Otta
Otta is Welcome to the Jungle now. It was acquired and folded in, and otta.com redirects there, so comparing us to Otta means comparing us to its successor.
Last updated August 12, 2026
Which is right for you?
Pick Otta if
- You are looking for where Otta went: it is Welcome to the Jungle now, same team, bigger catalogue.
- You want the curated, preference-driven feed Otta was known for, which survived the move.
- You want the editorial employer profiles Welcome to the Jungle built its name on.
- You are hunting in Europe, the UK, or the US, which is the merged footprint.
Pick HireHoot if
- You want every company we can index, not a selected subset.
- You want to filter precisely (industry taxonomy, country, company size, funding stage, disclosed salary).
- You want a board where no employer can pay to rank.
- You want tailoring, prep and mock interviews attached to the listing.
Side by side
| Criterion | Otta | HireHoot |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Retired brand, now Welcome to the Jungle | Independent, single product |
| Where the site goes | otta.com redirects to welcometothejungle.com | miserablyunemployed.com |
| Curation model | Selective, preference-driven feed | None, every clean listing |
| Personalisation | Algorithm-driven recommendations | Filter-driven, plus Match ranking against your resume |
| Coverage | Europe, UK and US, tech and startup weighted | Global, all sizes and stages |
| Apply flow | Platform-hosted, single profile | Direct to the employer's ATS |
| Pay-for-placement | Yes, branded employer profiles are paid | None |
| Resume tailoring (AI) | Not native | Built in |
| Interview preparation | Editorial advice, not per-role tooling | Briefing per role, plus a scored spoken mock interview |
| Pricing for jobseekers | Free | Free board; credits for the AI steps |
| Pricing for employers | Paid employer profile subscriptions (custom quote) | Free. We index your ATS automatically, or post directly at /app/post-job for free |
Where Otta is genuinely strong
Otta's pitch was that a curated, opinionated feed beats an exhaustive list, and for a lot of readers that was right. A small daily set of well-described tech roles, with the jargon stripped out of the descriptions, was genuinely less work than running searches yourself.
That model did not die in the acquisition, it moved. Welcome to the Jungle kept the preference-driven matching and the plain-language job descriptions, and put them on top of a larger catalogue with the UK and US coverage Otta brought with it. If Otta was the right tool for you, its successor probably still is, and our comparison with <strong>Welcome to the Jungle</strong> is the one worth reading.
Where HireHoot fits
HireHoot is filter-driven instead of curation-driven. The point of view is that you know what you want better than an editor or a recommendation engine does, and the right tool is a board with sharp filters rather than a feed that decides for you.
Every company on the board is mapped to a fixed 18-category industry taxonomy (Software, Consumer Tech, Financial Services, Healthcare, and 14 others). Combined with country, size band, funding stage, and disclosed-salary filters, you can specify a search like "fintech roles at 100-to-500-person companies in the EU with disclosed salary above 60k" and get the actual list. From any listing, tailoring, a prep briefing and a spoken practice interview are one click away.