LucidTrack vs Bright Network: Jobs, Alerts and Tracking
Bright Network and LucidTrack compared for internship and grad scheme applicants: job boards, job alerts and tracking your applications.
LucidTrack Team2 min readBright Network helps students discover employers; LucidTrack is where you find the roles that are open now and track every application you make. Bright Network offers free membership, a jobs board, job alerts, careers content and events. LucidTrack has a free job board too, built around trackers for each sector and programme, and its focus is what happens after you apply: every round, deadline and outcome of every application, in one place.
We make LucidTrack. Bright Network's details below come from its own website and help centre, checked on 29 October 2026. For every other tracker, see the best internship trackers in the UK.
LucidTrack vs Bright Network at a glance
| Feature | LucidTrack | Bright Network |
|---|---|---|
| Free for students | Yes | Yes |
| Jobs board | Spring weeks, internships, placements and grad schemes | Yes |
| A tracker per sector and programme | Yes | Not stated |
| Job alerts | Email within minutes of a role opening (Pro) | Email alerts by sector, location and job type |
| Track your own applicationsBright Network's own pages describe this differently; see below | Yes | Unclear |
| Interview rounds and deadlines per application | Yes | Not stated |
| Statistics on your season | Yes | Not stated |
What Bright Network is
Bright Network is a free membership network for undergraduates and recent graduates at UK universities, and for international students looking for UK jobs. Members get a jobs board, careers content, events such as the Bright Network Festival, and email job alerts set up by sector, location and job type.
On tracking your applications, Bright Network's own pages differ. Its homepage says members can save jobs and events and follow them through applications using a tracker, while a help centre article says there isn't currently a place to see and track all the roles you've applied to.
Why LucidTrack is the one you'll keep open
Trackers for exactly what you're applying for
LucidTrack's board is organised the way students search: a tracker for each sector and programme, such as technology internships, consulting internships or finance spring weeks. Each lists every live role with its deadline in plain words, and every closed role with the date it opened, so you know when the next round is due.
Every application, every round
Once you apply, the role goes into your tracker with its deadline, the job description and the CV you sent. Each application keeps its own rounds (an online test, a HireVue, an assessment centre), each with a status and a date, and what's due next sits at the top.
Alerts within minutes
Pro emails you a matching role within minutes of it going live, with a button to add it straight to your tracker. Many firms review applications as they arrive, so hearing first matters.
Your season in numbers
Offers, rejections, applications in progress and your pass rate with each assessment provider, counted for you, and comparable with friends who share back with you.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bright Network free?
Yes. Bright Network membership is free for eligible students and recent graduates, according to its membership guidelines.
Does Bright Network track your applications?
Bright Network's own pages differ: its homepage mentions following applications using a tracker, while its help centre says there isn't currently a place to track all the roles you've applied to. LucidTrack's free tracker records every application with its rounds, deadlines and outcome.
What is a good alternative to Bright Network for tracking applications?
LucidTrack combines a job board of live spring weeks, internships, placements and graduate schemes with a free application tracker, so the roles you find and the applications you make are in one place.
Find the roles in this guide
Every live role, with its deadline, and every closed one with the date it opened.