Pricing
Pricing, too, out in the open.
Most hiring services in Japan list their prices as "contact us." matchwire states the price, the conditions under which it applies, and how to cancel for every plan on this page before you apply. All prices shown exclude tax.
Candidates are always free
All prices on this page are for companies and organizations. Candidates pay nothing at all.
From creating a profile to receiving scout messages and applying, candidates use matchwire free of charge, always. We could charge, but we don't. It's part of our promise as your "career agent."
To create your own agent, head to agent-represented job search →
4 plans — delivery model × purpose of use
Self-hosted (run on your own servers) or hosted (run by matchwire), and internal job postings or recruitment agency work—2 axes determine your plan.
Self-hosted × internal job postings
Free
Use the AGPL open core (open-source release planned) as-is. No feature limits, no seat limits.
Self-hosted × recruitment agency
From ¥480,000/year
Agency edition license—a commercial license for recruitment agency work. Even when self-hosted, business use for agency purposes is paid.
| Up to 5 recruiters | ¥480,000/year(¥40,000/month equivalent) |
|---|---|
| Up to 20 recruiters | ¥1,440,000/year(¥120,000/month equivalent) |
| 21 or more | Individually negotiated |
Hosted × internal job postings
From ¥30,000/month
A delivery model with operations included—matchwire handles servers, backups, upgrades, and monitoring.
| Up to 300 employees | ¥30,000/month(¥360,000/year) |
|---|---|
| Up to 1,000 employees | ¥80,000/month(¥960,000/year) |
| 1,001 or more | Individual |
Hosted × recruitment agency
From ¥60,000/month
A delivery model combining the agency edition license with hosted operations. It assumes you hold your own fee-charging job placement license.
| Up to 5 recruiters | ¥60,000/month(¥720,000/year) |
|---|---|
| Up to 20 recruiters | ¥150,000/month(¥1,800,000/year) |
| 21 or more | Individual |
Mid-career hiring
Plans for the hiring marketplace operated by matchwire, where you meet external candidates. It launches after filing notification for the specified recruitment-information provision business. A flat-rate model for hiring companies—no success fees, and candidates are free.
Starter
¥50,000/month
- 3 published postings
- 100 scout messages/month
- AI agent connectivity included
Growth
¥150,000/month
- 10 published postings
- 400 scout messages/month
- Hiring pipeline analytics
Scale
From ¥300,000/month
- Unlimited postings
- 1,000 scout messages/month
- Priority support
- Invoice payment (annual)
1 additional scout message costs ¥500—the only usage-based charge. Buying additional scout messages never affects visibility or display order.
Permanent policy — common to all plans
No success fees
We don't take success fees like "◯% of annual salary on a successful hire" as our own revenue. Charges are flat rates and scout-message counts only.
Payment doesn't affect visibility
Even on a paid plan, search results and match rankings don't change.
No congratulatory cash
We don't lure applications or job changes with cash incentives such as congratulatory payments.
Public pricing table
We keep a pricing page permanently available and state the price, the conditions under which it applies, and how to cancel before you apply.
Candidates are always free
We could charge, but we don't. It's part of our promise as your "career agent."
Position under the Employment Security Act
Use for internal job postings and internal transfers within the same legal entity (whether self-hosted or hosted) is understood not to constitute job placement, worker recruitment, or recruitment-information provision under the Employment Security Act.
The mid-career hiring marketplace, where you meet external candidates, launches after filing notification for the specified recruitment-information provision business.
For details, seethe Employment Security Act disclosure.
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