, reading aloud or household noise can generate flags and extra review work.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Limit: privacy concerns

Trustpilot and extension reviewers repeatedly complain that required camera, microphone, screen and browser permissions feel invasive or spyware-like.Read 14 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Limit: reliability

Reviewers report Chrome launch failures, crashes, recording stops, false tab detections, high CPU use and exams that eject candidates before completion.Read 14 Oct 2026 · chrome-stats.com

Limit: support and installation

Some reviewers report difficult installation, conflicts with managed devices or other software, and a preference for faster phone assistance over chat.Read 14 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

LMS integrations

Native LTI integrations are listed for Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Open LMS, Brightspace and Populi, with custom LTI support.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Mobile requirements

Mobile-enabled exams can use a Proctorio Mobile App on supported iOS or Android devices, and some Chromebook configurations require the app.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Monitoring

Its Secure Proctoring offering monitors tests, exams, and assessments, while Secure Interviews protects interviews or presentations from unauthorized help.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Notable API news

The August 12, 2026 API release removed the exam_name field and added webhook endpoints and related schemas.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Open-source component

Proctorio publishes an open-source LMS integration script for Canvas under an AGPL-3.0 repository, separate from the proprietary service.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Origin features

Origin checks whether submitted assignments and projects reflect original human work.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Platform requirements

The published system requirements list Windows 10 or newer, macOS 13 or newer, Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, ChromeOS, iOS 13.4 or newer, and Android 7 or newer.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Praise: automated review

Gartner reviewers praise AI flagging of suspicious searches, extra faces and secondary devices because it reduces the need to watch entire recordings.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Praise: convenience

Reviewers repeatedly praise taking exams remotely from home or other locations without visiting a testing center.Read 14 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Praise: setup and scalability

Independent reviewers describe Canvas/LTI setup as straightforward and say the service scales to large cohorts with configurable security settings.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Privacy control

Proctorio says only institution-approved representatives can decrypt exam audio, video, and screen recordings.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Public API

The API offers candidate-launch, reviewer-launch and live-proctor-launch endpoints that return secure URLs for exam sessions, review and live monitoring.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Rating on Capterra

4.5 out of 5 from 12 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Rating on Chrome Web Store

2.6 out of 5 from 663 ratingsRead 14 Oct 2026 · crxaminer.tech

Rating on G2

4.1 out of 5 from 37 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on Gartner Peer Insights

3.6 out of 5 from 8 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Rating on Trustpilot

2.5 out of 5 from 12 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Retention limit

The comparison page lists data retention of 7 days for Free, 30 days for Standard, and 6 months for Enterprise and Education.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

Scale

The company says more than 300 million exams have been proctored globally.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Scale and availability

Proctorio says exams are available on demand within a designated testing window without scheduling, and its failover system operates 24/7/365.Read 29 Sep 2026 · proctorio.com

SDKs

Official developer tooling includes a .NET SDK requiring .NET 8 or newer and an Observe.js JavaScript SDK distributed through npm and a CDN.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Security encryption

The company states that recordings are end-to-end encrypted with AES-GCM, transported using TLS 1.2/1.3 with perfect forward secrecy, and stored with AES-256 encryption.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Vault features

Vault is intended to prevent assessment-content exposure, track leaks and provide remediation tools.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Webhooks

The API documentation includes webhook listing, subscription and unsubscription endpoints.Read 14 Oct 2026 · proctorio.com

Plans and prices

Every Proctorio plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Online Proctoring Software#2 of 278.6
• Exam Proctoring Software#2 of 218.6