Partners

Be where finance teams decide.

Accountants, controllers and CFOs come here to compare software, pick a firm and hire. Partners meet them at that moment. Nothing paid moves a score or a shortlist.

    Pick your door

    Accounting and advisory firms

    Quote buyers who are ready to hire a firm.

    A company writes a brief. We remove its name and send it to at most three firms that fit. You pay only when the buyer approves the introduction.

    Apply to the bench

    The deal

    • Free to joinNo contract. Briefs start once you are vetted.
    • $250per approved introduction, due only then
    • 14 daysIf the buyer goes quiet after approving you, the introduction is credited
    • 3 firmsat most see any brief. The buyer picks.

    How a brief reaches you

    Why firms join

    • Buyers, not lead lists

      Every brief comes from a company that has decided to engage and told us what it needs.

    • Nobody can buy the shortlist

      A firm earns a brief by fitting it. The buyer compares quotes and picks.

    • You see the fit before you quote

      Service, size, region and timeline are in every brief. The name comes with the approval.

    Every way to work with us, priced
    • Anonymous RFP partner benchBuyers send us a brief for tax, audit, bookkeeping, advisory or fractional CFO work. We shop it anonymously to a few firms whose work fits.$250 per approved introduction
    • Your firm on the ownership trackerCorrect or complete your row on the CPA firm ownership tracker, with your live hiring and advertised pay joined from our index.Free
    • Sponsored workflow featureA Build-with-AI workflow or close playbook co-authored with your team, in Month-End Closers, labeled Sponsored.$1,500 per piece
    • Employer spotlightYour open roles pinned on the early-career hub and the city pages where you hire, labeled Sponsored.$800 a month
    • Post your rolesA single posting is $49, a promoted posting $199, and unlimited postings are $599 a month.From $49 per post

    The same prices are in the email you get after you apply. Nothing paid touches a brief or a shortlist.

    Questions firms ask

    Recruiting agencies

    Fill the roles you actually fill.

    An employer tells us the role, level and location. We remove the name and send the brief only to recruiters who place that role. You pay only when the employer approves the introduction.

    Apply to the bench

    The deal

    • Free to joinNo contract. Briefs start once you are vetted.
    • $500per approved introduction, due only then
    • 14 daysIf the employer goes quiet after approving you, the introduction is credited
    • 3 recruitersat most per brief. Exclusive introductions on request.

    How a brief reaches you

    Why recruiters join

    • Roles you place

      Briefs match the roles, levels and markets on your application, not a spray of every opening.

    • Nobody can buy the shortlist

      A recruiter earns a brief by fitting it. The employer compares terms and picks.

    • Terms before names

      You send terms on the brief. The employer's name comes with the approval.

    Every way to work with us, priced
    • Anonymous recruiter benchA hiring manager tells us the role, level and location. We shop an anonymous brief to a few recruiters who actually fill it.$500 per approved introduction
    • Hired directory listingA verified profile on Hired, the accounting and finance recruiter directory job seekers use to find you.Free
    • Post your rolesA single posting is $49, a promoted posting $199, and unlimited postings are $599 a month.From $49 per post
    • Sponsored market featureA labeled feature on the roles you place, built on our hiring and pay data, in the newsletter that fits the audience.$1,500 per piece

    The same prices are in the email you get after you apply. Nothing paid touches a brief or a shortlist.

    Questions recruiters ask

    Ask a question before you apply

    Not sure your niche fits, or what a lane costs? A person replies within two business days.

    Add detail (optional)

    Goes to Audit Friendly only. We review every practice before it sees a brief, and a place on a shortlist is never for sale.

    Got it. Your question is with us.

    One automatic email from hello@auditfriendly.co lands within minutes with the options for your kind of practice and the answers to the usual questions. A person answers your question within two business days. When it fits, the bench application is how we match briefs to you.

    Software vendors

    Be the tool they pick.

    Controllers, CFOs and accountants compare accounting and finance tools here on real prices and public evidence. Keep your listing right for free, add a referral link, or sponsor a category.

    Tell us about your productPartner profile

    The deal

    • FreeYour listing, verified against your pricing page, with quote requests from buyers
    • Your program's rateA referral link on two surfaces, labeled, never inside the review
    • $1,200 a monthSponsor a category: one labeled slot across every review in it
    • NeverA paid change to the AF Score or a review

    How buyers find you here

    1. 1
      Compare

      They read your review, the AF Score and the real price next to the alternatives.

    2. 2
      Ask

      They request a quote from your page, with their size, stack and timeline.

    3. 3
      Visit

      They click through to you. With a referral partnership, that click carries your partner link.

    Every way to work with us, priced
    • Keep your listing rightSend pricing changes, new integrations, screenshots or a demo. We check each one against public evidence before it goes live.Free
    • Referral partnershipYour partner link on two surfaces only: the Visit website button and the screen a buyer sees after requesting a quote. Labeled, and it never moves a score.Your program's rate
    • Sponsor a category or a review pageOne labeled slot per category or per page, priced from the rate card.From the rate card
    • Demand reportWhich companies name your product, and your competitors', in what they hire for.On request

    Prices follow measured reach and are re-measured each Monday. A booked slot keeps its price. Corrections need evidence, not a sales deck.

    Questions vendors ask

    Tell us about your product

    A person reads every message and checks your current page first, so the reply is about your listing, not a template.

    Add detail (optional)

    We use this only to reply to you. No newsletter signup, no list.

    Got it. We will look at your page first.

    One automatic email from hello@auditfriendly.co lands within minutes with how vendors work with us. A person replies within two business days with what we found on your current page and what we can do. Corrections ship once the evidence checks out.

    Sponsors and advertisers

    Sponsor the pages and newsletters finance teams already read.

    Prices are public and follow measured reach. Every slot is labeled Sponsored, and a booked slot keeps its price.

    Write in for a proposalEmail instead

    What you get

    • 2 daysA written proposal with the measured reach for your exact surface. Not a call.
    • Public pricesOne sponsor per surface. The price holds once you book.
    • LabeledBeside the content, never inside a review or a shortlist
    • A reportViews, opens and clicks for your slot when it ends

    The rate card, live

    Re-measured each Monday from our own analytics and Beehiiv.

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    Prices in US dollars. The reach behind each line comes from our own analytics and Beehiiv over the last 30 days.

    Write in for a proposal

    Name a surface and a budget and a written proposal arrives within two business days. The rate card arrives by email within minutes either way.

    Add detail (optional)

    Goes to Audit Friendly only. A person reads it, and nothing you send is sold or syndicated.

    Got it. The rate card is on its way.

    One automatic email from hello@auditfriendly.co lands within minutes with the rate card, what is booked, and the usual answers. A person replies within two business days. If you named a surface and a budget, that reply is a written proposal with the measured reach for that exact surface.

    Questions sponsors ask

    The rule

    Your score is not for sale. Neither is the shortlist.

    1. 1
      Scores come from a published rubric. Paying us changes none of it.
    2. 2
      Paid placements say Sponsored and sit beside the content, never inside a review or a brief.
    3. 3
      Buyers never pay for the match, and nobody can buy a place on the shortlist.

    What happens after you write in

    Minutes
    One email from hello@auditfriendly.co with the options for your kind of business. The only automated email you get.
    2 days
    A person reads your note or your application and replies. Not a sequence, not a sales rep.
    After
    Briefs that fit, at most three a week. Or a written sponsorship proposal with the measured reach for that surface.
    Apply to the bench

    Prefer email? hello@auditfriendly.co reaches the same person.