Owing to benefits such as overall test integrity, 360-degree security camera ensuring exam integrity, convenience, flexibility, detailed report into learner’s behavior & patterns, enhanced exam security, minimization of stressful restrictions, online exam proctoring is experiencing rapid adoption as opposed to traditional alternatives like classroom assessments, thus fostering progress in global online exam proctoring market
Covid-19 Impact & Market Status
Covid-19 has had a lasting impact on the world markets. Covid-19 disrupted the education sector forcing nearly all students globally to either stop their education or opt online learning. Thus, the COVID-19 global pandemic pushed a large number of higher educational institutions to use Online Proctored Exams turning disruption into opportunity for the Global Online Exam Proctoring Market. Educational institutions are adopting online exam proctoring ensuring appropriate practices taking place during online exams and integrity of online assessments.
This report gives a comprehensive overview of the Global Online Exam Proctoring Market detailing the current state of the Global Online Exam Proctoring Market, covid-19 challenges and opportunities, financial details of the overall market as well as individual market segments, regulatory framework, investment opportunities, target markets and related challenges and opportunities, and more such details are given in the Global Online Exam Proctoring Market report.
Real Time Online Proctoring Type to Emerge as the Most Lucrative Segment
The global online exam proctoring market is classified into advanced AI powered proctoring, recorded proctoring, and real time online proctoring on the basis of type. Among these, the real time online proctoring segment accounted for the maximum market share of global online exam proctoring market. The key factors like use of and interest in AI, tech innovations like biometrics and facial recognition, and growing interest of educational institutions using better test-taker software have encourage the adoption of real time online proctoring thereby increasing its performance in the global online exam proctoring market.
Schools and Colleges Online Exam Proctoring Witnessed Highest Market Value
The global online exam proctoring market is classified into universities, schools, colleges, conventional higher education institutions, public institutions, and others on the basis of End User. Among these, schools and colleges online exam proctoring gathered highest market value in global online exam proctoring market owing to factors like covid-19 pandemic, rapid development of information and communication technologies enabling advanced security, and conventional education institutions broadening their online offering allowing students to take their exams online.
North America is the Most Lucrative Region for Online Exam Proctoring
Increasing demand for online learning, massive open online courses (MOOCs) and other forms of remote education becoming increasingly popular, changing education structure, presence of prominent exam proctoring providers like Examity, ProctorU and others providing advanced proctoring solutions are the key factors for growth of online exam proctoring market in North America. Furthermore, conventional higher education institutions across US gradually embracing online exam proctoring solutions due rapid tech innovations as well as continuing threat of Covid-19 are some other influencing factors for rise in North America’s share in global online exam proctoring market.
The need to ensuring exam integrity in the online environment has accentuated the reliance on online exam proctoring.
Rapid end-use application of online exam proctoring across universities, schools, colleges, conventional higher education institutions, public institutions, and others are fostering remarkable progress in the global online exam proctoring market.
Advantages such as exam integrity, prevention of academic dishonesty, convenience and flexibility, better option to addressing disparate test scores, validation student knowledge, student ID authentication encourage further adoption of online exam proctoring. These factors collectively influence thumping growth in global online exam proctoring market, ensuring overall market growth of 2.76 Bn by 2028 with an annualized growth rate of 21% from 2021 to 2028.
Online exam proctoring also known as exam supervision is where a real person supervises the online exam in real time through the webcam. Advanced proctoring software is used to monitor what is running on the screen which ensures exam authenticity.
Online courses, exams, tests and assessments increasingly used and demanded, conventional education institutions broadening their online offering allowing students to take their exams online, institutions outsourcing examination aspect to online proctoring service providers to ensure exam integrity in online model, and COVID-19 pandemic shifting offline to online models are the key factors boosting the global online exam proctoring market.
However, high trait test anxiety in online proctored setting resulting in lower exam scores, internet connectivity failure, compromised online security, and predominant concerns over privacy and various environmental and psychological factors are some key challenges that likely to hamper the global online exam proctoring market. Furthermore, rapid development of information and communication technologies enabling advanced security, increased popularity of online classes, conventional education institutions broadening their online offering allowing students to take their exams online, and the covid-19 pandemic shifting to online exam models is anticipated to feasible opportunity to the global online exam proctoring market.
The major players of the global online exam proctoring market are ExamOnline, SpeedExam, Mercer | Mettl, Examus, ProctorU, Examity, Verificiant, PSI Services LLC, Proctortrack, Proctorio, and Talview among others. These companies dominate the global online exam proctoring market as they provide comprehensive solutions, from hosting the test online to monitoring test-takers and deliver millions of assessments annually. These companies cater to thousands of customers from academic institutions to professional organizations.
Latest Innovations in the Global Online Exam Proctoring Market: a Snapshot
- On Dec 15, 2021, Pearson world’s leading learning company announced PTE Academic Online as a new online proctored option for people taking remote tests starting from January 11, 2022. The PTE Academic Online has employed highly secure ID verification tools, advanced face matching technology, and real time proctoring.
- ProctorU On May 2021, announced that it will discontinue artificial intelligence enabled exam proctoring and will use human proctors for online assessments. ProctorU plans to its AI based online assessment and education to human led proctoring by 2022.
Online Exam Proctoring Market Scope
Metrics | Details |
Base Year | 2020 |
Historic Data | 2018-2019 |
Forecast Period | 2021-2028 |
Study Period | 2018-2028 |
Forecast Unit | Value (USD) |
Revenue forecast in 2028 | 2.76 Bn |
Growth Rate | CAGR of 21% during 2021-2028 |
Segment Covered | Type, End User, Regions |
Regions Covered | North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East and South Africa |
Key Players Profiled | ExamOnline, SpeedExam, Mercer | Mettl, Examus, ProctorU, Examity, Verificiant, PSI Services LLC, Proctortrack, Proctorio, and Talview |
Key Segments of the Global Online Exam Proctoring Market
Type Overview, 2018-2028 (USD Billion)
- Advanced AI powered proctoring
- Recorded proctoring
- Real time online proctoring
End User Overview, 2018-2028 (USD Billion)
- Universities
- Schools
- Colleges
- Conventional higher education institutions
- Public institutions
- Others
Regional Overview, 2018-2028 (USD Billion)
North America
- U.S
- Canada
Europe
- Germany
- France
- UK
- Rest of Europe
Asia Pacific
- China
- India
- Japan
- Rest of Asia Pacific
South America
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Rest of South America
Middle East and South Africa

