The Muse API vs Remotive API for AI agents
The Muse API is a public JSON API for job and company listings posted on The Muse. Remotive API is a public JSON endpoint listing active remote jobs on the Remotive job board, meant for sharing Remotive's jobs further.
The short answer
- The Muse API: A free, no-key way to pull The Muse's curated job listings with company context.
- Remotive API: Showing a small, curated feed of remote jobs on a site that links back to Remotive.
Side by side
| The Muse API | Remotive API | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | Jobs listed on The Muse, filterable by company, category, level and location (including flexible/remote). | Remotive's own remote job board only; filter by category, company_name, search and limit. |
| Returns | JSON pages of 20 results; each job has name, contents (description), publication_date, locations, levels, categories, company and refs.landing_page. | JSON jobs with id, url, title, company_name, company_logo, category, tags, job_type, publication_date, candidate_required_location, salary and HTML description. |
| Before the first call | Nothing for testing; an api_key from registration is required for any use beyond testing. | No key or sign-up documented for the public endpoint (GET https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs). |
| Free | 500 requests per hour without a key; 3,600 per hour with a registered key. No price is stated. | Public endpoint with no stated price; more than 2 requests per minute are blocked and Remotive advises at most about 4 calls a day. |
| Paid | Not stated on its pages | A private, paid-for API exists; no price is published (contact Remotive). |
| Acting on a result | refs.landing_page points to the job page on themuse.com. | url points to the job page on remotive.com. |
| Limits on keeping or showing results | Content shown via the API must link back to The Muse; on termination you must destroy stored Muse Content (terms last modified 7/25/2015). | 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. |
| Coverage | The location filter lists cities worldwide; no stated country coverage. | Remote jobs (worldwide, each with a candidate_required_location). |
| MCP server | No official server listed | No official server listed |
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 The Muse API and Openpath vs Remotive API.
Questions people ask
What do I need before I can use The Muse API?
Nothing for testing; an api_key from registration is required for any use beyond testing.
Is The Muse API free?
500 requests per hour without a key; 3,600 per hour with a registered key. No price is stated.
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.
The Muse API, read on October 15, 2026:
- themuse.com/developers/api/v2: “Registration is required for any use beyond testing.”
- themuse.com/developers/api/v2: “you're limited to 500 requests per hour”
- themuse.com/developers/api/v2: “This will allow you to make up to 3600 requests per hour.”
- themuse.com/api/public/jobs: “https://www.themuse.com/jobs/dmcsinaigracehospital/registered-nurse-registered-nurse-medsurg-telemetry-full-time-nights-6ec354”
- themuse.com/developers/api/v2/terms: “any Muse Content provided through the Apps by utilizing the Muse API will link back to The Muse Website”
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”