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JobNotify vs Distill

Distill is a general website-change monitor. JobNotify watches careers pages for new jobs.

If you only need a ping when any HTML changes, a generic monitor can be enough. Distill facts from distill.io/pricing and distill.io/docs (retrieved 2026-09-02).

FeatureJobNotifyDistill
JobCompany careers pages you choose, including ATS and custom boards. Not a job board.Web-page (and JSON/PDF) change monitor via browser extension, web app, desktop, and mobile. Not a job parser.
Free planFree: 3 standard pages, 1 filter, 1 job-title keyword, checked every 24 hours. Protected boards: 0.$0: 25 monitors (5 in cloud), 6-hour minimum cloud interval, 1,000 cloud checks/month, 2 devices, 30 email alerts/month. Local extension checks are unlimited while the browser is open (distill.io/pricing).
Paid plans (USD + GBP)Starter $3.99/£2.99 mo; Pro $9.99/£6.99 mo; Super $39.99/£29.99 mo. Paid: unlimited standard company pages. Protected boards: 10 / 25 / 100.USD only on the public table: Starter $15/mon, Professional $35/mon, Flexi $80+/mon (usage beyond the reservation billed). No GBP list price published.
Check cadenceFree every 24 hours. Starter every 8 hours (protected every 8 hours). Pro every 30 minutes (protected every 4 hours). Super every 15 minutes (protected every hour).Cloud minimums: Free 6 hours, Starter 10 minutes, Professional 5 minutes, Flexi 2 minutes. Local monitors: from 5 seconds on all plans including Free (docs: Supported Platforms).
What it matchesTitle, location, exclude words, and description matching on every plan. Custom filter requests are Super-only.Visual selector over parts of a page (XPath, CSS, or JavaScript); text, attribute, and property changes; regex text filter; JSON monitors (Starter+); PDF monitors in cloud. Conditions and alert actions on the watch.

Where Distill is better

  • Local/browser monitors can check every 5 seconds on every plan, including Free, while the browser is open.
  • Cloud monitors, JSON monitors (Starter+), PDF monitors, visual selector (XPath/CSS/JS), macros, and stay-free positioning.

Where JobNotify is better

  • Job-field matching instead of raw selectors.
  • Plan cadences aimed at careers-page polling, including protected boards on paid tiers.

Verdict

Use Distill for selector-level page watches. Use JobNotify for job-title alerts from company careers pages.

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FAQ

Is Distill a job board?
No. Neither is JobNotify. Distill watches page changes; JobNotify emails matching jobs.
Can I watch any company on JobNotify?
Any public careers page. Protected boards use a separate cap.
How fast are JobNotify alerts?
Free every 24 hours. Starter every 8 hours (protected every 8 hours). Pro every 30 minutes (protected every 4 hours). Super every 15 minutes (protected every hour).
Is there a free plan?
Free: 3 standard pages, 1 filter, 1 job-title keyword, checked every 24 hours. Protected boards: 0.
Where should I verify Distill facts?
https://distill.io/pricing/ and https://distill.io/docs/web-monitor/what-is-visual-selector/

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