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VERDICT

Should I use 株式会社マイナビ (Mynavi)?

日本最大級の総合人材情報サービスグループ：新卒・中途採用メディア、エージェント、出版、イベント - mynavi.jp

Depends. A fit for mid-to-large Japanese employers running annual new-grad or volume hiring with a real ad budget. Small or occasional hirers will find it oversized, quote-only, and hard to evaluate — use Indeed or Wantedly instead.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources; most review evidence is employee-side, so product-fit confidence is medium.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo self-serve product evidence found
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo customer-side support evidence
  • Security posture

Pricing

Quote-based annual package

新卒採用 (Mynavi Shukatsu)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierNo
マイナビ転職 (Mynavi Tenshoku)Varies by ad size & period

Best for

  • Large Japanese employers with annual new-grad pipelines
  • Volume mid-career hiring via agents
  • Campus brand-building campaigns
  • Bilingual offices hiring in Japan

Not for

  • Small teams hiring a few people a year
  • Employers wanting published, self-serve pricing
  • Companies hiring outside Japan
  • Anyone expecting a trialable SaaS product

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Two personal-data incidents in six months; confirm current posture before sharing candidate data.

medium

New-grad packages follow graduation-year cycles (2027/28卒); miss the window and you wait a year.

medium

All employer pricing is quote-based via sales or agencies; no self-serve checkout.

low

No trial or sandbox; expect a sales cycle before seeing anything.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Massive reach across new-grad, mid-career, and global hiring media
  • 50-year brand with 6,987+ employee reviews showing deep market presence
  • Free candidate-side services widen the applicant pool
  • Formal vulnerability management program; published Vuls case study
  • Diversified events, esports, and publishing extend employer-brand reach

Cons

  • No published pricing; every plan is a negotiated quote
  • Feb 2026 unauthorized cloud access risked personal data
  • Oct 2025 cloud misconfiguration exposed personal information
  • Corporate site offers no self-serve product or trial to evaluate
  • New-grad packages sold by graduation-year cycle, not on-demand

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/24/2026 - 12 sources - Two cloud-related personal-data incidents disclosed Oct 2025 and Feb 2026; Mynavi also runs a formal vulnerability-management program (Vuls case study).

official x2review x2security x4news x4
  • Unauthorized access to cloud service (Feb 2026), Mynavi disclosed unauthorized access to a cloud service it uses, with possible personal data breach; official notice posted.
  • Cloud misconfiguration exposed personal data (Oct 2025), Cloud environment misconfiguration led to personal information exposure, disclosed Oct 3, 2025.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Quote-based annual package

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. No published rates; everything is quote-based
  • Ease of use. No self-serve product evidence found
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Media, agents, publishing, events — very broad
  • Support quality. No customer-side support evidence
  • Security posture: 2/5. Two cloud personal-data incidents, 2025–2026
  • 6,987+ Employee reviews across Japanese review sites
  • ~50 years Company age 50th anniversary publicly noted
  • Free Candidate pricing job seekers pay nothing
  • Quote-only Employer pricing varies by ad size & period

Pricing

新卒採用 (Mynavi Shukatsu)

Quote-based annual package

  • Campus media and company pages
  • Graduation-year contract cycle
  • Agency or direct sales negotiation

マイナビ転職 (Mynavi Tenshoku)

Varies by ad size & period

  • Per-post job ads
  • Agency-supported placement
  • No published rate card

Security

Two cloud-related personal-data incidents disclosed Oct 2025 and Feb 2026; Mynavi also runs a formal vulnerability-management program (Vuls case study).

  • Unauthorized access to cloud service (Feb 2026)Mynavi disclosed unauthorized access to a cloud service it uses, with possible personal data breach; official notice posted.⁶
  • Cloud misconfiguration exposed personal data (Oct 2025)Cloud environment misconfiguration led to personal information exposure, disclosed Oct 3, 2025.⁷

What users say

feedback is dominated by 6,987+ employee reviews across Japanese sites rather than customer reviews of the recruitment services.

“退職理由:株式会社マイナビでは、総合職として業務に励んで”
エン カイシャの評判

Companies that use it

  • Alternative Plans10
  • 大樹生命保険 (Dai-ichi Life)
  • SMBC Group (経営企画ポジション)
  • G2 Travel Japan
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources; most review evidence is employee-side, so product-fit confidence is medium.

Japan's giant recruitment media group, not a self-serve tool: big-employer reach, quote-only pricing, recent cloud data incidents.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources; most review evidence is employee-side, so product-fit confidence is medium.

Sources

  1. Mynavi corporate sitemynavi.jp
    official
  2. Mynavi employee reviews (6,987)syukatsu-kaigi.jp
    review
  3. Mynavi reviews on エン カイシャの評判en-hyouban.com
    review
  4. Mynavi Tenshoku posting fees explainedprdaily.jp
    news
  5. Mynavi new-grad listing pricing guideneo-career.co.jp
    news
  6. Mynavi cloud service unauthorized access noticemynavi.jp
    security
  7. Cloud misconfiguration incident coverageqiita.com
    security
  8. Mynavi cloud breach analysisrocket-boys.co.jp
    security
  9. Mynavi Vuls vulnerability management case studyvuls.biz
    security
  10. Mynavi job listing example (Alternative Plans)tenshoku.mynavi.jp
    official
  11. Mynavi agent free-for-candidates explainersosaproject.jp.net
    news
  12. Mynavi 50th anniversary featurecentou.jp
    news

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