Indeed
Indeed is the broadest job index on the open web. We are a narrower, cleaner one. Trade breadth for signal, or trade signal for breadth.
Last updated August 12, 2026
Which is right for you?
Pick Indeed if
- You want a single search box across every job posting on the internet.
- You are searching local, hourly, or service-industry roles where coverage is everything.
- You want employer reviews and salary self-reports in the same place you search.
- You are casting a very wide net and want every listing, including duplicates and reposts.
Side by side
| Criterion | Indeed | HireHoot |
|---|---|---|
| Job coverage | Crawled web-wide, the largest index | 50+ direct ATS sources, curated |
| Apply flow | Indeed-hosted or external redirect | Direct to the employer's ATS |
| Sponsored / paid ranking | Yes, paid posts rank higher | None |
| Stale / duplicate listings | Common (aggregator reposts surface multiple times) | Minimal (single-source per company) |
| Employer reviews | Yes (large self-reported database) | None |
| Salary transparency filter | Range filter, mostly self-reported | "Disclosed only" toggle |
| Resume tailoring (AI) | Yes, in Career Scout (free for now, mobile app only) | Built in, on the web |
| Mock interviews | Mock interviews in Career Scout (mobile app) | Spoken round against the role, scored afterwards |
| Native mobile app | Yes (iOS + Android) | No (responsive web) |
| Email job alerts | Yes (saved searches) | Yes (instant, daily, or weekly digests) |
| Pricing for jobseekers | Free (Career Scout free for now, paid tier signalled) | Free board; credits for the AI steps |
| Pricing for employers | Free job slots + Sponsored Jobs (pay-per-click, typically $0.10 to $5) | Free. We index your ATS automatically, or post directly at /app/post-job for free |
Where Indeed is genuinely strong
Indeed's coverage really is the broadest on the open web, and for a lot of searches that is the right tool. Local jobs, hourly work, service-industry roles, anything where the long tail of small employers is the actual market: Indeed has it indexed and most other boards do not. Employer reviews and salary self-reports being in the same place you search is also a real convenience.
Career Scout, their AI assistant, now does resume tailoring, application auto-fill and mock interviews, and it is free at the moment. If you live on your phone, that is a genuinely strong package and it is fair to say so. Sponsored ranking and stale listings are still the price of the breadth, and Career Scout does not change what ranks.
Where HireHoot fits
HireHoot is the opposite trade. We index fewer sources, but every one is a first-party ATS or a clean structured feed. No reposts, no sponsored ranking, no listings that exist to harvest your resume for an agency pipeline. What ranks is recency and the filters you set, and the <strong>pledge page</strong> is our written commitment that nobody can buy a place in your results.
Each job links to the source on the employer's own system, so you apply once in their form and you can see exactly which company is on the other end. Match, Tailor, Prepare and Practice run in the same browser tab as the board, on a desktop, which is where most people actually write applications.