Compare/Head to head

Boardy vs daily.dev Recruiter

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

Starting price

Boardy

Free Free tier

Boardy is an AI networking agent that learns what you need through a conversation, then introduces you to someone from its network once both sides opt in and books the meeting. Founders use it for investors and customers, and recruiters and hiring managers can use it to meet candidates and referrals. It is free to use today, per its terms.

Where Boardy fits

  • Startup founders hiring their first key people
  • Recruiters building relationships with founders and hiring managers
  • Anyone looking for warm intros to investors or customers

daily.dev Recruiter matches engineering roles inside daily.dev on a flat Agent plan at $350/mo per active role, with unlimited seats and unlimited warm introductions. No placement fees.

Where daily.dev Recruiter fits

  • Product and platform teams hiring engineers who already live on daily.dev
  • TA leads who will not pay a 20% agency fee and want month-to-month
  • Companies that want double opt-in intros rather than harvested GitHub lists
  • Orgs that can pause roles to stop the meter

At a glance

DetailBoardydaily.dev Recruiter
Starting priceFree$350/mo
Free tier✓Yes–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underPersonal brand, Lead generationSourcing

Where they pull apart

Boardy

Stands out: Matches come from what people have told Boardy in conversation rather than from a scraped profile database, and every intro is double opt-in. It reports 253,000+ introductions made and a 17 hour average time to match.

Watch out: You do not control who is in the network or search it directly, so results depend on who Boardy has spoken with, and its network skews to startups and investors. It is not a sourcing database or outreach tool, and there are no outside reviews to check.

Not the right fit for

  • High volume candidate sourcing
  • Teams that need a searchable database, exports or an API

daily.dev Recruiter

Stands out: Introductions are double opt-in. Engineers see the role in their daily.dev feed and only move forward if they opt in. Matching uses what they read, build, and follow, not resume keywords.

Watch out: You pay per active role, not per hire or per seat. Five live roles are five bills. Super Agent is $1,000/mo per role for 3x matching pace, candidate insights, and ATS/CRM integrations. Paused roles are not billed.

Not the right fit for

  • Non-engineering hiring. This is a developer community channel
  • Teams that need a self-serve candidate database they can blast InMail at

Pros and cons

Boardy

  • Free to use
  • Double opt-in intros, so the other side wants the meeting
  • Handles scheduling end to end
  • No control over or search of the network
  • Network leans to startups and investors
  • No API, exports or ATS integration

daily.dev Recruiter

  • Agent at $350/mo per role with unlimited seats and intros
  • Double opt-in. No harvested profiles and no cold InMail
  • No placement fee and no annual contract. Pause to stop billing
  • Cost scales with every live role, not with hires
  • ATS/CRM integrations sit on Super Agent ($1,000/mo), not Agent
  • Engineer-only channel. Useless for non-dev reqs

What each one costs

Boardy

Free

Boardy's terms state that the service is currently free to use, and that users will be told in advance if fees are introduced. Boardy Pro, which adds priority intros and deeper context, is unlocked by asking Boardy to connect your Google Calendar, with no price shown. The one listed charge is $100/mo for email scheduling, and it applies only to users who take a one-off $100 promotional payout. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 15 Oct 2026

daily.dev Recruiter

$350/mo

Agent is $350/mo per active role: unlimited seats and warm intros, no placement fee. Super Agent is $1,000/mo per role (3x matching pace, candidate insights, ATS/CRM integrations, priority support). Billed only while a role is live. Pause or close to stop charges. Cancel anytime. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Boardy or daily.dev Recruiter for free?
Boardy carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 15 Oct 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?