Glassdoor pricing for employers (2026): what job posting costs now that it runs through Indeed

If you're looking for a Glassdoor job posting price, here's the catch: you can't buy a job post from Glassdoor anymore. Employers create and pay for job ads through Indeed, and eligible jobs show up on Glassdoor as well. The old Glassdoor plans you'll still see quoted online, like $395 for a single job or $219 a month, are years out of date.

What employers pay for Glassdoor in 2026 comes down to two separate things:

• Job ads, handled through Indeed. You can list jobs for free, or sponsor them with a budget you set.
• Employer branding, handled through Glassdoor. A basic company profile is free. Upgrades like the Enhanced Profile are quoted by Glassdoor's sales team, with no public prices.

This guide breaks down both, what's free, and whether paying is worth it for a smaller business.

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What changed: Glassdoor now runs through Indeed

Glassdoor and Indeed have the same parent company, Recruit Holdings, and have been growing closer for years:

Today, Glassdoor's "post a job" page sends employers straight to Indeed, and Indeed describes the two as sharing "a single job distribution system across both platforms." Employer accounts, billing, and permissions are still separate, though, so having an Indeed account doesn't automatically give you access to your Glassdoor company profile.

That's why Glassdoor's own 2019 pricing article, still near the top of search results, no longer reflects how things work.

Glassdoor pricing for employers at a glance

Based on Glassdoor's and Indeed's employer pages, checked November 10, 2026.

How much does it cost to post a job on Glassdoor?

Since job ads run through Indeed, the cost of a Glassdoor job is the cost of an Indeed job.

Free listings. Indeed lets you list up to 3 free jobs a month, each live for up to 30 days. Indeed says eligible jobs "are listed on Glassdoor at no cost." Its help center adds "when eligible," though, so not every free job is guaranteed a Glassdoor appearance.

Sponsored listings. Sponsoring a job on Indeed is how you get paid visibility on both sites. Glassdoor puts it simply: "Jobs you pay to post on Indeed will also appear on Glassdoor." You set a daily budget, and Indeed charges either per click or per started application, depending on the job. Some qualifying jobs are automatically billed per started application, so you can't always choose. There's no fixed public price per click or per applicant. Costs depend on the role, the location, and how many other employers are hiring for the same people.

No extra Glassdoor fee. Glassdoor's and Indeed's current public pages don't list any separate charge for a job appearing on Glassdoor. You set up the campaign and pay through Indeed.

For the details on budgets and billing, see what it costs to sponsor a job on Indeed and how Indeed's 3 free jobs a month are counted.

Is Glassdoor free for employers?

The basics are. With a free Glassdoor employer account, you can:

• Claim your company profile and add basic company information and your mission
• Ask employees to leave reviews
• Respond to reviews
• See basic analytics, such as filtering ratings and reviews by job title, location, and employment status

What the free account doesn't include is a separate place to post jobs. Glassdoor's employer site sends you to Indeed for that. So in practice, a small business uses two free accounts: Glassdoor for its company profile and reviews, and Indeed for its job listings.

Claiming your Glassdoor profile is worth doing even if you never pay for anything. Candidates read company reviews before they apply, and an unclaimed profile means you can't respond to what people say.

What Glassdoor's paid employer products include

Glassdoor's paid products are about employer branding, meaning how your company looks to candidates, not job ads. They include:

• Enhanced Employer Profile. More control over your company page, including featuring a review that shows your workplace well and removing competitors' job ads from your profile.
• Employer Branding Hub. A bundle that gives you premium company pages on both Glassdoor and Indeed, with deeper analytics such as competitive benchmarking.
• Employer Branding Ads. Targeted brand ads "across Glassdoor, Indeed and hundreds of other sites."
• Spotlight Pages. Pages for specific teams or divisions, with their own content and open jobs.
• Review Intelligence. Indeed's tool for finding themes and trends across your employee reviews.

None of these have public prices. Glassdoor's pricing page lists "Contact Sales," and Indeed's help center points you to a sales representative. Third-party buying platforms report contracts in the thousands to tens of thousands of dollars a year, mostly from larger companies, so expect a sizable annual commitment rather than a small monthly add-on.

You don't need any of them to get your jobs seen on Glassdoor. They're about how your company looks once candidates find you.

Is Glassdoor worth it for employers?

It depends on which part you mean.

For job ads, you're really deciding whether Indeed is worth it, since that's where you list and pay. Glassdoor visibility comes along with it.

For employer branding, the free profile is worth claiming for almost any business. Paid branding makes the most sense for larger employers with many reviews, several locations, and steady hiring, where a polished company page can noticeably affect who applies.

Ratings give a mixed picture, partly because they blend employers and job seekers:

Ratings checked November 10, 2026. Both include job seekers as well as employers.

Recent employer-side reviews are few, and they center on the company profile rather than hiring. A product lead said the employer page "had most basic things a company would need to create a page," but found that "the review management is hard to understand." Another employer criticized "the lack of transparency in escalation or decision-making" when flagging employee reviews.

Glassdoor vs Indeed for employers: what each one does now

With job posting shared, the difference is less about where you buy ads and more about what each site does for you:

So when a candidate asks whether to apply through Glassdoor or Indeed, for your job it usually makes no difference. It's the same listing, and the application reaches you either way.

If you're also looking after your reviews on Indeed, see our guide on what employers can do about Indeed reviews.

Get on Glassdoor without managing another account

With AvaHR, every job goes to 100+ job boards at no extra cost, including Indeed, which AvaHR reaches as an Indeed Platinum ATS partner.

Glassdoor is part of that free network too, though, as with any board, appearing there isn't guaranteed for every job. When a role needs it, you can add Glassdoor as a paid board for that job from the same screen where you wrote the listing, for extra visibility on Glassdoor for 30 days. Applicants from every board arrive in one list.

The branding side has an answer too. AvaHR's Culture Profiles, available from the Plus plan up, show candidates what it's like to work for you, right alongside your open jobs. That's what the owner of a growing mental health practice we worked with was after. He was hiring clinicians as his schedules filled up, was tired of paying individual job boards, and specifically wanted candidates to learn about his practice from the job ad itself.

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