What One Koali Credit Actually Buys You

On Koali, applying to a role costs one credit. A credit is a few dollars, less if you subscribe or buy a larger bundle. That is a real cost, so it is fair to ask exactly what you get for it. Here is the whole answer, with nothing hidden.

A spot in a small, capped pool

Every role on Koali has a hard cap on how many applications it will accept, set by the recruiter anywhere from 1 to 200. When the cap fills, the listing closes. Your credit buys you a place inside that small pool instead of a spot in a pile of thousands.

This is the part most job boards cannot offer at any price. Because the pool is capped and everyone in it applied deliberately, your application competes against a handful of genuine candidates, not an ocean of reflexive one-click submissions.

A guaranteed human response within 10 business days

This is the core of what a credit buys. Every recruiter on Koali is contractually required to review and respond to every application within 10 business days. Not an algorithm, not a keyword filter, a person. You are guaranteed a written outcome: shortlisted, or declined with a reason.

That guarantee is not a marketing line. It is tracked by the platform and enforced against the recruiter's public response rate, and repeated misses suspend their ability to post new roles.

Your credit back if the deadline is missed

Here is the safety net that makes the cost fair. If a recruiter does not respond within 10 business days, your credit is returned to your Koali account automatically. You do nothing. No form, no support ticket, no chasing. The system watches every deadline and refunds you the moment one is missed.

So the worst case is not "you paid and got silence." The worst case is "you paid, got silence, and got your money back." In practice you almost always get the response, because the recruiter has every incentive to answer.

What a subscription adds

If you are applying regularly, a subscription lowers the price of each application well below the pay-as-you-go rate and adds a few things on top:

• Application analytics so you can see your response rate, average response time, and where your applications stand.
• Priority placement in the recruiter's review queue.
• On the Pro tier, priority support and a verification badge on your profile.

Unused credits never expire, whether you bought a bundle or they came with a subscription. They sit in your account until you use them.

The simple version

A credit buys you a small pool, a guaranteed human answer, and your money back if that answer never comes. That is the entire deal, and it is the same deal on every application. You can see current pricing on the pricing page.