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Lenny’s Jobs vs TrueUp

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

Starting price

Lenny’s Jobs

Free Free tier

Free job board for product, engineering, design and growth roles at tech companies, built by Lenny Rachitsky with TrueUp. For employers it is a free channel, not a paid one: roles shared in the paid subscriber Slack or under Lenny's monthly “Who's hiring?” posts on X and LinkedIn are added to the feed, and jobs at Series A and later tech companies are tracked automatically.

Where Lenny’s Jobs fits

  • Tech startups hiring product managers, engineers, designers or growth marketers
  • Founders and hiring managers already active in Lenny's community
  • Series A and later companies that want their open roles found by builder talent

TrueUp

12%/hire

Tech job marketplace plus TrueUp Talent intros. Employer hires via TrueUp Talent cost 12% of first-year base salary.

Where TrueUp fits

  • Listed tech companies hiring engineers and PMs
  • Startups that want intros without a 25% agency fee
  • Teams already on Ashby, Greenhouse, or Lever
  • Employers who will wait for mutual-interest matches

At a glance

DetailLenny’s JobsTrueUp
Starting priceFree12%/hire
Free tier✓Yes–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underJob boardsJob boards, Sourcing

Where they pull apart

Lenny’s Jobs

Stands out: The audience. Lenny's Newsletter and podcast reach a large community of product managers, engineers, designers and growth people, and roles shared there carry a “Lenny's Community” tag in the feed. Every company is vetted, ghost roles and generic staffing-agency posts are filtered out, and each job sits next to TrueUp data on funding, layoffs, headcount growth and compensation.

Watch out: There is no paid job posting or employer product yet; the site says one is in the works. Getting a role in front of the community means either a paid Lenny's Newsletter subscription for the Slack, or replying to the monthly “Who's hiring?” posts. Coverage is limited to four builder roles, so it is not a channel for sales, operations or non-tech hiring, and staffing-agency posts are filtered out by design.

Not the right fit for

  • Staffing agencies posting client roles
  • Employers who want to buy sponsored reach or applicant volume today
  • Hiring outside product, engineering, design and growth

TrueUp

Stands out: Warm intros only after both sides confirm interest, at 12% instead of a classic 20-35% fee.

Watch out: Only companies already on TrueUp can apply, and they need a Trajectory Score of 60-plus or venture backing.

Not the right fit for

  • Companies that are not already on TrueUp
  • Teams that need an ATS rather than a talent channel

Pros and cons

Lenny’s Jobs

  • Free, with a large and focused product and tech audience
  • Ghost roles and staffing-agency posts filtered out
  • Each job shown with funding, layoff, headcount and pay data
  • No paid posting or employer product yet
  • Community posting runs through a paid newsletter Slack or monthly social threads
  • Only four role families covered

TrueUp

  • Talent fee is 12% of first-year base
  • Intros only after mutual interest
  • Named Ashby, Greenhouse, and Lever fit
  • Only companies already on TrueUp qualify
  • Trajectory Score 60-plus or VC backing
  • Not a full ATS or recruiting CRM

What each one costs

Lenny’s Jobs

Free

Lenny's Jobs is free for job seekers, and the vendor says it will stay free. Paid Lenny's Newsletter subscribers get higher AI limits, unlimited personalized results and an AI agent that emails matching new jobs. There is no paid job posting for employers yet; roles are added from the paid subscriber Slack, from replies to Lenny's monthly "Who's hiring?" posts, and by automatic tracking of Series A and later tech companies, and the vendor says an employer option is in the works. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 5 Oct 2026

TrueUp

12%/hire

TrueUp Talent is 12% of first-year base salary for hires sourced through Talent. The public job board is free for members. TrueUp AI is listed as unlimited roles. Only companies already on TrueUp can apply, with a Trajectory Score of 60+ or venture backing. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 5 Oct 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?