# Wellfound review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Startup job board with AI sourcing and recruiter service Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Hiring & Applicant Tracking - **Made by:** Wellfound - **Website:** https://wellfound.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you source a lot: Reach's free plan stops at 20 contact reveals a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## 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. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $0 per month | AI sourcing agents with 20 contact reveals a month and 3 active agents. | | Reach Starter | $135 per seat / month | 250 contact reveals a month and unlimited agents, for a solo recruiter. | | Reach Growth | $199 per 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 | $500 per month for each open role | A dedicated Wellfound recruiter, plus a 10% placement fee on a successful hire. | Read from https://wellfound.com/recruit/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Wellfound before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Startups that want to post jobs without paying - Recruiters sourcing candidates from their own inbox - Teams that want a recruiter paid per open role ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** Job 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. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Job Posts are free with unlimited listings and a built-in ATS. Reach Explore is free too, but only 20 contact reveals a month. - **Features: C.** Job board, promoted ads, AI sourcing, an optional recruiter and ATS sync. Its reach is mainly startups, and ATS links come with Reach Growth. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You set up listings and sourcing agents yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it syncs with Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workable, plus Gmail and Outlook. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hiring ## Keep it, 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. - 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: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, Gmail, Outlook **Tags:** Job board posting, Applicant tracking, AI agents, AI features ## Alternatives - [Indeed](https://toolgpa.com/tools/indeed): Job search site with free and sponsored job posts for employers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/indeed-vs-wellfound) - [JOIN](https://toolgpa.com/tools/join): Multiposting and applicant management priced per open job. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/join-vs-wellfound) - [Betterteam](https://toolgpa.com/tools/betterteam): Job posting to many boards, priced by active jobs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/betterteam-vs-wellfound) - [Workable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/workable): Applicant tracking and HR software priced by company size. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/wellfound-vs-workable) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://wellfound.com/recruit/pricing - https://wellfound.com/recruit/reach - https://wellfound.com/recruit Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/wellfound Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).