Yes. JustBacked is free to browse too, with new roles shown after 48 hours; membership ($12/month) shows them immediately and adds instant alerts and AI agent access.

Do both avoid recruiter listings?

Yes. Both read roles from employers' own hiring systems instead of accepting third-party posts.

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JustBacked vs Hiring Cafe

Hiring Cafe and JustBacked both skip recruiters by reading roles from companies' own hiring systems, and both send you to the company to apply. The difference is focus. Hiring Cafe is a free search engine across employers of every kind. JustBacked covers only venture-backed startups that raised in the last six months, and adds the round, amount, date and lead investors to every listing, with filters, alerts and weekly reports built around funding.

Direct from each company's ATS
No recruiters or middlemen
No scams or fake jobs
No stale postings

Side by side

	Hiring Cafe	JustBacked
Where jobs come from	Company career pages and hiring systems	Every opening is read daily from the company's own hiring system (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and 20 more) or careers page
Which companies	Employers of every kind and size	Only venture-backed startups that raised in the last six months
Funding information	General company details	Round, amount, date and lead investors on every listing
Startup filters	General job filters	Stage, round size, raised within N days, lead investor, industry
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 Spotted something out of date?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 Hiring Cafe if…

You want every employer, not only startups.
You want a completely free tool.
Very broad coverage across industries and countries.

Choose JustBacked if…

You only want startups that just raised money.
You want to search by investor, round or how recently a company raised.
You want instant alerts and a weekly list of who raised and is hiring.

Using both

If you're open to any employer, Hiring Cafe is a great free search. If you've decided you want a freshly funded startup, JustBacked does that one thing in depth.

Right now on JustBacked: 892 startups that raised $81B in the last six months, with 19,441 open roles.

Browse the jobs →This week's funded & hiring list

Questions

Is Hiring Cafe free?: Yes. JustBacked is free to browse too, with new roles shown after 48 hours; membership ($12/month) shows them immediately and adds instant alerts and AI agent access.
Do both avoid recruiter listings?: Yes. Both read roles from employers' own hiring systems instead of accepting third-party posts.