hirly previews for free. CoBlack applies for free

What hirly built

Insihts, Corp. operates hirly, which its llms.txt describes as “Scored job matching and application filling for individual job seekers.” The homepage says “You choose who hits submit.” In a hirly vs CoBlack comparison, that line is where the two products part.

hirly grades each live opening A to G against your resume, and its help page “How matching works” names the six factors behind the grade. The same page is candid: “A score says how well your resume fits a posting as written. It does not predict whether an employer will call you, and hirly does not claim it does.”

How hirly applies

Per the help page “Applying”, hirly’s Chrome extension fills the form on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workday. The terms draw the line: “The browser extension never submits anything.” The help page adds: “On a paid plan you can also let hirly submit a specific job, with your consent recorded each time.”

On screening questions, the privacy page says “It uses only answers you have given; it never invents an answer to a legal or screening question.” An unanswered question pauses the application, and “hirly waits 72 hours and sends nothing if you do not answer.”

Sourcing is a strength. hirly’s help page “Where the jobs come from” says of its listings: “Most come straight from employers’ own career pages on hiring systems such as Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and SmartRecruiters.”

Where CoBlack stands

The fork is the free plan. The pricing page at hirly leads with “Free to fill. Paid to have it written.” The free preview costs $0 with no card and lets you “See three real matches, and what hirly writes for them.” It excludes “Downloading the documents” and “Applying with them”. The FAQ is direct: “There is a free preview, not a free tier.”

CoBlack’s free plan, Point, sends applications. It costs $0 with no card required and covers up to 30 a month, about one a day. Each one gets a resume generated for that specific opening, and the member can open the exact tailored PDF.

The second difference is what runs while you are away. With hirly, one chosen job goes out at a time, under recorded consent. With CoBlack, the member sets up a campaign, a target role, and Auto Apply submits server side to openings that score 60 percent or higher, with no review screen, no final click and no extension, while the member is offline. Generation never invents credentials, and a missing required fact holds the application back.

hirly leads on several counts. Pro at $8.99 a month gives “15 applications a day, written for you”. Against CoBlack’s Vector at $19.99 a month for up to 200 applications, hirly’s paid plans buy more applications per dollar. It also sources most listings from employers’ own career pages, lists jobs worldwide, writes a cover letter for each job you choose, and connects to Claude and other MCP assistants. CoBlack draws on a licensed job feed filtered to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workday, in the US and Canada only, and drafts a cover letter when the form asks for one.

Who each one fits

If you want to read every document and press submit yourself, or you are looking outside the US and Canada, hirly gives you graded matches worldwide, a tailored resume and cover letter per job, and a form filled in your own browser. CoBlack applies in the US and Canada only, so elsewhere hirly is the one to use.

If you are in the US or Canada and want applications sent while you are away, from a free plan that sends applications, CoBlack gives you Point: up to 30 a month, each with its own tailored PDF, from a campaign you set once.

Two deliberate designs

CoBlack sells a competing product, so read hirly’s pricing, terms, privacy and help pages alongside coblack.com. The free option at hirly is a preview. The free plan at CoBlack applies. Each company chose its line on purpose.