Cavuno and SmartJobBoard approach the niche-board goal from different ends. Cavuno is a self-serve aggregation-led platform with published pricing from $29 per month, where AI fills and tags the board and visitors find roles through AI semantic search. SmartJobBoard centres on a candidate database that employers search, with searchable resumes, parsing, alerts and AI matching, offered since 2008 through a revenue-share partnership or a flat annual subscription arranged through sales. Pick by whether a self-serve aggregation board or a sales-arranged candidate-database model fits how your board creates value.
Cavuno publishes its plans in USD. Starter is $29 per month with AI job aggregation, the no-code white-label builder, 300 active jobs, 1 team seat and 1,000 subscribers. Basic is $139 and Grow is $239 per month, each adding higher limits per the pricing page, with Grow marked as the recommended tier. Advanced is $439 per month with 15,000 active jobs, 25 team seats, 100,000 subscribers and removal of the powered-by footer. Enterprise pricing is not published and is custom, billed annually. There are no setup fees and no Cavuno transaction fee, though Stripe processing fees apply. You can start free with no credit card and pay when ready to launch, with no stated day length.
SmartJobBoard does not publish prices. It offers two commercial models, a revenue-share partnership in which SmartJobBoard processes employer transactions and a flat annual subscription, both arranged through its sales process. A free trial is not published. Setup fees and contract terms are not published and are handled through the sales and setup process. Cavuno is self-serve with published tiers, while SmartJobBoard is quote-based, so a like-for-like price comparison needs a quote from SmartJobBoard sales.
Cavuno is built for founders and growing organisations that want to launch an aggregation-led white-label board at a low entry price and let AI keep it filled and tagged. AI aggregation pulls from millions of listings with automated tagging, AI semantic search helps visitors find the right roles and the no-code builder keeps the launch self-serve. There are no setup fees and no Cavuno transaction fee on standard plans, though Stripe processing fees apply. The start-free path needs no credit card. If you want a board that largely runs itself from $29 per month, Cavuno is built for that.
SmartJobBoard is built for associations, non-profits, educational institutions and economic development organisations, served since 2008, whose model centres on employers searching a candidate database. Searchable resumes, resume parsing, resume alerts and AI matching that scores candidates against roles put the candidate side at the centre, with monetisable products around resume search. Backfill integrates jobs from aggregators such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter and Talroo to keep listings flowing. Operators choose between a revenue-share partnership in which SmartJobBoard processes employer transactions and a flat annual subscription arranged through sales. If a resume-database model with an organisation-level commercial arrangement fits, 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 member skills and preferences and reports through to placements, with no revenue share on any employer fees and unlimited admin seats on every plan. See Spacewalk vs Cavuno, Spacewalk vs SmartJobBoard and the pricing page.
They centre on different assets. Cavuno is a self-serve aggregation-led platform where AI fills and tags a white-label board, with published pricing from $29 per month and AI semantic search for visitors. SmartJobBoard centres on a candidate database that employers search, with searchable resumes, parsing, alerts and AI matching, offered through a revenue-share partnership or a flat annual subscription arranged through sales.
Cavuno fills the board with AI job aggregation from millions of listings and tags each role automatically. SmartJobBoard fills the board with backfill from aggregators such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter and Talroo. Both automate the fill, while SmartJobBoard also builds value on the candidate side through its resume database.
Cavuno publishes self-serve pricing at $29, $139, $239 and $439 per month plus a custom Enterprise tier. SmartJobBoard does not publish prices and offers a revenue-share partnership or a flat annual subscription quoted through sales, so a direct comparison needs a quote. If a published entry price is the deciding factor, only Cavuno publishes one.
SmartJobBoard publishes AI matching that scores candidates against roles, plus resume parsing and resume alerts. Cavuno publishes AI semantic search for finding roles, while member-to-role matching is not published. If matching candidates to roles is central to your model, that is a published strength on SmartJobBoard's side, while Cavuno's published strength is search across an AI-aggregated feed.
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.