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Hunter pricing and alternatives: cached LinkedIn profile API, GET /combined/find

Hunter's sitellms.txtBest cached LinkedIn profile API in 2026
31% complete: 4 of the 13 LinkedIn profile sections we checkSee the 13 sections
50+ fields
$0.00per 1,000 profiles
Plan: Free one of Hunter's 126 plans
Call: GET /combined/find one of Hunter's 2 calls
API: Cached LinkedIn profile API one of Hunter's 9 APIs

About this item

  • Stored. You get profiles from Hunter's copy of LinkedIn. Hunter doesn't say how old the copy is.
  • 4 of the 13 LinkedIn profile sections we check. Experience, About, Location, Photo.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 50 credits a month, enough for 250 calls. Unused credits expire at the monthly reset, credits don't roll over.
  • One call. You send email or linkedin_handle to GET /combined/find. You can also send clearbit_format. The call returns the profile.
  • Who can get it: anyone 18 or over. Keep data: with conditions. Use data: with conditions.

Hunter: cached LinkedIn profile API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 profiles. Each plan in the table gives stored data, not live data, like this plan.

This planHunter, free, Free, GET /combined/findReverse Contact, freeBlitzAPI, freeQuickEnrich, freeEnrich Layer, freeHundevmode Labs on Apify, free
$ per 1,000$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness31%100%62%8%92%8%
Billingfreefreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0$0
Enough for250 calls a month100 calls, once1,000 results, once300 calls a monthnot published2,500 results a month
Freshnessstoredstoredstoredstoredstoredstored
Who can get itanyone 18 or overprofessionals acting in their professional capacity, not as consumers, one trial per customerprofessional B2B clients with a professional email address, not BlitzAPI's competitorsanyoneanyone 18 or overbusiness use only, 18 or over

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.

  1. help.hunter.io/en/articles/11738860-credit-packs-how-to-buy-extra-credits-in-hunter
  2. help.hunter.io/en/articles/12149400-hunter-api-for-data-plans
  3. help.hunter.io/en/articles/12269815-hunter-discover-faqs
  4. help.hunter.io/en/articles/14780848-running-out-of-credits-on-a-data-platform-plan
  5. help.hunter.io/en/articles/1897812-the-difference-between-monthly-and-yearly-plans
  6. help.hunter.io/en/articles/1911591-do-unused-credits-from-a-previous-month-or-plan-roll-over
  7. help.hunter.io/en/articles/1911597-when-do-credits-reset
  8. help.hunter.io/en/articles/1911617-how-do-credits-work-in-hunter
  9. help.hunter.io/en/articles/1970956-hunter-api
  10. help.hunter.io/en/articles/4575325-billing-for-customers-registered-in-india
  11. help.hunter.io/en/articles/9920427-data-platform-plans-for-api-users
  12. hunter.io
  13. hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#email-enrichment
  14. hunter.io/api/combined-enrichment
  15. hunter.io/api/lead-enrichment
  16. hunter.io/openapi.json
  17. hunter.io/our-data
  18. hunter.io/plan-calculator
  19. hunter.io/pricing
  20. hunter.io/terms-of-service
  21. hunter.io/transparency/content-policy
  22. hunter.io/transparency/our-data

Product details

The LinkedIn profile sections this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Experiencecurrent job
  • Education, not in the answer
  • Skills, not in the answer
  • Headline, not in the answer
  • About
  • Location
  • Photo
  • Followers, not in the answer
  • Connections, not in the answer
  • Certifications, not in the answer
  • Languages, not in the answer
  • Recommendations, not in the answer
  • Open to work, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000$0.00
Billingfree
Strengths
Strengths50+ fields
Aggregators
AggregatorsDatabar: your key 0 credits a call on the Build or Scale plan, paid $99.00 per 1,000 results, this call or another Hunter call
Charges
Percall
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchThe Combined Enrichment API turns an email address or a LinkedIn handle into a complete record of every single data point we have for that profile & the associated company.
Data
Freshnessstored
Keep dataData minimization: not storing data beyond what is needed for the stated purpose.
Use dataData accessed through Hunter may be used for the following purposes: B2B outreach and prospecting: identifying and contacting relevant professional contacts at target companies for legitimate business purposes, sales, marketing, partnership, or recruitment, where the individual is being contacted in their professional capacity. [...] CRM enrichment: verifying or enriching a company’s existing B2B contact database, where the individuals are professional contacts with whom a business relationship is sought or maintained. [...] Internal research and analysis: internal analysis of company-level contact patterns for legitimate business intelligence purposes. This does not extend to bulk export of individual-level personal data for redistribution, resale, or use outside the permitted purposes in this section. [...] API integration and testing: technical integration and testing of the API using test accounts and non-production data environments. [...] The following uses are prohibited under Hunter’s Terms of Service and, in many cases, applicable law. Sending unsolicited bulk commercial email using Hunter data, in violation of CAN-SPAM, CASL, the EU ePrivacy Directive, or equivalent applicable law. [...] Contacting individuals in a harassing, threatening, or abusive manner, facilitating stalking, doxing, or targeted harassment campaigns, sharing Hunter data in contexts designed to expose individuals to harm, ridicule, or unwanted public attention. [...] Processing Hunter data in violation of applicable data protection law, combining Hunter data with special category data to build legally non-compliant profiles, sharing or reselling Hunter data to third parties without prior written authorization from Hunter. [...] Using Hunter data for political campaigning, voter outreach, or micro-targeting based on inferred political opinions. [...] Using Hunter-sourced email addresses for credential stuffing, phishing, account compromise, or social engineering attacks. [...] Contacting individuals as private consumers rather than in a professional B2B context. Hunter’s database is limited to professional contact data and must not be used for B2C marketing. [...] Using Hunter data as the sole input to automated mass outreach sequences with no individualized relevance or genuine business purpose, i.e. spam with a company name attached. [...] Under this license you may not: Build a similar or competitive service without Hunter’s prior written consent.
Plan
Pay$0
You get50 credits a month
Enough for250 calls a month
Expiresat the monthly reset, credits don't roll over
Rate limit
Per second8.33
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendemail or linkedin_handle. Optional: clearbit_format
MethodGET
Path/combined/find
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone 18 or over
The 50 fields the plan's answer can hold

provider record ID, name, first name, last name, location, time zone, UTC offset, city, region, region code, country, country code, location coordinates, about, personal website, profile picture, current company, current title, current department, current sub-department, current seniority, Facebook handle, GitHub handle, GitHub ID, GitHub avatar, GitHub company, GitHub blog, GitHub followers, GitHub following, Twitter handle, Twitter ID, Twitter bio, Twitter followers, Twitter following, Twitter post count, Twitter like count, Twitter location, Twitter website, Twitter avatar, username, Google+ handle, Gravatar handle, Gravatar URLs, Gravatar avatar, Gravatar avatars, fuzzy match, indexed at, active at, inactive at, input data

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