At a glance
| AmazingHiring | RealGreatDevs | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Technical sourcing | Technical sourcing |
| Pricing model | Annual contract, quote-based | Self-serve monthly or annual subscription, no placement fees |
| Coverage | Vendor reports profiles aggregated from 50-plus sources including GitHub and Stack Overflow. | 2.5M indexed engineer profiles |
| Data source | Code hosts, Q&A communities, professional networks and conference listings. | Public GitHub activity: repositories, languages, contribution history and stated location. |
| Roles covered | Varies by product | Software engineering only |
What each one costs
AmazingHiring does not publish pricing. It is sold per seat on an annual contract.
Plans are self-serve with a free account to start, billed per workspace with seats included and no per-hire or placement fee. Aggregate data like the skill and country pages is public and free to browse.
AmazingHiring pricing last checked 2026-08-04. Most vendors in this category sell quote-based annual contracts, so treat published ranges as a starting point for negotiation rather than a quote.
Where each one wins
AmazingHiring is stronger at
- Genuinely engineering-focused rather than a general tool with a technical filter
- Merges several identities for the same person into one profile
- Established presence in Eastern European and CIS talent markets
Where AmazingHiring falls short
- No self-serve option, so evaluating it means a sales cycle
- Aggregation breadth comes at the cost of consistency between sources
RealGreatDevs is stronger at
- Every profile is backed by public code you can read, not a self-reported skill list
- Filter on activity itself: contribution volume, repository count, language mix and country
- Self-serve, so you can evaluate it without a sales call or an annual commitment
Where RealGreatDevs falls short
- Engineering only. If you also hire sales, finance or design, you need something else alongside it
- Coverage depends on public code, so engineers who work only in private repositories are underrepresented
- Not an ATS or a CRM: it finds and contacts people, it does not manage them through a hiring process
Choose AmazingHiring if
Technical recruiters who want a specialist tool and are comfortable with an annual contract.
The core difference
The closest competitor in intent. The difference is depth over breadth: rather than merging many sources, RealGreatDevs indexes public code exhaustively and exposes the underlying activity data — contribution counts, repository counts, language mix — as filters you can search on directly.
Frequently asked questions
Is RealGreatDevs cheaper than AmazingHiring?
AmazingHiring pricing model: Annual contract, quote-based. AmazingHiring does not publish pricing. It is sold per seat on an annual contract. RealGreatDevs is sold differently: Self-serve monthly or annual subscription, no placement fees, so a small team can start without a sales call or an annual commitment. For a large team with an existing contract, the comparison depends entirely on the terms you negotiate.
What can AmazingHiring do that RealGreatDevs cannot?
Genuinely engineering-focused rather than a general tool with a technical filter. Merges several identities for the same person into one profile. Established presence in Eastern European and CIS talent markets. Technical recruiters who want a specialist tool and are comfortable with an annual contract.
Can I use both RealGreatDevs and AmazingHiring?
Yes, and plenty of teams do. AmazingHiring covers technical sourcing; RealGreatDevs covers engineering sourcing from public code. They draw on different data, so using both widens the pool rather than duplicating it.
Where does RealGreatDevs get its data?
Public GitHub activity: repositories, languages, contribution history and stated location. Every profile is built from activity that is already public, and the aggregate figures on our skill and country pages come from the same index you search.
Sources
Figures are as published or independently reported at the date noted above. Vendor pricing changes; verify before budgeting.
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