Compare · vs posting it yourself

Posting is the cheap part. Screening is what costs you.

A listing gets you applications. It does not get you a shortlist. We write the ad, post it everywhere in Germany, and our AI recruiter interviews everyone who applies before a person clears the profile — and you pay nothing until you hire.

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until you hire
€0
of first-year base
10%
full-refund window
90 days
data processing
EU

The honest version

When posting it yourself wins.

Choose the alternative when

  • You already have an internal recruiter with real capacity to read and screen everything that arrives.
  • The role is high-volume and low-specificity — shift work, seasonal, entry-level — where the job is processing applications, not finding scarce people.
  • You are deliberately building inbound employer brand and want every applicant to land with you directly.

Choose us when

  • Nobody on your team has a day a week to read applications, so good candidates go cold in the pile.
  • You want the role on the major boards, the niche ones and your careers page without posting it four times.
  • You would rather pay on outcome than pay per listing for a search that may not work.

Side by side

What actually differs.

  • Cost

    WhyBrilliant
    10% of first-year base, on hire
    Posting it yourself
    A fee per listing, per board, whether you hire or not

  • Writing the ad

    WhyBrilliant
    Atlas drafts it from one call; you approve it
    Posting it yourself
    You write it

  • Distribution

    WhyBrilliant
    Every relevant board in Germany plus your careers page, in one go
    Posting it yourself
    One posting per board, entered by hand

  • Screening

    WhyBrilliant
    Every applicant interviewed by our AI recruiter, then cleared by a person
    Posting it yourself
    You read everything

  • What arrives

    WhyBrilliant
    Three to five people with reasoning attached
    Posting it yourself
    Every application, in order of arrival

  • Candidates already in a pool

    WhyBrilliant
    Matched from our pool the same week
    Posting it yourself
    Only people who happen to see the listing

  • If nobody suitable applies

    WhyBrilliant
    You owe nothing
    Posting it yourself
    The listing fees are spent

One role, both ways

A €70,000 role, both ways.

The listing is not the expensive line. The hours are — and they come out of someone whose time you are already paying for.

  • Direct spend

    €7,000 on hire

    Listing fees, spent up front

  • Screening

    None of your time

    Reading and replying to everything that arrives

  • If the search fails

    €0

    Fees spent, hours spent

An illustration on a €70,000 base salary, not a quote. Put your own numbers in the calculator.

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Before you decide

The questions we get.

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