# JOIN review (2026): is it worth $17 a month, billed yearly? > Multiposting and applicant management priced per open job Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. JOIN posts a single job ad to many job boards and collects every application in one place. Plans are priced per active job rather than per user, include unlimited users, and add screening questions, interviewer pools and API access on the Advanced tier. - **Category:** Hiring & Applicant Tracking - **Made by:** JOIN - **Website:** https://join.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you keep many roles open, as price follows each active job. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, JOIN is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $17 per job / month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of Advanced with up to 5 active jobs. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | $17 per job / month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) | One job ad posted to many boards, unlimited users, AI job ads, a branded career page and interview booking. | | Advanced | $34 per job / month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly) | Adds custom screening questions, interviewer pools, Zapier and Make, API access, candidate export and chat support. | | Enterprise | Custom | Volume pricing from 15 open roles, with custom integrations, an uptime SLA and a dedicated account manager. | Read from https://join.com/en/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with JOIN before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free on yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows yearly billing as 2 months free: $17 per job a month on Standard against $20 billed monthly. Source: https://join.com/en/pricing ## Key features - **One ad, many job boards:** A single job ad is published to multiple boards at once, and every application lands in one inbox. - **Job Studio:** AI-assisted job ad writing, included on the Standard plan. - **Branded career page:** Each company gets a career page, and candidates can book interview slots themselves. - **Centralised messaging:** Messages with candidates are kept in the tool, and unlimited users can be added at no extra cost. - **Screening and interviewer pools:** Advanced adds custom screening questions and pools of interviewers who can be assigned to a job. - **Zapier, Make and API:** Advanced includes Zapier, Make and API access, plus candidate export. ## Good for - Small teams with a handful of open roles at a time - Companies that want every manager on the account without per-seat fees ## Worth knowing - Price follows the number of active jobs, so cost rises with each open role. - Prices exclude VAT, and the page shows euros by default; the US dollar figures come from its currency selector. - Custom screening questions, API access and Zapier or Make need Advanced. - Enterprise is quoted by sales and starts from 15 open roles. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. JOIN posts one job ad to many boards and tracks applicants, priced per open job at $17 a month on Standard billed annually. Custom screening questions, API access and Zapier or Make need Advanced at $34, and cost rises with every open role. - **Value for money: A.** $17 per job a month billed annually, $20 monthly, against a category cheaper quarter that starts at $69. Unlimited users on Standard. Advanced is $34 per job. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day free trial of Advanced with up to 5 active jobs, and the page does not say whether a card is needed. - **Features: C.** Multiposting, a branded career page, messaging and interview booking. Screening questions, interviewer pools and the API are on Advanced only. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You write the ads and set up the career page. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Zapier, Make and an API on Advanced. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from JOIN's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among hiring and applicant tracking tools - JOIN's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 44 of the 48 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 47 of 48) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $17 a month, against a middle price of $84.17 for the category: 1 of the 25 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hiring ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace JOIN you would be making jobs posted to dozens of job boards at once, which takes an agreement with each board. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 44 of the 48 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade. It costs $204 a year. - You could make: Applicant tracking: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Jobs posted to dozens of job boards at once, which takes an agreement with each board. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Zapier and Make among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Zapier, Make **Tags:** Applicant tracking, Job board posting, AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [Homerun](https://toolgpa.com/tools/homerun): Applicant tracking and simple HR for small teams, priced in euros. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/homerun-vs-join) - [Workable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/workable): Applicant tracking and HR software priced by company size. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/join-vs-workable) - [Teamtailor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamtailor): Applicant tracking and career sites with unlimited users, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/join-vs-teamtailor) - [Tellent Recruitee](https://toolgpa.com/tools/recruitee): Applicant tracking system with a careers site builder, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/join-vs-recruitee) - [Breezy HR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/breezy-hr): Flat-priced applicant tracking with a free one-job plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/breezy-hr-vs-join) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://join.com/en/pricing - https://join.com/en/pricing?currency=USD Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/join Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).