RemoteOK
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Reasonable buy for employers making a few remote tech hires at $299 per 30-day post, with real reach but mixed applicant-response reports.
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RemoteOK vs Remotive
RemoteOK and Remotive both land on Depends.
Remotive
Depends
Confidence: Medium
A legitimate, long-running remote job board worth the $79 lifetime fee only if you will apply to remote roles aggressively.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Remote-first tech startups | Active remote job seekers |
| Who it's not for | High-volume recruiters . 25-post bundles run $8,940-$11,175 | Anyone expecting a job or placement guarantee |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.11 | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | Solo founder runs it himself | Only 3 Trustpilot reviews; unverifiable |
| Public sentiment | Users acknowledge its reach and legitimacy, but a Reddit poster reports applying to 20+ jobs with no response and the self-reported 4.8/5 rating is disputed.⁴ | Users and reviewers call Remotive legitimate with solid listings, but outcomes vary and full access costs $79.15 |
| Biggest gotcha | Posts last 30 days; re-listing the same role costs another $299² | One Redditor logged 100+ applications with no results; no board can guarantee interviews15 |
Pick RemoteOK when
- Remote-first tech startups
- Employers hiring devs, designers, sales
- Job seekers wanting free remote listings
- Solo founders making one key hire
When RemoteOK is not a fit
- High-volume recruiters . 25-post bundles run $8,940-$11,175
- Teams wanting screening, ATS, or applicant tracking
- Non-tech hiring; board skews programming, design, sales
- Buyers needing guaranteed applicant response rates
Pick Remotive when
- Active remote job seekers
- Tech and knowledge workers
- Employers hiring remote talent
- Developers wanting a jobs API
When Remotive is not a fit
- Anyone expecting a job or placement guarantee
- Casual browsers . free boards already cover this
- Job seekers unwilling to pay $79 for full listings
- People applying to 100+ roles hoping volume alone works
Sources
- RemoteOK homepageremoteok.comofficial
- Hire Remotely . pricingremoteok.comofficial
- Buy a jobs bundleremoteok.comofficial
review
- RemoteOK Review: Legit Job Board or Just a Raw Feedremotejobassistant.comreview
- Is RemoteOK Legit in 2025? An Objective Reviewhirebasis.comreview
review
- I run Nomad List and Remote OK by myself (HN)news.ycombinator.comnews
- In 2020, Pieter Levels built RemoteOK.iolinkedin.comnews
- RemoteOK Jobs Scraper on Apifyapify.comnews
- RemoteOK product security pageremoteok.comsecurity
- Remote OK Reviews . SourceForgesourceforge.netreview
- Best Remote Jobs & Hiring Accounts on Xgetredeck.comreview
- Remote OK Reviews . G2g2.comreview