Jobven and jobdata API
Side by side
Jobven: Employer career sites and the applicant tracking systems behind them, including Workday, SuccessFactors, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, iCIMS and Oracle.
jobdata API: Over 100 applicant tracking and HR platforms, covering more than 80,000 companies, with no third-party job sites.
Jobven: Search over REST, or receive job.created and job.updated webhooks at your endpoint on Starter and above.
jobdata API: REST endpoints you poll, plus weekly CSV and Parquet files on its largest plan.
Jobven: A job.closed webhook and a closedAt date, about 30 days after the role was last listed. Closures do not count against your allowance.
jobdata API: Expired-job tracking from its Pro plan, described as best effort and typically 80-90% timely, with listings auto-expired after 180 days.
Jobven: Monthly plans by jobs delivered. Empty responses, errors and company lookups count zero.
jobdata API: Flat monthly plans with no usage caps or credits.
Jobven: 2,500 jobs in your first 7 days, then 300 jobs every month on the free plan.
jobdata API: Public endpoints you can call without a key at an hourly rate limit. No trial keys.
Jobven: HTML, Markdown or plain text, chosen per request.
jobdata API: HTML and Markdown.
Jobven: Over 1.1 million closed jobs stay searchable with status=closed. Jobs closed since October 7, 2026 carry a closedAt date.
jobdata API: Jobs back to January 2023.
jobdata API details are from its own website, read on October 19, 2026. Check its site for current terms.
What Jobven gives you
When jobdata API fits
- You pull very large volumes every month and want one flat price.
- You want weekly bulk files in CSV or Parquet.
- You want vector embeddings and a role taxonomy on each job.