TL;DR — Huntr is a job-application tracker: you find every job yourself, then organize it there. It does not check whether a "remote" job will actually hire someone in your country. RemoteHunt reads 50,000+ live remote postings, drops the ones closed to your country, and scores what's left 0-100 against your resume. It is free with no card, and some matches show the company and apply link. Huntr's Pro plan costs $40 a month (checked September 2026) and renews every month. RemoteHunt's only paid option is a 90-day pass for $29 once — no renewal.
Most people comparing job-search tools are really asking one thing: will this tool put a job in front of me that I can actually get, or do I still have to find it myself? That single question splits Huntr and RemoteHunt into two different categories, and this guide is written to answer it plainly.
What Huntr Actually Does
Huntr is an application tracker. You find a job on a company's site or a job board, copy the link into Huntr, and it gives you a clean board to move that job through stages like "applied" and "interviewing." It stores notes, contacts, and documents. It does not search anything for you and it does not know which countries a job's employer can hire in — that reading is entirely on you, for every single listing.
What RemoteHunt Actually Does
RemoteHunt reads 50,000+ live remote postings from employers' own careers pages (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and others) and job boards, refreshed every two hours. For each posting, it reads where the employer can actually hire and drops the ones closed to your country — a "remote" job that only hires people already living in the US does not show up in your feed if you're not eligible. Every job that's left is scored 0-100 against your resume, with a written reason for the score. Scoring is free with no credit card, and some matches show the company and apply link. The only paid option is a 90-day pass for $29 once, which shows them on every match, not only on some, and rescans daily.
If you're not sure what "remote" even means on a posting, our guide to US-only remote jobs explains the trap directly — a huge number of postings say "remote" and mean "remote, but only if you already live in the US."
Side-by-Side
| Huntr | RemoteHunt | |
| Finds jobs for you | No — you add every listing | Yes — 50,000+ live postings, refreshed every 2 hours |
| Checks if the job hires in your country | No | Yes — closed postings are dropped before you see them |
| Scores jobs against your resume | Advanced matching (Pro only) | Every job scored 0-100, free |
| Remote-specialized | No — all job types | Yes — remote only |
| Application tracking board | Yes — strong, polished kanban board | Yes — simple pipeline |
| Chrome extension | Yes — job clipper | Yes — free, at /extension |
| Resume checker | Basic scoring on free plan | Free, standalone tool at /resume-checker |
| AI cover letters | Pro only | 3 a week on the free plan, 30 a month with the pass |
| Free plan | Track up to 100 jobs, 2 tailored resumes | $0, no card. Every match scored. Company and apply link on some matches. |
| Paid price (checked Sept 2026) | $40/month, or $30/month billed quarterly | $29 once, covers 90 days |
| Does it charge again automatically | Yes — renews every billing period until you cancel | No — one payment, nothing to cancel |
Huntr: What It Does Well, and Where It Doesn't Help
Huntr earned its reputation as a tracker, and the free plan is genuinely generous — you can track up to 100 jobs and build 2 tailored resumes without paying anything.
What Huntr does well:
- A clean, well-built board. The drag-and-drop kanban view is one of the more polished ones available, and moving a job from "applied" to "interviewing" feels natural.
- A Chrome clipper. You can save a job from almost any site with one click and it lands in your board with the details filled in.
- Works for any job type. Huntr isn't remote-specific, so if you're also open to on-site or hybrid roles, it tracks those the same way.
- A real free tier. 100 tracked jobs and 2 AI-tailored resumes cost nothing.
Where it falls short for our readers:
- It never finds a job for you. Every listing in your board got there because you found it somewhere else first — Huntr does not search job boards or employer sites on its own.
- It cannot tell you if a job will hire in your country. This is the part that matters most if you're outside the US. Huntr has no concept of hiring eligibility by country; you'd have to open every posting yourself and read the fine print.
- Pro renews every month. At $40/month (or $30/month if you commit to 3 months upfront, $90 billed at once), the cost keeps running for as long as your search does. We found no published refund policy on Huntr's site — cancellation stops future billing but does not appear to refund the current period.
RemoteHunt: What It Does Well, and Its Real Limits
What RemoteHunt does well:
- It finds the jobs, and checks who can take them. 50,000+ live postings, and each one is checked for where the employer can hire before it ever reaches your feed. If a role only hires from the US or the EU and you're not eligible, you never waste time reading it.
- Every job is scored 0-100 against your actual resume, with a written reason — not just a keyword match count.
- The free plan needs no card. Every match is scored, and some show the company name and apply link, with nothing to pay.
- One price, no renewal. The 90-day pass is $29 once. It is not a subscription: nothing renews automatically, and there's a 14-day refund window if it isn't right for you.
- Free tools beyond the main product. A free resume checker at /resume-checker, and a free Chrome extension at /extension that scores a job page you're looking at anywhere on the web.
- Never asks you to pay to apply. RemoteHunt never charges anyone to submit an application. If a job posting itself asks you for money to apply, that posting is a scam, on any site.
Where RemoteHunt falls short:
- Remote only. If your search includes on-site or hybrid roles, RemoteHunt won't show them to you — that's a deliberate limit, not an oversight.
- The board is simpler than Huntr's. RemoteHunt tracks your pipeline, but if a polished drag-and-drop kanban board with deep customization is what you want most, Huntr's tracker is more built out for that one job.
- No auto-apply. RemoteHunt never submits an application for you. You still click "apply" yourself on every job — by design, so nothing gets sent without you seeing it first.
A Note on Job Types and Pay
Not every "remote" posting is a normal employee job with normal pay — some are contractor roles with different tax and benefit rules, and some list pay in a currency or region that isn't obvious from the title. If you're new to reading postings carefully, two short guides help: contractor vs. employee remote jobs explains the difference in plain terms, and what EMEA means in a job posting explains one of the region labels you'll see often.
If you want to browse what's actually open to your country right now rather than read about it, our country pages list only postings that state they hire there: remote jobs open to India, remote jobs open to Nigeria, and remote jobs open to the Philippines.
Which Should You Choose?
Choose Huntr if:
- You already find your own jobs and just want a clean place to track them.
- Your search includes on-site or hybrid roles, not only remote.
- A deep, customizable kanban board matters more to you than discovery.
- You're comfortable with a monthly charge for as long as you're searching.
Choose RemoteHunt if:
- You want jobs found for you, with the ones your country isn't eligible for already removed.
- You want every listing scored against your resume, with a reason, before you spend time reading it.
- You'd rather pay once than watch a subscription renew every month.
- You're searching specifically for remote work, whether you're an engineer or not — most of our readers aren't.
Try browsing the live job list or checking your resume before you commit to either tool. Starting with RemoteHunt costs nothing: create an account, no card required.
FAQ
What is the main difference between RemoteHunt and Huntr?
Huntr is a tracker: you find every job yourself and organize it there. RemoteHunt finds the jobs — reading 50,000+ live postings and dropping the ones closed to your country — then scores each one against your resume. One organizes your search; the other runs it.
Does Huntr check if a job will hire someone in my country?
No. Huntr has no country-eligibility check at all — you have to read each posting's fine print yourself to know if you're allowed to apply. RemoteHunt reads that for every posting and removes the ones closed to your country before you ever see them.
Is RemoteHunt cheaper than Huntr?
For most searches, yes. Huntr Pro is $40/month, or $30/month if you pay $90 upfront for three months (checked September 2026). RemoteHunt's only paid option is a 90-day pass for $29 once, with no renewal and no subscription. It also has a free plan that scores every match, with no card at all.
Is the RemoteHunt pass a subscription?
No. It's a single $29 payment that covers 90 days, then simply ends. Nothing renews automatically and there's a 14-day refund window.
Does RemoteHunt ever ask me to pay to apply for a job?
No, never. RemoteHunt does not charge for applying to any job, and no posting on the platform should either. Any job posting anywhere that asks for money to apply is a scam — report it and move on.
Can I use RemoteHunt if I'm not an engineer?
Yes. Most people who sign up for RemoteHunt are looking for roles like project manager, operations, customer support, business analyst, or administrative assistant — not just software engineering. The scoring works the same way for any remote role.
Can I use RemoteHunt for on-site or hybrid jobs?
No. RemoteHunt only surfaces fully remote postings. If your search also includes on-site or hybrid roles, a general tracker like Huntr covers those; RemoteHunt is intentionally remote-only.
Does Huntr find jobs for you?
No. Huntr is a tracker — you find every listing yourself and add it to your board. RemoteHunt reads 50,000+ postings from employers' career pages and job boards so the finding is already done when you open your feed.
Ready to see matches already checked for your country? Check jobs against my resume — no card needed.