tiero vs GradBlueprint: which one actually fits you
This is the closest comparison on the site. GradBlueprint is a UK graduate scheme tracker built for UK students by a UK graduate, launched the same year as tiero, and priced on the same principle: you pay for volume, not for features. If you are choosing between the two, you are not choosing between a good tool and a bad one.
The difference is where each one puts its effort. GradBlueprint is strongest before and around the application. tiero is strongest inside it.
The short answer
GradBlueprint is a graduate scheme tracker with a built-in database of UK schemes, a deadline calendar, email reminders at 7, 3 and 1 days, and conversion analytics across your applications. It is the better organiser. tiero also tracks applications, but the bulk of the product is practice for the stages after you apply: long-form application questions, recorded video interviews, assessment centre exercises and a staged final interview simulator, all grounded in an experience library of your own material. If your problem is that you keep losing track of deadlines, GradBlueprint solves it more directly. If your problem is that you get to assessment centres and final rounds and stop progressing, that is what tiero is built for. They are complementary more often than they are rivals.
Feature by feature
| Capability | tiero | GradBlueprint |
|---|---|---|
| Application pipeline with stagesBoth are drag-and-drop boards built around how UK grad schemes actually run. | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-loaded database of UK graduate schemesGradBlueprint lets you add a scheme, its deadline and its requirements in one click. tiero has no scheme database; you add roles yourself. | No | Yes |
| Email deadline remindersGradBlueprint emails you 7, 3 and 1 days before a deadline. tiero surfaces deadlines in the app but does not email you. | No | Yes |
| Conversion analytics across applicationsGradBlueprint reports application-to-interview and interview-to-offer rates. tiero shows counts, not conversion. | Partly | Yes |
| CV scoring against applicant tracking systemsGradBlueprint has a free CV ATS checker. tiero does not score CVs. | No | Yes |
| Help with long-form application questionsThe competency and "why us" questions that grad scheme forms are mostly made of. | Yes | No |
| Cover letter coaching | Yes | No |
| Recorded video interview practice on cameraGradBlueprint has an AI mock interview with STAR feedback. tiero has you record yourself, which is the format one-way video interviews actually use. | Yes | Partly |
| Assessment centre practiceGradBlueprint has assessment centre prep material and worked examples. tiero runs the exercises as practice. | Yes | Yes |
| Staged final interview simulationFive questions back to back, no retakes, which is the part people find hardest to rehearse alone. | Yes | No |
| Stores your own experience to draw answers fromtiero's experience library is what stops generated answers reading like a language model wrote them. | Yes | No |
| Free to start, no card | Yes | Yes |
| Paid plan raises volume rather than unlocking featuresGenuinely the same model. GradBlueprint's free plan tracks 10 applications forever and Pro removes the cap. | Yes | Yes |
| Discounted student pricingGradBlueprint charges £9.99/month, or £4.99 with a verified .ac.uk email. tiero has no separate student rate. | No | Yes |
GradBlueprint is the better fit if
- Your main problem is organisation: too many deadlines, not enough system.
- You want schemes and their deadlines pre-loaded rather than typing them in.
- You want to be emailed before a deadline rather than having to open an app.
- You want to see your conversion rates across a whole application cycle.
- You are still at the CV stage and want it scored against applicant tracking systems.
- You have a .ac.uk email and the cheaper student rate matters to you.
tiero is the better fit if
- You are getting to assessment centres and final rounds and stalling there.
- The written questions are what take you hours, not the tracking.
- You want to rehearse on camera in the format the employer actually uses.
- You want your answers built from your own experience rather than a template.
- You want every feature available whether or not you pay.
Common questions
- Is tiero or GradBlueprint better for tracking graduate scheme applications?
- For tracking alone, GradBlueprint. It has a pre-loaded database of UK schemes so adding a role takes one click, it emails you 7, 3 and 1 days before a deadline, and it reports your conversion rates across the cycle. tiero's pipeline covers the same stages and is perfectly good, but tracking is one part of tiero rather than the whole product.
- What does tiero do that GradBlueprint does not?
- The stages after you apply. tiero has help with long-form application questions, a cover letter coach, recorded video interview practice on camera, assessment centre exercises and a staged final interview simulator that runs five questions back to back with no retakes. It also keeps an experience library of your own jobs, projects and setbacks, so answers are built from your material rather than generic phrasing. GradBlueprint has an AI mock interview and assessment centre prep material, but not a full practice product.
- Can I use both tiero and GradBlueprint?
- Yes, and for a lot of people that is the sensible answer. Track in GradBlueprint if you want the scheme database and the deadline emails, then practise in tiero for the stages that are actually rejecting you. Both are free to start, so it costs nothing to find out which half you need more.
- How much do tiero and GradBlueprint cost?
- As of August 2026, GradBlueprint's free plan tracks up to 10 applications with no card required, and Pro is £9.99 per month, or £4.99 with a verified .ac.uk email, for unlimited applications. tiero is free to start and its paid plan also raises how many applications you can run at once rather than unlocking features. The pricing philosophy is close to identical; GradBlueprint has the cheaper student rate.
- Are they the same kind of product?
- Not quite, though the overlap is real. GradBlueprint describes itself as a career platform built around a graduate scheme tracker, with free tools attached. tiero describes itself as an assistant for the whole application journey, with a pipeline attached. Same user, same schemes, different centre of gravity.
GradBlueprint's features and pricing last checked August 2026. Products change; check their site for the current position. If we have something wrong here, tell us and we'll fix it.
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