Wellfound review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Startup job board with AI sourcing and recruiter service
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Wellfound report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for posting jobs to a startup audience
Wellfound is a startup job board where posting jobs is free, with a built-in ATS. The paid parts are costly: AI sourcing from $135 a seat a month, promoted ads from $200 each, and Autopilot at $500 a month per role plus a 10% fee.
Who Wellfound is for
- Fits if you're a startup that wants to post roles without paying
- Works for a solo recruiter who wants AI sourcing at $135 a seat
Who Wellfound is not for
- Tight if you source a lot: Reach's free plan stops at 20 contact reveals a month
- Pricey if you want Autopilot, at $500 a month per open role plus a 10% placement fee
- Watch out: promoted job ads start at $200 each on top of the free listing
- Watch out: Reach is per seat, $135 or $199, and Scale is sold through sales only
- Too light for non-startup hiring, since the audience is startups
Why Wellfound gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyJob posts are free and unlimited. Reach starts at $135 a seat a month, Growth at $199, and Autopilot is $500 a month per open role plus 10% of a hire.
- BFree plan and trialJob Posts are free with unlimited listings and a built-in ATS. Reach Explore is free too, but only 20 contact reveals a month.
- CFeaturesJob board, promoted ads, AI sourcing, an optional recruiter and ATS sync. Its reach is mainly startups, and ATS links come with Reach Growth.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You set up listings and sourcing agents yourself.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, but it syncs with Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workable, plus Gmail and Outlook.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Wellfound's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/wellfound#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/wellfound.svg" alt="Wellfound: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Wellfound stands among hiring and applicant tracking tools
Wellfound'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 free plan and trial (B, above 46 of 48) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $135 a month for each person, against a middle price of $84.17 for the category: 18 of the 25 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Wellfound’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 41 of 48, level with 5
- BFree plan and trialAbove 46 of 48, level with 2
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 48, level with 31
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 48, level with 47
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 48, level with 32
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 26 hiring and applicant tracking tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Wellfound, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Wellfound 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 $1,620 a year.
What you could make
- Applicant tracking: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Jobs posted to dozens of job boards at once, which takes an agreement with each board.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby among them.
What this rests on. Wellfound’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Wellfound?
Wellfound is a startup-focused hiring platform. Employers can post unlimited jobs for free, pay for promoted job ads, source candidates with AI agents that send outreach from their own inbox, or hire a Wellfound recruiter per open role. It syncs with Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workable.
Worth knowing
- Reach plans are per seat: $135 or $199 a month, and Scale is sold through sales only.
- Autopilot adds a 10% placement fee on top of $500 a month per open role.
- Promoted Job Ads start at $200 per ad on top of the free listing.
- The Reach free plan stops at 20 contact reveals a month.
Key features
- Free job posts
- Unlimited listings are broadcast through Wellfound search, candidate email alerts and the weekly newsletter, with a built-in ATS for applicants.
- Promoted Job Ads
- An add-on from $200 per ad that adds top-of-search placement, a dedicated email blast and a spot in the newsletter.
- Reach AI sourcing
- Self-serve agents find candidates, write personalized outreach and send it from the recruiter's own Gmail or Outlook.
- Autopilot recruiter
- A dedicated recruiter sources, pitches and schedules, and the page says to expect 5 to 10 candidates delivered each week.
- ATS sync
- Two-way sync with Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workable is included on every plan, and more can be requested.
Wellfound pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Wellfound has a free plan, and paid plans start at $135 per seat / month for Reach Starter; job posts are free.
- Starts at
- $135 per seat / month for Reach Starter; job posts are free
- Free plan
- Job Posts are free: unlimited listings with a built-in ATS. Reach Explore is $0 with 20 contact reveals a month.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Job Posts | $0 | Unlimited job listings and applicant management, with a built-in ATS or sync to your own. |
| Reach Explore | $0per month | AI sourcing agents with 20 contact reveals a month and 3 active agents. |
| Reach Starter | $135per seat / month | 250 contact reveals a month and unlimited agents, for a solo recruiter. |
| Reach Growth | $199per seat / month | 1,000 contact reveals a month plus ATS integration and applicants. |
| Reach Scale | Custom | Unlimited contact reveals, ATS integration and SSO, sold through sales. |
| Autopilot | $500per month for each open role | A dedicated Wellfound recruiter, plus a 10% placement fee on a successful hire. |
Read from wellfound.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Wellfound before you buy.
Works with
- Greenhouse
- Lever
- Ashby
- Workable
- Gmail
- Outlook
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Common questions
Does Wellfound have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Wellfound is listed for Web.
Does Wellfound have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Wellfound is listed for Web.
Is Wellfound open source?
Wellfound is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.