Brilliant Assessments Features
Everything you can do with Brilliant Assessments
Brilliant Assessments delivers everything you need to build enterprise-grade, intelligent assessments and personalized feedback.
Assessment Building
Structure your assessment your way, whether that’s as sections and subsections, as one long page of questions, or as something more adaptable with question piping and conditional paths scoring logic.
Generate sections, questions, and feedback text in seconds using AI. Just give it a prompt, and then edit the results to get what you need.
Answer Formats
Use multiple choice, text boxes, sliders, rankings, matrix grids, dropdowns, uploads, and more. Includes formats like NPS, Least/Most, and custom answer sets.
Tag questions or answers to themed groups across the assessment. Generate scores, feedback, or charts without using complex formulas, even for topics outside the standard structure.
Question Piping
Pull in answers from earlier questions and use them in later questions or instructions to make the assessment feel more personalized.
Customize the look and feel of your assessments with your own logo, colors, and branding, so everything feels like part of your business.
When enabled, drivers apply predefined conditions that determine which sections, subsections, or questions appear in the assessment based on the preferences or characteristics of the respondent.
Help respondents complete assessments in their language. All buttons, labels, and headings can be fully translated for a consistent experience.
Multimedia Instructions
Add images, videos, or audio to your assessment to give clearer instructions, context, or examples where they're needed.
Conditional Components
Control what shows based on previous answers, whether it's a question, subsection, or whole section. Use flexible logic to keep assessments focused and relevant.
Responsive Design
Assessments adapt to any screen size, so they look great and work on desktop, tablet, or mobile.
Progress Validations
Validate responses, by checking things like number ranges, how many options were selected, or specific answer combinations, before allowing progress.
Set up different roles like self, manager, or peer to collect feedback from multiple perspectives in a single 360 assessment.
Classifiers
Assign categories like role, department, or location to respondents. Use them to filter results, break down charts, and create benchmarks in reports.
Short on time or want it done right? Our team can build your assessment for you, from structure and scoring to branding, testing, and training. Just tell us what you need
Assessment Scoring
Enjoy flexible, automated scoring out of the box, as well as powerful calculations that enable custom logic, thresholds, and conditional formulas. Use AI Interpretation to score open-ended answers or complex combinations.
Compare scores against averages, percentiles, or preset targets using your own data or past results. Apply classifiers to show how individuals or cohorts perform relative to peers or groups.
Group scores into bands like Beginner to Expert or by percentage ranges such as 0–50%, 51–75%, and 76–100%. Use colors and labels to make results easier to interpret and drive feedback.
Use formulas to create complex scoring based on answers, scores, or numeric inputs. Calculations can control charts, feedback, logic, and question paths.
Calculate average scores across a group to show team-level insights, track progress, or benchmark performance.
Score at the answer, question, section, and overall level, and use segmentations to group and score related questions for deeper insights and unique feedback.
Turn open-text answers and complex input into structured scores. AI reviews the content and applies prompted scoring logic to quantify the value of answers and uploads.
Differences
Calculate and highlight changes between two assessment rounds. Compare shifts across individuals, cohorts, or time periods.
Automated Feedback
Automate precise and personalized feedback for individuals, cohorts, and multiple assessment rounds/iterations.
Generate personalized report content based on your assessment structure. Use it to speed up writing and keep feedback consistent across responses.
Choose from over ten professionally designed templates to build polished reports quickly. Or start from scratch and design your own.
Generate individual, cohort, or 360 feedback reports as PDFs based on responses and scoring. Send them automatically after completion or run them on demand when needed.
Show results instantly with an interactive dashboard. Add charts, rating text, and videos to guide respondents. Works for individuals or cohorts and updates in real time.
Create reports in multiple languages, or use AI Interpretation to generate feedback in multiple languages.
Combine and analyze results from groups of respondents. Show trends, averages, and comparisons across a team, department, or any defined cohort.
Certificates
Generate certificates or summary reports based on scores or pass/fail criteria. Include names, ratings, and other key details automatically.
Our range of chart styles and graphics sets us apart. Choose from enterprise-grade charts with customization options to present feedback clearly and professionally.
Build reports in Microsoft Word using your own templates. Merge in scores for charting and detailed feedback.
Generate personalized reports for each respondent, with their scores, feedback, charts, and any relevant recommendations.
Filtered Results
Filter feedback and results based on classifiers like role, region, or team to focus on specific groups or compare across categories.
Response Management
Control and automate how respondents are invited, organized, and managed.
Send assessments automatically based on timing rules or cohort setup. Ideal for onboarding, scheduled check-ins, or repeat assessments over time.
Let respondents create or join their own cohort when starting an assessment. Useful for programs where teams, departments, or client groups need to be grouped automatically.
Group responses into cohorts for combined reporting alongside individual results. Cohorts can be created by admins or designated contacts and work with any assessment type, including 360s.
Manage assessments, users, and results across multiple client or internal teams. Set up organizations with their own cohorts, settings, and reporting access.
Self-initiated responses
Let people start assessments on their own, through a shared link, your website, a portal, or via API. No need to send individual invitations manually.
Set up a portal where respondents can sign up and start assessments on their own, without needing to be added manually.
Response Management Portal
Provide respondents with a portal to view available assessments, start new ones, and review their previous results whenever they need to.
Create and manage groups of respondents to track collective results, send targeted communications, and run cohort-level reports.
Automate welcome emails, reminders, and report delivery directly within the platform. Customize messages and timing to match how your assessments are run.
Schedule repeat assessments automatically for individuals or cohorts. Track change over time without manual setup each round.
Send reminders to respondents who haven’t completed their assessment, with customizable timing and messaging.
Anonymous Responses
Collect responses without capturing identifying information. Ideal for sensitive topics or when confidentiality is required.
Add payment steps to access assessments, reports, or portals. Use Stripe to monetize your content and control access.
Assessor Experience
Brilliant Assessments gives assessors powerful tools to manage and analyze every response.
AI Interpretation for Uploads
Let respondents upload documents, spreadsheets, or PDFs. AI reads the content, pulls out key insights, and includes them in feedback or scoring.
Access real-time summaries across assessments with interactive charts. View response status, ratings, and performance by section, subsection, segmentation, or question for up to 1,000 respondents.
Assessor Reviewed Feedback
Allow assessors to review and edit feedback before it’s shared. Helpful when responses need a final check or personal input.
Bring together feedback from multiple roles. Compare perspectives and highlight alignment or gaps across respondent groups.
AI Interpretation for Answers
Use AI to write feedback that directly reflects what the respondent said. It pulls from their actual input to generate clear, tailored messaging.
Phased Reports
Release different parts of a report in stages, letting you control when specific feedback becomes available. Ideal for multi-step programs or follow-ups.
Combine and analyze results from groups of respondents. Show trends, averages, and comparisons across a team, department, or any defined cohort.
Let our team build your feedback reports for you, including layout, scoring, charts, and formatting. We handle the setup so your reports look sharp and run smoothly.
Integrations
With these integrations, auto-trigger assessments, sync respondent data, embed payments, and feed results into CRM or HR systems.
Plug into hundreds of apps (CRMs, marketing systems, e‑commerce, and more) using a readymade Zapier connector.
Manage payments securely through Stripe, embedded directly into assessments. Stripe is secure and easy to configure via API keys in the admin portal
For custom workflows, developers can use its full REST API to create or fetch responses, pull ratings and scores, segment data, and automate assessments across systems
HR Information Systems and Applicant Tracking Systems
Available as an add-on, get ready-made connections to popular HRIS and ATS platforms
Security
Brilliant Assessments is committed to protecting your data with enterprise-grade security measures, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and compliance.
SOC 2 Type II Certified
Independently audited to meet SAE 3150 Type II standards, with ongoing third-party security reviews to promptly address any issues.
Advanced Encryption
All data is encrypted in transit (TLS, HTTPS RSA 2048 bit) and at rest (Microsoft Transparent Data Encryption). Backups are also encrypted.
AI Security
When using AI features, data is securely processed via Microsoft Azure’s OpenAI service. Data is transient, encrypted, and never used for AI model training.
User Permissions & Access Control
Define roles and access levels so the right people see the right data. Easily manage admin, assessor, and viewer permissions.
Data Hosting & Backup
Data is stored in Amazon Web Services’ Central Canada data center, compliant with GDPR (EU and UK). Daily encrypted backups are also maintained in AWS Ireland.
Access Control & 2FA
You control access. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is enforced for admins and available for others. Support access is only allowed with your permission.
Single Sign On
Supports secure sign-in via Microsoft Azure and Okta, and allows respondent authentication. SSO is available as an add-on only.
Other Settings
Manage users, control access, connect to other systems, and adjust how your assessments look and behave. Everything listed here is included in every base plan, with no hidden upgrades required.
Unlimited Users
Add as many users as you need without any extra fees or restrictions, on every Brilliant Assessments plan.
Custom URLs
Use your own domain (e.g., assessments.yourcompany.com) for a seamless, branded experience.
Editable Site Text
Customize system-generated text to match your brand voice and terminology.
Set your own pricing for assessments with flexible rate structures. Ideal for selling access or billing clients per response.
Branding & Theme Control
Fully customize colors, logos, fonts, and layout to reflect your brand identity across assessments, portals, and reports.
Customise your respondent and assessor portals. Control layout, visibility, and user experience for different groups.
Manage and fine-tune AI prompts used for AI Suggest, so you can build faster and reuse preferences.
Send assessment invites and report emails from your own verified domain for a professional, trustworthy touch.
Default Settings Management
Set global defaults for key settings like scoring methods, report styles, and notification preferences.
Remove all Brilliant Assessments branding and present the platform as your own, including logos, URLs, and emails.