At a glance

Headcount LabsHirebase
How it is soldPay as you go, per recordMonthly plans by jobs a month, with overage on larger plans source, checked Oct 2026
Free every month100,000 records500 jobs a month source, checked Oct 2026
Lowest published price per 1,000 jobs$0.01$0.50 source, checked Oct 2026
3 million jobs in one month$29$1,999 source, checked Oct 2026
Size the provider states8,390,837 open jobs230k+ career pages source, checked Oct 2026
RefreshJob boards re-read on a rolling schedule; measured freshness is on each dataset pageHourly on paid plans, daily on the free plan source, checked Oct 2026
Also sellsJob postings onlyCompany data and salary benchmarks source, checked Oct 2026

Figures for Hirebase come from its own public pages, checked Oct 2026. Rows its pages do not state are left out.

When Hirebase is the better fit

Hirebase refreshes hourly on its paid plans and bundles company data and salary benchmarks with jobs.

When Headcount Labs is the better fit

  • You need a large volume of open jobs at a low price: $29 for 3 million records in a month.
  • You want to start free: 100,000 records every month, no card.
  • You want every job traced to the employer: 8,390,837 open jobs, each with a link to the original posting, and 3,162,273 with the pay the employer published.
  • You want to check the data before you buy: the dataset pages show field fill rates, freshness and sample rows.

Test both in an afternoon

  1. Pick one search you care about, such as a job title in one country.
  2. Count it on Headcount Labs with one request that returns no jobs:
curl --request GET "https://api.headcountlabs.com/v1/jobs/count?title=data%20engineer&country=US" \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>'
  1. Pull 50 records from each provider and compare titles, locations, pay and posting links.
  2. Price your real monthly volume on both price lists.

Questions

Is Headcount Labs cheaper than Hirebase?

For 3 million jobs in a month, yes: $29 from Headcount Labs against $1,999 from Hirebase, using Hirebase's published prices (checked Oct 2026).

When is Hirebase the better choice?

Hirebase refreshes hourly on its paid plans and bundles company data and salary benchmarks with jobs.

Where does Headcount Labs get its jobs?

From employers' own career pages and the hiring platforms they post on. Each record keeps the link to the employer's posting, so any job can be checked against its source.

Is Headcount Labs affiliated with Hirebase?

No. Headcount Labs is an independent company and Hirebase is a trademark of its owner. The facts about Hirebase on this page come from Hirebase's public pages, checked Oct 2026.

Sources

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