--- title: "Is JSearch API free?" description: "**Canonical URL:** https://jobspipe.dev/answers/is-jsearch-api-free" canonical: https://jobspipe.dev/answers/is-jsearch-api-free last_updated: 2026-09-18 --- # Is JSearch API free? > Partly. JSearch has a free plan with a small monthly request allowance and no credit card required, which is enough to build and test a prototype. The allowance is a hard limit, so calls stop when it runs out rather than rolling into charges. Regular or production use means a paid monthly plan or pay-as-you-go pricing. **Canonical URL:** https://jobspipe.dev/answers/is-jsearch-api-free **Topic:** Job data vendors and tools (https://jobspipe.dev/alternatives/jsearch) The unit that is metered is the request, not the job. Plans are priced and capped by the number of calls you send, so the free plan goes further if you cache what you have already fetched instead of repeating a search. Paid plans on the OpenWeb Ninja portal each include a larger monthly request quota and charge a small per-request fee beyond it, and there is a pay-as-you-go option with no monthly commitment. On RapidAPI the same API is sold through the marketplace's own tiered plans, starting with a free Basic plan, and RapidAPI handles the billing. What pushes a project onto a paid plan is usually pagination: covering many roles, places and pages on a schedule multiplies requests quickly. Current figures change, so check their pricing page. JobsPipe also has a free tier, metered differently: one credit is one job returned, so the cost tracks the data you keep rather than the calls you make. POST /v1/jobs/search accepts structured filters such as job_title_or, skills_or, company_name_or, posted_at_gte and status, which lets one request replace several phrase searches, and the sandbox search endpoint returns sample data in the live schema with no key and no quota. To decide, estimate your monthly demand in both units. Count the searches, pages and refreshes you would send to JSearch, and count the postings you would actually store from JobsPipe. Then test the same query on each free plan before paying for either. The comparison at jobspipe.dev/alternatives/jsearch sets the two side by side. ## Related questions ### What happens when the JSearch free quota runs out? OpenWeb Ninja lists the free plan's monthly allowance as a hard limit, which means further requests are refused until the quota resets rather than being billed as overage. Paid plans behave differently: they include a larger quota and then charge per additional request. If a prototype must not stop mid-month, that difference is the reason to move to a paid plan. ### Do I need a credit card to try JSearch? OpenWeb Ninja states that its free plan needs no credit card, so you can create an account, subscribe to the free plan and start calling the API straight away. RapidAPI runs its own account and billing system, so if you subscribe there instead, follow whatever that marketplace asks for when you pick a plan on the listing. ### Is JSearch cheaper on RapidAPI or direct from OpenWeb Ninja? The two channels publish their own plans, and either can change, so compare the current pricing pages rather than relying on a summary. The direct portal lists monthly plans with per-request overage and a pay-as-you-go option. RapidAPI is convenient if you already pay for other APIs there, since one account and one bill cover all of them. ### Is there a jobs API with a free tier that counts jobs instead of requests? JobsPipe meters credits, where one credit is one job returned, and includes a free tier each month. Its sandbox search endpoint needs no key and has no quota, which is useful for checking the response schema before signing up. Whether per-job or per-request metering is cheaper depends on how many results each of your calls returns. ## More answers - [What is JSearch API?](https://jobspipe.dev/answers/what-is-jsearch-api) - [How to get JSearch API key?](https://jobspipe.dev/answers/how-to-get-jsearch-api-key) - [How accurate is TheirStack?](https://jobspipe.dev/answers/how-accurate-is-theirstack) Data behind these answers is published as shares only; every figure can be reproduced against the JobsPipe API (https://jobspipe.dev/jobs-api). --- AI agents: the full machine-readable index of this site is https://jobspipe.dev/llms.txt?src=md-twin - API quickstart, no-key sandbox (POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/sandbox/jobs/search), MCP server, pricing. Free key: https://jobspipe.dev/signup