Remotive publishes a free public API for its curated remote job listings. There is no key or signup: you GET https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs and filter by category, company_name, search, or limit. It is a good fit for a small remote-jobs widget or newsletter. It comes with rules that matter for a product: results are delayed by 24 hours, Remotive asks for no more than about four requests a day (more than two per minute gets blocked), and its terms require you to link back to the Remotive URL and mention Remotive as the source. CleanJobData is a different kind of product: a paid-tier job data API over employer ATS platforms, covering remote and non-remote roles. It does not include Remotive's listings.
| Feature | CleanJobData | Remotive |
|---|---|---|
| Access model | Self-serve API key | Public, no key or signup |
| Data source | Many ATS platforms (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, Workday, SmartRecruiters, and more) — direct from employers | Remotive's own curated remote job listings |
| Scope | Remote and on-site jobs, filterable by remote flag | Remote jobs only |
| Freshness | Live index with published_after and max_age filters | Delayed by 24 hours |
| Rate limits | Monthly request quota per plan | Recommended max ~4 requests/day; blocked above 2 requests/minute |
| Filters | Title, location, remote, experience level, salary, employment type, and more | category, company_name, search, limit |
| Attribution | Licence to build your own product on paid plans (see pricing) | Required: link to the Remotive URL and mention Remotive as the source |
| Free tier | 300 req/mo (3,000 with a backlink) — no card | Free public API; a private paid API is available on request (pricing not published) |
| Plan | CleanJobData | Remotive |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 300 req/mo (3,000 with a backlink) — no card | Free public API (rate-limited) |
| Starter | $97/mo — 50,000 requests | Private paid API on request — price unpublished |
| Pro | $297/mo — 200,000 requests | N/A |
For a small, attributed remote-jobs feed, Remotive's free API is hard to beat on price and simplicity. If you need fresh data, larger volumes, non-remote roles, or structured salary and company fields, CleanJobData is the better foundation. If you want Remotive's own listings at scale, they say they offer a private paid API. Contact them for terms.
Yes. The public API at remotive.com/api/remote-jobs needs no key. Remotive's docs say listings are delayed by 24 hours, that you should fetch at most about 4 times a day, and that more than 2 requests per minute will be blocked.
Yes. Their docs require you to link back to the URL on Remotive and mention Remotive as a source. They also say not to submit Remotive jobs to third-party sites such as Jooble, Neuvoo, Google Jobs, or LinkedIn Jobs, and that using the listings to collect signups or email addresses breaches their terms. Read their current terms before shipping.
Per their docs: id, url, title, company_name, company_logo, category, job_type, publication_date, candidate_required_location, salary (optional), and an HTML description, plus a job-count. Filters are category, company_name, search, and limit.
No. CleanJobData sources from employer ATS platforms and does not ingest Remotive or other job boards. You can filter for remote roles with remote=true, for example GET https://api.cleanjobdata.com/jobs?title=engineer&remote=true with a Bearer token.
