Every other recruiting platform charges per seat. LinkedIn Recruiter is thousands of dollars a year per recruiter. ZipRecruiter, Dice TalentSearch, and Monster all gate sourcing behind subscriptions. Connecting Odds gives small teams the full recruiting workflow for free — sourcing, messaging, applicant tracking, pipeline management, and company branding — without a per-seat license. It's the free recruiting tool for founders, in-house recruiters, and agencies who want to source without a six-figure tooling budget.
Free recruiting on Connecting Odds is not a trial. The free plan includes unlimited job posts, candidate search with skill, location, and seniority filters, direct messaging to any candidate once they connect, applicant tracking with stages and screening questions, and a public company page with follower analytics. The only things behind the paid plan are bulk-source tooling for 50+ active reqs, ATS integrations (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby), and shared team seats with role-based permissions.
Search the network by skill, role, seniority, location, and last-active date. View full profiles with experience, education, certifications, and recent posts. Send a connection request with a short note explaining the role. Once accepted, message freely. The chronological feed surfaces candidates' recent activity, so you can prioritize people who are actively engaged rather than ghost-profiles. Read our dedicated LinkedIn Recruiter alternatives guide for a deeper feature-by-feature breakdown.
Every job posted on the free plan comes with a pipeline view. Drag candidates between stages (Applied → Screening → Interview → Offer → Hired), add internal notes, share candidate profiles with hiring managers, and trigger rejection emails from templates. Screening questions filter out unqualified applicants before they hit the pipeline. Most small teams run their entire hiring workflow inside this view without needing a separate ATS.
Founders making their first 10 hires, agencies sourcing for SMB clients, in-house recruiters supplementing paid channels, technical hiring managers who want to source for their own team, and university recruiting programs. If you're running 50+ open requisitions or need SOC 2 with audit logs, the paid recruiter plan unlocks team seats and integrations.
Filter by skill, role, seniority, location, last-active. No per-search charges.
Message any candidate after they connect — no InMail credit budget.
Pipeline view with stages, screening questions, internal notes.
Build employer brand alongside sourcing — followers see every new role.
When you post a job, our matcher surfaces strong fits from the network.
Export your pipeline to CSV for handoff to a paid ATS at any time.
Yes — sourcing, messaging, posting, and applicant tracking are all free for small teams. Paid plans add team seats and ATS integrations.
LinkedIn Recruiter is paid per seat and gates search and messaging. We give you both for free, with chronological-feed signals on candidate engagement.
No. Founders, hiring managers, and contract recruiters all use the free plan.
Yes — every Connecting Odds user with a public profile is searchable, with filters for skill, location, seniority, and last-active date.
Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby integrations are on the paid recruiter plan. CSV export is free.
Unlimited messaging to any candidate who has connected with you. A fair-use cap on connection requests prevents spam.
The primary admin runs the free plan; shared team seats unlock on the paid plan.
Connecting Odds is the free, network-first alternative to LinkedIn, Indeed, ZipRecruiter and Dice. Profiles, jobs, recruiter tools, and messaging — free for individuals and small teams.