Wellfound Pricing

Is free Wellfound good enough?

For job seekers, yes. Wellfound calls its core service complimentary, and its pricing page says $0 forever. Paid career services exist, such as resume and LinkedIn revisions, but Wellfound publishes no price for them, and reviewers are split on what they get. Ask for the price in writing before you agree to one. ^{[1] [2] [14]}

For employers, free posting is real but limited. A listing with no salary range gets limited distribution unless you promote it. Test the free route first: post one role with a salary range, then count the applicants who meet your must-haves after two weeks. If that count is too low, the paid tools are the next step. ^[8]

Curated's fee costs five times a seat, so price it per hire

Recruit Pro is $499 per seat a month, billed upfront each month. It renews unless an Admin cancels, and cancelling stops the renewal while the plan runs to its end date. Only Admin or Recruiter team members can hold a seat. ^{[3] [9] [10]}

Curated charges the same $499 a seat a month, plus 20% of the hired candidate's base salary. On a $150,000 salary that is $30,000; on $200,000 it is $40,000. Wellfound's article does not say when the fee is billed, so ask before you sign. ^[4]

Reach starts at $135 a seat a month on the pricing page read on 2 Nov 2026. Autopilot is priced differently: Wellfound's blog says contact sales, and its placement fee is 10% of a successful hire, with no stated base. The table below shows what the employer plans cost over a year. ^{[2] [6]}

Read the Curated rows as the real cost. The seat is $5,988 a year, and at $150,000 the fee is 83% of the $35,988 total. A $30,000 fee makes sense only if a recruiter's time, or a bad hire, would cost more. The seat row assumes the seat runs 12 months. ^[4]

Refunds are unclear, so renewals are where money goes wrong

Wellfound's terms disagree on refunds. The 2020 General Terms let you ask for a refund within seven days of payment, and say refunds are generally not offered. The 2019 Jobs Terms and the 2021 Source Terms call promoted and subscription fees non-refundable. Ask which terms cover the product you're buying before you pay. ^{[12] [13]}

Some employers on Trustpilot say paid listings or messages disappeared, and one small startup says its job ads renewed without a clear warning and it got a credit only. Set a reminder before each renewal date. Read more on the complaints page. ^{[14] [15]}

The pricing page says an applicant tracking system is included free on every plan. The same page lists ATS integration under its Growth and Scale tiers. Confirm which plan includes the integration you need before you rely on it, and check whether it fits your startup hiring plan. ^{[2] [11]}