We Work Remotely vs Remote OK for employers comparing cost and reach

We Work Remotely and Remote OK both charge employers from $299 for a job post that stays live for 30 days, and both renew that post automatically unless you switch renewal off. The difference is in the details. We Work Remotely keeps a fixed $299 base price with optional upgrades, while Remote OK's price is dynamic and its checkout showed $447 with default options when we checked in October 2026. Remote OK posts cannot be refunded, and it emails 7 days before a renewal; We Work Remotely emails 5 days before.

For one hire, pick whichever audience fits the role. For a team that hires remotely every month, both get expensive quickly, and a flat plan that syncs from your applicant tracking system usually costs less than either.

We Work Remotely vs Remote OK at a glance

Sources: the We Work Remotely support center and employer FAQ, and Remote OK's hire-remotely page, checked October 24, 2026. We Work Remotely blocks automated page checks, so its upgrade prices come from third-party listings and may be out of date. Confirm both at checkout before you buy.

How much does it cost to post a job on We Work Remotely?

A We Work Remotely job listing costs $299 for 30 days, according to its own support center. The employer FAQ adds that listings auto-renew, that you get a reminder email 5 days before renewal, and that you can turn renewal off at any time. An applicant filter costs $199 and renews along with the listing. Visibility upgrades are optional; third parties have reported them at roughly $59, $99 and $149.

So a plain WWR listing is a predictable $299. With the top upgrade it lands near $448, and with the applicant filter on top it can pass $600 for a single month.

We cover the full breakdown, including what 4, 12 or 25 roles a year cost, in We Work Remotely pricing for employers.

How much does it cost to post a job on Remote OK?

A Remote OK job post costs from $299 for 30 days. The price is dynamic and moves with the number of jobs posted that week, and the post button showed $447 when we checked on October 24, 2026, the same figure we saw on October 21. Logo, highlight, email blast, pin to top and geolock are all paid add-ons. Renewal costs the same as the original post.

Remote OK is clear about refunds: job posts cannot be refunded, but a renewal can be refunded within 7 days using the link in the renewal email. Bundles of several posts save up to 50%, and a bundle's discounted single-post price is the one used for renewals. The details are in Remote OK pricing for employers.

Which is cheaper for employers, We Work Remotely or Remote OK?

For a single basic listing, they are the same price: $299. In practice We Work Remotely is usually cheaper per post, because its base price is fixed and the upgrades are opt-in, while Remote OK's checkout tends to start above its banner price. Remote OK can come out cheaper for volume hiring if you buy a bundle at up to 50% off.

Here is what a year looks like if each role is listed once for 30 days, then again for roles that take two months to fill:

The bundle column is a best case. Remote OK says bundles save "up to" 50%, so a smaller bundle saves less. The two-month row is where per-post pricing hurts most: a senior engineering search often runs six to ten weeks, and both boards renew at full price on day 31.

Which has more reach for remote roles?

Remote OK claims more than 16.7 million remote workers a month and distributes posts through the Google for Jobs network. We Work Remotely claims more than 6 million monthly visitors and has been running since 2011, which makes it one of the oldest remote-only boards. Both numbers are the boards' own marketing figures and are not independently audited, so treat them as an upper bound.

What matters more than raw traffic is who sees your role. Third-party reviews describe We Work Remotely as strongest for software, design and marketing roles, and they credit Remote OK with a large audience and more visible salary ranges. If you are hiring outside those areas, such as finance, legal or customer support, neither board's traffic is guaranteed to be your audience.

Is We Work Remotely or Remote OK better for hiring developers?

Both are popular with developers. Remote OK grew out of the developer and indie-maker community, shows salary ranges prominently and lets you geolock a post to applicants in selected locations, which helps when you can only hire in the United States. We Work Remotely has a long-running programming category and a fixed price, which makes budgeting easier for engineering managers who post several roles a quarter.

Whichever you choose, a remote developer post attracts a lot of applicants who will never pass a technical bar. Many teams pair the job board with a skills-based developer hiring platform so the first filter is a real test instead of a resume scan.

Do We Work Remotely and Remote OK auto-renew?

Yes, both do. We Work Remotely listings auto-renew after 30 days, with a reminder email 5 days before, and you can switch renewal off whenever you like. Remote OK posts renew automatically after 30 days unless you disable auto-renew on the edit page or close the post, with a reminder 7 days before. On both boards, a role you fill and forget to close keeps billing.

That renewal behavior is the main reason hiring teams end up paying for listings they no longer need. The board has no way of knowing a role closed in your applicant tracking system.

When a flat plan beats both

Per-post boards make sense when you hire one or two remote people a year. Once you hire every month, three costs stack up: the post itself, the renewals on slow searches and the hours someone spends copying job descriptions into board forms and closing filled listings.

RemoteBoard charges a flat plan instead. Starter is $49 a month billed yearly for 3 active roles, Growth is $149 for 10 roles with 3 featured slots a month, and Scale is $349 for 30 roles with 10 featured slots. Roles stay live while they are open, with no 30-day renewal.

If your team runs recruiting in Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby, you can skip the posting step entirely. RemoteBoard reads your public careers board, lists only the fully remote roles within the hour and takes a listing down when you close the role. The Greenhouse job board integration page shows how that works, and the preview on post a remote job shows your own roles before you pay.

To be fair to both boards: RemoteBoard is newer and its audience is smaller than either. If a single, urgent senior hire needs the biggest possible spike of applicants this week, a featured post on one of the established boards may still be worth it. For everything else, the side-by-side pages for the We Work Remotely alternative and the Remote OK alternative go line by line.

How to choose between We Work Remotely and Remote OK

Use this as a quick decision list:

• Pick We Work Remotely if you want a fixed, predictable price per listing, you are hiring for software, design or marketing, and you do not need location filtering beyond its paid applicant filter.
• Pick Remote OK if you are hiring developers, want to geolock applicants to specific countries, or plan to buy several posts at once and can use a bundle discount.
• Pick a flat plan if you keep more than a couple of remote roles open through the year, your searches often run past 30 days, or you already manage openings in an applicant tracking system.

Whatever you choose, put the salary range and the countries you can hire in at the top of the post. Both boards and RemoteBoard surface that information to candidates, and it cuts unqualified applications more than any paid upgrade.