API Direct pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn company search API

25% complete: 3 of the 12 key fields we checkSee the 12 fields

$0.00per 1,000 companies

Plan: Free tier one of API Direct's 2 plans

Call: GET /v1/linkedin/companies API Direct's only call

About this item

Live. The call searches LinkedIn when you make it.
3 of the 12 key fields we check. Description, Images, Followers.
Nothing to pay. You get 50 requests a month, enough for 50 pages. Requests are reset on the 1st of each month.
One call. You send query to GET /v1/linkedin/companies. You can also send page. The call returns the matching companies.
Who can get it: at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 companies. Each plan in the table gives live data, like this plan.

	This planAPI Direct, free	HarvestAPI, free	Datamagnet, free	Captain Data, free	Edges, free
$ per 1,000	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Completeness	25%	42%	42%	17%	17%
Billing	free	free	free	free	free
Pay	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Enough for	50 pages a month	250 pages, once	1 page	about 3 pages, once	about 66 results
Freshness	live	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms	anyone	anyone	professionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial each	professionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial each

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-21.

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

Price
$ per 1,000	$0.00
Billing	free

Aggregators
Aggregators	none

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Search LinkedIn companies by keyword. Returns company name, description, industry, location, follower count, logo, and direct link. Supports pagination with 10 results per page.

Data
Freshness	live
Keep data	no limit
Use data	You agree not to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Engage in any activity that could damage, disable, or impair the Service, Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, Use the Service for any illegal, harmful, or fraudulent purposes, Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any rate limits, usage limits, or security measures, Use automated means to create accounts or generate API keys, Harass, abuse, or harm individuals using data obtained through the Service, Scrape our Service [...] You acknowledge that: [...] You are responsible for complying with the terms of service of the underlying platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) when using data obtained through our Service [...] You agree that: You have a lawful basis for requesting, receiving, and using the data you obtain through the Service [...] You will comply with applicable data protection law, including providing any notices and honouring any rights owed to individuals by you as controller [...] You will not use the Service to identify or target individuals on the basis of special categories of personal data

Speed
Answer	in the call
Median	1.27 s

About the plan
Plan	Free tier
Who can get it	at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms

The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, company ID, description, subtitle, followers text, logo, company URL, page, results on page