It is generally frowned upon to mix jQuery and React. If you don't know how to do AJAX with jQuery already, feel free to learn it, but it might hold you back a bit if you get too used to it. For people like me who have gotten used to the jQuery way, we're at a bit of a disadvantage. I have to learn how to do it all over again with vanilla JS. I used to do it the vanilla way, but browsers kept changing how they work under the hood, and using jQuery made sense at the time as it handled the nuances behind the scenes. These days, it's not necessary due to browsers finally getting their act together regarding standards. Keep in mind, jQuery AJAX calls are simply function wrappers around vanilla JS. You definitely don't need to do it the jQuery way these days. You could make your own function wrapper to simplify making the calls.