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Appcast vs idibu

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Appcast

Sales-quoted

Programmatic job-ad buying on a pay-per-applicant model. Pricing is sales-quoted; media spend sits on top of the platform.

Where Appcast fits

High-volume TA teams spending serious job-ad budget
Companies already in Greenhouse or iCIMS that want programmatic inside the ATS
Recruitment-marketing leads who want PPA instead of CPC
Employers that need coverage across many job boards from one buyer

Job multiposting and response management for recruitment agencies that want postings and applicants to flow back into Bullhorn, Vincere, Salesforce, Mercury or Access. Pricing starts at $250/month for 5 user licenses together, on a twelve-month contract with monthly or quarterly billing.

Where idibu fits

Agencies posting one role to many boards
Teams of about five consultants
Bullhorn or Vincere users wanting multiposting

At a glance

Detail	Appcast	idibu
Starting price	Sales-quoted	$250/mo
Free tier	–No	–No
MCP server	–No	–No
Public API	–No	✓Yes
Listed under	Recruitment marketing	Recruitment marketing, Job boards
Capterra	4.4 from 31 reviews	Not enough reviews

Where they pull apart

Appcast

Stands out: It buys sponsored jobs across a large publisher network and bills against delivered applicants, then feeds those applicants back into the ATS, which is why high-volume desks use it instead of clicking Boost on each board.

Watch out: You are buying media plus software. Campaign budgets are the real cost; a Greenhouse in-ATS campaign has been documented with a $200 minimum. The platform fee is sales-quoted. If the career site convert rate is weak, you will still pay for applicants who bounce.

Not the right fit for

Desks posting a handful of professional-hire jobs a month
Buyers who need a public self-serve rate card

idibu

Stands out: idibu reports 500,000+ jobs posted and 1.5 million applications processed each month for 450+ agencies in 17+ countries. Traffic-light qualification, auto-responders, Daxtra parsing and a documented API at docs.idibu.com handle what happens after the post.

Watch out: The $250 price is a five-user bundle on a twelve-month contract and higher bands are not priced publicly. idibu's own network figures range from about 600 job boards and 700 client websites up to 1000+ job boards.

Not the right fit for

Employers wanting cost-per-click job ads
Buyers who need month-to-month contracts
Solo recruiters needing a single licence

Pros and cons

Appcast

Pay-per-applicant optimization rather than raw clicks
Named ATS partnerships including Greenhouse and iCIMS
Broad publisher network for high-volume reqs

Sales-quoted platform plus media spend
Overkill for low-volume professional hiring
No published rate card, so every budget starts with a sales call

idibu

Published $250/month price for 5 users
Same full platform at every user band
Documented API and named CRM integrations

Twelve-month contract required
Higher-band prices not published
Sold in bundles starting at 5 user licenses

What each one costs

Appcast

Sales-quoted

Appcast does not publish prices. The platform is sold by quote after a demo, and job-ad media spend is budgeted on top of the platform fee. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 12 Sep 2026

idibu

$250/mo

idibu starts at $250/month for 5 user licenses, and that price covers all 5 users, not each user. Per-user prices fall in higher bands, and every band gets the same platform. Contracts run twelve months with monthly or quarterly billing. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 27 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Appcast or idibu for free?

Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 12 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?