Category
Job Boards V2
Rating
4.3/5 (226 Reviews)
Availability
HQ
West Des Moines, United States
Pricing
From $495/job post
Free tier
No
Best for
Capabilities
What is Dice?
Dice is the specialist technology job board, and for a staffing or recruiting agency its value is signal quality rather than volume. Every posting comes from a company hiring engineers, developers, cloud, cybersecurity or IT staff, so a Dice feed is a pre-filtered list of technology hiring budgets without the general-market noise a broad board carries. That makes decision-maker targeting straightforward: the buyer is an engineering or IT leader, not a generalist HR contact. Advertising contract and permanent tech roles, and searching the TalentSearch resume database, is the secondary use. Dice also publishes a free annual Tech Salary Report useful for benchmarking before quoting a client.
What are Dice's key features?
Tech-only job postings, priced from $495 per post.
TalentSearch resume database of technology candidates.
Official MCP server for searching the Dice tech job database.
Free annual Dice Tech Salary Report.
Candidate skills and contract-availability filters.
How do staffing agencies use Dice?
- Monitor which companies post technology roles and read each as an approved budget.
- Find the engineering or IT decision maker behind the posting, not an HR contact.
- Feed that hiring activity into your BD workflow and personalized outbound.
- Benchmark tech pay with the free Dice Tech Salary Report before quoting a client.
- Advertise contract and permanent tech roles to a candidate pool that skips general boards.
- Search TalentSearch resumes to source engineers who opted into recruiter contact.
Who is Dice best for?
- Contract IT staffing and recruiting agencies working software, cloud and security
- Agencies that want tech hiring signal without general-market noise
- Not a fit for non-technical hiring, where the pool thins out fast
What are Dice's pros and cons?
Pros
- Tech-specialized candidate pool cuts the non-tech noise a general board produces.
- Official MCP server lets AI assistants search Dice's tech job database directly.
- Direct resume access (TalentSearch) supports proactive outreach, not just inbound posts.
- Transparent per-post pricing from $495, cheaper per post in bundles of three or more.
- Strong fit for niche and contract IT roles that general boards under-serve.
Cons
- Tech-only focus makes it a poor fit for non-technical roles.
- TalentSearch resume access is a separate cost on top of job posts, with metered views.
- Recruiters widely call candidate quality hit or miss, varying by role.
What are people saying about Dice?
What reviewers rate: the tech-only candidate pool and direct resume access on niche and contract IT roles that general boards miss. What they flag: a dated interface, and candidate quality they describe as hit or miss depending on the role.
Consolidated from 226 reviews across G2, Capterra · Updated July 20, 2026
Frequently asked questions about Dice
Other Job Boards V2 tools
6 toolsReady to Fill Your Pipeline?
Book a free 30-minute strategy call. We'll map your current stack, identify the biggest opportunity, and show you exactly how AI can accelerate your pipeline.
30-minute call · No obligation · Custom strategy for your niche
