Who is Crustdata optimal for?
Crustdata is a Y Combinator-backed real-time B2B data provider with a Jobs API. Their product bundles 30+ data points per job posting with company context - funding rounds, headcount changes, acquisition status - making it popular with AI SDR tools, recruiting platforms, and investment research teams focused on US company intelligence.
Use it if:
- Your primary use case is AI-driven sales outreach - you need job postings combined with company funding and headcount signals.
- US-centric coverage meets your requirements and international breadth is secondary.
- You're building investment or growth intelligence products targeting US-listed or venture-backed companies.
- Custom pricing through Crustdata's sales team is acceptable for your procurement process.
When teams outgrow Crustdata
Crustdata's sales-first architecture makes it less suitable for teams that need large-scale job data feeds, broad international coverage, historical archives, or self-serve pricing.
Typical challenges are:
- Coverage skews heavily towards US markets - limited for global job boards or international intelligence.
- Real-time focus - historical data before subscription start is not a documented feature of their job data product.
- No native bulk data export formats like Parquet - not designed for large-scale data engineering pipelines.
- No transparent, self-serve pricing - every plan requires a sales conversation, making rapid prototyping difficult.
- No AWS Data Exchange listing - enterprise data teams in AWS-native environments need an additional integration step.
Techmap vs Crustdata: Feature Comparison
| Feature | Techmap | Crustdata |
|---|---|---|
| Countries covered | 250 countries & territories (→ Explore) | US-focused, limited global |
| New job postings/month | 8.2M new / 14.7M active (→ Explore) | Not publicly disclosed |
| Historical data | 405M+ from January 2020 | Limited historical depth |
| Data formats | JSON, CSV, XML, RSS/ATOM, Parquet | JSON (API) |
| Delivery options | API, AWS S3, AWS Data Exchange | API |
| Self-serve / free tier | Yes (RapidAPI free tier) | No - sales call required |
| Bulk data exports | Yes (hourly S3 exports, Parquet) | No bulk file exports |
| AWS Data Exchange | Yes - listed product | No |
| GDPR compliant | Yes (EU-based storage) | - |
Reasons to Choose Techmap's Job Data
Techmap is the right choice when scale, global coverage, and predictable pricing matter. We serve job boards (for backfill) and sales intelligence providers with consistent, structured job data they can rely on - without opaque contracts or geographic gaps.
Why teams choose Techmap:
- Transparent pricing: Public plans from free, scaling at less than $1 per 1000 jobs (API).
- Global coverage: 250 countries and territories - strong APAC, LATAM, and EU coverage.
- Historical depth: 405M+ postings from January 2020 - ready for ML training and trend analysis.
- Bulk formats: Parquet, CSV, XML for large-scale data pipelines - not just API responses.
- AWS Data Exchange listed: Subscribe and integrate directly in your AWS environment.
- Job board optimised: Purpose-built for backfill and high-volume job data consumers.
- Startup and volume discounts: We offer reduced pricing for larger volumes and qualifying Startups.
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