Remotive API vs JSearch: a small remote feed, a day late or Google for Jobs results by API
Remotive API is a public JSON endpoint listing active remote jobs on the Remotive job board, meant for sharing Remotive's jobs further. JSearch is a commercial job search API that returns live job postings and salary estimates gathered from Google for Jobs.
The short answer
- Remotive API: Showing a small, curated feed of remote jobs on a site that links back to Remotive.
- JSearch: Broad, Google-for-Jobs-style job search across many boards from one API.
Side by side
| Remotive API | JSearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | Remotive's own remote job board only; filter by category, company_name, search and limit. | Aggregated postings via Google for Jobs, covering LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter and other public job sites. |
| Returns | JSON jobs with id, url, title, company_name, company_logo, category, tags, job_type, publication_date, candidate_required_location, salary and HTML description. | 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 | No key or sign-up documented for the public endpoint (GET https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs). | An account and API key from the OpenWeb Ninja developer portal (also sold on RapidAPI). |
| 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. | Not stated on its pages |
| Paid | A private, paid-for API exists; no price is published (contact Remotive). | Not stated on its pages |
| Acting on a result | url points to the job page on remotive.com. | job_apply_link is the primary apply link; apply_options lists links from other publishers, each flagged is_direct. |
| Limits on keeping or showing results | Must 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. | Not stated on its pages |
| Coverage | Remote jobs (worldwide, each with a candidate_required_location). | 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 Remotive API and Openpath vs JSearch.
Questions people ask
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.
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.
Remotive API, read on October 15, 2026:
- github.com/remotive-com/remote-jobs-api: “more than 2x per minute”
- remotive.com/remote-jobs/api: “Jobs displayed are delayed by 24 hours.”
- remotive.com/remote-jobs/api: “a private, paid-for API”
- remotive.com/api/remote-jobs: “Please do not submit Remotive jobs to third Party websites”
- remotive.com/api/remote-jobs: “API documentation and access is granted so that developers can share our jobs further.”
- remotive.com/api/remote-jobs: “https://remotive.com/remote-jobs/sales/inside-sales-contractor-2086540”
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”