Mandy alternative
Applying for roles shouldn’t cost you $14.99 a month.
NeedaCrew is free for actors and crew. Apply to everything, self-tape for the role, and keep 100% of your rate. The people with the budget pay our fee, and only when a booking actually happens.
No card. No trial that ends. Free is the plan.
Browsing is free. Applying to unlimited roles takes a subscription, which renews automatically.
Actors and crew are free, for good. Posting is free. We take 5% on the hirer’s side when a booking happens, card processing included.
Side by side
Their figures are from their App Store listing and their site, checked October 24, 2026. If they change, so does this page.
What they’re good at
Mandy has been around a long time and lists work for actors, voiceover artists, extras, dancers, singers, musicians and crew, across the UK, the US and beyond. If you want the biggest pile of listings, they have it. Being on both costs you nothing.
Where we’re honestly behind
We started this year, we’re US and Canada only, and on any given week there are a handful of jobs up, not hundreds. What a smaller site buys you is that you’re not the four hundredth submission, and people here hear back.
What free actually includes
Tap in on every role that fits. No counter, no upgrade screen.
Record your tape right on NeedaCrew for the exact role, and send it with your note in one step.
Tell us your role and city and we email you when something fits.
Straight to the producer or casting director. Not a paid unlock.
We never take a cut of your pay. The 5% sits on the hirer.
When the hirer pays by card, your full rate goes straight to your own Stripe account.
Straight answers
Yes, and not as a trial. Your profile, applying to every role you want, self-tapes, job alerts and messaging the person hiring are all free and stay free. Crew and talent keep 100% of their rate.
A flat 5% on the hirer's side, only when a booking actually happens, and it includes card processing. If nobody books, we earn nothing.
In the US App Store: $14.99 a month, $75 for six months, or $119.99 a year. Their listing says a subscription is needed "to apply to unlimited roles and access full features," and that "no cancellations are permitted during an active subscription." Prices may vary by country. Checked October 24, 2026.
Probably not, if it works for you. Most working actors and crew are on several sites. The honest pitch is narrower: applying shouldn't cost you a subscription, so put your profile here too and let it cost you nothing.
Because being here costs you nothing, and on a smaller site you're not the four hundredth submission. Producers here see a handful of real profiles with their work, and people hear back.
Takes about a minute. Keep your other profiles up; this one costs you nothing.
Mandy is a trademark of its owner and is not affiliated with NeedaCrew. Figures about their service are taken from their own App Store listing and website on October 24, 2026 and may have changed since. If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.