# A TheirStack alternative that reads the postings for you

> TheirStack sells job and tech-stack data by the credit. Outscope reads new postings for you, quotes the line that shows the need and finds who to email.

Canonical: https://outscope.co/vs/theirstack
Last updated: 2026-11-08

TheirStack sells job postings, tech stacks and buying intents by the credit, from $109 one-time in its app or $49 a month for its API. You search, filter and read. Outscope does the reading: it scores each new posting against what you sell, keeps the line that shows the need, and finds who to email, from $99 a month. Pick TheirStack for raw data, tech-stack filters and an API. Pick Outscope for a ranked list you can email today.

Published 8 Nov 2026, updated 8 Nov 2026. Prices read from each company's own page.

## The short answer

| You want | Pick | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A ranked list of companies to email, with the reason | Outscope | Reads each new posting against your signals, quotes the line and finds who to email |
| Job postings or tech stacks in your own tool or product | TheirStack | Job, company, technographics and buying-intent endpoints, webhooks and an MCP server |
| Companies that use a given technology | TheirStack | Filters on 33k technologies, per its homepage |
| Hiring history to analyse | TheirStack | Postings back to 2021 in its datasets, closed jobs included |

## Outscope and TheirStack

|  | Outscope | TheirStack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What you get | Companies ranked by how well their new postings match what you sell, each with the quoted line and a link to the posting | Job postings, companies, technologies and buying intents that you search and filter |
| Who reads the postings | A language model reads each one against your signals. If its quote isn't word for word in the posting, it's thrown out | You do, with filters. Buying intents are keywords you define and filter postings by, per its homepage |
| Who to email | A verified work email for the roles you choose, 1 credit each; every plan includes credits and a lookup that finds nobody is free | Not mentioned on its pricing page or homepage |
| First line | Written from the strongest quote, never invented | Not mentioned on its pricing page or homepage |
| Sources | Public job boards on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and Workday, read daily: 33,323 open postings on 1,270 job boards, last read 7 Nov 2026 | "Career sites, ATSs and job boards", history back to 2021 across 195 countries and 352k sources, per its pricing page |
| API and webhooks | No public API. CSV export, or Send to Ballast as a campaign draft | On API plans: webhooks for new jobs, closed jobs and new companies, and an MCP server |
| Price | $99 a month for 3 campaigns, 5,000 postings read and 100 email credits | App: from $109 one-time for 1,000 company credits. API: from $49 a month for 1,500 credits |
| Free start | A free preview: up to 100 of today's postings read against your signals, the top three companies in full, no card | 50 company credits and 200 API credits at sign-up, per its docs |
| Seats | Unlimited on every plan | Unlimited team members on every plan |

## What TheirStack costs

TheirStack has two kinds of credit, and [its pricing page](https://theirstack.com/en/pricing) sells them separately. **Company credits** are for its app: one credit opens a company's postings, technologies and firmographics, and you can view or export that company again for 90 days. They're bought once, and paid ones roll over for 12 months. **API credits** come with a monthly plan: one job costs 1 credit, and a company, a tech stack or a buying-intent lookup costs 3.

**TheirStack app: company credits, one-time**

| Company credits | Price, once |
| --- | --- |
| 1,000 | $109 |
| 5,000 | $199 |
| 10,000 | $299 |
| 20,000 | $399 |
| 50,000 | $549 |
| 100,000 | $749 |
| 200,000 | $999 |

**TheirStack API: credits a month**

| API credits a month | Price a month |
| --- | --- |
| 1,500 | $49 |
| 5,000 | $100 |
| 10,000 | $169 |
| 20,000 | $240 |
| 50,000 | $400 |
| 100,000 | $600 |
| 200,000 | $900 |
| 500,000 | $1,200 |
| 1,000,000 | $1,500 |
| 2,000,000 | $2,300 |
| 5,000,000 | $5,500 |

Exports from the app stop at 200 jobs per company. Datasets (bulk delivery to your storage) are priced by sales.

The units don't line up with ours, so there's no fair per-company sum. TheirStack charges for the records you open or pull. Outscope charges a plan for the postings it reads against your signals and the emails it finds: $99 a month for 3 campaigns, 5,000 postings read and 100 email credits. [See every plan](https://outscope.co/pricing).

## Who does the reading

This is the real difference. TheirStack gives you the postings and good filters, and the judgement stays with you: which of these companies needs what you sell, and why this month.

Outscope starts from your website. It works out what you sell, proposes buying signals with their keywords (you can edit both), then reads every new posting against them each day. A company only shows up with the sentence that matched, linked to the posting, and the quote is checked word for word. Here's one it kept for Ballast, our own cold email tool:

> Hiring for cold email operations, at Commure: "Plan and execute cold email campaigns end to end, from list segmentation and sequence design to copywriting, A/B testing, and send scheduling."
>
> [Sales Development Representative, Enterprise (India)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Commure/10107908-8bd7-4754-9f1e-9c844eba0ff4), posted 22 Sept 2026.

## Coverage: TheirStack reads far more

TheirStack says it reads career sites, ATSs and job boards, with history back to 2021 across 195 countries. Outscope reads public job boards on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and Workday: the boards companies run themselves, 33,323 open postings on 1,270 job boards, last read 7 Nov 2026. A company that only posts on LinkedIn, Indeed or its own careers page won't show up in Outscope.

We read fewer sources on purpose: each posting is the company's own, dated and public, so you can open it and check the line yourself. If your buyers mostly hire through boards we don't read, TheirStack will find more of them.

## Moving from TheirStack

There's nothing to import. Enter your website and Outscope proposes the signals; the keywords you filter by in TheirStack make good ones, so paste them in. The first preview reads up to 100 of today's postings against them and shows the top three companies in full, free and with no card.

Some people will want both: TheirStack's API feeding their own systems, and Outscope for the companies worth an email this week.

## When TheirStack is the better pick

### You want the raw data

For your own product, analysis or pipeline. TheirStack has an API, webhooks, an MCP server and bulk datasets. Outscope has no public API.

### You filter by technology

TheirStack tracks 33k technologies. Outscope doesn't read tech stacks.

### Your buyers hire elsewhere

If they post on job boards or careers pages beyond Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable or Workday, TheirStack covers them and we don't.

### You look now and then

TheirStack's app credits are bought once and keep for 12 months. Outscope is a monthly plan.

## How we checked

TheirStack's prices and plans were read from [their own pages](https://theirstack.com/en/pricing) on 8 Nov 2026.

## Questions

### What is the best TheirStack alternative?

It depends on what you use TheirStack for. If you want companies to email, with the reason and the person attached, Outscope reads the postings and finds who to email, from $99 a month. If you use its API, datasets or tech-stack data, Outscope isn't a replacement: it has neither.

### How much does TheirStack cost?

App: from $109 one-time for 1,000 company credits. API: from $49 a month for 1,500 credits, per its pricing page on 8 Nov 2026. API plans go up to 5,000,000 credits for $5,500 a month, and datasets are priced by sales.

### Is TheirStack free?

It has a free start: 50 company credits and 200 API credits at sign-up, according to its docs. Outscope's free start is a preview of your own market: up to 100 of today's postings read, the top three companies in full, no card.

### Does TheirStack give you email addresses?

Its pricing page and homepage don't mention contact details, as of 8 Nov 2026; they list company data such as industry, size, location and funding. Outscope finds a verified work email for the roles you choose, and every plan includes credits.

### Where does Outscope get its job postings?

From public job boards on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and Workday, read every day. Each quote links to its posting, so you can check it yourself.

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[Start from your website](https://outscope.co/signup): the first preview reads up to 100 of today's postings for you, free and with no card.