# The Muse, free, Without an API key: Job posting details API

> Gets an individual job

The Muse's job posting details API on its Without an API key plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 jobs. It returns 6 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Category, Location, Level, Company, Posted.
You get up to 360,000 calls a month.
We haven't run The Muse through [our job posting details API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-job-posting-details-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 250 plans we rank by price cost $1.125 per 1,000 jobs or less. This plan and 20 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 jobs of the 250 plans.
[Greenhouse](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/greenhouse/free/llms.txt), [Lever](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/lever/free/llms.txt) and [Recruitee](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/recruitee/free/llms.txt) are the best job posting details API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key
- [Job posting details API: 18 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-job-posting-details-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs/{id}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing#jobs-endpoint
- Sold by: The Muse (https://www.themuse.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 46%
- Description: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Level: ✓
- Company: ✓
- Posted: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Gets an individual job

## Data

- Keep data: until the terms end: "Upon termination, you agree to immediately cease your use of The Muse API and any Muse Content and agree to destroy and remove [...] copies of any materials licensed under these Terms"
- Use data: a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right and license to access and use the API solely for the purpose of (a) using and making calls to the API to develop, implement and distribute the Apps, (b) obtaining, using, distributing and transmitting Muse Content to the extent needed to format and display Muse Content through the Apps in accordance with these Terms, (c) developing and testing the Apps for use with the API, and (d) providing data to The Muse through the API (“Your Data”) for use by The Muse in accordance with this Agreement. [...] You will not and will not allow any of your directors, officers, employees, agents or contractors to (a) replicate products or services offered by The Muse, (b) sublicense, transfer, distribute, lease, loan, sell or otherwise make available the API or Platform or any part of the API or Platform, in any form, (c) reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to derive the source code or the underlying ideas, algorithms or arrangement of the API or Platform or any part of the API or Platform, (d) copy, alter or create derivative works of the API or Platform, (e) attempt to defeat, avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate or otherwise circumvent any protection mechanisms for the API or Platform, (f) use the API in any way that weakens or could weaken the security of the API or Platform, or (g) clone Muse Content provided through the API. [...] any Muse Content provided through the Apps by utilizing the Muse API will link back to The Muse Website [...] You agree [...] (d) not to use web scraping, web harvesting, or web data extraction methods to extract data from The Muse.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 360,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.14
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: id
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/public/jobs/{id}

## About the plan

- Plan: Without an API key
- Who can get it: anyone at least 16 years of age, for testing: "Registration is required for any use beyond testing"

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

job ID, title, description, posting type, posted at, job short name, model type, locations, categories, levels, level short names, tags, tag short names, job URL, company ID, company name, company short name

## The Muse's plans (2)

- [The Muse, free, Without an API key](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [The Muse, free, Registered app](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/the-muse/free-registered-app/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete

## The Muse's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/public/jobs/{id}`: [The Muse, free, Without an API key](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt)

## The Muse's APIs (2)

- [The Muse: job posting details API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt)
- [The Muse: job postings API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt)

## The Muse: job posting details API alternatives

- [Greenhouse, free](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/greenhouse/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 77% complete, live
- [Lever, free](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/lever/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, live
- [Recruitee, free](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/recruitee/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, live
- [freehire, free](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/freehire/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, stored
- [Himalayas, free, No API key](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/himalayas/free-no-api-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, 10 minutes

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-28.

- https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs/18256005?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs?page=1&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/developers?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2/apps?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/user/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-posting-details-api-pricing