At a glance
| Â | Findem | RealGreatDevs |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Talent intelligence | Technical sourcing |
| Pricing model | Annual contract, quote-based | Self-serve monthly or annual subscription, no placement fees |
| Coverage | Vendor reports profiles assembled from hundreds of public and licensed sources. | 2.5M indexed engineer profiles |
| Data source | Aggregated public web and licensed data, resolved into a single career timeline per person. | Public GitHub activity: repositories, languages, contribution history and stated location. |
| Roles covered | Varies by product | Software engineering only |
What each one costs
Findem does not publish pricing. It is sold as an annual enterprise contract, typically alongside an existing ATS.
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.
Findem 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
Findem is stronger at
- Attribute-based search expresses things keywords cannot, like trajectory or company stage experience
- Strong at market mapping and talent pool analysis, not just individual search
Where Findem falls short
- Enterprise sales motion with no self-serve entry point
- Derived attributes are only as good as the inference behind them, which is hard to audit
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 Findem if
Talent teams doing workforce planning and market mapping, not just filling an open role.
The core difference
Findem infers attributes from career history. RealGreatDevs works from primary evidence: the repositories, languages and commit history themselves, which you can inspect rather than take on trust.
Frequently asked questions
Is RealGreatDevs cheaper than Findem?
Findem pricing model: Annual contract, quote-based. Findem does not publish pricing. It is sold as an annual enterprise contract, typically alongside an existing ATS. 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 Findem do that RealGreatDevs cannot?
Attribute-based search expresses things keywords cannot, like trajectory or company stage experience. Strong at market mapping and talent pool analysis, not just individual search. Talent teams doing workforce planning and market mapping, not just filling an open role.
Can I use both RealGreatDevs and Findem?
Yes, and plenty of teams do. Findem covers talent intelligence; 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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