Artha Job Board and SmartJobBoard both fill an operator's board through backfill, but they differ on what sits at the centre and how you buy. Artha Job Board is self-serve with published pricing, a free Starter plan and a portal model monetised through employer licenses, paid postings and candidate paywalls. SmartJobBoard centres on a candidate database that employers search, offered since 2008 as a revenue-share partnership or a flat annual subscription arranged through sales. Pick by whether self-serve portal monetisation or a sales-arranged resume-database model fits your organisation.
Artha Job Board publishes its plans in USD and scales pricing with a candidate-volume selector. Starter is free forever with the core job board, custom domain and UI branding, monetisation methods and 200 active jobs. Growth is $79 per month at the base candidate tier or $65 per month billed yearly, adding unlimited smart backfilling, the ad network, candidate license paywalls and an application tracking system. Scale is $149 per month at the base tier or $120 per month billed yearly, adding AI resume parsing, AI candidate matching, smart search and removal of Artha branding. Prices rise as the candidate tier rises. Enterprise pricing is not published (contact sales). Plans are month-to-month. Setup fees are not published.
SmartJobBoard does not publish prices. It offers two commercial models. One is a revenue-share partnership in which SmartJobBoard processes employer transactions while the operator takes a share. The other is a flat annual subscription. Both are arranged through the vendor's sales process. A free trial is not published. Setup fees are not published (arranged through the sales and setup process). Contract terms beyond the annual subscription option are not published. The practical difference is the buying route, with Artha Job Board self-serve on published prices while SmartJobBoard is quote-based via sales.
Artha Job Board is built for operators who want to stand up a branded, monetisable job portal quickly and earn from day one. The board comes filled through ad-network backfill of 4M+ jobs. Branded native iOS and Android apps give candidates a white-label mobile experience. Monetisation spans employer licenses, paid postings, candidate paywalls and ad-network revenue sharing. Unlimited team members are included on every plan. The free Starter plan means you can launch before you spend, then grow into an ATS, AI matching and resume parsing as candidate volumes rise. If a self-serve start with portal-style monetisation matters most, Artha Job Board is built for that.
SmartJobBoard is built for associations, non-profits, educational institutions and economic development organisations whose model centres on employers searching a candidate database. It has served them since 2008. Its strength is the resume database at the centre, with searchable resumes, resume parsing, resume alerts and AI matching that scores candidates against roles. Backfill from aggregators such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter and Talroo keeps the jobs side stocked. It suits organisations that prefer to choose between a revenue-share partnership and a flat annual subscription arranged through a sales process. If an employer-searchable candidate database is the heart of your model, SmartJobBoard is built for that.
There is a third model for boards that exist to serve a defined community rather than to be operated or monetised. Spacewalk sources an employer-direct verified job stream, matches it to your community with smart talent matching and reports through to placements, with no revenue share on any employer fees. It suits organisations that already have the people. See Spacewalk vs Artha Job Board and Spacewalk vs SmartJobBoard or view pricing.
They centre on different assets. Artha Job Board is a self-serve job portal with AI backfill, branded native mobile apps and monetisation through employer licenses, paid postings and candidate paywalls. SmartJobBoard centres on a candidate database that employers search, with resume parsing, resume alerts and AI matching, offered as a revenue-share partnership or a flat annual subscription arranged through sales.
Artha Job Board comes filled with 4M+ jobs through its ad network, plus a Smart Backfiller import tool with 1 backfiller on Starter and unlimited on paid tiers. SmartJobBoard backfills jobs from aggregators such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter and Talroo. Neither publishes a refresh cadence.
Only Artha Job Board publishes prices. Its Starter plan is free forever while paid plans run $79 and $149 per month at the base candidate tier, rising with candidate volume. SmartJobBoard does not publish prices. Both of its models, revenue share and flat annual subscription, are quote-based through sales, so a like-for-like price comparison is not published.
That is the clearest split between them. Artha Job Board gives candidates a branded portal experience with native iOS and Android apps and can charge them through candidate license paywalls. SmartJobBoard makes candidates the searchable asset, with a resume database, parsing and alerts that employers pay to reach. One monetises the candidate side directly while the other monetises employer access to it.
Yes. If your board exists to serve a defined community rather than to be operated or monetised, Spacewalk offers a community-first placement model with an employer-direct verified job stream matched to your community, placement reporting and no revenue share. See the Spacewalk comparisons or the pricing page.