The Dice alternative tech professionals actually want to use.
Dice has been the go-to tech job board since the 1990s, but the experience hasn't kept up — dated UI, recruiter spam, and a feed of duplicate listings. Connecting Odds is a modern Dice alternative: chronological feed, connection-gated messaging, AI job-matching, and free recruiter search for the engineering, data, security, and IT roles Dice is known for.
A side-by-side look at how Connecting Odds and Dice compare.
| Feature | Connecting Odds | Dice |
|---|---|---|
| Free professional profile | Yes — unlimited | Yes |
| Connection-gated direct messaging | Unlimited DMs to your network | Open recruiter messaging (high spam) |
| Algorithm-free feed | Chronological, no boosted posts | No feed |
| One-click apply with resume | Built in, free | Free with friction |
| Company pages + followers | Yes | Company profiles, limited follows |
| Recruiter dashboard | Free for small teams | Dice TalentSearch — paid seats |
| Privacy-first profile | Granular visibility per field | Public by default |
| Mobile + over-the-air updates | Yes via Capacitor + OTA | Native only |
Connection-gated messaging cuts the cold-DM flood Dice users complain about. Recruiters request to connect; you decide who reaches your inbox.
Our AI matches your profile to roles based on skills, seniority, and recent projects — not just keyword matches in your resume.
If your career spans engineering, product, data, and design, you don't need a separate network for each. Dice locks you into tech-only roles.
Small engineering teams can post jobs and search candidates without buying a TalentSearch subscription.
Native iOS and Android with over-the-air updates every week. Dice mobile is essentially a wrapper around the web app.
Yes. Free job posting, free profile, free applications, and free candidate search for small teams. No paid tier required to use the core product.
Yes — engineering, data, security, product, design, IT, and DevOps roles are all first-class. The difference is you also get non-tech roles in the same network, useful for cross-functional teams.
Dice TalentSearch is paid per seat with a steep ramp. Our recruiter dashboard is free for small teams; paid tiers add ATS integrations and team seats.
Yes. All recruiter DMs require a connection request first, so unqualified outreach gets filtered before it reaches your inbox.
Yes — our AI matcher surfaces roles based on your profile, recent skills, and project history rather than keyword matching.
You can paste your headline, summary, and experience today. A one-click Dice import is on the roadmap.
Salary transparency rolls out alongside postings as employer adoption grows. We surface posted ranges where employers share them.
Senior engineers tell us the chronological feed and connection-gated DMs make it usable in a way Dice's recruiter-broadcast model isn't.