At a glance
| Â | SeekOut | RealGreatDevs |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Talent intelligence | Technical sourcing |
| Pricing model | Annual contract, quote-based | Self-serve monthly or annual subscription, no placement fees |
| Coverage | Around 1 billion profiles, per the vendor's own marketing. | 2.5M indexed engineer profiles |
| Data source | Public web including GitHub, patents and academic publications, plus ATS rediscovery. | Public GitHub activity: repositories, languages, contribution history and stated location. |
| Roles covered | Varies by product | Software engineering only |
What each one costs
SeekOut publishes a self-serve Recruit Lite tier at $149 per month billed annually. Team plans are custom and require a minimum seat count; independent procurement data puts real contracts in the $10,000–$30,000 per seat per year band, with an average near $27,000 and enterprise deals running higher.
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.
SeekOut 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
SeekOut is stronger at
- The most developed diversity and compliance reporting in the category
- Talent rediscovery against your existing ATS, which surfaces candidates you already paid to source
- Enrichment beyond code: patents and publications matter for research and hardware roles
Where SeekOut falls short
- Annual commitment with no monthly option, and price escalation clauses at renewal are common
- Priced for a dedicated talent acquisition function rather than a founder or a small team
- Breadth across every role type means less depth on engineering signal specifically
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 SeekOut if
Enterprise talent teams with a compliance mandate and budget for a full talent intelligence stack.
The core difference
SeekOut is a broad talent intelligence platform covering every function. RealGreatDevs only indexes software engineers, and ranks them on what they have actually shipped in public repositories rather than on profile completeness.
Frequently asked questions
Is RealGreatDevs cheaper than SeekOut?
SeekOut pricing model: Annual contract, quote-based. SeekOut publishes a self-serve Recruit Lite tier at $149 per month billed annually. Team plans are custom and require a minimum seat count; independent procurement data puts real contracts in the $10,000–$30,000 per seat per year band, with an average near $27,000 and enterprise deals running higher. 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 SeekOut do that RealGreatDevs cannot?
The most developed diversity and compliance reporting in the category. Talent rediscovery against your existing ATS, which surfaces candidates you already paid to source. Enrichment beyond code: patents and publications matter for research and hardware roles. Enterprise talent teams with a compliance mandate and budget for a full talent intelligence stack.
Can I use both RealGreatDevs and SeekOut?
Yes, and plenty of teams do. SeekOut 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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