Hackajob
UK tech talent marketplace with AI matching where you pay per qualified candidate who accepts your interview request.
Quote-based pricing Free trial
Bottom line
Tech hiring marketplace with a UK and European pool of opted in engineers, where you pay for candidates who have already agreed to interview. The pricing model removes noise from job ads, but all prices are quoted and the pool is strongest in the UK.
Stands out for: Paying only for qualified candidates who accept an interview request is rarer and fairer than paying for seats or job slots. Candidates arrive knowing the salary, and the reply rates reflect it.
Watch out for: No published prices, and contracts are annual. The talent pool is concentrated in the UK and Europe, so US only hiring gets less value. It is built for tech roles only.
Overview
Hackajob is a tech hiring marketplace founded in London. Software engineers, data and other tech professionals create a free profile with their skills, salary expectations and preferences, and employers pay to reach them.
Employers search the pool using hackajob intelligence, a language model trained on millions of platform data points, which matches on context and experience rather than keywords and highlights the evidence behind each match.
Interview requests go out with the job description, salary and location upfront, and candidates choose whether to reply. Hackajob reports an 85% reply rate within 48 hours.
Pricing is outcome based. Plans are sized by qualified candidates per year, from 240 to unlimited, and a candidate only counts once they meet the requirements and accept the first interview request. Seats, jobs and hires are unlimited, and plans can be paused for up to three months a year.
Plans also include an employer brand page, pipeline and brand sentiment data, DE&I sourcing with anonymous profiles, salary benchmarks across 200+ tech disciplines and ATS integrations.
Who it's for
Best for
- UK and European companies hiring software engineers
- Teams tired of unqualified inbound applications
- Employers that want salary and competitor benchmarks with sourcing
Not ideal for
- US only hiring
- Non technical roles
- Buyers who want a monthly self serve plan
Key features
Tech talent pool. Engineers and tech professionals who have opted in, with their skills and job preferences on the profile, concentrated in the UK and Europe.
AI matching. hackajob intelligence, a language model trained on platform data, matches candidates to roles on context and experience and explains the evidence on each profile.
Outcome based plans. You pay for qualified candidates who accept an interview request, with unlimited seats, jobs, interviews and hires on every plan.
Insights. Employer brand page, pipeline and decline reason data, DE&I sourcing and insights, and salary and competitor benchmarks across 200+ tech disciplines.
AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| Contextual candidate matching with explained evidence on each profile | All plans |
| AI job ad analysis for inclusive language | All plans |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
Pricing
Plans are sold by the number of qualified candidates you need a year: 240, 480, 720, 960 or unlimited. A qualified candidate is one who meets the job requirements and accepts your first interview request. All plans include unlimited seats, jobs, interviews and hires, ATS and calendar integrations and a dedicated customer success manager, and a plan can be paused for up to three months a year. Prices are not published; a free trial (typically 30 days) runs before a contract. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 23 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Hackajob expensive?
Hackajob does not publish a price. It is one of 51 quote-based tools among the 134 sourcing tools in our directory. 22 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $99 a month.
- 51 quote-based
- 22 free tier
- 72 public price
Worked out automatically from every sourcing listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Pay only for candidates who accept an interview
- Unlimited seats, jobs and hires
- Plans can be paused for three months
Cons
- Prices not published
- Pool strongest in the UK and Europe
- Tech roles only
How Hackajob compares
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Sales-quoted
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Sales-quoted
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