Jobven and jobdata API

Both APIs collect jobs from applicant tracking systems and employer sites. Here is how each one delivers new and closed jobs, how it prices, and how you can try it.

Side by side

What each API offers, from its own documentation.
Where jobs come from

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.

New and changed jobs

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.

Closed jobs

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.

Pricing model

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.

Free access

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.

Description formats

Jobven: HTML, Markdown or plain text, chosen per request.

jobdata API: HTML and Markdown.

History

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

Built for keeping a job dataset in step with employers' own boards.
Webhooks for the whole job lifecycle
job.created, job.updated, job.closed and job.deleted arrive at your endpoint, with an optional filter on search fields. On Starter and above.
Closures are free
Closed jobs reach you even when your account is over its limit, so the jobs you hold stay current.
Start without paying
2,500 jobs in your first week, then 300 jobs every month, with a key from signup.
Straight from employers
Over 1.2 million open jobs from more than 8,000 employers' career sites, each with the employer's apply URL.

When jobdata API fits

Cases its documentation covers that Jobven does not.
  • 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.

Questions

About choosing between the two.

Sources

jobdata API details come from these pages, read on October 19, 2026.