# Crustdata, free, $20 free credits: Job postings API

> Query the indexed Crustdata job dataset with structured filters, cursor-based pagination, sorting, field selection, and aggregations.

Crustdata's job postings API on its $20 free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 jobs. It returns 7 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Category, Location, Remote, Terms, Company, Posted.
We rank 175 plans by price. [freehire's $99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/freehire/99-monthly-data-get-jobs/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 jobs: as little as $0.0000038. freehire's $99 monthly plan covers up to 259,200,000 pages a month at no extra cost. Each page holds 100 jobs.
[Hirebase's $50 monthly plan (/v2/jobs/expired-jobs/export)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/hirebase/50-monthly-web-pro-post-v2-jobs-expired-jobs-export/llms.txt) covers any number of jobs. Hirebase's $50 monthly plan costs less to start than freehire's $99 monthly plan.
[freehire](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/freehire/29-monthly-api-get-jobs-search/llms.txt), [Himalayas](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/himalayas/free-api-key-get-jobs-api-search/llms.txt) and [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-indeed-search/llms.txt) are the best job postings API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits
- [Best job postings API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-job-postings-api.txt)
- Get it: https://crustdata.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.crustdata.com/job/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://crustdata.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.crustdata.com/api-reference/job-apis/search-the-indexed-job-dataset
- Sold by: Crustdata (https://crustdata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-23

## In the answer

- Completeness: 54%
- Description: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Remote: ✓
- Terms: ✓
- Company: ✓
- Posted: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 jobs: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: no limit
- Also pays for: from the same budget: People enrich (/person/enrich) · People search (/person/search) · People identify (/person/identify) · Person verify (/batch/person/verify) · Company search (/company/search) · Company enrich (/company/enrich) · Web search (/web/search/live) · Web fetch (/web/enrich/live) · Social post search (/social_post/search) · People search watcher (/watch/person/search) · Company search watcher (/watch/company/search) · Social post search watcher (/watch/social_post/search) · Person watcher (/watch/person) · Company watcher (/watch/company)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Query the indexed Crustdata job dataset with structured filters, cursor-based pagination, sorting, field selection, and aggregations.

## Data

- Freshness: 30 days
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: x-api-version header "2025-11-01". Optional: filters, fields, sorts, limit, cursor, aggregations
- Method: POST
- Path: /job/search

## About the plan

- Plan: $20 free credits
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 47 fields the plan's answer can hold

Crustdata job ID, job ID, job title, job category, workplace type, job source, employment type, reposted job, job URL, number of openings, location, city, state, country, district, pincode, description, date added, date updated, Crustdata company ID, company name, company primary domain, company website, company profile ID, company industries, company headcount, company headcount range, company largest headcount country, company followers, company estimated revenue lower bound, company estimated revenue upper bound, company acquisition status, company stock symbols, company fiscal year end, company city, company state, company country, company street address, company total funding, company valuation, company last fundraise date, company last round type, company funding rounds, company investors, company competitor websites, total results, aggregations

## Crustdata's plans (4)

- [Crustdata, free, $20 free credits](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, 30 days
- [Crustdata, free, Crustdata University Program](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/free-crustdata-university-program/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, 30 days
- [Crustdata, contact us, Real-time API access, POST /job/search](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-job-search/llms.txt): 54% complete, 30 days
- [Crustdata, contact us, In-DB API access](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/contact-us-in-db-api-access/llms.txt): 54% complete, 30 days

## Crustdata's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /job/search`: [Crustdata, free, $20 free credits](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- `POST /batch/job/search`: [Crustdata, contact us, Real-time API access, POST /batch/job/search](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-job-search/llms.txt)

## Crustdata's APIs (9)

- [Crustdata: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: job postings API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: web search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: company discovery API pricing, 4 plans, POST /company/search, Search Companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits-post-company-search-search-companies/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: company discovery API pricing, 4 plans, POST /company/search, Search Companies, full](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits-post-company-search-search-companies-full/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan, POST /batch/person, Batch Contact Enrich](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-person-contact-enrich-batch-contact-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan, POST /batch/person, Batch Contact Enrich, full](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-person-contact-enrich-batch-contact-enrich-full/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan, POST /person, Contact Enrich](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-person-contact-enrich-contact-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan, POST /person, Contact Enrich, full](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-person-contact-enrich-contact-enrich-full/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: reverse email lookup API pricing, 2 plans, POST /batch/person/identify](https://datacircle.dev/reverse-email-lookup-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-person-identify/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: reverse email lookup API pricing, 2 plans, POST /person/identify](https://datacircle.dev/reverse-email-lookup-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-person-identify/llms.txt)

## Crustdata: job postings API alternatives

- [Himalayas, free, No API key, GET /jobs/api](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/himalayas/free-no-api-key-get-jobs-api/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, 24 hours
- [Fantastic.jobs, free 14-day trial, GET /v1/active-jb](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/fantastic-jobs/free-14-day-trial-get-v1-active-jb/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, 2 hours
- [JobDataLake, free](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/jobdatalake/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, 1 hour
- [JobsPipe, free, POST /v1/jobs/agentic-search](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/jobspipe/free-post-v1-jobs-agentic-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, 24 hours

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-23.

- https://crustdata.com/apis/people-enrichment
- https://crustdata.com/pricing
- https://crustdata.com/terms
- https://docs.crustdata.com/api-reference/job-apis/search-the-indexed-job-dataset
- https://docs.crustdata.com/general/credits
- https://docs.crustdata.com/general/data-updates
- https://docs.crustdata.com/general/pricing
- https://docs.crustdata.com/general/rate-limits
- https://docs.crustdata.com/job-docs/search/introduction
- https://docs.crustdata.com/job-docs/search/reference