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CareerMD vs PracticeMatch

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

Starting price

CareerMD

$460/fair

Career fair organizer for physician recruiting: in-person fairs in more than 120 cities where employers meet job-seeking residents and fellows, plus 24-hour virtual fairs by specialty, each ending with a lead list of attendees. Virtual specialty fairs are $460 per event and in-person fairs start at $1,050. Best for hospitals and groups hiring physicians out of training who want face-to-face time with the local resident class.

Where CareerMD fits

  • Hospitals and medical groups hiring residents and fellows finishing training
  • Recruiters targeting one specialty through a virtual fair
  • Rural and regional employers who want to meet local training programs
  • Teams also recruiting APPs, nurses and allied health at separate fairs

PracticeMatch

Sales-quoted

One of the oldest physician recruiting platforms, pairing physician and APP job boards with a database of about 480,000 physicians profiled by phone interview, plus email, text, calling and career fair tools around it. Pricing is quoted per product rather than published. Best for in-house physician recruiters at hospitals and medical groups who want candidates with stated location and family preferences, not agencies looking for a cheap self-serve contact list.

Where PracticeMatch fits

  • Hospital and medical group physician recruiters filling permanent roles
  • Teams that want relocation and family-tie data before the first call
  • Recruiters who also hire NPs, PAs and other advanced practitioners
  • Organizations that use career fairs to meet residents and physicians in person

At a glance

DetailCareerMDPracticeMatch
Starting price$460/fairSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underJob boards, Healthcare recruiting, Recruitment marketingJob boards, Healthcare recruiting, Sourcing

Where they pull apart

CareerMD

Stands out: It is built around the moment residents and fellows look for their first job: regional fairs in 120+ cities bring the local training programs to one room, and the virtual fairs run 24 hours for each of 36 specialties so residents can drop in around call schedules. Pricing is per event rather than an annual contract, and every fair ends with a lead list of the physicians who attended.

Watch out: This is an events business, not a database or sourcing tool: you meet whoever turns up, and you work the lead list afterwards in your own system. Job posting and advertising prices are not published. The vendor documents no ATS integration.

Not the right fit for

  • Sourcing experienced physicians who are not job hunting
  • Teams wanting a searchable database or outreach tools
  • Non-healthcare recruiting

PracticeMatch

Stands out: The Pinpoint profiles come from phone interviews that capture more than 70 data points, including where a physician wants to live, whether they will relocate and spouse or family ties, which is the information physician recruiters usually spend the first call finding out. The vendor says the candidates are exclusive to its clients and are not shared with third-party recruiters, and it adds daily interest leads from its own job board traffic.

Watch out: Nothing is priced publicly, and the databases, job boards, outreach tools and career fairs are sold as separate products, so expect a bundle negotiation rather than one plan. The interviewed Pinpoint file is about 480,000 physicians; the multi-million record files (MedTies, WorkTies, HCPTies) are compiled from state board, NPI and Medicare data, not interviews. There is no public API; integrations are with named ATS and CRM systems.

Not the right fit for

  • Non-healthcare recruiting
  • Small teams wanting a published monthly price and self-serve sign up
  • Buyers who only want raw contact data at the lowest cost per record

Pros and cons

CareerMD

  • Face-to-face access to local resident and fellow classes in 120+ cities
  • 24-hour virtual fairs for 36 specialties
  • Priced per event, with an attendee lead list included
  • Events only, with no searchable database or outreach tools
  • Job posting and advertising prices not published
  • No documented ATS integration

PracticeMatch

  • Phone-interviewed physician profiles with relocation and family-tie data
  • Job boards, database, outreach and career fairs from one vendor
  • Covers advanced practitioners and wider healthcare staff as well as physicians
  • No published pricing; products sold separately
  • Large record counts include compiled data, not only interviewed profiles
  • Healthcare only

What each one costs

CareerMD

$460/fair

Priced per event. CareerMD's employer pages list virtual career fairs at $460 per event, and in-person career fairs starting at $1,050 for weeknight events or $1,300 for longer weekend EXPOs, with registration covering up to two representatives. Job postings and recruitment advertising are priced separately. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

PracticeMatch

Sales-quoted

Quote-based. PracticeMatch does not publish prices; database access, job postings, outreach tools and career fairs are sold by product and scoped on a demo call. Job seekers join free. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

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Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?