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JOB BOARD COMPARISON
A 2026 head-to-head: real pricing, applicant volume by role type, candidate quality, and an honest "choose Glassdoor if / choose LinkedIn if" matrix.
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Scores are calibrated on a universal 1-5 scale across all US job boards. 5 = best-in-class. 1 = wrong tool for the job.
| Dimension | Glassdoor | LinkedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Applicant volume — hourly | ||
| Applicant volume — salaried | ||
| Applicant volume — remote | ||
| Applicant quality — hourly | ||
| Applicant quality — salaried | ||
| Applicant quality — remote | ||
| Employer brand fit | ||
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Real 2026 pricing by role type, verified on each board's current employer pricing page.
| Role type | Glassdoor | LinkedIn |
|---|---|---|
| hourly | $0 free organic via Indeed flow (jobs scraped/synced to Glassdoor); sponsored runs through Indeed at ~$0.10-$5 CPC with a $25/job/day budget floor enforced since July 2025. | Free for 1 post at a time (auto-paused after 14 days or ~10 applicants); Promoted ~$1.50-$4.50 CPC US average, $7-$10/day minimum. Hourly roles burn budget fast with low conversion. |
| salaried | $0 organic via Indeed sync; sponsored CPC $0.10-$5+ via Indeed (no separate Glassdoor SKU since 2021). Branded/Enhanced Employer Profile via the Employer Branding Hub typically $7K-$31.5K/yr SMB-mid-market, scaling to ~$55K/yr for 100K+ employee enterprises. | Free for 1 post at a time; Promoted ~$1.50-$4.50 CPC US avg, $7-$10/day minimum, cost-per-applicant ~$2.83 US. Posting 2+ simultaneous roles requires payment on at least one. |
| remote | Same as salaried - Indeed-managed sponsored bidding. Remote roles often see higher CPCs due to broader geographic competition. | Free for 1 post at a time; Promoted ~$2.00-$6.00 CPC for remote tech/professional (higher tier due to competition); annual prepay saves up to 35%. |
The composite score weights applicant quality (1.5x) more than raw volume (1x) — quality matters more for the buyer.
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glassdoor.com/post-job redirects through Indeed's posting flow (page title reads 'Post Jobs | Glassdoor & Indeed'). Jobs posted/sponsored on Indeed auto-sync to Glassdoor; there is no longer a standalone Glassdoor job-posting product.
The ATS-to-Glassdoor integration tile in Lever was greyed out May 26, 2021 and the feed shut down May 31, 2021. All ATS distribution to Glassdoor now flows through Indeed's job feed - this is the structural origin of the current consolidation.
Recruit Holdings cut ~1,300 staff across Indeed + Glassdoor in July 2025 (6% of HR tech division) citing AI-driven restructuring. In Sept 2025 CEO Idekoba announced Indeed is formally integrating Glassdoor's operations. From Nov 18, 2025 new Glassdoor signups require an Indeed account.
Glassdoor Enhanced Profile + Indeed Company Page are merged into the Employer Branding Hub - one interface, shared content, performance reporting across both sites. Glassdoor self-reports +27% apply starts, +35% job clicks, +28% brand impressions for Hub customers vs free baseline.
Glassdoor's value is the review-overlay on job listings. A 4.0+ rated company sees the rating shown next to its postings as social proof. A sub-3.0 rated company sees the same surface actively suppress apply-rate. There is no neutral state.
Posting a 2nd simultaneous role requires Promote on at least one. Free posts auto-pause after 14 days or once they hit ~10 applicants, and fully close at 30 days if not promoted. Reposting the same title/company within 7 days forces promotion. Staffing/recruitment agencies are ineligible for free posts entirely.
LinkedIn's job-posting flow defaults to Promoted with prominent budget selectors; the free option is a small text link below. This is intentional funnel design - many SMB employers don't realize free exists.
Easy Apply posts average 834 applications vs 295 for traditional apply flows. Recruiters spend ~8.4 seconds per Easy Apply submission, and recruiter-side reports consistently estimate 90-95% of submissions miss basic requirements. Only ~3% receive human review.
LinkedIn's AI Job Match (launched Jan 2025) scores candidates against required and preferred skills using a Skill Ontology of 38,000+ skills. Job posts with thin Skills sections under-match and surface to a smaller passive-candidate pool. Adding the full set of required+preferred skills is the single highest-leverage edit to a free post.
LinkedIn data shows candidates are 1.8x more likely to apply when they recognize/are familiar with the company. Verified Company Pages (post-2025 employer-verification rollout) avoid being deprioritized by anti-scam filters that demote unverified employers.
The newest 8 things across both boards. Stale comparison pages miss most of these.
Indeed and Glassdoor tighten ATS integration deadlines; legacy Glassdoor-direct ATS feeds are phased out in favor of Indeed-managed integrations.
Application volume hit 14,200+/min (+58% vs 2024) driven by third-party AI auto-apply agents; LinkedIn began rate-limiting Easy Apply submissions per applicant per day to throttle the surge.
Recruiter Lite repriced to $170/mo single seat ($1,680/yr), $270/seat for 2-5 user teams; InMail overage now ~$10/each beyond the 30/mo cap.
Starting Nov 18, 2025, new Glassdoor signups require an Indeed account. Existing Glassdoor users must link to Indeed by April 20, 2026 or lose platform access.
Algorithm shift away from volume/recency toward 'relevance, trust, depth' - job posts with thin descriptions, no skills, or low Company Page completeness lose feed reach.
Indeed CEO Idekoba formally announces full operational integration of Glassdoor into Indeed; Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong departs Oct 1, 2025.
Indeed enforces a $25/job/day sponsored-budget floor; each programmatic-campaign job must independently clear $25 - this floor governs all Glassdoor-distributed sponsored jobs.
Recruit Holdings announces 1,300 layoffs across Indeed + Glassdoor (6% of HR tech division); cites AI restructuring.
It depends on the role. For hourly roles, Glassdoor wins on the volume + quality composite. For salaried roles, LinkedIn wins. For remote roles, LinkedIn wins. The full role-type matchup with reasoning is in the section above.
Glassdoor: $0 organic via Indeed sync; sponsored CPC $0.10-$5+ via Indeed (no separate Glassdoor SKU since 2021). Branded/Enhanced Employer Profile via the Employer Branding Hub typically $7K-$31.5K/yr SMB-mid-market, scaling to ~$55K/yr for 100K+ employee enterprises.. LinkedIn: Free for 1 post at a time; Promoted ~$1.50-$4.50 CPC US avg, $7-$10/day minimum, cost-per-applicant ~$2.83 US. Posting 2+ simultaneous roles requires payment on at least one.. Total cost depends on how long the role stays open and whether you sponsor / promote. The "Cost comparison" table above breaks it down by role type.
Yes - most small businesses post to multiple boards to maximize reach. ParsleyHR syndicates to Glassdoor, LinkedIn, and 13+ other major job boards in one click, with every application landing in a single inbox so you don't manage two dashboards.
Glassdoor: hours. LinkedIn: hours. Time-to-first-app is heavily affected by role popularity, location, and whether you sponsor; these are typical baselines for the boards' default surfaces.
No - they're separate platforms with separate posting flows. You either post on each board independently, or use a syndication tool like ParsleyHR that pushes to both from one form.
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