Kardow and Niceboard are both operator-run monetisable boards, so the choice is about how you want to build and charge. Kardow leads with a self-serve AI website builder at a low subscription (£29 to £139 per month) with scraper-credit backfill and a flat platform fee rather than a revenue share. Niceboard leads with the depth of its employer-monetisation toolkit for associations and communities, employer subscriptions, packages, coupons and promotions with no transaction fees, plus admin seat tiers that scale to unlimited. Pick by whether builder-led self-serve economy or monetisation depth matters more to your board.
Kardow publishes its plans in multiple currencies, with GBP as the primary display. Starter is £29 per month with 1 team seat, 300 scraper credits per month, the AI website builder, a custom domain, paid job posts and blog/SEO pages. Pro is £69 per month with 3 seats, 1,000 credits, white-label removal, subscriptions, bundles and paywalls, Google OAuth, custom fields, AI screening and API access. Scale is £139 per month with unlimited seats, 3,000 credits, invoices and custom payment links, up to 3 separate boards and priority support. Enterprise is custom, with pricing not published. USD pricing is $39 / $89 / $179 per month. There is a 14-day free trial, annual billing saves 20%+ and Kardow charges the platform subscription rather than a revenue share. Setup fees are not published.
Niceboard publishes its plans in USD. Core is $399 per month with 2 admin seats, the monetisation toolkit and analytics included. Advanced is $599 per month with 5 admin seats plus additional tooling per the pricing page. Ultimate adds unlimited admin seats and AI recommendations, with pricing not published and arranged through sales. An Enterprise/Associations tier is also arranged through sales. Annual billing saves 20% (Core $319 and Advanced $479 per month billed annually) and there are no transaction fees on what the operator earns. Setup fees and contract length are not published. The two meter differently, Kardow by seats and scraper credits, Niceboard by seats and monetisation depth.
Kardow is built for operators who want to build and run a branded, monetisable job board themselves at a low monthly subscription. An AI website builder assembles the board, scraper credits keep it filled (300, 1,000 or 3,000 imports per month by tier) and monetisation runs through Stripe with paid postings from Starter, then subscriptions, bundles and paywalls from Pro. Kardow charges the platform subscription rather than a revenue share, so operators keep what they earn. Scale adds invoices, custom payment links, unlimited team seats and up to 3 separate boards. If self-serve control at a flat platform fee is the goal, Kardow is built for that.
Niceboard is built for associations, non-profits, staffing agencies, universities and communities that run a job board as a revenue line and want deep commercial control. Its strength is the depth of its employer-monetisation toolkit, with employer subscriptions, posting packages, coupons and promotions, all with no transaction fees on what the operator earns. Admin seat tiers scale from 2 on Core to 5 on Advanced and unlimited on Ultimate, where AI recommendations also arrive. It suits operators happy to configure their own sourcing through advertising-network backfill, a web scraper and XML imports. If monetisation depth and commercial control matter most, Niceboard is built for that.
There is a third model for boards that exist to serve a defined community rather than to be monetised. Spacewalk sources an employer-direct verified job stream, matches it to members with smart talent matching on every plan and reports through to placements, with no revenue share on any employer fees. Plans start at £61 per month with a 14-day free trial. See Spacewalk vs Kardow and Spacewalk vs Niceboard or view pricing.
Both are operator-run boards that can be monetised. Kardow leads with a self-serve AI website builder, scraper-credit backfill and a flat subscription from £29 per month with no revenue share. Niceboard leads with the depth of its employer-monetisation toolkit for associations and communities, employer subscriptions, posting packages, coupons and promotions with no transaction fees, plus seat tiers and AI recommendations on Ultimate.
Kardow fills the board with scraper credits that import jobs, 300 per month on Starter, 1,000 on Pro and 3,000 on Scale. Niceboard uses sourcing tools the operator configures, advertising-network backfill partners plus a web scraper and XML import tools. Neither publishes a refresh cadence.
Kardow publishes Starter at £29, Pro at £69 and Scale at £139 per month, with USD pricing of $39 / $89 / $179 also published. Niceboard publishes Core at $399 and Advanced at $599 per month, while Ultimate pricing is not published and is arranged through sales. The platforms price in different primary currencies and meter differently, Kardow by scraper credits and seats, Niceboard by seats and monetisation depth, so compare at the tier you would actually run.
Kardow publishes multi-board support, with up to 3 separate boards on Scale and additional boards at £29 per month each. Niceboard does not publish multi-board details, so raise it with their sales team if several boards matter to your plans.
Yes. If your board exists to serve a defined community rather than to be operated or monetised, Spacewalk offers a community-first placement model, an employer-direct verified job stream matched to your community with placement reporting and no revenue share. See the Spacewalk comparisons or the pricing page.