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24 alternatives to Shiny

How startups access top-tier fractional talent

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shiny launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
fraction.work▲77
Don't settle for freelancers, hire the best, fractionally
2022 · its alternatives →
2
Remotebase 2.0▲143
Hire pre-vetted remote talent within 24 hours
2023 · remotebase.com · its alternatives →
3
Unicorne▲496
The 20 fastest growing startups based on TrustMRR data
Feb 2026 · unicor.ne · its alternatives →
4
Insquad▲294
Hire startup-ready remote tech heroes fast, pay in crypto
2022 · insquad.com · its alternatives →
5
Lemon Hire▲300
A platform of 80K+ vetted devs ready to interview within 48h
2023 · lemon.io · its alternatives →
6
Smart VC Search by Unicorn Nest▲425
A free unique list of relevant VCs for your startup
2021 · unicorn-nest.com · its alternatives →
7
Just Launch It▲249
Launch your startup now, before you miss the boat
2024 · justlaunch.it · its alternatives →
8
gigs.today▲85
The top startup jobs from the last 24 hours
2019 · gigs.today · its alternatives →
9
StartupSoft's Teams Digest▲197
40 ready-to-hire developers delivered to your inbox monthly
2023 · startupsoft.com · its alternatives →
10
Toggl Hire▲174
Hire smarter with 2-click skills tests
2020 · toggl.com · its alternatives →
11
The Vervoe Experts Community▲168
Help startups hire better, and get paid to do it
2017 · its alternatives →
12
Huntly▲188
Next-gen community-based recruitment platform
2023 · huntly.ai · its alternatives →
13
SmartHires.io▲148
A candidate referral network between startups
2015 · its alternatives →
14
LINKEO▲92
Optimize hiring by pairing ideal candidates with job opening
2023 · its alternatives →
15
Global Talent▲117
Make your remote tech team your competitive advantage
2019 · gt-hq.com · its alternatives →
16
Bling▲71
Run enterprise hiring loops autonomously
May 2026 · bling.cloud · its alternatives →
17
Startup Around▲128
Quick startup content every 30 minutes from 100+ publishers
2019 · its alternatives →
18
StartupSort▲96
Job search engine for smart engineers
2016 · its alternatives →
19WU
We used investor tools to find the best startups to work at▲29
hey y'all -- can you please tell us if our job search tool sucks? :D we built it using an investor platform called Harmonic.ai to gather startup data, then contextualize it so that job seekers could find out about the most exciting startups hiring first (like if they just raised, growing headcount fast, have an ex-unicorn founder, etc). pretty sure we're the first platform doing anything like this. anyway, let me know what you think. really excited to launch this thing soon! getting feedback from the hn community first is really fun :)
2022 · joinmaasive.com · its alternatives →
20
FreshJobs▲88
An aggregator for all junior / entry level job vacancies
2018 · freshjobs.io · its alternatives →
21
Startup Around Telegram Channel▲73
Quick startup content every 30 minutes from 100+ publishers
2019 · t.me · its alternatives →
22
A structured list of jobs from “Who is hiring?”, parsed with GPT▲68
Remote jobs, senior jobs, jobs providing equity, etc. from the Hacker News "Who is hiring" threads. Easily sort, filter, and save your favorites to apply to.
2023 · hacker-jobs.com · its alternatives →
23
LazyApply▲74
Apply to jobs faster using automation
2022 · lazyapply.com · its alternatives →
24
HelloWeHire▲23
AI recruiting assistant that hires in 15 minutes
2025 · hellowehire.com · its alternatives →

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