Openpath

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

Openpath vs Remotive API for AI agents

Remotive API is a public JSON endpoint listing active remote jobs on the Remotive job board, meant for sharing Remotive's jobs further. 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

  • Remotive API: Showing a small, curated feed of remote jobs on a site that links back to Remotive.
  • 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.

Remotive API and Openpath, side by side

Remotive APIOpenpath
SearchesRemotive's own remote job board only; filter by category, company_name, search and limit.Live jobs from employers’ own job boards (Austin, Texas, and remote) and local businesses in Austin
ReturnsJSON jobs with id, url, title, company_name, company_logo, category, tags, job_type, publication_date, candidate_required_location, salary and HTML description.Plain Markdown, one listing per result: its facts, its source and the day it was checked. Typed JSON on request.
Before the first callNo key or sign-up documented for the public endpoint (GET https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs).One empty request to /v1/connect, which returns a token. No account, email or card.
FreePublic endpoint with no stated price; more than 2 requests per minute are blocked and Remotive advises at most about 4 calls a day.Free: 600 searches a minute and 20,000 a day for each connected agent
PaidA private, paid-for API exists; no price is published (contact Remotive).Free for agents
Acting on a resulturl points to the job page on remotive.com.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 resultsMust link back to the Remotive URL and name Remotive as source; jobs are delayed 24 hours; don't submit Remotive jobs to third-party sites (e.g. Google Jobs, LinkedIn Jobs); don't use them to collect signups or emails.Agents 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.
CoverageRemote jobs (worldwide, each with a candidate_required_location).Jobs in Austin, Texas, and remote; businesses in Austin, for now
MCP serverNo official server listedhttps://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 Remotive API?

No key or sign-up documented for the public endpoint (GET https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs).

Is Remotive API free?

Public endpoint with no stated price; more than 2 requests per minute are blocked and Remotive advises at most about 4 calls a 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.

Remotive API, read on October 15, 2026: