Looking for a Bright Data alternative?
A Bright Data alternative for job postings in Canada and the US: jobs straight from employer career sites, with search, change feeds and a free trial.
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The short answer
If you need job postings for Canada and the US, The Jobs API is an alternative to Bright Data. It collects jobs only from employer career sites and hiring systems, and gives you search, full job details and new, modified and expired feeds. It sells data scraped from job boards. We collect from employer career sites.
What is Bright Data?
A web data platform selling scraped job datasets and scraper APIs. Where its jobs come from: linkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor listings.
Why look for a Bright Data alternative?
- You want data from employers’ own career sites instead of scraped job boards.
- You want a maintained catalogue with search and change feeds instead of running scrapers.
How the two compare
Checked October 20, 2026 from Bright Data’s public pages.
| The Jobs API | Bright Data | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A job postings API for Canada and the United States | A web data platform selling scraped job datasets and scraper APIs |
| Where jobs come from | Employer career sites and their hiring systems (ATS) only | LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor listings |
| LinkedIn or Indeed data | No. We do not collect LinkedIn, Indeed or other job boards | Yes, that is the product |
| Canada and French | A core focus: every province and territory, English and French posts | Wherever those sites run; nothing Canada specific |
| How you get the data | REST API, change feeds, MCP server, Apify | Datasets to cloud storage, scraper API |
| Change feeds | Ordered changes on every plan; expired-ID feed from 20k, modified feed from 50k | Dataset refreshes from one time to monthly |
| Starting price | $50 a month for 20,000 jobs, or $0.50 per 1,000 jobs on Apify | Scraper API $1.50 per 1,000 records; datasets from a $250 minimum (brightdata.com) |
| Free trial | 7 days, 500 jobs, 50 requests, no card | 5,000 scraper records a month free |
When to stay with Bright Data
- You specifically need LinkedIn, Indeed or Glassdoor listings and accept the terms risk of scraped data.
How to switch
- Start the free trial and create an API key.
- Run the same searches you run today with /v1/jobs: title, place, remote and source filters.
- Load a starting set with /v1/active-ats?time_frame=6m, then poll the new, modified and expired feeds.
- Map our fields to yours. Missing facts stay empty: we never invent pay or other fields.
Questions people ask
Is The Jobs API cheaper than Bright Data?
It depends on your volume and what you need. Our plans start at $50 a month for 20,000 jobs, and our Apify listings charge $0.50 per 1,000 jobs. Some providers charge less per record for job-board data.
Which countries do you cover?
Canada and the United States, with Canadian coverage in English and French.
Can I try it for free?
The free trial lasts 7 days and includes 500 jobs and 50 API requests. You do not need a card.