Indeed vs Adzuna API for AI agents
Indeed’s developer docs list no self-serve job search API: third parties get a JavaScript plugin for approved partners, and a beta MCP server that works only as a Claude connector. Adzuna API is a REST API from the Adzuna job search engine for searching its job ads plus salary and labour-market data.
The short answer
- Indeed: Job seekers using Claude who want Indeed's own listings and their Indeed resume in one place; not an open data API for developers.
- Adzuna API: Building a job board or labour-market tool with an aggregated, multi-country job feed plus salary data.
Side by side
| Indeed | Adzuna API | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | Jobs from Indeed and Indeed PLUS job boards (aggregated), shown through Indeed's own plugin UI. | Adzuna's aggregated job ads, queried per country via a two-letter code in the URL (docs examples use gb). |
| Returns | The plugin renders Indeed's own job search UI on your page (no raw data documented). The MCP Job Search tool returns titles, companies, locations, salaries and application URLs. | JSON results with id, title, a description snippet, company.display_name, location, category, salary_min/salary_max, salary_is_predicted, contract_type, created, latitude/longitude and redirect_url. |
| Before the first call | Indeed partner status and a partner app ID arranged through an Indeed representative (plugin); an Indeed account sign-in inside Claude (MCP). | Register for an app_id and app_key, sent as query parameters on every call. |
| Free | – | Default limits of 25 hits per minute, 250 per day, 1,000 per week and 2,500 per month; commercial use is permitted subject to a 14-day trial. |
| Acting on a result | MCP results include application URLs; the docs do not say whether they point to Indeed or to the employer. | redirect_url; the documented examples point to adzuna.co.uk/jobs/land/ad/... (through Adzuna), not straight to the employer. |
| Limits on keeping or showing results | Plugin rules: HTTPS pages only, explanatory headers, 16px margins, no leading users to click jobs for monetization; Indeed caps each publisher's click revenue. No caching or storage clause found. | Each displayed ad must carry an 'Adzuna' label at least 116x23 px, linked to Adzuna; on termination all Adzuna data must be removed; after the trial a licence agreement may be required. |
| AI in its terms | Indeed's Terms of Service define Agentic AI and prohibit bots automating Indeed Apply outside Indeed's official vendors; the MCP server is beta and subject to Indeed's Terms of Service. | Not stated on its pages |
| MCP server | Official Indeed MCP server, beta, available only as a Claude connector: https://docs.indeed.com/mcp/ | 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 Indeed and Openpath vs Adzuna API.
Questions people ask
What do I need before I can use Adzuna API?
Register for an app_id and app_key, sent as query parameters on every call.
Is Adzuna API free?
Default limits of 25 hits per minute, 250 per day, 1,000 per week and 2,500 per month; commercial use is permitted subject to a 14-day trial.
Sources
Every line about another company comes from its own pages. Prices and terms change, so check the source before you rely on one.
Indeed, read on October 15, 2026:
- docs.indeed.com/publisher-js-plugin: “To use the plugin, you must be an Indeed partner.”
- docs.indeed.com/publisher-js-plugin: “Integrate Indeed features into your job board or publisher site by making only front-end changes.”
- docs.indeed.com/publisher-js-plugin: “Indeed assigns each publisher a cap on how much revenue they can receive from clicks on jobs”
- docs.indeed.com/mcp: “is available only for Claude Connector”
- docs.indeed.com/mcp: “titles, companies, locations, salaries, and application URLs”
- docs.indeed.com/mcp: “Sign in with your Indeed account for first-time use”
- docs.indeed.com/mcp: “offered in beta and subject to Indeed's Terms of Service”
- indeed.com/legal: “Use of any automation, scripting, or bots to automate the Indeed Apply process outside of Indeed's official vendors”
- indeed.com/legal: “Agentic AI: An algorithm which can perform tasks in accordance with a person's instructions.”
Adzuna API, read on October 15, 2026:
- developer.adzuna.com/overview: “two obligatory parameters”
- developer.adzuna.com/docs/terms_of_service: “250 hits per day”
- developer.adzuna.com/docs/terms_of_service: “permitted subject to a 14 day trial period”
- developer.adzuna.com/docs/terms_of_service: “a licence agreement may be required”
- developer.adzuna.com/docs/terms_of_service: “label each displayed advert with the phrase "Adzuna" at least 116 X 23 pixels in size”
- developer.adzuna.com/docs/search: “we currently only provide a snipped of the job description”
- developer.adzuna.com/docs/search: “http://adzuna.co.uk/jobs/land/ad/129698749”