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Best LinkedIn post search API in 2026

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The three LinkedIn post search API plans we score highest, with each part of their score and what 1,000 posts cost.

  1. #1

    Fetchin, $475 monthly

    Overall score
    85.9Overall score: 85.9 What goes in • Price score: 88, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Data score: 85, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Cost to get started score: 62, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Bundle score: 92, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Performance score: 100, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) Formula Overall score = (40 × price score + 40 × data score + 10 × cost to get started score + 10 × bundle score + 10 × performance score) / 110 This plan Overall score = (40 × 87.50 + 40 × 85.00 + 10 × 62.06 + 10 × 92.31 + 10 × 100.00) / 110 = 85.8518, shown as 85.9
    Price score
    88Price score: 88 What goes in • $ per 1,000 (Price): $0.019 • $ per 1,000 (Not found): $0.95 • The scored plans of this API: 11, 0 of them cheaper per 1,000 Formula Price score = 100 × (35 × rank + 5 × not found) / 40 rank = 1 − plans cheaper / scored plans (no limit: 1, blank: 0) not found = 1 − not found $ per 1,000 / $ per 1,000, never under 0 (nothing charged: 1, either one blank: 0) This plan rank = 1 − 0 / 11 = 1 not found = 1 − $0.95 / $0.019 = −49, under 0, so 0 Price score = 100 × (35 × 1 + 5 × 0) / 40 = 87.50, shown as 88
    Data score
    85Data score: 85 What goes in • Our benchmark of 20 October 2026 (this score's link), where we called every provider on the same 20 searches • This call's share there: 0.85 Formula Data score = 100 × the share The Data score on LinkedIn post search Out of 100: the share of requested posts the call returned that hold the word searched, on the post's own LinkedIn page. We asked for 10 posts per search. This plan Data score = 100 × 0.85 = 85.00, shown as 85
    Cost to get started score
    62Cost to get started score: 62 What goes in • Who can get it (About the plan): anyone 18 or over with the legal capacity to enter into the terms • Billing (Price): monthly • Pay (Plan): $475 Formula Cost to get started score = 100 × (who + billing + least) / 3 who = closed to new users 0, on approval or after a call 0.3, a crypto wallet 0.5, a business email 0.7, none of these 1 billing = pay as you go or free 1, a pack 0.8, monthly 0.7, quarterly 0.5, half-yearly 0.4, yearly 0.3, contact us 0 least = $10 or less 1, else 1 − log10(least / $10) / 2, never under 0 This plan who = 1 billing = 0.7 least = 1 − log10($475 / $10) / 2 = 0.162 Cost to get started score = 100 × (1 + 0.7 + 0.162) / 3 = 62.07, shown as 62
    Bundle score
    92Bundle score: 92 What goes in • Also pays for: 12 other calls: Company, Companies (batch), Posts, Profile, Company posts, Post comments, Post reactions, Post engagement, Profile reactions, Profile comments, Profile articles, Apify-compatible actors Formula Bundle score = 100 × other calls / (other calls + 1) other calls = what its price also pays for, with its own limit or from the same credits (not read yet: 0) This plan Bundle score = 100 × 12 / (12 + 1) = 92.31, shown as 92
    Performance score
    100Performance score: 100 What goes in • Its median time per call in our benchmark of 20 October 2026, minus the baseline: 1.461 s • Fetchin, the fastest benchmarked provider: 1.461 s Formula Performance score = 100 × the fastest median / this median time = the call's time minus the mean of three free calls to the same provider just before it, on the same connection where that mean is longer than the call: minus the provider's median baseline, capped at the call's time This plan Performance score = 100 × 1.461 / 1.461 = 100.00, shown as 100
    $ per 1,000
    $0.019
  2. #2

    HarvestAPI, $280 pack

    Overall score
    63.0Overall score: 63.0 What goes in • Price score: 56, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Data score: 79, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Cost to get started score: 69, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Bundle score: 50, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Performance score: 35, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) Formula Overall score = (40 × price score + 40 × data score + 10 × cost to get started score + 10 × bundle score + 10 × performance score) / 110 This plan Overall score = (40 × 55.68 + 40 × 79.00 + 10 × 69.21 + 10 × 50.00 + 10 × 34.99) / 110 = 62.9927, shown as 63.0
    Price score
    56Price score: 56 What goes in • $ per 1,000 (Price): $0.023 • $ per 1,000 (Not found): blank, its pages don't say • The scored plans of this API: 11, 4 of them cheaper per 1,000 Formula Price score = 100 × (35 × rank + 5 × not found) / 40 rank = 1 − plans cheaper / scored plans (no limit: 1, blank: 0) not found = 1 − not found $ per 1,000 / $ per 1,000, never under 0 (nothing charged: 1, either one blank: 0) This plan rank = 1 − 4 / 11 = 0.636 not found = 0 Price score = 100 × (35 × 0.636 + 5 × 0) / 40 = 55.65, shown as 56
    Data score
    79Data score: 79 What goes in • Our benchmark of 20 October 2026 (this score's link), where we called every provider on the same 20 searches • This call's share there: 0.79 Formula Data score = 100 × the share The Data score on LinkedIn post search Out of 100: the share of requested posts the call returned that hold the word searched, on the post's own LinkedIn page. We asked for 10 posts per search. This plan Data score = 100 × 0.79 = 79.00, shown as 79
    Cost to get started score
    69Cost to get started score: 69 What goes in • Who can get it (About the plan): anyone • Billing (Price): a pack you pay first • Pay (Plan): $280 Formula Cost to get started score = 100 × (who + billing + least) / 3 who = closed to new users 0, on approval or after a call 0.3, a crypto wallet 0.5, a business email 0.7, none of these 1 billing = pay as you go or free 1, a pack 0.8, monthly 0.7, quarterly 0.5, half-yearly 0.4, yearly 0.3, contact us 0 least = $10 or less 1, else 1 − log10(least / $10) / 2, never under 0 This plan who = 1 billing = 0.8 least = 1 − log10($280 / $10) / 2 = 0.276 Cost to get started score = 100 × (1 + 0.8 + 0.276) / 3 = 69.20, shown as 69
    Bundle score
    50Bundle score: 50 What goes in • Also pays for: 1 other call: each API request Formula Bundle score = 100 × other calls / (other calls + 1) other calls = what its price also pays for, with its own limit or from the same credits (not read yet: 0) This plan Bundle score = 100 × 1 / (1 + 1) = 50.00, shown as 50
    Performance score
    35Performance score: 35 What goes in • Its median time per call in our benchmark of 20 October 2026, minus the baseline: 4.175 s • Fetchin, the fastest benchmarked provider: 1.461 s Formula Performance score = 100 × the fastest median / this median time = the call's time minus the mean of three free calls to the same provider just before it, on the same connection where that mean is longer than the call: minus the provider's median baseline, capped at the call's time This plan Performance score = 100 × 1.461 / 4.175 = 34.99, shown as 35
    $ per 1,000
    $0.023
  3. #3

    Up2Data, $90 pack

    Overall score
    51.2Overall score: 51.2 What goes in • Price score: 8, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Data score: 77, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Cost to get started score: 77, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Bundle score: 96, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Performance score: 52, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) Formula Overall score = (40 × price score + 40 × data score + 10 × cost to get started score + 10 × bundle score + 10 × performance score) / 110 This plan Overall score = (40 × 7.95 + 40 × 76.50 + 10 × 77.43 + 10 × 95.65 + 10 × 52.01) / 110 = 51.1718, shown as 51.2
    Price score
    8Price score: 8 What goes in • $ per 1,000 (Price): $0.36 • $ per 1,000 (Not found): $9.00 • The scored plans of this API: 11, 10 of them cheaper per 1,000 Formula Price score = 100 × (35 × rank + 5 × not found) / 40 rank = 1 − plans cheaper / scored plans (no limit: 1, blank: 0) not found = 1 − not found $ per 1,000 / $ per 1,000, never under 0 (nothing charged: 1, either one blank: 0) This plan rank = 1 − 10 / 11 = 0.091 not found = 1 − $9.00 / $0.36 = −24, under 0, so 0 Price score = 100 × (35 × 0.091 + 5 × 0) / 40 = 7.96, shown as 8
    Data score
    77Data score: 77 What goes in • Our benchmark of 20 October 2026 (this score's link), where we called every provider on the same 20 searches • This call's share there: 0.765 Formula Data score = 100 × the share The Data score on LinkedIn post search Out of 100: the share of requested posts the call returned that hold the word searched, on the post's own LinkedIn page. We asked for 10 posts per search. This plan Data score = 100 × 0.765 = 76.50, shown as 77
    Cost to get started score
    77Cost to get started score: 77 What goes in • Who can get it (About the plan): anyone 18 or over able to form a binding contract • Billing (Price): a pack you pay first • Pay (Plan): $90 Formula Cost to get started score = 100 × (who + billing + least) / 3 who = closed to new users 0, on approval or after a call 0.3, a crypto wallet 0.5, a business email 0.7, none of these 1 billing = pay as you go or free 1, a pack 0.8, monthly 0.7, quarterly 0.5, half-yearly 0.4, yearly 0.3, contact us 0 least = $10 or less 1, else 1 − log10(least / $10) / 2, never under 0 This plan who = 1 billing = 0.8 least = 1 − log10($90 / $10) / 2 = 0.523 Cost to get started score = 100 × (1 + 0.8 + 0.523) / 3 = 77.43, shown as 77
    Bundle score
    96Bundle score: 96 What goes in • Also pays for: 22 other calls: Enrich a profile, Get profile activity, Get profile recommendations, Get profile interests, Enrich a company, Count company job openings, Get company posts, Find custom headcount, Enrich a job, Search jobs, Enrich a post, Get post comments, Get post reactions, Get post reposts, Search people, Search people (Sales Navigator), Search people (standard), Search companies, Search companies (Sales Navigator), Search companies (standard), Create a batch job, Signal checks Formula Bundle score = 100 × other calls / (other calls + 1) other calls = what its price also pays for, with its own limit or from the same credits (not read yet: 0) This plan Bundle score = 100 × 22 / (22 + 1) = 95.65, shown as 96
    Performance score
    52Performance score: 52 What goes in • Its median time per call in our benchmark of 20 October 2026, minus the baseline: 2.809 s • Fetchin, the fastest benchmarked provider: 1.461 s Formula Performance score = 100 × the fastest median / this median time = the call's time minus the mean of three free calls to the same provider just before it, on the same connection where that mean is longer than the call: minus the provider's median baseline, capped at the call's time This plan Performance score = 100 × 1.461 / 2.809 = 52.01, shown as 52
    $ per 1,000
    $0.36