The catch with Talentfoot
You learn the fee when you talk to them. Its own guide puts typical market fees at 20% to 35% of first-year pay. On a $150,000 hire, that range is $30,000 to $52,500.
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SuperHired vs Talentfoot
The short answer: Talentfoot is an executive search firm. It offers retained, contingency and engaged search, and it does not publish a dollar price. SuperHired charges a flat fee set by the role, from $7,500 for a standard search.
Pick Talentfoot for a C-suite hire or a senior leader outside marketing. Pick SuperHired for a marketing or go-to-market hire when you want the fee fixed before the search starts.
What each firm publishes, side by side.
Talentfoot lines come from its own public pages, checked November 2026. Each one links to its source.
| Compare | SuperHired | Talentfoot |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is for | Agencies first, plus in-house marketing teams. | Marketing agencies, plus SMB, mid-market and enterprise companies, says its agency page. |
| Roles | Marketing and go-to-market roles, priced as standard, specialist or technical, or executive. | Senior individual contributors to the C-suite, across sales, marketing, operations, finance, AI and technology (agency page). |
| How you pay | One flat fee, set by the role. 30% at signing, 70% when an offer is accepted. | Retained, contingency or engaged search. Its fee guide (May 27, 2026) says Talentfoot offers all three. |
| Published price | $7,500 standard search. $10,000 to $15,000 specialist or technical. $15,000 to $25,000 executive. | No dollar price. Its agency page describes flexible pricing and service options. |
| Tied to salary | No. A higher salary does not raise the fee. | Its fee guide gives typical market fees of 20% to 35% of first-year pay, by model. It does not call them Talentfoot’s own rates. |
| Guarantee | 120-day replacement guarantee, under the service terms. We explain them before you commit. | The agency page uses the word “guaranteed” but gives no period or terms. |
Who each firm suits.
Pick Talentfoot if
- You are hiring a C-suite leader, or a senior leader in sales, operations, finance, AI or technology.
- You want to choose between retained, contingency and engaged search.
- You want HOGAN leadership assessments, which its agency page says it uses.
Pick SuperHired if
- You are hiring a marketing or go-to-market role at an agency or an in-house team.
- You want the fee fixed before the search starts, whatever the salary.
- You want a 120-day replacement guarantee written into the service terms.
The catch with SuperHired
You pay 30% at signing, before you meet candidates. We focus on marketing and go-to-market roles, and our searches are for salaried hires, not freelance or contract hours.
The details, with sources.
SuperHired
SuperHired headhunts marketing and go-to-market people for agencies and in-house teams. Agencies are our core. Each search runs in six stages: Discover, Define, Headhunt, Understand, Evaluate and Start Well. Our method explains each one.
The fee is set by the role, never by the salary. A standard search is $7,500. A specialist or technical search is $10,000 to $15,000, and an executive search is $15,000 to $25,000. You pay 30% at signing, which covers discovery and starts the agreed search, and 70% when an offer is accepted. Pricing has the details.
Each search includes a 120-day replacement guarantee under the service terms, and we explain those terms before you commit. Where a simulation can answer an important hiring question, finalists do a paid exercise built around the real work.
Talentfoot
Its agency recruiter page says Talentfoot helps marketing agencies hire leaders across sales, marketing, operations, accounting and finance, AI, and technology. It names hires from senior individual contributors to the C-suite, including client services, account management, RevOps and finance. It also serves SMB, mid-market and enterprise companies. It says its review includes HOGAN leadership assessments.
Its fee guide, dated May 27, 2026, says Talentfoot offers retained, contingency and engaged search. Retained is paid up front in installments, commonly a third at engagement, a third at slate delivery and a third at placement, and it is exclusive. Contingency is paid only on placement and is not exclusive. Engaged is a partial fee up front plus a placement fee.
The guide gives typical market fees, not a Talentfoot price card: 30% to 35% of first-year pay for retained, 20% to 30% for contingency and 25% to 33% for engaged. It says retained guarantees typically run 6 to 12 months and contingency windows are often 30 to 90 days, again as market ranges, not as Talentfoot’s policy.
Where these facts come from.
Checked November 2026. Prices and terms change, so confirm them with each firm before you sign.
- Talentfoot, marketing agency recruiter. Who it serves, roles, HOGAN assessments, flexible pricing and the word “guaranteed”.
- Talentfoot, retained vs contingency vs engaged search (May 27, 2026). The three fee models, typical market fees and typical guarantee windows.
- SuperHired pricing. Fees by role and the 120-day replacement guarantee.
- SuperHired, our method. The six stages, the 30% and 70% payments, and paid exercises.
Questions buyers ask.
Does Talentfoot charge a flat fee?
Talentfoot does not publish a dollar price. Its fee guide, dated May 27, 2026, says it offers retained, contingency and engaged search. The same guide gives typical market fees of 30% to 35% of first-year pay for retained, 20% to 30% for contingency and 25% to 33% for engaged. SuperHired charges a flat fee set by the role, from $7,500 for a standard search.
What guarantee does each firm publish?
SuperHired includes a 120-day replacement guarantee under the service terms, and we explain those terms before you commit. Talentfoot’s agency page uses the word “guaranteed” but gives no period or terms. Its fee guide describes typical market windows, not its own policy.
Which firm suits an executive hire?
For a marketing or go-to-market leadership role, SuperHired’s executive search is $15,000 to $25,000, flat. For a CFO, a CTO or another leader outside marketing and go-to-market, Talentfoot names those roles and SuperHired does not focus on them.
How do I compare the cost of the two?
Start with the salary. A fee priced on first-year pay rises with it, and ours does not. On a $150,000 hire, the typical market range in Talentfoot’s guide is $30,000 to $52,500. Our standard search is $7,500 and our executive search is $15,000 to $25,000.
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