Otta vs The Anti Job Board
Otta (rebranded Welcome to the Jungle after its 2024 acquisition) proved job search UX could be humane: curated matches, rich company profiles, no spam. We share the curation instinct — and part ways on what happens after the match.
Updated . Written by The Anti Job Board, so read it knowing we're one side of it.
Welcome to the Jungle (Otta)
A curated matching platform for tech roles: swipe-style matches tuned to your preferences, rich employer profiles and salary data. Free for candidates; companies pay to list. Strong in the UK, EU and US scaleup market.
The Anti Job Board
A job search autopilot for startup roles. We read 67,000+ live roles at 11,000+ startups and tech companies straight from their careers pages every day. Each morning autopilot finds the new ones that fit you, the person who leads hiring for each by name, and writes them a short email in your voice that you send from your own Gmail. Free to try; plans from $33.99 a month.
Welcome to the Jungle (Otta) vs The Anti Job Board, side by side
| Welcome to the Jungle (Otta) | The Anti Job Board | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Curated matching over listed jobs | Matches roles to you, then finds the person hiring and drafts the email |
| Company profiles | Deep editorial employer content | Company pages with roles, funding, team size and interview stages |
| Company stage | Mostly funded scaleups and later | Seed to late stage, read from each company's own careers page |
| What you send | An application through the platform | A short email to the hiring manager, from your own Gmail |
| Geography | Strong UK/EU, growing US | Mostly US, plus the UK, EU, Canada and remote |
| Pricing | Free for candidates | Free to try; paid from $33.99/month |
Where Welcome to the Jungle (Otta) is genuinely better
- Matching UX — preferences genuinely shape what you see.
- Employer content: interviews, culture pages, benefits detail.
- UK and EU coverage deeper than ours.
- Free for candidates.
Where The Anti Job Board wins
- Earlier in every company's story: roles read from careers pages the day they open, including seed-stage companies that never list on a platform.
- A curated pool is still a pool; an email to the hiring manager skips it.
- The person hiring for each role, by name, and an email drafted in your voice.
- Free ATS and resume tools; free role and company pages.
Can you use both?
A sensible pairing, especially if you're in the UK or EU where Otta's coverage is strongest. Use Otta for curated matches among listed roles and for its company profiles; use us to hear about startup roles the day they open and to reach the person hiring directly. The curation instincts are compatible — what you do with a match is different.
Try the part nobody else does
Paste your LinkedIn: autopilot finds startup roles that fit you, the person hiring for each, and writes the email. Free to try; plans from $33.99 a month.
Frequently asked questions
Is Otta still called Otta?
It rebranded to Welcome to the Jungle after being acquired in 2024; the UK product lives at uk.welcometothejungle.com. Most people still say Otta.
What's the difference between Otta and The Anti Job Board?
Both curate. Otta matches you with jobs companies have listed on its platform. We read roles straight from startups' careers pages every day, match them to you, and find the person hiring for each with an email drafted for you to send. Their strength is the matching experience and company profiles; ours is timing and getting you to a person.
Which is better for UK job seekers?
Otta, for listed UK roles — their home market. Our board is mostly US startups, with UK and EU roles alongside, and our free CV tools are built for UK conventions.
Is Otta free?
Yes, candidates pay nothing — employers pay to list. Our free tier is the role and company pages plus the resume and CV tools; the autopilot (the roles that fit you, the person hiring, the drafted emails) is paid.