How OnlineJobs.ph works, in brief
According to its own pricing page, the free plan lets you post jobs but not contact applicants; paid plans, monthly or yearly, unlock messaging and contact details. It states that there are no salary markups or ongoing fees: you negotiate the pay with the worker and hire directly. Its worker sign-up is for Filipino online workers.
That is a good deal if you have the time to screen. Our side-by-side comparison lists the published prices with their sources.
Three reasons people look elsewhere
- Hours. Manila is on UTC+8 all year. A 9:00 to 17:00 day in New York is 22:00 to 06:00 there in winter, and a London day is 17:00 to 01:00.
- Screening time. You read every application and test every candidate yourself.
- The candidate pool. You want people from another country, to match your clients' hours or to spread your team across regions.
Alternative 1: a different time zone
If you work European hours, or want the US morning covered without a night shift, look at Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan. A normal local day there overlaps most of a London or Paris working day, and a 13:00 to 22:00 shift in Kyiv covers 6:00 to 15:00 in New York. If you need the whole US day live, Latin America shares your hours on a normal day, and the people we place in our four countries work them as an evening or night shift, agreed before the interview.
Our hire by country pages show roles, hours and pay for our four countries, and the time-zone overlap tool checks your own city.
Alternative 2: someone else screens
A recruiter paid once, or a monthly agency, takes the screening off your plate. Stafka sends three matching profiles within 51 business days of a brief; candidates do a written English task and a recorded voice answer when they apply, and we check their English on a live call before you interview them. The fee is $2,5002, once, on the start day, and nothing if you do not hire.
Be honest about the trade-off: if you have the time, a subscription board is far cheaper than any recruiter. You pay a recruiter to save hours and to lower the risk of a bad hire, not to save money on fees.
Alternative 3: a board for another region
On Stafka, posting a job is free; pricing shows when a fee applies. The post reaches candidates in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan, in their own language, and you hire the person directly. A global freelance marketplace is another option, with a fee on every payment instead of a subscription; see our guide to Upwork alternatives.
Six questions to compare any two options
- What do I pay if I hire nobody?
- What do I pay when I hire, and is it once or every month?
- Who screens the candidates, and how are English and skills checked?
- Which hours can the person work, and how much do they overlap with mine?
- How do I pay the person, and does anyone take a share of their pay?
- What happens if the hire leaves in the first months?
For Stafka placements the last answer is fixed: we replace the person free of charge if they leave or do not work out within 1802 days of the start date: one replacement per placement, once the placement fee has been paid and as long as the role, hours and pay stay as agreed. The fee itself is not refunded.
When OnlineJobs.ph is still the better choice
- Budget comes first and you have time to screen.
- You plan several hires and want one subscription for all of them.
- Your day runs on Asia-Pacific hours, or a night shift for US hours suits the role.
- You specifically want to hire in the Philippines.
Questions
Is there a site like OnlineJobs.ph for other countries?
Yes, in different forms. Stafka is a job board for remote candidates in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan, where posting a job is free; global marketplaces cover many countries with a fee on each payment; and many countries have local job boards in their own language.
Is OnlineJobs.ph cheaper than a recruiter?
Yes, in fees, by a wide margin. A recruiter costs more because it does the screening; whether that is worth it depends on what your hours are worth and how costly a wrong hire would be.
Does OnlineJobs.ph take a cut of the worker's salary?
Its pricing page says there are no salary markups or ongoing fees. You negotiate the pay directly with the worker.
Can I hire someone outside the Philippines on OnlineJobs.ph?
Its worker sign-up is for Filipino online workers, so the candidates are in the Philippines. For other countries, use a board or a recruiter that covers them.
General information for small employers, not legal or tax advice: check contracts, tax and data rules for your country with a qualified adviser. Figures carry their sources below; our own prices are on the pricing page. Spotted a mistake? Write to hello@stafka.com.