Ashby Job Postings API vs The Muse API for AI agents
Ashby Job Postings API is Ashby's public API that returns all currently published job postings for one organization's job board. The Muse API is a public JSON API for job and company listings posted on The Muse.
The short answer
- Ashby Job Postings API: Reading a known company's live openings, including pay when published, from its own Ashby board.
- The Muse API: A free, no-key way to pull The Muse's curated job listings with company context.
Side by side
| Ashby Job Postings API | The Muse API | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | One company's Ashby job board per call (by job board name); employer-direct. | Jobs listed on The Muse, filterable by company, category, level and location (including flexible/remote). |
| Returns | JSON postings with title, location, isRemote, workplaceType, descriptionHtml, jobUrl, applyUrl and, with includeCompensation=true, compensation. | JSON pages of 20 results; each job has name, contents (description), publication_date, locations, levels, categories, company and refs.landing_page. |
| Before the first call | Nothing to read postings: no key, only the company’s job board name. | Nothing for testing; an api_key from registration is required for any use beyond testing. |
| Free | No key needed, and its pages state no price | 500 requests per hour without a key; 3,600 per hour with a registered key. No price is stated. |
| Acting on a result | applyUrl is the Ashby-hosted application page for the employer's job. | refs.landing_page points to the job page on themuse.com. |
| Limits on keeping or showing results | Not stated on its pages | Content shown via the API must link back to The Muse; on termination you must destroy stored Muse Content (terms last modified 7/25/2015). |
| Coverage | Wherever the employer hires. | The location filter lists cities worldwide; no stated country coverage. |
| MCP server | No official server listed | No official server listed |
Where Openpath fits
If the agent needs a job to apply for in Austin, Texas, or a remote one, Openpath returns the listings themselves, free and with no key. See Openpath vs Ashby Job Postings API and Openpath vs The Muse API.
Questions people ask
What do I need before I can use Ashby Job Postings API?
Nothing to read postings: no key, only the company’s job board name.
Is Ashby Job Postings API free?
No key needed, and its pages state no price.
What do I need before I can use The Muse API?
Nothing for testing; an api_key from registration is required for any use beyond testing.
Is The Muse API free?
500 requests per hour without a key; 3,600 per hour with a registered key. No price is stated.
Sources
Every line about another company comes from its own pages. Prices and terms change, so check the source before you rely on one.
Ashby Job Postings API, read on October 15, 2026:
- developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/public-job-posting-api: “This API allows you to get data for all currently published Job Postings for your organization.”
- developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/public-job-posting-api: “URL for the Ashby page where candidates can apply for this job”
- developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/public-job-posting-api: “include compensation data in the response”
The Muse API, read on October 15, 2026:
- themuse.com/developers/api/v2: “Registration is required for any use beyond testing.”
- themuse.com/developers/api/v2: “you're limited to 500 requests per hour”
- themuse.com/developers/api/v2: “This will allow you to make up to 3600 requests per hour.”
- themuse.com/api/public/jobs: “https://www.themuse.com/jobs/dmcsinaigracehospital/registered-nurse-registered-nurse-medsurg-telemetry-full-time-nights-6ec354”
- themuse.com/developers/api/v2/terms: “any Muse Content provided through the Apps by utilizing the Muse API will link back to The Muse Website”