What’s the overall summary?
Hired is a talent marketplace. Developers opt in when they’re actively job-hunting, recruiters browse those profiles, and both sides can request interviews. It works well for active candidates — but it doesn’t reach the ones who aren’t looking.
daily.dev Recruiter lives upstream of that funnel. Developers use daily.dev every single day to learn, explore new tools, and engage with the community — not to job-hunt. That’s where we come in. We surface your role to developers who fit your criteria and are quietly open to the right opportunity, then deliver warm, double opt-in intros straight to you. It’s how you reach the passive majority that marketplaces miss.
So what does daily.dev Recruiter do differently?
Hired waits for developers to sign up. daily.dev Recruiter meets them where they already are.
Instead of curating a static pool of job seekers, we continuously match live developer behavior to open roles — powered by real activity, not self-reported skills.
There’s no “refresh your profile” loop or weekly login reminder. Developers stay on daily.dev because they want to grow. That constant engagement creates real-time intent signals — giving recruiters precision without outreach or guesswork.
And when a match happens, both sides opt in. No chasing, no ghosting, no awkward first messages.
When Hired might still make sense
If you’re filling a large number of open roles or hiring for multiple functions at once, Hired’s structured marketplace model can help you move quickly. It’s great for active hiring cycles.
But if you’re trying to connect with senior engineers or specialized developers who don’t hang out on marketplaces, daily.dev Recruiter is where those conversations actually start.
How it feels for developers
On Hired, developers are participants in a job marketplace.
On daily.dev, they’re part of a community.
Opportunities appear organically within their daily experience — not in a separate recruiting platform. It feels respectful, relevant, and in tune with how they already engage with technology and peers.
TL;DR
Hired connects you with active candidates.
daily.dev Recruiter connects you with the 90% who never apply anywhere else.