# DINQ, free: Email finder API

> This is separate from people search and looks up email for one already-identified candidate.

DINQ's Free plan for the email finder API costs $0.00 per 1,000 emails. DINQ's docs list none of the 10 fields on our checklist: Verification, Confidence, Catch-all domain, Where found and 6 more.
We haven't run DINQ through [our email finder API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-email-finder-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 1,683 plans for email finder APIs by price. Half the plans cost $20.00 per 1,000 emails or less. [See how many email finder API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-email-finder-api.txt)
[ClearBounce's $3.20 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/clearbounce/3-20-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 emails. ClearBounce's $3.20 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many emails as ClearBounce's rate limit allows.
[ClearBounce's $4 pack](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/clearbounce/4-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of emails. ClearBounce's $4 pack costs more up front than ClearBounce's $3.20 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/getprospect/399-monthly-growth-50k-post-v2-email-find/llms.txt), [DiscoLike](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/discolike/399-monthly-team-post-email-find/llms.txt) and [Icypeas](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/icypeas/499-monthly-hypergrowth-100000-credits-a-month-post-email-search/llms.txt) are the best email finder API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dinq/free
- [Email finder API: the best of 90+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-email-finder-api.txt)
- Get it: https://dinq.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.dinq.me/api/v1/scholar/deep-search/profile-email`
- API key: with the plan, on https://dinq.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.dinq.me/platform/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing#email-lookup-api
- Sold by: DINQ (https://dinq.me?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 emails: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: This is separate from people search and looks up email for one already-identified candidate.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use our Services solely for your own personal or professional purposes. [...] You may not use Outputs in high-risk contexts (e.g., medical, legal, financial, or employment decisions) without human verification. [...] You agree that you will not: Develop, support, or use software, scripts, or any other means to scrape the Services or otherwise copy profiles and other data from the Services. Copy, use, or distribute any information obtained from the Services without the consent of the owner. Rent, lease, sell, or otherwise monetize the Services or related data without Company's consent. Use bots or other automated methods to access the Services for any reason other than what is explicitly permitted by Company.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Enough for: 25 calls, once

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: name, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: session_id, company, current_employer, text, useful_info, sources[].url, sources[].description, personal_homepage, urls
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/scholar/deep-search/profile-email

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone 18 or older

## The only field the plan's answer can hold

email

## DINQ's plans (4)

- [DINQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dinq/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DINQ, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dinq/49-monthly/llms.txt): $196.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DINQ, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dinq/199-monthly/llms.txt): $199.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DINQ, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dinq/contact-us/llms.txt): 0% complete

## DINQ's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/scholar/deep-search/profile-email`: [DINQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dinq/free/llms.txt)

## DINQ's APIs (2)

- [DINQ: email finder API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dinq/free/llms.txt)
- [DINQ: people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dinq/free/llms.txt)

## DINQ: email finder API alternatives

- [La Growth Machine, $195 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/la-growth-machine/195-monthly/llms.txt): $195.00 per 1,000, 10% complete
- [Lusha, $959.90 monthly, Premium, 9,800 credits a month, POST /v3/contacts/search-and-enrich, Search and Enrich Contacts](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/lusha/959-90-monthly-premium-9800-credits-a-month-post-v3-contacts-search-and-enrich-search-and-enrich-contacts/llms.txt): $195.898 per 1,000, 70% complete, 1 week
- [Coldlytics, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/coldlytics/49-monthly/llms.txt): $196.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [GetEmail.io, $58.80 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/getemail-io/58-80-monthly/llms.txt): $196.00 per 1,000, 70% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://dinq.me/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing
- https://dinq.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing
- https://dinq.me/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing
- https://docs.dinq.me/core-features/outreach?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing
- https://docs.dinq.me/help-support/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing
- https://docs.dinq.me/platform/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing
- https://docs.dinq.me/settings-billing/pricing-and-credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-finder-api-pricing