Recruitment · head to head
Glassdoor vs Metaview
Glassdoor
Recruitment
Employer review and salary transparency app owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Indeed
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Metaview
Recruitment
AI notetaking and sourcing agents for recruiters, priced per agent rather than per platform
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Glassdoor it shares the same parent company, Recruit Holdings, as Indeed, whose revenue depends on employer ad spend, which sits in tension with Glassdoor's role as an independent employer watchdog.; Metaview pricing is per user per agent, so a five-person team using notetaking, sourcing and application review multiplies quickly; the visible 100 USD figure is one agent for one recruiter, not a team subscription.
- They diverge on capability: Glassdoor covers Employee reviews, Metaview covers Structured interview notes.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Glassdoor and Metaview actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Recruitment).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Glassdoor
- Employee reviews
- Salary reports
- Interview insights
- CEO approval rating
- Job listings
- Company comparisons
Only in Metaview
- Structured interview notes
- ATS write-back
- Sourcing agent
- Application review agent
- Intake call capture
- Interviewer coaching
- Assistant questions
- Reports add-on
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Glassdoor
- Researching a company's culture and management reputation before accepting a job offernot Metaview
- Comparing self-reported salary data for a role before a negotiationnot Metaview
- Reading anonymous interview reports to prepare for a specific company's processnot Metaview
- Checking CEO and leadership approval trends before joining a companynot Metaview
Metaview
- A talent team where hiring managers complain that interview feedback quality varies wildly between interviewers and nobody writes notes within a day of the callnot Glassdoor
- An agency recruiter running back-to-back screens who needs a submittable candidate summary produced without an hour of typing afterwardsnot Glassdoor
- A hiring process under scrutiny for consistency, where every interview needs the same competency evidence recorded in the same shapenot Glassdoor
- A small in-house team using the sourcing agent to build a candidate list without paying for a separate sourcing platform seatnot Glassdoor
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Glassdoor
- It shares the same parent company, Recruit Holdings, as Indeed, whose revenue depends on employer ad spend, which sits in tension with Glassdoor's role as an independent employer watchdog.
- Review authenticity cannot be independently verified, and companies have periodically been accused of soliciting favourable reviews from current employees to offset negative ones.
- Self-reported salary data is not verified against payroll records, so figures for a given role and company can be inconsistent or dated.
- Older accounts were required to submit their own review or salary before unlocking others' data, and remnants of that give-to-get pressure can still affect what gets submitted.
- Employers can purchase enhanced branding pages, which changes what job seekers see on a company's page compared with a company that has not paid for branding.
Metaview
- Pricing is per user per agent, so a five-person team using notetaking, sourcing and application review multiplies quickly; the visible 100 USD figure is one agent for one recruiter, not a team subscription.
- Recording candidates triggers consent and data protection duties that vary by jurisdiction, and in the EU and two-party consent US states you must obtain and evidence agreement before recording, which adds a step to every interview and gives candidates a reason to decline.
- An AI-generated summary of a hiring conversation is a discoverable record; if the summary mischaracterises what a candidate said, that document can surface in a discrimination or unfair rejection claim.
- Note quality depends on audio quality and on interviewers running structured interviews in the first place; a rambling unstructured conversation produces a rambling unstructured summary, so the tool amplifies existing process rather than fixing it.
- The advertised prices cover the sourcing agent specifically; pricing for the notetaker, application review and the all-agents bundle is not shown on the same page, so a buyer cannot total the cost of the configuration they actually want without a sales conversation.
Pricing, plan by plan
Glassdoor
Free- Job seeker accountFree
- Free browsing of reviews, salaries and listings
Metaview
Free- FreeFree
- First 100 profiles sourced free
- Unlimited concurrent searches
- Full platform access
- Pro$100/month
- 200 profiles sourced per month
- Unlimited concurrent searches
- Assistant questions and note regenerations included
- Max$300/month
- Unlimited profiles sourced
- Unlimited concurrent searches
- Per user, per agent
- Enterprise$undefined/year
- Custom volume and usage
- Dedicated support and training
- Enterprise security features
Which should you pick?
Choose Glassdoor if
- You need employee reviews.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on iOS, Android, Web.
- You also want salary reports.
Choose Metaview if
- You need structured interview notes.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Chrome extension.
- You also want ats write-back.
Questions people ask
- Is Glassdoor or Metaview better?
- Neither clearly leads. Glassdoor starts at Free and Metaview at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Glassdoor or Metaview?
- Glassdoor starts at Free and Metaview at Free.
- Does Glassdoor or Metaview run on more platforms?
- Glassdoor runs on iOS, Android, Web. Metaview runs on Web, Chrome extension.
- Can I use Glassdoor for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Glassdoor best used for?
- Glassdoor is most often used 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. Of those, researching a company's culture and management reputation before accepting a job offer and comparing self-reported salary data for a role before a negotiation are not what Metaview is typically brought in for.
- What can Glassdoor do that Metaview cannot?
- Glassdoor covers Employee reviews, Salary reports, Interview insights, CEO approval rating. Metaview covers Structured interview notes, ATS write-back, Sourcing agent, Application review agent.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Glassdoor: Is Glassdoor free to use?
Yes for job seekers; employers pay for enhanced branding and recruiting products.
Metaview: What does Metaview cost?
The sourcing agent is free for the first 100 profiles, then 100 USD per user per month for Pro and 300 USD for Max. Other agents are priced separately and not all rates are published.
Glassdoor: Are Glassdoor and Indeed the same company?
No, they are separate products but share the same parent company, Recruit Holdings.
Metaview: Do candidates have to consent to recording?
Yes, in the EU and in two-party consent US states. Metaview provides the capture; obtaining and recording consent remains your legal obligation.
Glassdoor: Are Glassdoor reviews verified?
No, reviews and salary reports are self-reported and anonymous; Glassdoor applies moderation but does not verify employment or salary details against payroll records.
Metaview: Does it write back to my ATS?
Yes, to Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Workday and others, which is the main reason teams adopt it over a generic meeting recorder.
Metaview: Is it a replacement for an ATS?
No. It produces and files interview records. Requisitions, pipelines and offers stay in your applicant tracking system.
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