Jooble API vs TheirStack 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. TheirStack is a job postings data API (with company and technographic data) aimed at sales and market intelligence as well as job search.
The short answer
- Jooble API: Embedding Jooble search results in your own site design for a single country.
- TheirStack: Bulk, filterable job-posting data for market research and sales signals, with history back to 2021.
Side by side
| Jooble API | TheirStack | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 from career pages, job boards and ATS platforms across about 363k websites in 195 countries, since 2021. |
| Returns | JSON with totalCount and jobs, each with id, title, location, snippet, salary, source, type, link, company and updated. | JSON jobs with title, description, url, final_url, source_url, company and company_object, location fields, min/max salary (plus annual USD) and salary_string. |
| 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. | A TheirStack account and API key (Bearer token); each search must include at least one date or company filter. |
| Free | The free plan has a lifetime limit of 500 requests per key (not monthly). | 200 API credits and 50 company credits every month, free (1 credit per job returned); free tier rate limit 4/second, 10/minute, 50/hour, 400/day. |
| Paid | Not stated on its pages | From $49 per month for 1,500 API credits (1 credit per job). |
| Acting on a result | link is the job posting on Jooble. | url, plus final_url with the original career-page URL when available (filterable with final_url_exists). |
| Coverage | Per-country keys via Jooble's regional domains (e.g. jooble.org for the US, uk.jooble.org, de.jooble.org). | 195 countries. |
| MCP server | No official server listed | Official TheirStack MCP server (search_jobs tool), OAuth or API key; uses the same API credits: https://theirstack.com/en/docs/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 TheirStack.
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 TheirStack?
A TheirStack account and API key (Bearer token); each search must include at least one date or company filter.
Is TheirStack free?
200 API credits and 50 company credits every month, free (1 credit per job returned); free tier rate limit 4/second, 10/minute, 50/hour, 400/day.
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.”
TheirStack, read on October 15, 2026:
- theirstack.com/en/job-posting-api: “253M of jobs across 195 countries since 2021”
- theirstack.com/en/job-posting-api: “career pages, job boards, and ATS platforms”
- theirstack.com/en/docs/pricing/plans: “Start exploring with 50 company credits and 200 API credits every month - completely free, forever.”
- theirstack.com/en/docs/api-reference/rate-limit: “4/second, 10/minute, 50/hour, 400/day”
- theirstack.com/en/pricing: “1,500 API credits — $49 per month”
- theirstack.com/en/docs/api-reference/jobs/search_jobs_v1: “1 API credit for each job returned in the response”
- theirstack.com/en/job-posting-mcp: “Your AI assistant calls the search_jobs tool to find jobs by title, location, salary”