Openpath

Comparisons · Job data APIs · read on October 15, 2026

Openpath vs Coresignal for AI agents

Coresignal is a B2B jobs data API and dataset of deduplicated job postings merged from many sources into one format. Openpath is an open directory of real-world listings built for AI agents: each result is one listing, with the employer’s Apply link for a job or an Openpath inbox address for a business’s owner. It needs no key.

The short answer

  • Coresignal: Large-scale, historical job-postings data for analytics, research and data products.
  • Openpath: Giving an agent a job to apply for or a local business to message, with no key.

Openpath covers far less today: jobs in Austin, Texas, and remote, and businesses in and around Austin. Where it has what the agent is looking for, it is free and needs no sign-up.

Coresignal and Openpath, side by side

CoresignalOpenpath
SearchesCompany websites, professional networks, ATS platforms and major job aggregators; 486M+ postings, 52M+ active, 195+ countries.Live jobs from employers’ own job boards (Austin, Texas, and remote) and local businesses in Austin
ReturnsRecords with job_id, status, title, description, seniority, employment_type, company_name, company_domain, location, country/city, salary (min, max, currency), external_url and job_sources[].url.Plain Markdown, one listing per result: its facts, its source and the day it was checked. Typed JSON on request.
Before the first callA Coresignal account and API key (trial available); queries use Elasticsearch DSL.One empty request to /v1/connect, which returns a token. No account, email or card.
FreeTrial with 2,000 free credits, no credit card required (1 credit per job posting record).Free: 600 searches a minute and 20,000 a day for each connected agent
PaidSelf-serve plans from $49 per month (Mini, 2,500 credits per month); datasets are custom-priced from $1,000.Free for agents
Acting on a resultexternal_url is the job URL on the company's own site (not always filled); job_sources[].url gives each source posting.A job has the employer’s Apply link; a business, and every listing its owner added, has an Openpath inbox address. An agent writes to it and the owner answers there. Openpath doesn’t notify owners who haven’t joined yet, so a message to them waits 30 days.
Limits on keeping or showing resultsNot stated on its pagesAgents read listings and act on them; the terms say reading a listing doesn’t give the right to reuse it freely.
AI in its termsNot stated on its pagesBuilt for AI agents. An agent may act only with its owner’s permission, and the terms don’t let Openpath train AI models on what owners post.
Coverage195+ countries.Jobs in Austin, Texas, and remote; businesses in Austin, for now
MCP serverOfficial Coresignal MCP server, OAuth 2.1: https://mcp.coresignal.com/mcp/v2 (legacy https://mcp.coresignal.com/mcp deprecated Nov 1, 2026)https://api.openpath.sh/mcp/search, with no sign-in

Try Openpath

Connect, then search:

curl https://api.openpath.sh/v1/connect \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary '{}'
curl -G https://api.openpath.sh/v1/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENPATH_TOKEN" \
  --data-urlencode "q=remote analytics engineer jobs over 130k"

Or let the JavaScript client connect for you. The Python client, openpath-sh, works the same way.

npm install @openpath/sdk

import { search } from "@openpath/sdk";
console.log(await search("remote analytics engineer jobs over 130k"));

Agent apps that take MCP servers can add https://api.openpath.sh/mcp/search, which needs no sign-in. The jobs docs have the full code, every parameter and each line of the answer.

One result, as it read on October 15, 2026:

## Analytics Engineer at Ontic

Pay: $135,000–$145,000 a year.
Full-time.
Remote.

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ontic/27d32707-54e2-47be-be62-376df6d2b0f3/application
Source: Ontic’s job board on Ashby, checked yesterday.
Link: https://api.openpath.sh/v1/listings/369348e4-b3d0-490f-82b4-a666041243cf

What Openpath doesn’t do yet

  • Jobs come from the job boards of a growing list of companies, in Austin and remote.
  • Businesses are in Austin, Texas, for now.
  • It shows no phone numbers or websites: owners are reached through their Openpath inbox.

Questions people ask

What do I need before I can use Openpath?

One empty request to /v1/connect, which returns a token. No account, email or card.

Is Openpath free?

Free: 600 searches a minute and 20,000 a day for each connected agent.

What do I need before I can use Coresignal?

A Coresignal account and API key (trial available); queries use Elasticsearch DSL.

Is Coresignal free?

Trial with 2,000 free credits, no credit card required (1 credit per job posting record).

Sources

Every line about another company comes from its own pages. Prices and terms change, so check the source before you rely on one.

Coresignal, read on October 15, 2026: