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JustBacked vs Built In
Built In runs tech job boards for national and city audiences, with company profiles and articles; employers pay monthly for job slots. JustBacked doesn't sell listings: it reads every role from each newly funded startup's own hiring system, so a startup that just raised appears whether or not it has paid any job board.
- Direct from each company's ATS
- No recruiters or middlemen
- No scams or fake jobs
- No stale postings
Side by side
| Built In | JustBacked | |
|---|---|---|
| Which companies | Tech employers of every size that pay for job slots | Only venture-backed startups that raised in the last six months, without paying |
| Where jobs come from | Employers' paid listings | Every opening is read daily from the company's own hiring system (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and 20 more) or careers page |
| Funding information | Some company profile details | Round, amount, date and lead investors on every listing |
| Freshness | Managed by each employer | Re-checked every morning; closed roles leave the same day |
| Cost to job seekers | Free | Free to browse (new roles appear after 48 hours); members see them immediately for $12/month |
| AI assistants | Not offered | Members can connect Claude, ChatGPT, Muse or any MCP agent |
Based on each site's public pages, checked October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email [email protected].
Choose Built In if…
- Local tech scenes: city boards, events and news.
- Established tech companies as well as startups.
- Detailed employer branding pages.
Choose JustBacked if…
- You want startups that just raised, including those that don't pay for job ads.
- You want funding round, amount and lead investors on every listing.
- You want filters for stage, round size and investor.
Using both
Use Built In for local tech news and company pages, and JustBacked to see which startups in your city just raised: try the city pages under Browse.
Right now on JustBacked: 892 startups that raised $81B in the last six months, with 19,441 open roles.
Questions
- Do companies pay to be on JustBacked?
- No. JustBacked doesn't sell job listings. Every venture-backed startup that raised in the last six months is included, read from its own hiring system.