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Alternatives to Glassdoor
19 recruitment tools sit alongside Glassdoor in this directory. Below is what separates each from Glassdoor on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Glassdoor starts at
- Free
Why people look past Glassdoor
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Glassdoor entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Glassdoor publishes a single plan, Job seeker account at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Job search app aggregating listings, owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Glassdoor
- Sold on a Free for job seekers, employers pay for sponsored listings model rather than Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products.
AI notetaking and sourcing agents for recruiters, priced per agent rather than per platform
- Publishes an entry price of $100/month, where Glassdoor does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month, per agent model rather than Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products.
- 4 tiers to Glassdoor's 1.
Recruiting CRM and AI sourcing tool that layers onto an existing ATS or replaces it
- No free tier, where Glassdoor has one.
- Sold on a Per user per month, by company size and seat type model rather than Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products.
- 2 tiers to Glassdoor's 1.
Technical coding assessment platform priced by annual invite volume, not by seat count alone
- No free tier, where Glassdoor has one.
- Sold on a Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier model rather than Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products.
- 3 tiers to Glassdoor's 1.
Talent intelligence and sourcing platform built on a large pre-aggregated candidate data set, demo-only pricing
- No free tier, where Glassdoor has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products.
Technical hiring platform with a metered attempt allowance and per-attempt overage charges on its entry tier
- No free tier, where Glassdoor has one.
- Sold on a Per month by tier, with a metered annual candidate attempt allowance and per-attempt overage on Starter model rather than Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products.
- 3 tiers to Glassdoor's 1.
Every Glassdoor alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glassdoor (this page) | Free | Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products | 1 | |
| IndeedIf you want job listings as the primary use case rather than employer reviews and salary data | Free | Free for job seekers, employers pay for sponsored listings | 1 | vs Glassdoor |
| Metaview | Free, then $100/month | Per user per month, per agent | 4 | vs Glassdoor |
| Gem | On request | Per user per month, by company size and seat type | 2 | vs Glassdoor |
| Codility | On request | Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier | 3 | vs Glassdoor |
| Findem | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Glassdoor |
| HackerRank | On request | Per month by tier, with a metered annual candidate attempt allowance and per-attempt overage on Starter | 3 | vs Glassdoor |
| ZipRecruiter | On request | Per active job slot per month, quoted individually | 3 | vs Glassdoor |
| Fetcher | On request | Per user per month, tiered by lead volume and sourcer support | 4 | vs Glassdoor |
| hireEZ | On request | Quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced | 2 | vs Glassdoor |
| Karat | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Glassdoor |
| Oracle Taleo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Glassdoor |
| SeekOut | On request | Per user per month, self-serve entry tier then per seat by quote | 2 | vs Glassdoor |
| Checkr | On request | Per report, plus pass-through court and database fees | 3 | vs Glassdoor |
| Occupop | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Glassdoor |
| Recruitee | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Glassdoor |
| BrightHire | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Glassdoor |
| Comeet | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Glassdoor |
| Bullhorn | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Glassdoor |
| JobAdder | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Glassdoor |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Glassdoor badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Glassdoor is most often brought in for researching a company's culture and management reputation before accepting a job offer, comparing self-reported salary data for a role before a negotiation, reading anonymous interview reports to prepare for a specific company's process, checking ceo and leadership approval trends before joining a company. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Glassdoor is broadly right and the question is cost, the Glassdoor pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Recruitment category lists everything the directory holds, and best recruitment tools ranks them.
Glassdoor runs on ios, android, web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Glassdoor alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Glassdoor?
- 19 other recruitment tools are listed in this directory, led by Indeed, Metaview, Gem, Codility. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Glassdoor?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Indeed, Metaview.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Glassdoor?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Glassdoor?
- Glassdoor is most often brought in for researching a company's culture and management reputation before accepting a job offer, comparing self-reported salary data for a role before a negotiation, reading anonymous interview reports to prepare for a specific company's process, checking ceo and leadership approval trends before joining a company. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Glassdoor?
- None of the recruitment tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Glassdoor alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Recruitment, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Glassdoor against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Glassdoor covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every recruitment tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Recruitment category, 19 tools beside Glassdoor. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.