Continuous, on-demand exams
Exams that are always open — and run themselves
Run exams on a continuous, rolling basis — not just a fixed date. Candidates enrol, authenticate, sit and receive results automatically, around the clock. Purpose-built for certification bodies, software companies and commercial providers who test 24/7.
- Scheduled or on-demand
- Automated enrolment
- Instant results
Checkout
Stripe · Shopify · booking
Enrol & sign in
Secure link · SSO · voucher
Exam opens
Instantly · 7-day window
Results
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Trusted by professional organisations, awarding bodies, and universities worldwide
A different rhythm
Not every exam has a date
In universities and colleges, a cohort sits the same exam on the same day. But for professional certifications, software companies and commercial test providers, candidates arrive one at a time, all year round — and the exam needs to be open whenever they are ready.
That’s a different model, and not every platform is built for it. It’s simpler than the exam-day spike of large-scale testing, but it demands its own set of tools: rolling availability, relative deadlines, automated enrolment and results that release on their own. We’ve built all of it.
Built around a fixed exam date
- ✕ One sitting, one date for everyone
- ✕ Enrolment and admin done by hand
- ✕ Resits are a manual headache
Built to run continuously
- Open on-demand, or scheduled — your choice
- Enrolment automated end to end
- Resits, results and versioning built in
Why it matters
Why continuous exams trip up most platforms
Tools designed around a single exam day struggle the moment candidates start arriving on their own schedule.
Everything assumes a fixed date
Scheduling, deadlines and results all hang off one sitting. Running the same exam continuously means fighting the tool instead of using it.
Enrolment can’t reach your systems
When sign-ups come from your website, booking system or checkout at all hours, manual enrolment doesn’t scale — you need it to happen automatically.
Resits and iteration are afterthoughts
Rolling programmes live or die on retakes and continuous improvement. If resit rules and versioning are bolted on, admin piles up fast.
“Your candidates don’t wait for an exam date — your exam platform shouldn’t make them.”
Open on your terms
Scheduled, or open around the clock
Set an exam to open at a specific time for a formal, traditional sitting — or run it on a continuous, rolling basis so candidates can start the moment they enrol.
Give every candidate the same runway with a relative deadline — “7 days to complete, from the day you enrol” — no matter when they join. On-demand exams generate attempts automatically as new candidates arrive, so the programme quite literally runs itself.
Scheduling & delivery controlsAvailability
- Enrolment
- Continuous — auto-enrol new candidates
- Deadline
- 7 days after enrolment
- Access
- Available immediately
- Results
- Release instantly
Enrolment on autopilot
From checkout to exam, without lifting a finger
Connect Synap to your booking system, payment gateway or store — Stripe, Shopify, or your own site — with our APIs, real-time webhooks, Zapier and no-code tools, or MCP. Candidates flow straight from purchase to an authenticated exam: register, pay, and start, all in one seamless journey.
Flexible ways to enrol and sign in
Single sign-on
ADFS, Auth0, SAML or JWT — candidates use the credentials they already have.
Secure candidate links
Unique, single-use links get candidates into their exam with nothing to remember.
Exam vouchers
Issue vouchers to training centres or resellers to enrol candidates at scale.
Email-less accounts
Enrol candidates who don’t have — or don’t need — an email address.
API & headless enrolment
Create and enrol candidates from your own systems, no manual sign-up required.
Built for the long run
Everything a rolling exam needs
The details that turn a one-off exam into a programme you can run continuously, for years.
Automatic resit rules
Allow a set number of retakes — even on a passing grade — activated instantly or after a delay you define.
Progressive resits
Candidates retake only the questions they got wrong — correct answers carry forward automatically, so resits stay focused and fair.
Version your exams
Create new versions to refine and improve your questions over time, without disrupting live candidates.
Per-attempt overrides
Adjust proctoring, extra time or settings for a single candidate’s attempt when you need to.
Results on your terms
Release results instantly, on a schedule, or hold them pending marking or proctor review.
Accessibility on the fly
Candidates can adjust language and font size themselves, at any point during the exam.
Who it’s for
Made for organisations that test at their customers’ pace
Continuous, on-demand exams are rare in traditional education — and everywhere in the commercial world.
Professional certification bodies
Certify members year-round, not on a single annual exam date.
Software & product certification
Certify users, partners and resellers on your product, at their own pace.
Commercial test providers
Sell and deliver exams 24/7, just like any other online product.
Compliance & workforce
Onboard and re-certify staff continuously as they join and progress.
Part of one platform
Everything a continuous programme needs
On-demand delivery is one part of Synap. Combine it with the rest of the platform, or explore the full overview.
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