At a glance
| Headcount Labs | TheirStack | |
|---|---|---|
| How it is sold | Pay as you go, per record | Monthly API credit plans; one job is one API credit source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Free every month | 100,000 records | 200 API credits a month source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Lowest published price per 1,000 jobs | $0.01 | $1.10 source, checked Oct 2026 |
| 3 million jobs in one month | $29 | $5,500 source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Size the provider states | 8,390,837 open jobs | 225M records source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Refresh | Job boards re-read on a rolling schedule; measured freshness is on each dataset page | Hourly, daily, weekly or monthly (datasets) source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Delivery | REST API and MCP connector, JSON | API, exports, and datasets in JSON, CSV or Parquet source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Also sells | Job postings only | Technology usage and buying intent source, checked Oct 2026 |
Figures for TheirStack come from its own public pages, checked Oct 2026. Rows its pages do not state are left out.
When TheirStack is the better fit
TheirStack adds technology-usage and buying-intent data, and keeps a 225M-record archive.
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
- Pick one search you care about, such as a job title in one country.
- 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>'- Pull 50 records from each provider and compare titles, locations, pay and posting links.
- Price your real monthly volume on both price lists.
Questions
Is Headcount Labs cheaper than TheirStack?
For 3 million jobs in a month, yes: $29 from Headcount Labs against $5,500 from TheirStack, using TheirStack's published prices (checked Oct 2026).
When is TheirStack the better choice?
TheirStack adds technology-usage and buying-intent data, and keeps a 225M-record archive.
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 TheirStack?
No. Headcount Labs is an independent company and TheirStack is a trademark of its owner. The facts about TheirStack on this page come from TheirStack's public pages, checked Oct 2026.
Sources
- https://theirstack.com/en/pricing?tab=api (checked Oct 2026)
- https://theirstack.com/en/docs/pricing/plans (checked Oct 2026)
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Check it against your own needs
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