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Openpath is an open directory of real-world listings built for AI agents. An agent asks in plain words and gets the listings themselves: each job with the employer’s Apply link, and each local business with an inbox that reaches the owner. No key, no sign-up.

Builders also give agents listings through a data API for each kind of listing, and through web search APIs. These pages set 85 of them beside each other, and beside Openpath where it has those listings, in 523 comparisons. Every fact about another company comes from its own pages, linked and quoted, read on October 15, 2026. Where a page said nothing, so do we.

Openpath covers less than most of them today: jobs in Austin, Texas, and remote, and businesses in Austin. Homes and products can be listed by their owners, and cars and events are on the way; until Openpath has those listings, their groups compare the other tools only. Each page says what each tool is best at, Openpath included.

Local business data APIs

Map and places APIs that return businesses and points of interest: what an agent uses to find a plumber, a dentist or a place to eat.

ToolNo sign-up or API keyFree to startReturns listings, not pagesOwner inbox on every resultOfficial MCP server
Openpath✓✓✓✓✓
Google Places API–✓✓–✓
Yelp Places API––✓–✓
Foursquare Places API–✓✓–✓
TomTom Search API–✓✓–✓
HERE Geocoding & Search–✓✓–✓
Mapbox Search Box API–✓✓–✓
Azure Maps Search–✓✓––
Apple Maps Server API–✓✓––
OpenStreetMap (Nominatim and Overpass)✓✓✓––
SerpApi Google Maps API–✓✓–✓
Outscraper––✓–✓
Overture Maps Places✓✓✓––

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Job data APIs

Job boards, aggregators and applicant tracking systems with an API: what an agent uses to find openings to apply for.

ToolNo sign-up or API keyFree to startReturns listings, not pagesLinks to the employer’s own applicationOfficial MCP server
Openpath✓✓✓✓✓
Greenhouse Job Board API✓✓✓✓–
Lever Postings API✓✓✓✓–
Ashby Job Postings API✓✓✓✓–
Indeedno open job search API––––✓
LinkedIn Jobsa posting API closed to new partners–––––
Adzuna API–✓✓––
Jooble API–✓✓––
Careerjet API––✓––
USAJOBS API––✓✓–
The Muse API✓✓✓––
Remotive API✓✓✓––
Remote OK API✓✓✓––
JSearch––✓✓✓
TheirStack–✓✓✓✓
Coresignal–✓✓✓✓

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Home listing APIs

Property and rental data APIs: what an agent uses to find a home to rent or buy.

Openpath has no homes listed yet. Owners and landlords can list a home for rent or sale on Openpath today, free, and agents will find it through the same search as jobs and businesses.

ToolNo sign-up or API keyFree to startReturns listings, not pagesReach the owner or agent from a resultOfficial MCP server
RentCast API–✓✓✓✓
Zillow (Bridge API)invite-only MLS feeds–––––
Redfin Data Centermarket data downloads, no API–––––
Repliers API–✓✓✓✓
SimplyRETS–✓✓✓–
Spark API–✓✓––
Datafiniti Property Data–✓✓✓–
ATTOM Property API–✓––✓
Realie Property Data API–✓––✓
Zumpera listing feed in, no API out–––––
HUD open datasubsidized housing data, no vacancies–––––
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Car listing APIs

Vehicle inventory and listing APIs: what an agent uses to find a car for sale.

Openpath has no car listings yet. Cars are on its roadmap, from sellers and dealers who list them themselves.

ToolNo sign-up or API keyFree to startReturns listings, not pagesReach the seller from a resultOfficial MCP server
MarketCheck Cars API–✓✓✓✓
Auto.dev–✓✓–✓
eBay Browse API (vehicles)––✓––
Edmunds APIclosed to new developers since 2018–––––
Cars.comno public API–––––
Autotrader (Cox Automotive)partners and dealers only–––––
Carvanaa partner-only API–––––
Kelley Blue Booklicensed values, not listings–––––
CarsXE–✓––✓
Vehicle Databases–✓–––
NHTSA vPIC✓✓–––
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Product search APIs

Catalog and shopping APIs: what an agent uses to find something to buy.

Openpath has no products listed yet. Sellers can list a product on Openpath today, free, and agents will find it through the same search as jobs and businesses.

ToolNo sign-up or API keyFree to startReturns listings, not pagesBuy from a resultOfficial MCP server
Shopify Global Catalog✓–✓✓✓
Amazon Creators API––✓✓–
eBay Browse API––✓✓–
Walmart Affiliate API––✓✓–
Best Buy Products API––✓✓–
Etsy Open API––✓✓–
PayPal MCP server––✓✓✓
Rainforest API–✓✓––
SerpApi Google Shopping API–✓✓–✓
Google Shoppingfor sellers, not searchers–––––
OpenAI Agentic Commerce Protocolcheckout for merchants in ChatGPT–––––
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Event and ticket APIs

Event discovery and ticketing APIs: what an agent uses to find a concert, a game or something to do.

Openpath has no event listings yet. Events are on its roadmap, from organizers who list them themselves.

ToolNo sign-up or API keyFree to startReturns listings, not pagesGet tickets from a resultOfficial MCP server
Ticketmaster Discovery API––✓✓–
SerpApi Google Events API–✓✓✓✓
Meetup API––✓✓–
Luma–✓✓–✓
PredictHQ–✓✓–✓
Eventbrite APIpublic search closed since 2019–––––
StubHub APIresale tickets, by request–––✓–
Vivid Seatsan affiliate program, no API–––✓–
Songkick APIclosed to new developers–––––
Bandsintown APIone artist’s tour dates–––✓–
DICEpartners’ own events only–––––
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Web search APIs for agents

APIs that search the web and return pages, snippets or answers. They suit research and questions about the web; Openpath returns listings to act on, so many agents use both.

ToolNo sign-up or API keyFree to startReturns listings, not pagesReach the owner from a resultOfficial MCP server
Openpath✓✓✓✓✓
Tavily–✓––✓
Exa–✓––✓
Brave Search API–✓––✓
Serper–✓–––
SerpApi–✓––✓
Perplexity Search API––––✓
Parallel Search API–✓––✓
You.com Search API✓✓––✓
Jina AI Search–✓––✓
Firecrawl Search✓✓––✓
Linkup–✓––✓
Context.dev–✓––✓
Kagi Search API––––✓
Bing Search APIretired in August 2025–––––

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