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PracticeMatch vs Profiles Database

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

Starting price

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

Profiles Database

Sales-quoted

Physician recruiting database built around residents, fellows and graduating physicians, gathered by an in-house team that speaks to them directly, with extra lead files for experienced physicians, advanced practitioners and 4.8 million healthcare providers. Pricing is quoted, by profession or as a full subscription. Best for recruiters who hire new graduates and want state-tie data to find the ones likely to move to their area.

Where Profiles Database fits

  • Physician recruiters hiring residents and fellows coming out of training
  • Hard-to-fill or rural locations that recruit on home-state and spouse ties
  • Teams that run email and direct-mail campaigns to physicians
  • Recruiters who also need NP, PA, nurse and allied health leads

At a glance

DetailPracticeMatchProfiles Database
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underJob boards, Healthcare recruiting, SourcingSourcing, Email finders, Healthcare recruiting

Where they pull apart

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

Profiles Database

Stands out: It concentrates on the graduating class: recruiters can pull entire classes of residents and fellows by specialty and training program, then filter by ties to a state through home, training location, practice preference or spouse. That is the sort that matters most when a rural or hard-to-fill location is recruiting new physicians. Data comes from its own sourcing staff near St. Louis, not third-party or offshore vendors.

Watch out: It is owned by PracticeMatch, so a team already buying PracticeMatch databases should check for overlap before adding it. Pricing is not published. The 4.8 million healthcare provider file is a broad lead list across 70 professions, a different product from the interviewed resident data, and the vendor documents no ATS integrations or API.

Not the right fit for

  • Non-healthcare recruiting
  • Teams already paying for PracticeMatch databases with overlapping coverage
  • Buyers wanting published self-serve pricing

Pros and cons

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

Profiles Database

  • Focused data on residents, fellows and graduating physicians
  • State-tie filters including spouse and home-state connections
  • In-house sourcing rather than bought or offshore data
  • No published pricing
  • Overlaps with PracticeMatch, its parent company
  • No documented ATS integrations or API

What each one costs

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

Profiles Database

Sales-quoted

Quote-based. Profiles Database does not publish prices; you can buy access to single professions or a full database subscription, scoped on a demo call. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try PracticeMatch or Profiles Database for free?
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?