BehavioralHires and Indeed, side by side
| Attribute | BehavioralHires | Indeed |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A job board built only for behavioral health: mental health, substance use treatment and ABA | A general job site covering every industry |
| Roles covered | 14 behavioral health role pages: therapist, licensed clinical social worker, mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, substance abuse counselor, behavioral health technician, BCBA, RBT, behavioral health case manager, peer support specialist and clinical director | Every industry and role type; hiring-guide pages exist for counselor, social worker and psychologist |
| Pricing model | One-time payment per post, or a monthly slot plan | Free postings subject to Indeed's terms and usage limits, plus Sponsored Jobs billed per job seeker interaction (clicks or started applications) |
| Published price | $199 Standard or $399 Featured per 30-day post at launch pricing (regular prices $299 and $499); slot plans $899 or $1,749 a month | Not published: Indeed's recommendation system generates the Standard price from market factors such as job competitiveness, your hiring timeline and the supply of job seekers |
| Billing | A single post is a one-time payment that never renews; slot plans bill monthly | Billed on the first day of the month or when account spending reaches $500, whichever comes first |
| Contract | None: nothing to sign on a single post, and no minimum commitment on a slot plan | No long-term contracts; you set the ad duration |
| Cancellation | Slot plans can be canceled whenever you like; posts stay visible through the billing period already paid for | Sponsored plans can be cancelled at any time |
| Where a listing appears | The matching role and city pages, and Google Jobs | On Indeed |
| How candidates apply | On the employer's own application page; no candidate profiles or resume database | Free job posts include Indeed Apply |
| Who runs it | Gabriel Meierotto, founder (no clinical license or training) | Not published on the pages checked |
As of October 2026, checked on each company's own website.
What does each one offer a behavioral health employer?
Indeed is a general job site covering every industry.
Many jobs can be posted for free, subject to Indeed's terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits, and free posts can appear in search results with candidate management, Indeed Apply, screening questions and analytics included.
But some jobs are sponsored-only, such as jobs from career sites, data feeds or an applicant tracking system, and Indeed reserves the right to require that a job must be sponsored for any reason.
Its pricing page lists four tiers: Free, Standard, Premium and Premium Plus (Beta).
Indeed's role-specific hiring guides include counselor, social worker and psychologist pages, and each of those pages offers a $75 credit toward sponsoring a first job for new US accounts; the credit expires one year after account creation.
BehavioralHires is built for one field: mental health, substance use treatment and applied behavior analysis, across 14 role pages from therapist and licensed clinical social worker to BCBA, RBT and peer support specialist.
Candidates who click Apply go to the hiring organization's own page, and there are no candidate profiles or resume database.
Featured is the only paid placement; beyond it, search order is not for sale.
What does each one cost to post a job?
Indeed's free option costs nothing, but it carries the limits above, and sponsorship has no fixed published price.
Indeed's recommendation system generates the Standard price from market factors such as job competitiveness, your hiring timeline and the supply of job seekers in your market.
Invoices reflect the amount spent on job seeker interactions like clicks or started applications, and billing lands on the first day of the month or when account spending reaches $500, whichever comes first.
Indeed says Standard Sponsored Jobs get 3X more applications than free posts (self-reported).
BehavioralHires publishes its prices on its pricing page: $199 for a Standard post or $399 for Featured at launch pricing (regular prices $299 and $499), each live for 30 days and indexed in Google Jobs.
A single post is a one-time payment that never renews.
Organizations that are always hiring can take a slot plan instead: $899 a month for up to 10 live posts (Growth) or $1,749 a month for up to 25, with every post on the Brand plan upgraded to Featured.
Slot plans are arranged by contacting BehavioralHires rather than through self-serve checkout.
What are the contract and cancellation terms on each?
Neither asks for a long-term commitment.
Indeed says Sponsored plans can be cancelled at any time, with no long-term contracts, and that you set the ad duration.
BehavioralHires has nothing to cancel on a single post: it is a one-time payment that never renews, and there is nothing to sign.
Slot plans bill monthly and can be canceled whenever you like, with no minimum commitment; posts stay visible through the billing period already paid for, and a filled role's slot can be pointed at another opening as often as needed at no charge.
Founding Partner pricing on slot plans is held for 24 months while the plan stays active and is open to the first 10 organizations that subscribe.
Reach or focus: which does your opening need?
Indeed's breadth is the point when the role is not purely clinical, or when you want one general site for every kind of role and are prepared to screen applicants yourself.
The paid Premium tier adds matched-candidate invites, an Urgently hiring label, AI matching and a brand logo.
BehavioralHires' bet is focus.
Every listing sits beside other behavioral health openings rather than a general feed spanning every industry.
Collected listings arrive from employers' own career sites and public job feeds and point back to where they were originally posted, so candidates apply on the employer's own page.
One caveat cuts both ways: on the pages checked, neither side publishes an audience figure for behavioral health candidates.
Indeed's pages checked here give no per-industry audience numbers, and BehavioralHires publishes no reach numbers at all.
What results does each one publish?
Indeed publishes results figures about itself and labels them as its own data: Premium Sponsored Jobs posted directly on Indeed get 90% more quality applications than non-Premium Sponsored Jobs (self-reported, Indeed data, US), and Sponsored Jobs with Urgently Hiring are said to make a hire 5 days faster than non-sponsored jobs (self-reported, Indeed data, median United States, Q2 2024).
The counselor hiring page notes that Indeed is not your recruiting or legal advisor and that the information it provides does not guarantee performance.
BehavioralHires publishes no results figures, no candidate counts and no reach numbers.
There is nothing to compare on that axis, and on published evidence the gap favors Indeed.
BehavioralHires' terms state that it is not an employer, staffing agency or recruiting agency, does not screen or vouch for candidates or employers, and does not guarantee that a listing will result in a hire; its case rests on focus and published flat prices instead.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Indeed if…
- You want to start at no cost: many jobs can be posted free, subject to Indeed's terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits.
- You hire across industries, clinical and non-clinical, and want one general site for every kind of role.
- You are comfortable with a budget that buys interactions: sponsorship is billed per click or started application, with no fixed published rate.
- You are a new US account hiring a counselor, social worker or psychologist and want the $75 credit toward a first sponsored job.
Choose BehavioralHires if…
- Your openings are behavioral health roles: therapist, LCSW, counselor, MFT, psychiatric NP, psychiatrist, psychologist, substance abuse counselor, behavioral health technician, BCBA, RBT, case manager, peer support or clinical director.
- You want a published price you can budget: $199 per Standard post or $399 Featured at launch pricing, one-time, never renews.
- You are always hiring and want a slot plan, $899 or $1,749 a month, with no contract and unlimited free swaps when a role is filled.
- You want candidates applying on your own application page, on a board where only Featured placement is paid and search order is not for sale.
Frequently asked questions
Is BehavioralHires better than Indeed for hiring therapists?
It depends on what you are buying.
Indeed gives you a general audience across every industry: many jobs post free subject to its limits, and sponsorship is billed per click or started application with no fixed published price.
BehavioralHires is built only for behavioral health, so a therapist listing sits beside other clinical openings, and the price is flat and published: $199 per Standard post or $399 Featured at launch pricing, one-time.
Pick the niche board for focus and predictable cost; pick Indeed to reach across every industry.
How much does Indeed charge to post a job?
Many jobs can be posted on Indeed for free, subject to Indeed's terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits.
Some jobs are sponsored-only, and Indeed reserves the right to require sponsorship for any reason.
Sponsored pricing is not fixed: Indeed's recommendation system generates the Standard price from market factors, invoices reflect spending on clicks or started applications, and billing triggers on the first day of the month or at $500 in account spending, whichever comes first.
New US accounts hiring a counselor, social worker or psychologist can start with a $75 credit that expires one year after account creation.
Is BehavioralHires more expensive than Indeed?
Not necessarily, and the comparison is apples to oranges.
Indeed's organic posts can cost nothing, but a sponsored campaign spends per interaction against a recommended budget with no published rate, so the final cost moves with the market.
BehavioralHires charges a flat $199 per Standard post or $399 for Featured at launch pricing, one-time and never renewing, or $899 to $1,749 a month for a slot plan.
If a free Indeed post draws enough qualified applicants for your opening, Indeed costs less; if you want a known cost per posting, BehavioralHires is the predictable one.
Where do the listings on BehavioralHires come from?
Two routes.
Most listings are collected, on a continuous refresh, from employers' own career sites and public job feeds; the rest are submitted directly by the hiring organization and paid for.
A collected listing points back to where it was originally posted, so when a candidate clicks Apply they land on the employer's own application page.
There are no candidate profiles and no resume database, and searching the board and applying are free for job seekers.
What results numbers does BehavioralHires publish?
None.
BehavioralHires publishes no candidate counts, no reach figures and no results statistics: its pricing page lists prices and terms, not performance claims.
Indeed, by contrast, publishes self-reported figures such as Premium Sponsored Jobs getting 90% more quality applications than non-Premium ones and Urgently Hiring sponsored jobs making a hire 5 days faster.
On published evidence alone, that gap favors Indeed.
BehavioralHires' case rests on focus, published flat prices and terms, and it also states that it does not guarantee that a listing will result in a hire.
Can I post on Indeed and BehavioralHires at the same time?
Yes.
Nothing stops an employer from running both: Indeed's free and sponsored posts live on Indeed, while a BehavioralHires post appears on its matching role and city pages and in Google Jobs.
One option is a generalist board for non-clinical and high-volume roles and a behavioral-health-only board for clinical openings like therapist, counselor, BCBA and RBT roles.
BehavioralHires sends candidates to the apply link you provide, your own application page, while Indeed's free job posts include Indeed Apply.
Where these facts come from
- Indeed: indeed.com/hire/pricing (checked October 5, 2026)
- Indeed: indeed.com/hire/how-to-hire/counselor (checked October 5, 2026)