What Cvonline.hu does

Cvonline.hu is a Hungarian online job board and recruitment marketplace founded in 1999 and operated by CVO Digital Kft., a privately held limited liability company headquartered in Budapest. The platform serves two primary user groups: job seekers, who can browse listings and register for free, and employers or recruitment agencies, who pay to post job advertisements, access a searchable CV/resume database, and use tiered recruitment service packages. The platform's core product is a self-service job posting portal with Lite, Master, and Premium ad tiers, supplemented by value-added services including Preselector (pre-screening), Headhunting (executive search), and RAPID (expedited) recruitment. CVO Digital also sells banner advertising and EDM campaigns to employers.

The platform is built on Drupal CMS and powered by Jobiqo job board technology (Vienna-based Jobiqo GmbH), with payment processing via Stripe, email marketing via Brevo, invoicing via szamlazz.hu, and hosting via Russmedia IT in Austria. It is accessible in both Hungarian and English and covers Hungary comprehensively with extensions into Austria (1,105+ listings) and select German states.

Revenue is generated through multiple subscription-based streams — job posting packages, CV database access subscriptions, featured listings, and recruitment services — supplemented by advertising. Pricing is largely self-service via the online portal with premium tiers negotiated through a dedicated sales team under multi-year advance-paid contracts. The company holds a Hungarian private employment agency permit, enabling regulated full-cycle recruitment services. Notable accolades include a Superbrands Award for Best Consumer Brand, and the platform cites connections between hundreds of thousands of job seekers and tens of thousands of employers over its operating history.

Name

Cvonline.hu

Legal name

CVO Digital Kft.

Website

https://cvonline.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cvonline.hu is a Hungarian online job board founded in 1999 and operated by CVO Digital Kft. It connects job seekers with employers via self-service job postings, a CV database, and tiered recruitment services (pre-screening, headhunting, RAPID), covering Hungary and select markets in Austria and Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Services: Employers and recruitment agencies pay for various job advertisement packages including online job posting, Lite job ad, Master job ad, and Premium job ad. Pricing varies by service tier.
2. CV Database Access: Employers with active subscriptions can search and access the resume/CV database to identify and contact suitable candidates directly. Transaction limits apply (max 2,500 transactions per entitlement per day, max 1,000 downloads per partner per day).
3. Featured Listings: Employers can pay for enhanced visibility through homepage company profile highlighting and featured job listings with visual emphasis (e.g., highlighted background, 'Kiemelt' label).
4. Preselector (Pre-screening) Services: Talent scouting and pre-screening services where CVO Digital identifies, screens and evaluates candidates based on employer-defined criteria, then forwards suitable profiles for open positions. Subject to success fee arrangements.
5. Headhunting / Hunt and Hire Services: Full-cycle private employment mediation services provided by CVO Digital as a licensed private employment mediator registered with the competent government labor office. Fees negotiated separately in individual contracts.
6. Banner Advertising and EDM: Employers can purchase banner display on the website (main or sub-pages) and electronic direct marketing (EDM) campaigns targeting relevant candidate segments who have consented to receive marketing communications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cvonline.hu is a Hungarian online job board and recruitment marketplace operating since 1999, connecting job seekers (free access) with employers and recruiters through tiered job-posting packages (Lite, Master, Premium), CV database search, prescreening, headhunting, and RAPID recruitment services. Operated by CVO Digital Kft. in Budapest, the platform aggregates third-party employer job listings and charges employers for posting, candidate visibility, and full-service recruitment support.

Product overview

Cvonline.hu is a Hungarian online job portal operating since 1999, offering a dual-sided marketplace connecting job seekers with employers. The platform provides a unified portfolio combining a public job board (core product) with tiered job posting packages (Online Job Posting, Lite, Master, and Premium tiers), a searchable CV database for employers, and value-added recruitment services (Preselector headhunting with pre-screening, Headhunting, and RAPID expedited recruitment). For job seekers, the platform offers job search tools, a job alert system, downloadable resume templates, career advice via the Cvonline.hu Blog, and knowledge resources. The platform is built on Drupal CMS and powered by JOBIQO technology, with payment processing via Stripe, email marketing via Brevo (Sendinblue), and invoicing via szamlazz.hu.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lite Job Ad
• Master Job Ad
• Premium Job Ad
• CV Database Search Paid access for employers and recruiters to search Cvonline.hu's candidate CV database to source passive and active job seekers. Targeted at HR professionals and recruitment agencies needing direct candidate outreach.
• Preselector Service Recruitment service in which Cvonline.hu's team pre-screens and shortlists candidates on behalf of employers, reducing time-to-hire. Targeted at employers lacking internal screening capacity or hiring at volume.
• Headhunting Service Full-service executive and specialist candidate sourcing delivered by Cvonline.hu's recruitment team for hard-to-fill or senior roles. Targeted at employers seeking outsourced, targeted candidate search.
• RAPID Recruitment Accelerated high-volume recruitment service enabling employers to fill multiple positions within a compressed timeframe using Cvonline.hu's candidate pool and screening resources. Targeted at employers with urgent or volume hiring needs.
• Banner and EDM Advertising Display banner and email marketing placements on the Cvonline.hu platform, allowing employers and partners to reach the job-seeker audience and the recruiter user base. Targeted at employer brand campaigns and partner advertisers.
• Employer Branding Services Profile page, logo, and banner placements on Cvonline.hu that allow employers to build brand visibility with job seekers browsing the platform. Targeted at employers seeking to strengthen their employer brand in the Hungarian market.

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Russmedia IT GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationRussmedia IT GmbH (Gutenbergstrasse 1, 6858 Schwarzach, Austria) serves as the hosting provider for Cvonline.hu's web infrastructure. This is a critical operational partnership supporting the platform's uptime and performance. Contact: 0043 5572 501 0, [email protected].
• ITD Informatika Zrt.supportingTechnology or IntegrationITD Informatika Zrt. (székhely: 3928 Tiszatardos, Kossuth Lajos út 45.) provides email and correspondence management systems for CVO Digital, supporting customer communication workflows.
• Tárhely.Eu Kft.supportingTechnology or IntegrationTárhely.Eu Kft. (1144 Budapest, Ormánság utca 4. X. em. 241. ajtó) provides web hosting and storage services for cvonline.hu.
• Jobiqo GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationJobiqo GmbH (Mariahilfer Straße 103/2/44, A-1060 Bécs, Ausztria) is identified as the technology platform powering Cvonline.hu, as evidenced by the 'Powered by JOBIQO' attribution on the website. Jobiqo provides the underlying job board software and infrastructure.
• Brevo (Sendinblue SAS)supportingTechnology or IntegrationBrevo (formerly Sendinblue SAS, headquartered at 106 boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris, France) provides email marketing automation software used for sending newsletters and job alerts to registered users.
• KBOSS.hu Kft. (szamlazz.hu)supportingTechnology or IntegrationKBOSS.hu Kft. (1031 Budapest, Záhony utca 7.) operates the szamlazz.hu online invoicing platform used by CVO Digital for issuing invoices to employer clients.
• Stripe Payments Europe Ltd.supportingTechnology or IntegrationStripe Payments Europe Ltd. (1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Írország) processes online credit card payments from employer clients purchasing recruitment services.
• CVO Tech S.r.l.supportingTechnology or IntegrationCVO Tech S.r.l. (Bd.Dacia nr. 34, bl. U55, Oradea, Románia) provides web development services for cvonline.hu platforms.
• CVO GmbHsupportingTechnology or IntegrationCVO GmbH (Gutenbergstraße 1, 6858 Schwarzach, Austria) provides mail server, server services, and IT support functions for CVO Digital's platforms.
• Emarsys eMarketing Systems AGsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEmarsys eMarketing Systems AG (Märzstraße 1, 1150 Wien, Ausztria) provides online marketing automation tools used for newsletter distribution to job seekers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Karrierstart.hu: Hungarian career portal focused on entry-level and early-career opportunities. Comparable as a domestic Hungarian job platform serving the same job-seeker and SME employer segments, though narrower in scope.
• Profession.hu / Jobbik (Toborzás): Hungarian recruitment and job platform. Adjacent competitor in the Hungarian online recruitment space, overlapping with Cvonline.hu on SMB and mid-market employer segments.

Direct peers

• Jobline.hu: Hungarian online job board offering job postings and recruitment tools. Directly comparable in scope, geography and target audience to Cvonline.hu, serving as an alternative for Hungarian employers and job seekers.
• Profession.hu: Hungary's largest and most well-known online job board and career portal. Directly competes with Cvonline.hu in the same Hungarian market, offering job postings, CV database access and recruitment services to the same employer and job-seeker segments.
• Workania.hu: Hungarian job search and career platform providing job listings and CV search for employers. Overlaps with Cvonline.hu on the same Hungarian market, employer base and job-seeker community.
• LinkedIn (Hungary): Professional network with integrated job marketplace increasingly used by Hungarian employers and recruiters. Competes directly for premium recruitment spend and passive candidate reach that Cvonline.hu also targets via its CV database and Headhunting services.
• Indeed (Hungary): Global job search engine and aggregator with significant Hungarian traffic and free job posting. Competes directly with Cvonline.hu for employer recruitment budgets and job-seeker attention in the Hungarian labor market.

Broad incumbents

• Hays Hungary: Global recruitment agency with Hungarian operations providing permanent placement, executive search and contract staffing. Comparable to Cvonline.hu's Preselector and Headhunting services for professional and senior-level roles.
• Monster (global): Global online recruitment platform with broad employer solutions. Competes with Cvonline.hu for Hungarian employers seeking international reach and is a broader incumbent in the same online job-board category.

Regional players

• StepStone (DACH): Leading European job board with strong presence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Directly comparable as a regional job-board incumbent, particularly relevant given Cvonline.hu's cross-border DACH listings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xfacebook.com/cvonline
• Facebookfacebook.com/cvonline
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cvonline-%C3%A1ll%C3%A1sport%C3%A1l
• Instagraminstagram.com/cvonline.hu

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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