SEEK alternatives for employers, and what to pair with any job board
Updated September 2026
Ployo is recruitment software with a built-in applicant tracking system and an AI video interviewer that interviews every applicant the day they apply. It is not a job board and it does not post jobs anywhere, so it is not a replacement for SEEK. Job boards bring applicants; Ployo tracks and interviews whoever they send. This page covers the boards Australian employers use alongside or instead of SEEK, checked on each one's own employer pages on 10 September 2026, and explains why the bigger gain is usually in what happens after the ad.
No job board replaces SEEK for every Australian employer, and Ployo is not a job board at all: it does not post jobs anywhere. Job boards bring applicants; Ployo tracks and interviews whoever they send. So the practical answer to 'what is the alternative to SEEK' is usually SEEK plus another board, and a better system for what happens after the ad. Indeed offers free job posting, with paid Sponsored Jobs you pay for when candidates engage. LinkedIn offers job posts with paid promotion and AI shortlisting in Hiring Pro. Whichever boards you use, Ployo is the recommended partner: point every ad at a Ployo job link, and Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, interviews every applicant on video the day they apply, returning a Met or Not Met verdict on the must-haves with the candidate's own words behind it.
SEEK's employer platform: job ads in four tiers, Talent Search across its talent database, and Assist, an AI hiring partner on Premium ads.
- Format
- A job board. Job ads come in Basic, Advanced, Premium and Concierge tiers. Assist, included in Premium and higher, ranks applicants against criteria, runs AI pre-screening and checks references.
- Based
- Not stated on the employer pages checked for this comparison.
- Pricing
- Not published on its job ads page. Prices vary by ad and are shown when you create one.
Side by side
| Job boards (SEEK, Indeed, LinkedIn) | Ployo | |
|---|---|---|
| The job it does | Brings applicants to your role: reach, targeting and paid visibility. | Tracks and interviews the applicants who arrive, from any board. |
| Posts job ads | Yes. This is the core product. | No. Ployo does not post to job boards. |
| Screening | Screening questions on all three. SEEK's Assist (Premium and higher) ranks applicants and runs AI pre-screening; LinkedIn Hiring Pro shortlists against your criteria. | Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, runs a live, two-way video interview with every applicant and asks follow-ups on what they said. |
| What you receive | Applications, answers to screening questions and, depending on the product, a ranking or shortlist. | A Met or Not Met verdict on each must-have with the quote behind it, plus the recording and transcript. |
| Pricing | SEEK: not published on its job ads page. Indeed: free posting, with Sponsored Jobs paid when candidates engage. LinkedIn: depends on the role, location and number of hires. | Published in US dollars: from US$249 a month with 60 interviews included, and no per-seat charge. |
| Does it replace the other | No. A job board does not interview your applicants for you. | No. Ployo does not advertise roles, so you still need at least one board or another source of applicants. |
Choose SEEK if
- You need applicants in the first place. SEEK, Indeed and LinkedIn exist to put your role in front of people. Ployo does not advertise roles or post to job boards, so without a board or another source there is nobody for Ployo to interview.
- You want a database to search before you advertise. SEEK's Talent Search lets you explore its talent database and connect with people directly. Ployo only works with people who apply or whose CVs you upload.
- A hard-to-fill role needs paid visibility. SEEK's Premium ads get prioritised placement with unlimited candidate invitations, and Indeed's Sponsored Jobs buy extra reach. Ployo does nothing to widen the pool.
- You want reference checks from the place you advertise. SEEK's Assist includes reference checks on Premium ads. Ployo does not check references.
Choose Ployo if
- The board is doing its job and your team cannot keep up with what it sends. A healthy ad for a support worker or care role can bring more applicants than a coordinator can phone in a week. Ployo invites every one of them to a live, two-way video interview with Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, the day they apply, on any device, at any hour, in any of 23 languages.
- You advertise on more than one board and want one pipeline. Point every ad at the same Ployo job link, upload CVs in bulk, or connect a Gmail inbox that also picks up LinkedIn Easy Apply emails. Every applicant lands in one pipeline per job, and a repeat application to the same role is caught.
- You want screening answers you can check, not just a ranking. Ployo asks each must-have on video, follows up on vague answers, and returns Met or Not Met with the candidate's own words quoted, plus the recording and transcript, so a facility manager can confirm a shortlist in minutes.
- You want the whole hire tracked after the ad. Ployo's stages run from Pending through Shortlisted, On hold, Invited for AI interview and Shortlisted for human interview to Hired, with bulk moves, undo, a review board, team roles and an activity log. A board's job ends at the application; Ployo's starts there.
- You want no applicant rejected by software. Ployo's automation only moves candidates forward and it never auto-rejects anyone, so your team makes every decision on the evidence.
- You want a known monthly cost for screening, whatever you spend on ads. Ployo publishes its plans in US dollars, from US$249 a month with 60 interviews included and no per-seat charge, regardless of which boards you advertise on.
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The alternatives, and who each one suits
Ordered by the kind of buyer they fit, not by preference. Several of these are a better choice than Ployo for a given team, and the note says which.
Recruitment software with a built-in applicant tracking system and an AI video interviewer, Sarah, who interviews every applicant the day they apply. Not a job board.
Best for: Any employer advertising on SEEK, Indeed or LinkedIn whose team cannot interview every applicant quickly. Ployo does not replace the board; it is what you pair with it.
Job ads in Basic, Advanced, Premium and Concierge tiers, Talent Search across its talent database, and Assist, an AI hiring partner on Premium ads.
Best for: Australian employers who want targeted reach, paid visibility tiers and a searchable talent database from one board.
A job site with free employer accounts and job posting, paid Sponsored Jobs, screening questions, a candidate dashboard and Smart Sourcing.
Best for: An employer who wants free posting to start, and pays for extra reach only when candidates engage.
Job posts with paid promotion, and Hiring Pro, which evaluates and shortlists applicants against your criteria and recommends candidates daily.
Best for: Roles where a professional network matters more than raw volume, such as clinical leadership, allied health management or head office roles.
Job boards bring applicants. Ployo interviews them.
Most employers searching for SEEK alternatives are really asking one of two questions: where else can I advertise, and why am I paying for ads that produce a pile of applications nobody has time to work through? The first is answered by other boards, covered below. The second is not a job board problem.
Ployo is recruitment software with a built-in applicant tracking system and an AI video interviewer that interviews every applicant the day they apply. It does not post jobs. You keep advertising on SEEK, Indeed, LinkedIn or anywhere else, send applicants to a Ployo job link, and Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, gives every one of them a real interview.
What SEEK offers employers
SEEK's employer site lists four job ad tiers: Basic, Advanced, Premium and Concierge, where a job writing expert optimises the ad. Premium ads get prioritised placement, unlimited candidate invitations and Assist, SEEK's AI hiring partner, which ranks applicants against your criteria, runs AI pre-screening and checks references. Talent Search lets you explore SEEK's talent database and approach people directly, and Sidekicker offers on-demand temporary staff.
SEEK's job ads page does not publish prices; they vary by ad and are shown when you create one.
Other places to advertise: Indeed and LinkedIn
Indeed lets employers create a free account and post jobs, with built-in candidate management and screening questions. Its Sponsored Jobs are paid: you set a budget and pay only when candidates engage with your post. Smart Sourcing adds proactive resume matching.
LinkedIn offers job posts with paid promotion, where cost depends on the roles you are hiring for, the job location and the number of hires. Its Hiring Pro product evaluates and shortlists applicants against your criteria, suggests screening questions and recommends candidates daily.
Many Australian employers use more than one board for the same role. That is sensible, and it is exactly when a single place to track and interview applicants matters most.
Pairing any job board with Ployo
Put your Ployo job link in the ad, or upload CVs from any board in bulk, up to 25 files at a time. A connected Gmail inbox also brings in LinkedIn Easy Apply emails. Each CV is checked against the role's must-haves and good-to-haves, quoting the line behind each one, and every applicant is invited to a live video interview with Sarah, which they can book or start straight away.
The verdict is Met or Not Met on the must-haves only, with the verbatim quote behind each requirement, and good-to-have gaps show as red flags. Your team reviews the evidence and moves candidates through to Hired. Across the platform, Ployo has completed 30,000+ AI interviews with a 70%+ completion rate on invited interviews (Ployo platform data).
Ployo platform data
30,000+
AI Interviews Completed
340,000+
Candidate Answers Graded
70%+
Interview Completion Rate
15,000+
Recruiter Hours Saved
What Ployo does not do, and what it costs
Ployo does not post to job boards, host a careers site, search a talent database, check references, send offers or run onboarding. It asks candidates about registrations, police checks and visas and records their answers, but confirming them with the issuing body stays your process. It does not send SMS or book panel interviews into calendars.
Ployo publishes its prices in US dollars at ployo.ai/pricing: Essential US$249 a month with 60 interviews, Growth US$850 with 250, Scale US$2,135 with 800, and custom Group pricing. Interviews are included and there is no per-seat charge. Buying starts with a call to the founder, and ployo.ai/sample shows a real interview without signing up.
A job board's job ends when someone applies, and Ployo's starts there. SEEK, Indeed and LinkedIn compete to bring you applicants; Ployo makes sure every one of those applicants gets a real interview and a fair hearing, whichever board they came from. That is why the honest answer to 'SEEK alternatives' is usually not a different board. It is fixing what happens after the ad.
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Frequently asked
What are the alternatives to SEEK for employers?
Indeed offers free job posting with paid Sponsored Jobs, and LinkedIn offers job posts with paid promotion and AI shortlisting in Hiring Pro. Many employers use several boards at once. Whichever you choose, pair it with Ployo: it tracks every applicant from any board and has Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, interview each one on video the day they apply.
Does Ployo post jobs to SEEK?
No. Ployo does not post to SEEK or any other job board. You advertise as you do now and send applicants to your Ployo job link, or upload their CVs in bulk.
Can Ployo interview applicants from SEEK, Indeed and LinkedIn?
Yes. Applicants from any board can apply through your Ployo job link, you can upload CVs in bulk, and a connected Gmail inbox picks up LinkedIn Easy Apply emails. Every applicant then gets the same live video interview.
Is SEEK's AI pre-screening the same as an AI interview?
SEEK describes Assist as ranking applicants against your criteria, running AI pre-screening and checking references on Premium ads. Ployo's interview is a live, two-way video conversation with Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, that follows up on what each candidate says and returns a Met or Not Met verdict with their own words behind it. The two can be used together.
Do I still need a job board if I use Ployo?
Yes, or another source of applicants. Ployo does not advertise roles. It makes sure everyone the board sends you is tracked and interviewed, and a person makes every hiring decision.
Sources
Facts about other products come from their own public pages, checked on the dates below. Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so verify anything decision-critical at the source. Found something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.
- SEEK employer homepage (Talent Search, Assist, Sidekicker) · checked 2026-09-10
- SEEK job ads page (Basic, Advanced, Premium, Concierge; Assist on Premium; no published prices) · checked 2026-09-10
- Indeed for Employers Australia (free posting, Sponsored Jobs, screening questions, Smart Sourcing) · checked 2026-09-10
- LinkedIn post jobs page (promoted jobs, Hiring Pro, pricing factors) · checked 2026-09-10
- Ployo pricing (US dollars) · checked 2026-09-10
Most of what decides this is your own role, not the feature grid. Worked examples of AI screening applied to specific sectors are on the solutions pages, and the practical how-to side, including what compliance actually requires before someone starts a shift, is in the hiring guides.
If you would rather see the mechanics than read about them, the AI video interviewer page walks through an interview end to end.
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