Jooble API vs JSearch for AI agents
Jooble API is a REST API that lets site owners take Jooble job search results and show them on their own website. JSearch is a commercial job search API that returns live job postings and salary estimates gathered from Google for Jobs.
The short answer
- Jooble API: Embedding Jooble search results in your own site design for a single country.
- JSearch: Broad, Google-for-Jobs-style job search across many boards from one API.
Side by side
| Jooble API | JSearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | Jooble's aggregated job search, one country per key (a jooble.org key covers US listings; other countries use their regional domain). | Aggregated postings via Google for Jobs, covering LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter and other public job sites. |
| Returns | JSON with totalCount and jobs, each with id, title, location, snippet, salary, source, type, link, company and updated. | JSON jobs with job_id, job title, employer_name, job_publisher, job_city, job_country, job_min_salary, job_apply_link and apply_options; endpoints search-v2, job-details, company-job-salary, estimated-salary. |
| Before the first call | Fill in a form (name, position, email, website, phone) to get a key; each country domain needs its own key, sent in the URL path of a POST. | An account and API key from the OpenWeb Ninja developer portal (also sold on RapidAPI). |
| Free | The free plan has a lifetime limit of 500 requests per key (not monthly). | Not stated on its pages |
| Acting on a result | link is the job posting on Jooble. | job_apply_link is the primary apply link; apply_options lists links from other publishers, each flagged is_direct. |
| Coverage | Per-country keys via Jooble's regional domains (e.g. jooble.org for the US, uk.jooble.org, de.jooble.org). | Not stated on its pages |
| MCP server | No official server listed | Official OpenWeb Ninja MCP server (npm @openwebninja/mcp-server) includes a jsearch tool: https://github.com/OpenWeb-Ninja/openwebninja-mcp |
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 Jooble API and Openpath vs JSearch.
Questions people ask
What do I need before I can use Jooble API?
Fill in a form (name, position, email, website, phone) to get a key; each country domain needs its own key, sent in the URL path of a POST.
Is Jooble API free?
The free plan has a lifetime limit of 500 requests per key (not monthly).
What do I need before I can use JSearch?
An account and API key from the OpenWeb Ninja developer portal (also sold on RapidAPI).
Is JSearch free?
Its pages listed no free use when we read them on October 15, 2026.
Sources
Every line about another company comes from its own pages. Prices and terms change, so check the source before you rely on one.
Jooble API, read on October 15, 2026:
- jooble.org/api/about: “take search queries from Jooble and post the results on your website in your own design”
- jooble.org/api/about: “please fill out the following form. This is required to obtain a key.”
- help.jooble.org/en/support/solutions/articles/60001448238-rest-api-documentation: “The free REST API plan includes a total lifetime limit of 500 requests per key.”
- help.jooble.org/en/support/solutions/articles/60001448238-rest-api-documentation: “Each Jooble domain (country) requires its own unique REST API key.”
- help.jooble.org/en/support/solutions/articles/60001448238-rest-api-documentation: “Direct URL to the job posting on Jooble.”
JSearch, read on October 15, 2026:
- agents.openwebninja.com/manifest.json: “Returns live job postings from Google for Jobs covering LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter and other public job sites”
- agents.openwebninja.com/zcj/v8c3szxamb6i/services/jsearch/openapi.json: “The primary link to apply for the job.”
- agents.openwebninja.com/zcj/v8c3szxamb6i/services/jsearch/openapi.json: “Alternative apply links from other publishers.”
- openwebninja.com/documentation: “Sign up, manage subscriptions, and access API keys”
- github.com/OpenWeb-Ninja/openwebninja-mcp: “Official Model Context Protocol server for OpenWeb Ninja APIs”