I want to reach developers who don’t reply anywhere else
That’s exactly who you reach here. Most developers on daily.dev ignore cold outreach, don’t check job boards, and rarely answer recruiters on LinkedIn. But they show up here every day to learn and stay sharp. Because they already trust this space, your roles appear where their attention already is. No interruptions. No inbox games. Just qualified, opt-in interest.
Why isn’t daily.dev Recruiter free?
“Free” hiring tools always get paid somewhere else: with data scraping, inbox spam, or long lists of ghost candidates. If you’re hiring casually, job boards are fine. If you’re building real engineering teams and care how you show up to candidates, this is where we come in. You pay for trust, signal, and outcomes (not noise).
I want a simple sourcing tool
This isn’t another sourcing dashboard or a new place to run Boolean searches. It’s a trust layer. You share a role, we surface the right developers, and you get warm, double opt-in intros. If you want to run mass outreach campaigns or tweak filters all day, LinkedIn or SeekOut fits that better.
I’m looking for huge applicant volume
daily.dev Recruiter isn’t built for volume. It’s built for precision. If you want hundreds of applicants overnight, job boards will do that. If you want a shortlist of developers who are qualified, genuinely interested, and responsive, that’s our lane. Quality > qunatity.
I need to run my whole recruiting operation in one platform
We focus on the top of the funnel. You keep using your ATS or CRM for everything after the intro. We’re not trying to replace your hiring stack. We’re making it worth something by feeding it candidates you’d never reach anywhere else.
I want a high-trust candidate experience
Developers use daily.dev every day because the space respects them. We protect that. Every job match is opt-in, transparent, and spam-free. No cold access. No surprises. If trust matters to you as a hiring strategy, this is where you want to be.
