The ZipRecruiter alternative with a published price
They quote you privately. Our price is on the page.
Which One Should You Use?
One covers every industry. One covers the trades.
CHOOSE ZIPRECRUITER IF
- You hire across several departments
- You want your posting on partner sites
- A sales call to agree pricing is fine
- You value matching across a huge pool
- Most roles you fill are not trades
CHOOSE SKILLEDTRADES.COM IF
- Most of the people you hire are trades
- You want the price before you call anyone
- You run travel or per diem crews
- You screen on licenses and certifications
- You want nine relevant, not ninety mixed
SkilledTrades.com vs. ZipRecruiter
The same eight questions, answered for both.
| Price | SkilledTrades.com | ZipRecruiter |
|---|---|---|
| Type of pricing | Flat monthly rate | By quote |
| Cheapest way to post a job | $40 a month | Free trial |
| Long-term contract | No | A day to a year |
| Buy without a sales call | Yes | No |
| Features | SkilledTrades.com | ZipRecruiter |
|---|---|---|
| Per diem rate as a field | Yes | No |
| State license with expiry | Yes | Not documented |
| Certifications tracked | Yes | Not documented |
| Hours per week | Yes | Not documented |
| Construction terminology | Yes | All industries |
| Built only for the trades | Yes | Every industry |
| A person sources for you | Yes | No |
| Searchable resume database | No | Yes |
| Applicant tracking systems | No | Yes |
| Live customer support | Yes | Yes |
| Free company profile | Yes | Not documented |
| Syndicated to partners | No | Yes |
The Price You Cannot Look Up
ZipRecruiter does not publish an employer rate card. There is no page to read and no number to budget against. Their plans run from flat rate to performance based, on terms from a day to a year, and every employer is quoted individually.
The monthly figures you will find quoted online do not come from ZipRecruiter. They come from review sites.
What that means for you is simple. If you want to know what hiring an electrician will cost next quarter, you can read our answer in about ten seconds. Theirs takes a sales call.
SkilledTrades.com by the Numbers
Every job on the platform is a trades job. Local and per diem hiring live in the same place, the price is published, and you can cancel any time.
What a Job Post Costs
One of these two you can check for yourself right now.
SKILLEDTRADES.COM
- $40 a month for a local job slot
- $80 a month for a per diem job slot
- $100 one-off local post, $200 one-off per diem post
- Unlimited applications, no per-applicant fee
- Month to month, cancel any time
ZIPRECRUITER
- No published price list
- Employers are quoted individually
- Their filings describe flat rate and performance based plans
- Terms reportedly range from a day to a year
- Speak to sales to get a number
You Do Not Have to Switch
Add us to what you already do. Nothing here replaces anything.
We are not asking you to leave ZipRecruiter. We are one more tool on the belt for finding tradespeople, running alongside whatever already works for you.
ZipRecruiter terms reportedly run from a day to a year. If you are mid-term you may not be free to leave, and you do not need to be. Adding a job slot here does not touch anything you have already bought from them.
What you get by adding us is relevance rather than reach. ZipRecruiter covers every industry and will reach far more people than we can. Every job here is a trades job, so the people looking are looking for trades work. Run the same job on both, leave both live, and see which one sends you somebody you would actually hire.
Common Questions
Including the answers that do not flatter us.
How much does ZipRecruiter cost for employers?
There is no published answer. ZipRecruiter does not put an employer rate card on its website, and quotes each employer individually. Its own annual report describes a range of plans, flat rate on terms from a day to a year, and performance based.
The monthly figures circulating online come from review sites, not from ZipRecruiter.
Is SkilledTrades.com cheaper than ZipRecruiter?
They do not publish a price, so there is nothing to compare against. Ours is published: $40 a month for a local job slot, $80 for a per diem slot, or $100 and $200 for a single one-off post. If their quote comes in under that, they are cheaper.
Does ZipRecruiter have more candidates than us?
Almost certainly, and it is not a close contest. ZipRecruiter is a general marketplace covering every industry. We cover 32 trades in the United States and nothing else. The argument for the smaller pool is what is in it: your welder posting is not competing for attention with every other job in your city.
Can I post a per diem job on ZipRecruiter?
You can describe per diem in the job text, but ZipRecruiter has no per diem field, so the daily rate sits in the description where nobody can search or sort by it. On SkilledTrades.com the daily rate is a field on the post and it appears on the listing, which is how traveling tradespeople compare one job against another.
What makes a job post fill faster?
State the pay clearly, and if it is travel work, state the daily per diem rate. If a post is not drawing the right people, our Employment Specialists will review it with you.
Is there a contract with SkilledTrades.com?
No. Job slots are month to month and you can cancel any time. One-off posts carry no recurring commitment at all.
Try It on One Job
Run the same opening on both and count who applies.