AgentBeacon compared

AgentBeacon is built on beacons. Each is a few plain words about what someone has or needs right now, live while they renew it, and any AI agent can find it and message them. An agent asks in plain words and gets beacons: each hiring beacon with the employer’s Apply link, and each home-service business’s messaged through AgentBeacon. No key, no sign-up.

Builders also give agents results through a data API for each kind of thing, and through web search APIs. These pages set 85 of them beside each other, and beside AgentBeacon where it has them, in 509 comparisons. Every fact about another company comes from its own pages, linked and quoted, read on October 15, 2026. Where a page said nothing, so do we.

AgentBeacon covers less than most of them today: hiring in Austin, Texas, and remote, and home services around Austin. Anyone can create a beacon for a home, a car, a product or an event, but AgentBeacon has none of those yet, so their groups compare the other tools only. Each page says what each tool is best at, AgentBeacon included.

Local business data APIs

Map and places APIs that return businesses and points of interest: what an agent uses to find a plumber, a dentist or a place to eat.

Tool	No sign-up or API key	Free to start	Returns one result per thing, not pages	A message through AgentBeacon on every result	Official MCP server
AgentBeacon	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Google Places API	–	✓	✓	–	✓
Yelp Places API	–	–	✓	–	✓
Foursquare Places API	–	✓	✓	–	✓
TomTom Search API	–	✓	✓	–	✓
HERE Geocoding & Search	–	✓	✓	–	✓
Mapbox Search Box API	–	✓	✓	–	✓
Azure Maps Search	–	✓	✓	–	–
Apple Maps Server API	–	✓	✓	–	–
OpenStreetMap (Nominatim and Overpass)	✓	✓	✓	–	–
SerpApi Google Maps API	–	✓	✓	–	✓
Outscraper	–	–	✓	–	✓
Overture Maps Places	✓	✓	✓	–	–

AgentBeacon vs each one

AgentBeacon vs Google Places API: pay-per-field place data, on Google’s rules
AgentBeacon vs Yelp Places API: Yelp reviews, kept away from AI models
AgentBeacon vs Foursquare Places API: global places with phone and email
AgentBeacon vs TomTom Search API: navigation-grade places, no card to start
AgentBeacon vs HERE Geocoding & Search: cheap place search, no AI use by default
AgentBeacon vs Mapbox Search Box API: place search for map apps
AgentBeacon vs Azure Maps Search: place search on an Azure bill
AgentBeacon vs Apple Maps Server API: a free daily quota, Apple maps only
AgentBeacon vs OpenStreetMap (Nominatim and Overpass): open map data on volunteer servers
AgentBeacon vs SerpApi Google Maps API: Google Maps results, scraped
AgentBeacon vs Outscraper: bulk Google Maps business lists
AgentBeacon vs Overture Maps Places: an open dataset to host yourself

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Job data APIs

Job boards, aggregators and applicant tracking systems with an API: what an agent uses to find openings to apply for.

Tool	No sign-up or API key	Free to start	Returns one result per thing, not pages	Links to the employer’s own application	Official MCP server
AgentBeacon	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Greenhouse Job Board API	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
Lever Postings API	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
Ashby Job Postings API	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
Indeedno open job search API	–	–	–	–	✓
LinkedIn Jobsa posting API closed to new partners	–	–	–	–	–
Adzuna API	–	✓	✓	–	–
Jooble API	–	✓	✓	–	–
Careerjet API	–	–	✓	–	–
USAJOBS API	–	–	✓	✓	–
The Muse API	✓	✓	✓	–	–
Remotive API	✓	✓	✓	–	–
Remote OK API	✓	✓	✓	–	–
JSearch	–	–	✓	✓	✓
TheirStack	–	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coresignal	–	✓	✓	✓	✓

AgentBeacon vs each one

AgentBeacon vs Greenhouse Job Board API: one company’s job board per call
AgentBeacon vs Lever Postings API: one company’s postings per call
AgentBeacon vs Ashby Job Postings API: one company’s board, with pay
AgentBeacon vs Indeed: no open job search API
AgentBeacon vs LinkedIn Jobs: a posting API closed to new partners
AgentBeacon vs Adzuna API: an aggregated feed with salary data
AgentBeacon vs Jooble API: aggregated search, 500 calls a key
AgentBeacon vs Careerjet API: a job feed for publisher sites
AgentBeacon vs USAJOBS API: U.S. federal jobs, free to reuse
AgentBeacon vs The Muse API: curated jobs, no key to test
AgentBeacon vs Remotive API: a small remote feed, a day late
AgentBeacon vs Remote OK API: an open remote feed with a link back
AgentBeacon vs JSearch: Google for Jobs results by API
AgentBeacon vs TheirStack: job data for market research
AgentBeacon vs Coresignal: a large historical jobs dataset

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Home listing APIs

Property and rental data APIs: what an agent uses to find a home to rent or buy.

AgentBeacon has no home beacons yet. Anyone can create one, and agents will find them through the same search as jobs and businesses.

Tool	No sign-up or API key	Free to start	Returns one result per thing, not pages	Reach the owner or agent from a result	Official MCP server
RentCast API	–	✓	✓	✓	✓
Zillow (Bridge API)invite-only MLS feeds	–	–	–	–	–
Redfin Data Centermarket data downloads, no API	–	–	–	–	–
Repliers API	–	✓	✓	✓	✓
SimplyRETS	–	✓	✓	✓	–
Spark API	–	✓	✓	–	–
Datafiniti Property Data	–	✓	✓	✓	–
ATTOM Property API	–	✓	–	–	✓
Realie Property Data API	–	✓	–	–	✓
Zumpera listing feed in, no API out	–	–	–	–	–
HUD open datasubsidized housing data, no vacancies	–	–	–	–	–

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Car listing APIs

Vehicle inventory and listing APIs: what an agent uses to find a car for sale.

AgentBeacon has no car beacons yet. Cars are on its roadmap, from sellers and dealers who create their own beacons.

Tool	No sign-up or API key	Free to start	Returns one result per thing, not pages	Reach the seller from a result	Official MCP server
MarketCheck Cars API	–	✓	✓	✓	✓
Auto.dev	–	✓	✓	–	✓
eBay Browse API (vehicles)	–	–	✓	–	–
Edmunds APIclosed to new developers since 2018	–	–	–	–	–
Cars.comno public API	–	–	–	–	–
Autotrader (Cox Automotive)partners and dealers only	–	–	–	–	–
Carvanaa partner-only API	–	–	–	–	–
Kelley Blue Booklicensed values, not listings	–	–	–	–	–
CarsXE	–	✓	–	–	✓
Vehicle Databases	–	✓	–	–	–
NHTSA vPIC	✓	✓	–	–	–

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Product search APIs

Catalog and shopping APIs: what an agent uses to find something to buy.

AgentBeacon has no product beacons yet. Anyone can create one, and agents will find them through the same search as jobs and businesses.

Tool	No sign-up or API key	Free to start	Returns one result per thing, not pages	Buy from a result	Official MCP server
Shopify Global Catalog	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Amazon Creators API	–	–	✓	✓	–
eBay Browse API	–	–	✓	✓	–
Walmart Affiliate API	–	–	✓	✓	–
Best Buy Products API	–	–	✓	✓	–
Etsy Open API	–	–	✓	✓	–
PayPal MCP server	–	–	✓	✓	✓
Rainforest API	–	✓	✓	–	–
SerpApi Google Shopping API	–	✓	✓	–	✓
Google Shoppingfor sellers, not searchers	–	–	–	–	–
OpenAI Agentic Commerce Protocolcheckout for merchants in ChatGPT	–	–	–	–	–

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Event and ticket APIs

Event discovery and ticketing APIs: what an agent uses to find a concert, a game or something to do.

AgentBeacon has no event beacons yet. Events are on its roadmap, from organizers who create their own beacons.

Tool	No sign-up or API key	Free to start	Returns one result per thing, not pages	Get tickets from a result	Official MCP server
Ticketmaster Discovery API	–	–	✓	✓	–
SerpApi Google Events API	–	✓	✓	✓	✓
Meetup API	–	–	✓	✓	–
Luma	–	✓	✓	–	✓
PredictHQ	–	✓	✓	–	✓
Eventbrite APIpublic search closed since 2019	–	–	–	–	–
StubHub APIresale tickets, by request	–	–	–	✓	–
Vivid Seatsan affiliate program, no API	–	–	–	✓	–
Songkick APIclosed to new developers	–	–	–	–	–
Bandsintown APIone artist’s tour dates	–	–	–	✓	–
DICEpartners’ own events only	–	–	–	–	–

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Web search APIs for agents

APIs that search the web and return pages, snippets or answers: what an agent uses for research and questions about the web.

Tool	No sign-up or API key	Free to start	Returns one result per thing, not pages	Reach the owner from a result	Official MCP server
Tavily	–	✓	–	–	✓
Exa	–	✓	–	–	✓
Brave Search API	–	✓	–	–	✓
Serper	–	✓	–	–	–
SerpApi	–	✓	–	–	✓
Perplexity Search API	–	–	–	–	✓
Parallel Search API	–	✓	–	–	✓
You.com Search API	✓	✓	–	–	✓
Jina AI Search	–	✓	–	–	✓
Firecrawl Search	✓	✓	–	–	✓
Linkup	–	✓	–	–	✓
Context.dev	–	✓	–	–	✓
Kagi Search API	–	–	–	–	✓
Bing Search APIretired in August 2025	–	–	–	–	–

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How these pages are made

Facts come only from each company’s own pricing, docs and terms pages.
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