The short answer
Naukri is free to join and apply on, and its paid FastForward services make your profile more visible to recruiters: Resume Display starts at ₹890 for one month, Priority Applicant at ₹971 for three months, and Recruiter Connection at ₹839 for five messages, as of November 2026. Naukri says it does not refund payments. Horabbit works the other way round: instead of waiting for a recruiter to find you, it finds the person who decides on a role and emails them in your voice, with a tailored CV, from your Gmail.
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If you are an engineer in India, you probably have a Naukri profile. It is free, recruiters and consultants search it, and you can apply to jobs with it in a click. Naukri’s paid services, sold under the FastForward name, are built to make that profile more visible.
Horabbit is a different move. Instead of making you easier to find, it goes and finds the person who decides on a role, and writes to them.
What is Naukri, and what does FastForward add?
Naukri is free for job seekers: you register, build a profile, apply to jobs with your Naukri profile, and recruiters and consultants can find you in its database.
FastForward is Naukri’s set of paid services. As of November 2026, Naukri’s own FastForward page lists these starting prices:
| Service | What Naukri says it does | Starts from |
|---|---|---|
| Resume Display | A featured profile with up to 3x visibility to recruiters | ₹890 for 1 month |
| Priority Applicant | Marks you as a priority applicant on jobs you apply to | ₹971 for 3 months |
| Monthly Job Search Plan | Ranks you higher in recruiter searches, priority access to jobs, message recruiters | ₹890 a month |
| Recruiter Connection | Personalised messages to recruiters from a database of about 1.6 lakh recruiters | ₹839 for 5 credits |
| Jobs4U | Job alerts set by Naukri’s team, by SMS and email | ₹1,566 for 3 months |
| Resume Writing | A resume written by Naukri’s writers | ₹1,653 |
| Resume Critique | A written review of your resume | ₹1,017 |
The page does not say whether these prices include GST, and it shows only starting prices; longer plans and combinations appear after you log in.
Two points from Naukri’s own FAQ are worth reading before you buy. Naukri says paid members can increase their resume views “by up to 3 times”. And it says it does not refund any payments; if you have a concern about a service, it directs you to customer care.
What does Horabbit do differently?
FastForward improves your position inside Naukri. Horabbit works outside any job board.
- It finds roles that fit you, in India and abroad.
- It finds the person who decides on that role: the CTO, the engineering lead, the hiring manager. Not a recruiter’s inbox.
- It writes a short email in your own voice, with a CV tailored to that role, sent from your own Gmail. You can keep each email in drafts, or let Horabbit send it.
- Replies come back to your own inbox.
A job board application lands in a queue of hundreds. An email to the person who owns the role lands in a queue of a few, and is read by a human.
Replies usually take three to ten days, and some never come. We do not promise replies, interviews or offers.
How do they compare side by side?
| Naukri (with FastForward) | Horabbit | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Job board and recruiter database; paid services raise your visibility | Finds the role and the person who decides, writes them an email |
| Who reads your application | Recruiters and consultants searching Naukri, and the job’s applicant list | The CTO, engineering lead or hiring manager, directly |
| Does it sound like you | Your Naukri profile; Recruiter Connection lets you write short messages | A short email written in your own voice |
| CV per role | One profile and resume; a professionally written resume is a paid add-on | A CV tailored to each role |
| Where it sends from | Inside Naukri | Your own Gmail address |
| Volume | As many applications as you make | A few carefully chosen emails a day |
| Price (₹) | Free to use; paid services from ₹839 to ₹1,653, GST treatment not stated | ₹499/week, ₹1,999/month, ₹3,999/3 months, GST included |
| Free tier | Yes: profile, search and applications are free | No |
| Refund / cancel | Naukri says it does not refund payments | Cancel any time; refund within 7 days of a charge |
| Best for | Being found by Indian recruiters and consultants | Job seekers writing to the people who hire, in India and abroad |
What does the price math look like?
Both are priced in rupees, so there is no conversion. One month of Resume Display from ₹890 against ₹1,999 for one month of Horabbit; three months of Priority Applicant from ₹971 against ₹3,999 for three months of Horabbit.
On price alone, Naukri’s paid services are cheaper, and the base product is free. That is the honest starting point. The difference is in what the money buys: FastForward buys more visibility in a place where you are one profile among many; Horabbit buys a handful of messages to named people a week. Neither price comes with a promise of interviews, and Naukri says so explicitly too.
When is Naukri the better choice?
- You want recruiters and consultants to come to you. That is what Naukri’s database and Resume Display are for, and Horabbit does not put you in any database.
- The employers you want recruit through Naukri and contact candidates from its database.
- You want to spend nothing. A good free Naukri profile is worth having regardless.
When is Horabbit the better choice?
- The calls you get are not the roles you want. More visibility in the same database tends to bring more of the same calls.
- You want to choose the company, and reach the person there who decides, rather than wait for whoever searches.
- You are applying abroad as well as in India. Horabbit skips teams that cannot sponsor you.
- You want the message in your own voice, from your own address, with replies in your own inbox.
The verdict
Keep your Naukri profile; it is free and recruiters use it. Whether FastForward is worth paying for depends on whether being found is really your problem. If you are already being found, and still not talking to the people you want to work for, the fix is to write to them directly, which is what Horabbit does.
The method behind that is in how to email a hiring manager directly, and Naukri alongside every other way to apply is in every way to apply for a job, compared.
Sources
- https://resume.naukri.com/
- https://resume.naukri.com/frequently-asked-questions-faq/what-are-the-additional-benefits-i-get-by-becoming-a-paid-member/
- https://resume.naukri.com/frequently-asked-questions-faq/what-is-your-refund-policy-if-i-am-not-satisfied-with-these-services/
- https://www.naukri.com/nlogin/login
Questions people ask
- Is Naukri FastForward worth paying for?
- It depends on whether being found is your problem. FastForward services raise your visibility inside Naukri's recruiter search and applicant lists, and Naukri says paid members can get up to three times more resume views. If recruiters are already finding you but the conversations are with the wrong people, more visibility in the same place will not change who reads you.
- How much does Naukri Resume Display cost?
- Naukri's FastForward page lists Resume Display from ₹890 for one month, as of November 2026. Longer plans exist; the full price list is shown after you log in.
- Does Naukri refund FastForward payments?
- Naukri's FastForward FAQ says it does not refund any payments, and directs service concerns to customer care.
- Can I use Naukri and Horabbit together?
- Yes. Keeping a Naukri profile up to date costs nothing and lets recruiters find you. Horabbit runs in parallel, writing to the people who decide on roles you choose.