Is Hirebase cheaper than TheirStack?

Above TheirStack's $49 entry plan, yes, at every volume it publishes, as of October 2026: 100,000 jobs cost $249 on Hirebase and $600 on TheirStack, 1 million $999 and $1,500, 2 million $999 and $2,300. TheirStack also charges again for repeat requests and for webhook events. For a few thousand jobs a month, TheirStack's $49 plan is cheaper.

Does TheirStack have a free plan?

TheirStack gives 200 API credits and 50 company credits a month to accounts that have never paid. Hirebase's Free plan is 500 jobs and 50 companies a month, with no credit card, and stays available after you have paid.

Where do TheirStack and Hirebase get their jobs?

TheirStack aggregates job boards and ATS; its sources page lists Indeed (39.87%) and LinkedIn (19.11%) as its largest sources. Hirebase reads company career pages and 80+ ATS platforms first, across 300K+ career pages, so most jobs link straight to the employer's own posting.

How many active jobs does TheirStack have?

TheirStack does not publish an active-job count. Its 256M figure is cumulative across all the jobs it has collected. Hirebase reports active jobs, removing closed ones every hour.

Is TheirStack better for sales prospecting?

For prospecting by hiring activity, Hirebase gives fresher jobs from employers' own pages at a lower price per job. For prospecting by technology stack, TheirStack has company technology profiles, webhooks and integrations shipping today.

How do I switch from TheirStack to Hirebase?

Start on the Free plan, with no card, and run your TheirStack job filters against Hirebase's job search, which filters by company, title, keywords, location and posting date. Compare the results for a few companies you know against their own career pages. For history, Historical Jobs Search is free and Historical Jobs Export sells every matching expired job as CSV or JSON Lines. Make.com, Clay, n8n and Apify integrations cover no-code workflows.

Head To Head

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Hirebase vs TheirStack: which job data API is better?

Teams look past TheirStack when they need the jobs themselves rather than tech-stack signals: its two largest sources are Indeed and LinkedIn, it publishes no active-job count, and every repeat fetch is charged again. Hirebase reads employers' own career pages and ATS instead. Here is how they compare.

Prices and facts checked October 21, 2026 · Hirebase is our product; every competitor fact links to the vendor's own pages

TL;DR

The verdict in one table.

Choose TheirStack to prospect by technology stack with webhooks and MCP today. Choose Hirebase for fresher, employer-sourced jobs at less than half the price at 2 million jobs a month.

Hirebase vs TheirStack (as of October 2026)
Question	Hirebase	TheirStack	Edge
Where jobs come fromHirebase: Employer career pages + 80+ ATS TheirStack: Job boards first: Indeed 39.87%, LinkedIn 19.11%	Employer career pages + 80+ ATS	Job boards first: Indeed 39.87%, LinkedIn 19.11%	Hirebase
How freshHirebase: Live in 1–2 h; closed jobs removed hourly TheirStack: 73% same day, 91% by next day	Live in 1–2 h; closed jobs removed hourly	73% same day, 91% by next day	Hirebase
Topaz Labs open jobs (Oct 2026)Hirebase: 5, matching its Lever board TheirStack: 69 listed	5, matching its Lever board	69 listed	Hirebase
2M jobs a monthHirebase: $999 (≈ $0.50 per 1,000) TheirStack: $2,300 (≈ $1.15 per 1,000)	$999 (≈ $0.50 per 1,000)	$2,300 (≈ $1.15 per 1,000)	Hirebase
Entry priceHirebase: Free, then $99/mo TheirStack: $49/mo	Free, then $99/mo	$49/mo	TheirStack
Tech-stack dataHirebase: Skills and technologies per job TheirStack: Company tech profiles, 12.5M companies	Skills and technologies per job	Company tech profiles, 12.5M companies	TheirStack
Webhooks and MCPHirebase: Not yet TheirStack: Yes, plus a Claude plugin	Not yet	Yes, plus a Claude plugin	TheirStack
HistoryHirebase: Since 2023 (~29M expired) TheirStack: Published series from Nov 2022	Since 2023 (~29M expired)	Published series from Nov 2022	TheirStack

#1 · Our Pick

Hirebasethe TheirStack alternative for job data.

Best for: Job boards, sales teams that prospect by hiring activity, and AI agent builders who need fresh jobs from the employer's own page.

TheirStack counts what job boards show. Hirebase reads the employer's own career page or ATS, so a closed job leaves the index within the hour and each record links to the real posting. On Topaz Labs in October 2026, that meant 5 open jobs, matching its Lever board, where TheirStack listed 69.

Topaz Labs open jobs: Hirebase (= Lever) vs TheirStack, Oct 2026: 5 vs 69; Topaz Labs open jobs: Hirebase (= Lever) vs TheirStack, Oct 2026
for 2M jobs a month, vs $2,300 on TheirStack: $999; for 2M jobs a month, vs $2,300 on TheirStack
from posting to live; TheirStack finds 73% the same day: 1–2 h; from posting to live; TheirStack finds 73% the same day
closed jobs removed from the active index: Hourly; closed jobs removed from the active index

Features

Company career pages and 80+ ATS platforms
New jobs live within 1–2 hours of posting; closed jobs removed from the active index every hour
About 29M expired jobs since 2023, with the same fields as live jobs
Semantic search and resume matching over live jobs
Visa sponsorship detected on each job
A Hiring Manager agent that finds the likely hiring manager and recruiters for a job, including the many postings that name no one
REST API, Python SDK and bulk export (CSV, JSON Lines)
Make.com, Clay, n8n and Apify integrations

Pricing (as of October 2026)

Free: 500 jobs and 50 companies a month, no card
Starter: $99/mo for 25,000 jobs
Growth: $249/mo for 250,000 jobs
Scale: $999/mo for 2 million jobs (≈ $0.50 per 1,000)
Enterprise: contact us; below $0.25 per 1,000 at enough volume

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See the data

Real request · Real responseOctober 23, 2026

curl -X POST https://api.hirebase.org/v2/jobs/search \
  -H "x-api-key: $HIREBASE_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"company_name": "Topaz Labs"}'

{
  "total_count": 5,
  "jobs": [
    {
      "job_title": "Social Media Manager / video content creator",
      "date_posted": "2026-03-06",
      "application_link": "https://jobs.lever.co/topazlabs/725891db-7c34-424f-a528-fd2412b3afc3"
    },
    {
      "job_title": "Software Engineer, DevOps / Infrastructure",
      "date_posted": "2026-03-05",
      "application_link": "https://jobs.lever.co/topazlabs/f1fb0504-e875-4b92-9d54-d5299ea6d245"
    },
    {
      "job_title": "Product Software Engineer (Full-stack)",
      "date_posted": "2026-03-05",
      "application_link": "https://jobs.lever.co/topazlabs/1dc468e7-193e-47fc-8158-3f3df1417d16"
    },
    {
      "job_title": "Software Engineer, AI Inference / HPC",
      "date_posted": "2026-03-05",
      "application_link": "https://jobs.lever.co/topazlabs/64c09f71-41a7-493c-966d-cbac83113533"
    },
    {
      "job_title": "Technical Product Manager",
      "date_posted": "2025-09-23",
      "application_link": "https://jobs.lever.co/topazlabs/ddb5b758-e134-4e32-bcd9-bd855a2b6eee"
    }
  ]
}

From api.hirebase.org on October 23, 2026, trimmed to three fields per job. Topaz Labs' Lever board listed the same 5 open jobs.

Quality by design. We deliberately don't index jobs that exist only on job boards. Listings reposted across Indeed, Glassdoor, Adzuna, Monster and the rest are where stale, agency and duplicate jobs pile up.

“Invaluable tool for our recruiting consultants to find relevant and direct job leads, helping us get to new and existing client jobs first. Amazing tool”

Joe JamesIT Infrastructure Recruitment, Franklin Fitch$400k+in placement revenue after 1 month of using the Hirebase API

“We've used the Hirebase API as the core data source for RevOpsCareers for a while now, syncing jobs automatically every day. What stands out is the reliability — the API just works, run after run — and the quality of the data, which is structured well enough that we can ingest, dedupe, and categorize thousands of listings without constant babysitting.”

Daniel SecareanuFounder, RevOpsCareers, RevOpsCareersDailyAutomatic job sync

Feature By Feature

Hirebase vs TheirStack, side by side.

Hirebase vs TheirStack, side by side. (as of October 2026)
As of October 2026	Hirebase	TheirStack
Where jobs come from	Hirebase:Company career pages and 80+ ATS platforms. 300K+ company career pages scanned.	TheirStack:Job boards and ATS. Its own sources page lists indeed.com with 150M jobs (39.87%) and linkedin.com with 72M (19.11%).
Job count	Hirebase:Nearly 4M active jobs (currently active).	TheirStack:256M jobs cumulative; it publishes no count of currently active jobs. 51.6M company–technology pairs across 12.5M companies.
Companies	Hirebase:About 230K companies with active jobs.	TheirStack:12.5M companies with technology data.
Freshness	Hirebase:New jobs live within 1–2 hours of posting; closed jobs removed from the active index every hour.	TheirStack:Says 73% of new postings are found the same day and 91% by the end of the next day, measured from the date the job board shows.
History	Hirebase:About 29M expired jobs since 2023, with the same fields as live jobs. Search the archive free, then buy the dataset you need.	TheirStack:Says 2021; its published monthly series starts in November 2022.
Free option	Hirebase:Free plan: 500 jobs and 50 companies a month, no credit card.	TheirStack:200 API credits and 50 company credits a month, for accounts that have never paid.
Pricing	Hirebase:Starter $99/month for 25,000 jobs; Growth $249 for 250,000; Scale $999 for 2 million. Overage $1.50 per 1,000 on Growth and $1.00 on Scale. Annual billing takes 20% off.	TheirStack:$49/month for 1,500 credits; $600 for 100K; $1,500 for 1M; $2,300 for 2M; $5,500 for 5M. 1 credit per job and 3 per company; repeat fetches and webhook events are charged again.
Technology data	Hirebase:Skills and technologies parsed from each job; no company technology profiles.	TheirStack:Company tech stacks from 33K technologies; 51.6M company–technology pairs.
Webhooks and MCP	Hirebase:Not yet.	TheirStack:Webhooks for new jobs, closed jobs and new matching companies; MCP server; Claude plugin.
Integrations	Hirebase:Make.com, Clay, n8n and Apify integrations.	TheirStack:Zapier, Make, n8n and Databar; Clay through webhooks or HTTP.
Other features	Hirebase:Semantic search and resume matching over live jobs. Visa sponsorship detected on each job. A Hiring Manager agent that finds the likely hiring manager and recruiters for a job, including the many postings that name no one.	TheirStack:A no-code app with saved searches, alerts and lists.
Multi-location jobs	Hirebase:One record per job, with every location in a locations array.	TheirStack:Not stated.
Getting started	Hirebase:Self-serve: free plan with no card, REST API and Python SDK.	TheirStack:Self-serve: free credits for accounts that have never paid.

Price Per Job

What the same volume costs on each.

The cheapest published plan that covers each monthly volume, with the cost per 1,000 jobs. Our arithmetic on each vendor's own price list.

What the same volume costs on each. (as of October 2026)
As of October 2026	Hirebase	TheirStack
1,500 jobs	Hirebase:$99 Starter ($66 per 1,000), or 500 free.	TheirStack:$49 ($32.67 per 1,000).
100,000 jobs	Hirebase:$249 Growth ($2.49 per 1,000).	TheirStack:$600 ($6.00 per 1,000).
1M jobs	Hirebase:$999 Scale ($1.00 per 1,000).	TheirStack:$1,500 ($1.50 per 1,000).
2M jobs	Hirebase:$999 Scale ($0.50 per 1,000).	TheirStack:$2,300 ($1.15 per 1,000).
5M jobs	Hirebase:$3,999: Scale plus 3M at $1.00 ($0.80 per 1,000).	TheirStack:$5,500 ($1.10 per 1,000).
Enterprise volume	Hirebase:< $0.25 per 1,000 (Enterprise, contact us).	TheirStack:Custom pricing above 5M.
Fetching a job twice	Hirebase:Counts against your monthly allowance each time it is returned.	TheirStack:Charged again: its docs say repeated requests consume credits each time.

Trade-offs

Switching from TheirStack: what you gain and give up.

You gain

Jobs from the employer's own page, with a direct link, instead of Indeed and LinkedIn copies
Closed jobs removed every hour, not “probably closed”
$999 for 2M jobs a month instead of $2,300
Semantic search, resume matching, visa sponsorship and a Hiring Manager agent

You give up

Company technology profiles (51.6M company–technology pairs)
Webhooks, an MCP server and a Claude plugin, shipping today
Jobs posted only on job boards, which Hirebase skips by design
A $49 entry plan for a few thousand jobs a month
TheirStack's published series reaches back to November 2022; Hirebase's to 2023

Read The Fine Print

What TheirStack's docs, its app and a spot check show about its data.

Each point links to its source, checked October 21, 2026.

A spot check: 69 jobs against 5
On October 21, 2026, TheirStack's app listed 69 open jobs for Topaz Labs (job closed: no; posted in the last 2 years), including roles that are no longer open and one role listed twice. Topaz Labs' own Lever board listed 5, and the Hirebase API returned the same 5 on October 23. One example, not a statistic.
Source: api.lever.co/v0/postings/topazlabs?mode=json
A null closed_at can mean “we don’t know yet”
Its webhook docs say a null closed_at “means the job is still considered open (or we don’t know yet)”.
Source: theirstack.com/docs/webhooks/event-type/webhook_job_closed
Indeed and LinkedIn are its largest sources
Its sources page lists indeed.com with 150M jobs (39.87%) and linkedin.com with 72M (19.11%). A job can carry several sources.
Source: theirstack.com/en/docs/data/job/sources
Repeat fetches and webhooks are charged
“Repeated requests for the same data will consume credits each time”, and a webhook event costs the same as an API record: 1 credit per job.
Source: theirstack.com/en/docs/pricing/credits
“Mode” at H&M
Its technology page lists 90,026 companies using Mode, the BI tool, led by Deichmann, H&M and KIABI at “High confidence”. In German and French job ads, “Mode” means fashion.
Source: theirstack.com/en/technology/mode
“Drift” at the Danish Armed Forces
Its Drift page lists 49,341 companies, led by Forsvaret, Københavns Kommune and Oslo kommune. In Danish and Norwegian, “drift” means operations.
Source: theirstack.com/en/technology/drift

Ask TheirStack before you buy

How many of your jobs are active today, rather than collected since launch?
For my target companies, what share of jobs come from Indeed or LinkedIn rather than the employer's own page?
How do you decide a job has closed, and how often is it re-checked?

How We Evaluated

Method and sources.

Hirebase is our product, so we kept to facts a buyer can check. We read each vendor's own pricing, product and documentation pages on October 21, 2026, and did not use other comparison articles. Coverage figures are each vendor's own claims. Per-1,000 prices are our arithmetic on published list prices, before annual discounts.

We compared:

Where the jobs come from: employer career pages and ATS, or job boards
Freshness: how fast new jobs appear and closed jobs disappear
History: how far back expired jobs go, and whether they are deduplicated
Price per 1,000 jobs at real monthly volumes, not just the entry tier
Delivery and integrations: API, webhooks, files, no-code tools

Spotted something out of date? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.

Sources

TheirStack: theirstack.com/en/pricing · theirstack.com/en/docs/data/job/sources · theirstack.com/en/docs/pricing/plans · theirstack.com/en/docs/pricing/credits · theirstack.com/docs/webhooks/event-type/webhook_job_closed · theirstack.com/en/technology/mode · theirstack.com/en/technology/drift
Topaz Labs (Lever): api.lever.co/v0/postings/topazlabs?mode=json
Hirebase: hirebase.org/pricing · hirebase.org/products/job-data-api

FAQ

Hirebase vs TheirStack: common questions

Our Recommendation

Which one should you choose?

Recommendation by buyer type
If you are…	Choose	Why
A sales team prospecting by hiring activityFresh employer jobs, hourly closures, $999 for 2M jobs.	Hirebase	Fresh employer jobs, hourly closures, $999 for 2M jobs.
A sales team prospecting by tech stackCompany technology profiles and buying-intent topics, today.	TheirStack	Company technology profiles and buying-intent topics, today.
A job boardEvery job links to the employer's posting; closed jobs leave within the hour.	Hirebase	Every job links to the employer's posting; closed jobs leave within the hour.
An AI agent builderHirebase for fresh jobs and semantic search; TheirStack if you need MCP now.	Hirebase, or TheirStack for MCP today	Hirebase for fresh jobs and semantic search; TheirStack if you need MCP now.
Up to 1,500 jobs a month on a tight budget$49 for 1,500 credits costs less than Hirebase Starter at $99.	TheirStack	$49 for 1,500 credits costs less than Hirebase Starter at $99.

Choose Hirebase if

You need the jobs themselves, fresh, from the employer's own page
You pull more than 25,000 jobs a month and care about price per job
You want closed jobs gone within the hour, not days

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Hirebase vs TheirStack: which job data API is better?

The verdict in one table.