Looking for a Fantastic.jobs alternative?
A Fantastic.jobs 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 Fantastic.jobs. It collects jobs only from employer career sites and hiring systems, and gives you search, full job details and new, modified and expired feeds. Both are job data APIs, so the real differences are where the jobs come from, coverage and price.
What is Fantastic.jobs?
A job posting API mixing career-site jobs with job-board jobs, plus AI-enriched fields. Where its jobs come from: career sites on many ATS platforms, plus job boards; it says it adds LinkedIn, Wellfound and Y Combinator jobs.
Why look for a Fantastic.jobs alternative?
- You want every job to come from the employer’s own career site, with no job-board copies.
- You need deep Canadian coverage, including French posts from Quebec and New Brunswick.
- You want documented sync options: ordered changes on every plan, expired IDs from 20k and modified jobs from 50k.
- You want 20,000 jobs for $50 a month instead of $95.
How the two compare
Checked October 20, 2026 from Fantastic.jobs’s public pages.
| The Jobs API | Fantastic.jobs | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A job postings API for Canada and the United States | A job posting API mixing career-site jobs with job-board jobs, plus AI-enriched fields |
| Where jobs come from | Employer career sites and their hiring systems (ATS) only | Career sites on many ATS platforms, plus job boards; it says it adds LinkedIn, Wellfound and Y Combinator jobs |
| LinkedIn or Indeed data | No. We do not collect LinkedIn, Indeed or other job boards | Yes, LinkedIn jobs are a stated source |
| Canada and French | A core focus: every province and territory, English and French posts | Global coverage; no Canada or French specific details published |
| How you get the data | REST API, change feeds, MCP server, Apify | REST API, count endpoints, Apify actors |
| Change feeds | Ordered changes on every plan; expired-ID feed from 20k, modified feed from 50k | Expired jobs on paid plans; modified jobs from about the 50,000-job plan |
| Starting price | $50 a month for 20,000 jobs, or $0.50 per 1,000 jobs on Apify | $45 a month for 5,000 jobs; $95 for 20,000 (fantastic.jobs/api) |
| Free trial | 7 days, 500 jobs, 50 requests, no card | 14 days, 500 jobs, 100 requests, no card |
When to stay with Fantastic.jobs
- You need jobs from many countries, not only Canada and the US.
- You want LinkedIn-sourced jobs or its AI-enriched fields.
- You want a longer free trial.
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 Fantastic.jobs?
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.