Spacewalk and SmartJobBoard are built for different jobs. Spacewalk is a matching-and-placement model: talent profiles, smart matching and instant notifications connect a defined community to roles sourced directly from employers. SmartJobBoard is job board software with a candidate database at its centre, so employers search resumes, parsing and AI matching scores candidates against roles, with the board backfilled from aggregators. The choice follows whether your model is matching a community to live roles or giving employers a searchable resume database.
Spacewalk publishes every price. Plans are Starter at £99 per month (£79 billed yearly), Pro at £149 (£119 yearly) and Scale at £199 (£159 yearly), shown in GBP with the pricing page also displaying USD, EUR, AUD and CAD. Add-ons are priced individually, including the job stream at £39 per month per category. The job stream is an optional add-on by design, not part of the core plan price, because smaller customers want individual posting alongside full features. Every plan carries unlimited free admin seats, no setup fees, no revenue share, month-to-month terms and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
SmartJobBoard prices are not published. Pricing is quote-based and arranged through the vendor's sales process, offered as one of two commercial models: a revenue-share partnership in which SmartJobBoard processes employer transactions and the operator takes a share, or a flat annual subscription. Both are arranged through sales rather than listed on a public pricing page, and a 14-day free trial is available. The two products meter differently: Spacewalk by published plan and add-on, SmartJobBoard by a quote-based model chosen with its sales team.
SmartJobBoard is built for associations, non-profits, educational institutions and economic development organisations, which it has served since 2008, whose model centres on employers searching a candidate database. Its strength is that database: searchable resumes, resume parsing, resume alerts and AI matching that scores candidates against roles, with the board backfilled from aggregators such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter and Talroo so it stays populated. Operators can choose between a revenue-share partnership, where SmartJobBoard processes employer transactions, or a flat annual subscription arranged through sales. If your model is giving employers a searchable resume database with candidate-to-role scoring, SmartJobBoard is built for exactly that.
Spacewalk is built for organisations whose board exists to get a defined community into work: training providers and bootcamps judged on placement rate, outplacement services moving large candidate volumes, associations, alumni networks and niche talent pools. The model is matching and placement rather than employer resume search. The automated job stream sources roles directly from employers, verified and active with direct apply links, enriches each one and matches it to the members whose skills and preferences fit, with instant notifications when an employer posts a role and a weekly opportunities email. Boards can be public, private or invitation only. Real-time dashboards track engagement, applications, interviews and placements and export in one click, so funders and boards see the community being served. Active customers report 20+ hours saved weekly. Employer-paid posting is fully supported with no revenue share, but the board stays full of live roles either way.
Spacewalk is a matching-and-placement platform: talent profiles, smart matching and instant notifications connect a defined community to roles sourced directly from employers, with reporting through to placements. SmartJobBoard is job board software with a candidate database at its centre, where employers search resumes and AI matching scores candidates against roles, with the board backfilled from aggregators. They suit different models: matching a community to live roles versus giving employers a searchable resume database.
SmartJobBoard backfills from aggregators such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter and Talroo to keep the board populated. Spacewalk's job stream sources roles directly from employers, verified and active with direct apply links, matched to criteria you set and updated throughout the day. Both fill a board; they suit different sourcing models and different apply experiences.
Spacewalk's model is matching rather than employer resume search. Roles are matched to members using each member's skills, work preferences and profile against the skills extracted from every role, and members keep up to five CV variants in the CV library and choose which to submit per application. So candidates are surfaced to relevant roles and notified automatically, rather than employers searching a central database of resumes.
The two cannot be compared on a single figure because SmartJobBoard prices are not published; they are quote-based via sales as either a revenue-share partnership or a flat annual subscription. Spacewalk publishes its prices: £99 to £199 per month (£79 to £159 billed yearly) with unlimited free admin seats and add-ons, including the job stream at £39 per month per category, priced individually. Compare at the model you would actually run.
Yes. Employers can be invited to join and post, and there is no revenue share, so you keep 100% of any posting fees. Employer-paid posting is fully supported; it is simply not required for the board to be full of live roles.