At a glance

Headcount LabsSumble
How it is soldPay as you go, per recordMonthly credit plans; Pro is USD 99 a month for 9,900 credits source, checked Oct 2026
Free every month100,000 records500 credits a month source, checked Oct 2026

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

The pricing page does not say how many credits one job costs.

When Sumble is the better fit

Sumble suits sales teams researching target accounts rather than loading every open job.

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

How does Sumble pricing compare?

Sumble does not publish a price for 3 million jobs a month, so this page shows only the figures its own pages state. Headcount Labs costs $29 for 3 million records in a month: 100,000 records free every month, then a flat $0.01 per 1,000.

When is Sumble the better choice?

Sumble suits sales teams researching target accounts rather than loading every open job.

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 Sumble?

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

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