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Remote OK vs Hiring Right Now: a fair comparison
Remote OK is a remote job board where employers pay to post jobs and job seekers can buy a Premium plan. Below, the two side by side. Every fact about Remote OK comes from its own pages or a named source, read on the date shown; where we could not check a fact, the row is left out.
In short: Use Remote OK if you want a large remote-only board with wide reach for employers, use Hiring Right Now if you want free salary data and no subscription.
Remote OK and Hiring Right Now, side by side
| Remote OK | Hiring Right Now | |
|---|---|---|
| Who pays | Employers pay to post. Job seekers can buy Remote OK Premium. | Job seekers use it free. Paid options: an optional Plus plan for job seekers (not on sale yet) and featured or pinned listings for employers (self-serve posting is not open yet). |
| Price for job seekers | Remote OK Premium: $14.95 a month with a 12-month commitment, billed monthly. No free trial. A $29.95 a month bundle adds other job sites. | Free. Optional Plus plan: $3 for 1 month, $7 for 3 months, $12 for 12 months. One payment, nothing renews. Not on sale yet. |
| Price to post one job | From $299 for 30 days. The button shows $447 when the page loads, with some add-ons ticked. | Standard listing free for 30 days. Featured $29 for 14 days. Pinned $59 for 7 days. Self-serve posting is not open yet. |
| Where the jobs come from | Employers can post through a paid form on the site. | The employers' own careers pages (Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby boards). |
| Where you apply | The Apply button opens the apply link the employer gives, or an email address if there is no link. | On the employer's own page. |
| How fresh the listings are | Posts run 30 days, then renew automatically unless the employer turns renewal off. | Every job is read again from the employer's careers page every hour. |
| Kinds of jobs | Remote jobs in programming, design, sales and more. | The jobs that 732 companies post on their own careers pages (41,187 open jobs). English only. |
| Payment methods | Card through Stripe. A "Pay later" option sends a payment link by email. | Crypto. |
Where Remote OK is better
- Much larger: it lists 100,000+ remote jobs from 10,000+ companies and says it reaches 20,100,000+ remote workers a month.
- Wide reach for employers: posts are emailed to 2,692,454 remote job seekers and crossposted to 261 job boards.
- It has a public jobs API, and employers can post today. Our self-serve posting is not open yet.
Where Hiring Right Now is better
- No commitment: Plus is one payment that never renews, from $3 for 1 month (not on sale yet). Remote OK Premium is $14.95 a month with a 12-month commitment.
- Salary data from posted ranges is a free tool here. Remote OK lists salary data among its paid Premium features.
- A standard listing is free for 30 days (self-serve posting is not open yet). Remote OK starts at $299 for 30 days and renews unless turned off.
Questions about Remote OK and Hiring Right Now
- Is Hiring Right Now better than Remote OK?
- Use Remote OK if you want a large remote-only board with wide reach for employers, use Hiring Right Now if you want free salary data and no subscription.
- Where is Remote OK better?
- Much larger: it lists 100,000+ remote jobs from 10,000+ companies and says it reaches 20,100,000+ remote workers a month. Wide reach for employers: posts are emailed to 2,692,454 remote job seekers and crossposted to 261 job boards. It has a public jobs API, and employers can post today. Our self-serve posting is not open yet.
- Where is Hiring Right Now better?
- No commitment: Plus is one payment that never renews, from $3 for 1 month (not on sale yet). Remote OK Premium is $14.95 a month with a 12-month commitment. Salary data from posted ranges is a free tool here. Remote OK lists salary data among its paid Premium features. A standard listing is free for 30 days (self-serve posting is not open yet). Remote OK starts at $299 for 30 days and renews unless turned off.
Sources
- remoteok.com, read Nov 14, 2026
- remoteok.com/premium, read Nov 14, 2026
- remoteok.com/hire-remotely, read Nov 14, 2026
- remoteok.com/api, read Nov 13, 2026
Facts about Hiring Right Now are from this site on Nov 14, 2026. A fact that is wrong or out of date can be reported from the About page; it is corrected or removed.