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Finseats vs. Indeed — which should you post on?
Indeed is the largest general job aggregator in the world. Posting is free for many roles, but reach is sold separately as Sponsored Jobs — a renewing advertising budget rather than a one-off listing fee.
| Finseats | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|
| Employer pricing | Flat $99 one-time for a highlighted 60-day listing. The price is on the page — no account, no quote, no sales call — and the listing is live within minutes of payment. | Free tier plus paid sponsorship. Indeed says “Many jobs can be posted for free, subject to Indeed's terms, conditions, quality standards, and usage limits,” while some job types are sponsored-only. Sponsored Jobs are an ad spend: “Budgets start at $5/day or $150/month,” charged per click on daily budgets or per started application on monthly budgets, and “The budget amount you set will automatically renew once the daily or monthly period ends.” Billing happens “on the first day of the month or when your account spending reaches $500—whichever comes first.” |
| Job seeker access | Free, always. No account needed to search, filter or apply, and every listing deep-links to the employer's own official application — we never sit between a candidate and the employer. | Free to search and apply. Indeed's revenue comes from the employer side, so there is no candidate paywall. |
| Scope | Finance only, globally: banks, asset and wealth managers, hedge funds and quant shops, private equity and venture capital, fintech and payments, insurers, accounting and advisory firms, exchanges, regulators and central banks. | Every industry, every level, worldwide. Finance vacancies compete for attention with retail, logistics, healthcare and everything else, and the aggregator also carries agency reposts and duplicates of the same role. |
| Signup required to post? | No — see the price and pay straight from /post-a-job. An account only matters afterwards, if you want to edit, hide or re-publish the listing. | Yes — an employer account is required to post, and to sponsor. |
What makes Indeed different
- Volume is the product: the widest reach of anything on this list, and the least finance-specific context around a listing
- The paid model is a renewing budget, not a listing fee — leave it on and it keeps spending until you pause it, whereas a Finseats listing expires by itself after 60 days at a price you already know
- $150/month sustained is more than a Finseats listing costs for two months, but it buys reach across every sector rather than a finance-only audience
Sources: indeed.com/hire/cs/pricing (the Sponsored Jobs budget and billing FAQ, quoted verbatim), fetched 2026-09-01. Prices and free-tier limits change — we link to Indeed directly so you can check the current terms yourself: www.indeed.com/hire.
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Post for a flat $99, no sales call
No quote request, no renewing ad budget, no employer subscription — see the price, pay once, and your listing is live for 60 days.