# Generect, free: Cached LinkedIn company search API > Search cached companies. Database mode returns results in under 1 second. Billed per result returned. Generect's cached LinkedIn company search API on its Free to start plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 1 of the 12 key fields we check: Domain. - This page: https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/generect/free - Get it: https://generect.com/pricing - Its API docs: https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/endpoint/search/database-companies - Sold by: Generect (https://generect.com) - Checked: 2026-10-23 ## In the answer - Completeness: 8% - Domain: ✓ ## Price - $ per 1,000: $0.00 - Billing: free ## Aggregators - Aggregators: none ## Charges - Per: result - Most per search: 1,600 - Also pays for: from the same budget: Database search & enrich · Real-time search & enrich · Real-time count · Email Finder · Email Validation · Preview ## Not found - $ per 1,000: $0.00 ## In their words - Their pitch: Search cached companies. Database mode returns results in under 1 second. Billed per result returned. ## Data - Freshness: stored - Keep data: a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Services for the duration of Your paid use of Our Services [...] the User can continue to use the results of the request at any time while lawful using Our Services - Use data: a worldwide, non-exclusive right to use the business contact records You export from the Services for Your own internal sales, marketing and recruiting purposes (or, for agencies, on behalf of your clients), provided such use complies with applicable data protection and anti-spam laws [...] the Services will be used exclusively by You and/or users, who are subject to the same obligations, as You are using Your personal account in Our SaaS product “Generect” [...] You agree not to apply the following non-exhaustive list of practices that are not considered “Legitimate Use” of Our Services: using Our Services for unreasonable workloads We determine (in Our sole discretion) to be unrelated to the deployment and maintenance of Your own services, re-selling Our Services or parts thereof to another third party, using Our Services, violate any laws in Your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright, spam, or trademark laws), use a robot, spider, other automated device, or manual process to monitor or copy any content from the Services, using Our Services in a manner We determine (in our sole discretion) could cause harm to Our Services or another third party, or unusual usage patterns inconsistent with those We reasonably consider as normal use when compared to other customers ## Plan - Pay: $0 - You get: $10 - Enough for: 500 results, once - Expires: never ## Rate limit - Concurrent: 20 ## The call - You send: nothing required. Optional: industries, exclude_industries, sub_industries, headcounts, locations, exclude_locations, company_types, exclude_ids, exclude_domains, limit_by, offset_by, strict, apply_domain_blocklist, founded_year - Method: POST - Path: /api/v1/search/database/companies/ ## About the plan - Plan: Free to start - Who can get it: anyone 18 or over with a work email ## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold company ID, name, domain, total results, amount charged ## Generect's plans (3) - [Generect, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/generect/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, stored - [Generect, top-up from $20](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/generect/top-up-from-20/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, stored - [Generect, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/generect/contact-us/llms.txt): 8% complete, stored ## Generect's calls (1) - `POST /api/v1/search/database/companies/`: [Generect, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/generect/free/llms.txt) ## Generect's APIs (11) - [Generect: email verification API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/generect/free/llms.txt) - [Generect: cached LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/enrich/database/company/](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-profile-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-enrich-database-company/llms.txt) - [Generect: cached LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/enrich/database/companies/bulk/](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-profile-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-enrich-database-companies-bulk/llms.txt) - [Generect: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/enrich/realtime/company/](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-enrich-realtime-company/llms.txt) - [Generect: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/enrich/realtime/companies/bulk/](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-enrich-realtime-companies-bulk/llms.txt) - [Generect: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/enrich/database/lead/](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-enrich-database-lead/llms.txt) - [Generect: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/enrich/database/leads/bulk/](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-enrich-database-leads-bulk/llms.txt) - [Generect: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/enrich/realtime/lead/](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-enrich-realtime-lead/llms.txt) - [Generect: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/enrich/realtime/leads/bulk/](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-enrich-realtime-leads-bulk/llms.txt) - [Generect: email finder API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/email/find/](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-email-find/llms.txt) - [Generect: email finder API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/email/find/bulk/](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-email-find-bulk/llms.txt) - [Generect: cached LinkedIn company search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/generect/free/llms.txt) - [Generect: cached LinkedIn people search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-people-search-apis/generect/free/llms.txt) - [Generect: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-search-realtime-companies/llms.txt) - [Generect: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/generect/free-to-start-post-api-v1-search-realtime-leads/llms.txt) - [Generect: phone finder API pricing, 2 plans, POST /api/v1/phone/find/](https://datacircle.dev/find-phone-apis/generect/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-phone-find/llms.txt) - [Generect: phone finder API pricing, 2 plans, POST /api/v1/phone/find/bulk/](https://datacircle.dev/find-phone-apis/generect/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-phone-find-bulk/llms.txt) ## Generect: cached LinkedIn company search API alternatives - [BlitzAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/blitzapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored - [Reverse Contact, free, trial, POST /v2/search/organizations/prompt](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/reverse-contact/free-trial-post-v2-search-organizations-prompt/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, stored - [Anysite, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/anysite/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored - [Zooq, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-company-search-apis/zooq/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored ## Sources From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-23. - https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/database-vs-realtime.md - https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/endpoint/search/database-companies.md - https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/introduction - https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/limits.md - https://docs.generect.com/billing/faq.md - https://docs.generect.com/billing/pricing - https://docs.generect.com/billing/pricing.md - https://docs.generect.com/docs/cached-databases.md - https://docs.generect.com/docs/faq - https://generect.com/pricing - https://generect.com/privacy - https://generect.com/terms