Is NeetCode worth it? AlgoPath vs NeetCode, compared
Short answer. NeetCode shows you how a solution is found. AlgoPath makes you write the algorithm before you ever see one. If you learn well by watching, start with NeetCode. If watching has stopped moving you forward, come here.
Updated 26 August 2026.
Side by side
| NeetCode | AlgoPath | |
|---|---|---|
| The unit of work | One interview problem | One algorithm |
| What you produce | A solution to that problem | The algorithm, then a system that uses it |
| Explanations | A video per problem | Written theory, then a hint ladder that nudges instead of answering |
| Languages | Solutions in several | Six, running in the browser: JS, TS, Python, PHP, Java, C# |
| Where your code runs | Your own editor | In the browser, with the tests |
| Order | A curated list, pick as you like | 150 steps in a fixed chain |
| Free part | The videos | The first 33 steps |
| Paid part | Pro subscription | One payment, no renewal |
Where NeetCode is better
The videos. Hundreds of them, free, and the explanations are clear.
The NeetCode 150 is a good list. Someone hands you an order and talks you through every answer.
AlgoPath has no video library of that size.
Is NeetCode worth it
The free half is worth it for almost anyone. Hundreds of clear video explanations cost nothing, and no subscription is needed to watch them.
Pro is a separate question. You are paying for the curated lists and the extra practice, not for the explanations.
Pay for it if you have no order to follow and want one handed to you. Skip it if your problem is that you can follow a solution and cannot produce one.
That gap is the one thing a video cannot close. Watching someone reason is not the same as reasoning.
Where AlgoPath is better
Watching a solution and producing one are two different skills. This trains the second.
Every step hands you a file with a signature and a TODO. Tests come with it. You write the body. The tests stay red until it works.
Then the same function goes into a small production case. You see the algorithm doing a job.
There is also a trainer for pattern recognition, 52 of them. And a timed round for speaking under pressure.
Using both
This is the common route, and it works.
Build the algorithm here first. Then watch the NeetCode video on a problem that uses it. You get to see somebody else reason through it.
Order matters. Watch first and you remember a solution. Build first and you keep the algorithm.
Verdict
- New to all of this and want a guided path: NeetCode.
- Know the theory, need reps and company tags: LeetCode.
- Can follow any solution but cannot produce one: AlgoPath.
Try it
The placement test is 15 questions, no account needed. The first 33 steps are free. Full access is one payment.
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