PayTransparency.app

Overview

PayTransparency.app is a web-based checker for employers and HR teams that need to review job ads against pay-transparency rules in U.S. states, New York City, and the EU. It works for a quick check on one posting or for recurring oversight of a careers site. The free option is practical for occasional reviews; Pro is the stronger fit when violations must be found continuously across a recruiting operation.

Key features

The free validator accepts pasted job descriptions or a URL and does not require signup, which keeps a one-off review fast. Bulk scanning checks every posting on a careers board in one operation, but requires a free account. Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby boards are supported, while a generic scraper can scan public careers pages. That combination covers common hosted recruiting setups, although teams using other systems may need to rely on a public page.

Claude identifies whether an ad contains a pay range, extracts the range numbers, finds benefits information, and determines whether the role is remote. The service then applies rules using employee-count thresholds and effective dates, including city ordinances and the EU Directive, and cites violations. Each jurisdiction receives a verdict, statutory fine exposure, per-posting penalty ranges, and remote-role risk. Those outputs help an HR team prioritize edits and understand where exposure may be highest, but they remain compliance guidance: PayTransparency.app is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.

Pro adds nightly automated scans and email alerts when new violations appear. Posting history and PDF reports support recurring documentation, and unlimited team seats avoid restricting the review workflow to a single account. The free checker does not store submitted job postings, according to the service.

Pricing

The free plan suits an occasional single-posting check, but gives up bulk review and the ongoing monitoring workflow. Pro is aimed at teams responsible for a live careers board or multiple jurisdictions, where nightly scans, alerts, history, and reports justify the monthly cost. It has a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, and cancellation is allowed at any time. Custom contracts and Net-30 invoicing are available by email for organizations that need those purchasing terms.

Platforms

PayTransparency.app runs on the web. Its workflow is external: users submit a posting, URL, careers board, or public careers page for analysis rather than connecting to an installed desktop or mobile application.

Who it's for

Choose it if you recruit across several U.S. jurisdictions, New York City, or the EU and need jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction results with estimated statutory exposure. It is especially suitable for HR, recruiting, and compliance teams that want shared access, a record of prior scans, and alerts when a new posting creates risk. A small employer checking one ad occasionally can stay on the free validator. Organizations seeking legal advice, rather than an automated review aid, should look elsewhere for counsel.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Covers state, local, and EU rules while accounting for employee thresholds and effective dates, making results more targeted than a simple range-presence check.
• Pro: Fine exposure, remote-role risk, and cited violations give reviewers concrete reasons to prioritize corrections.
• Pro: Bulk scans, ATS support, nightly checks, alerts, history, PDF reports, and unlimited seats support an ongoing team process.
• Con: Bulk scanning requires a free account, so the no-signup path is limited to individual checks.
• Con: Results are not legal advice; estimated penalties and cited violations still require qualified interpretation before enforcement decisions.

Alternatives

For a one-time review of up to 25 public postings without login or ATS access, choose Relio; its continuous-monitoring plan is $299 a month, making it a different choice for larger recurring coverage. If your priority is compensation benchmarking rather than legal posting checks, Comprehensive offers free access to an anonymized dataset after contributing survey data, with compensation-management pricing not listed.

OpenComp is the better direction for broader compensation planning, including benchmarking, pay equity, ranges, headcount planning, total rewards statements, merit increases, and intelligent offers.

Heartpace Pay Management, Mindkey Pay Transparency, Decusoft Compose, and Heyquity are alternative paid services with differing platform coverage and plan terms.

See the broader Pay Transparency Software category for more options.

Verdict

PayTransparency.app is a strong choice for employers that need automated, multi-jurisdiction posting checks and a low-friction path from a free single review to monitored team operations. Its main reason to choose it is the combination of legal-rule evaluation, exposure estimates, ATS and careers-page scanning, and Pro’s nightly alerts at $99 a month. Look elsewhere if you need formal legal advice, compensation benchmarking as the primary function, or a workflow that avoids account creation for bulk review.