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Health eCareers vs Vivian Health

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

Starting price

Health eCareers

$199/post

Healthcare job board, part of the Everyday Health Group, whose main strength is reach: one posting is shared to Health eCareers, MedPage Today, KevinMD, partner association career centers, social feeds and job alert emails. Postings are bought online for 30 days at a time, with sponsored placement, email campaigns and social boosts as add-ons. Best for employers hiring across physicians, APPs, nurses and allied health who want wide distribution without managing many boards.

Where Health eCareers fits

  • Health systems hiring across physicians, APPs, nurses and allied health
  • Employers who want association career center reach without buying each board
  • Recruiters filling a small number of roles who prefer to buy online
  • Teams promoting hard-to-fill specialties with email and social add-ons

Vivian Health

Sales-quoted

Healthcare jobs marketplace, formerly NurseFly, with a network the vendor puts at 2.8 million nurses, allied health professionals, therapists and APPs, where both staffing agencies and health systems post jobs and recruit. An AI assistant engages and screens candidates around the clock. Pricing is quoted. Best for staffing agencies and health systems hiring nurses and allied staff at volume, not physician recruiters.

Where Vivian Health fits

  • Healthcare staffing agencies placing travel and per diem nurses
  • Hospitals and health systems hiring nurses and allied staff at volume
  • Recruiters who want AI screening before the first call
  • Agencies that need pay-rate market data

At a glance

DetailHealth eCareersVivian Health
Starting price$199/postSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underJob boards, Healthcare recruitingJob boards, Healthcare recruiting, AI screening, Sourcing

Where they pull apart

Health eCareers

Stands out: Syndication is built in rather than sold as an extra: a single post lands on the job board, on Everyday Health Group news sites that clinicians read such as MedPage Today and KevinMD, and on the career centers of relevant professional associations. It covers every clinical profession, from physicians, residents and locums to PAs, NPs, nurses and allied health, and postings can be bought online without a sales call.

Watch out: It is a job board, not a sourcing database, so results depend on who applies. Postings run 30 days and refresh every 30 days if you keep them longer, so a slow search keeps costing. Sponsored placement, email campaigns and social boosts are extra, and the vendor names no specific ATS integrations beyond sending applies to your applicant tracking system.

Not the right fit for

  • Proactive sourcing of passive candidates
  • Advertising agencies, which must buy through sales
  • Teams wanting a candidate database to search

Vivian Health

Stands out: It is where many nurses and allied professionals already look for work, so jobs are pushed to active clinicians in real time rather than waiting for a search. The AI assistant screens candidates against each role's requirements before a recruiter picks them up, and agencies get Universal Profiles, AI-written proposals and Vivian IQ pay-rate data in the same account.

Watch out: Pricing is not published, and ATS syncing is included only on qualifying plans; the vendor does not name which ATS or VMS systems it connects to. The audience is nurses, allied health and APPs, not physicians. Performance figures such as 4x engagement and 15% more placements are the vendor's own.

Not the right fit for

  • Physician recruiting
  • Teams needing a named ATS integration on every plan
  • Buyers wanting published self-serve pricing

Pros and cons

Health eCareers

  • One post syndicated to MedPage Today, KevinMD and association career centers
  • Covers every clinical profession
  • Postings can be bought online without a sales call
  • No candidate database to search
  • Posts renew every 30 days, so long searches keep costing
  • Sponsored placement and campaigns cost extra

Vivian Health

  • Large nurse, allied and APP audience already job hunting
  • AI assistant screens candidates 24/7
  • Pay-rate market data for agencies
  • No published pricing
  • ATS syncing only on qualifying plans
  • Not built for physician hiring

What each one costs

Health eCareers

$199/post

30-day job postings are bought online and priced by profession. A Standard posting for nursing or allied health roles is $199; an Enhanced nursing or allied posting is $228.85; an Enhanced physician, surgeon or advanced practice provider posting is $631.35. Buying several postings at once saves 9% (three Enhanced physician posts are $1,721.55 instead of $1,894.05). Jobs kept longer than 30 days refresh every 30 days. Sponsored postings, targeted email campaigns, social boosts and career fairs are sold separately, and advertising agencies are asked to contact sales rather than buy online. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Vivian Health

Sales-quoted

Quote-based. Vivian does not publish employer or agency pricing; plans are set after a demo, and ATS syncing is included only on qualifying plans. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

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