# Captain Data, free: LinkedIn company search API

> Search companies by industry, size, location, and keywords. Returns company cards with LinkedIn URLs.

Captain Data's LinkedIn company search API on its Free trial (100 credits) plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 2 of the 12 key fields we check: Description, Employees.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/free
- Get it: https://www.captaindata.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.captaindata.com/v1/api/companies/search
- Sold by: Captain Data (https://www.captaindata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-22

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Description: ✓
- Employees: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Per: page of 25
- Most per search: 2,500
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Find People · Search People · Enrich People · List Experiences · List Skills · List Licenses & Certifications · Find Company · Enrich Company · Find Company Employees

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search companies by industry, size, location, and keywords. Returns company cards with LinkedIn URLs.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: any lawful use that infringes no third party's rights, the client warranting it may collect the data from LinkedIn, no GDPR special-category data, the service not resold or made available to third parties

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: about 3 pages, once

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: cursor, page_size
- Method: GET
- Path: /companies/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial (100 credits)
- Who can get it: professionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial each

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

provider record ID, name, description, company URL, company ID, Sales Navigator URL, category, size

## Captain Data's plans (18)

- [Captain Data, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $165 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/165-monthly/llms.txt): $68.619 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $247 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/247-monthly/llms.txt): $51.459 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $412 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/412-monthly/llms.txt): $42.879 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $660 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/660-monthly/llms.txt): $34.299 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $1,319 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/1319-monthly/llms.txt): $27.435 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $2,308 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/2308-monthly/llms.txt): $24.003 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $3,215 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/3215-monthly/llms.txt): $22.287 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $4,120 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/4120-monthly/llms.txt): $17.139 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $7,005 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/7005-monthly/llms.txt): $14.57 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $9,270 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/9270-monthly/llms.txt): $12.854 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $11,325 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/11325-monthly/llms.txt): $9.422 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $14,820 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/14820-monthly/llms.txt): $7.706 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $31,250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/31250-monthly/llms.txt): $6.50 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $49,300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/49300-monthly/llms.txt): $5.127 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $82,200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/82200-monthly/llms.txt): $4.274 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $123,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/123000-monthly/llms.txt): $2.558 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Captain Data, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/contact-us/llms.txt): 17% complete, live

## Captain Data's calls (1)

- `GET /companies/search`: [Captain Data, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/free/llms.txt)

## Captain Data's APIs (4)

- [Captain Data: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 18 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/captain-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Captain Data: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 18 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/captain-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Captain Data: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 18 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/captain-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Captain Data: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 18 plans, GET /companies/{company_uid}/employees](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/free-trial-100-credits-get-companies-company-uid-employees/llms.txt)
- [Captain Data: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 18 plans, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/free-trial-100-credits-get-people-search/llms.txt)

## Captain Data: LinkedIn company search API alternatives

- [HarvestAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/harvestapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 42% complete, live
- [API Direct, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/api-direct/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [Datamagnet, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/datamagnet/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 42% complete, live
- [Edges, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/edges/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-22.

- https://docs.captaindata.com/v1/api/companies/search
- https://docs.captaindata.com/v1/credit-costs
- https://docs.captaindata.com/v1/pagination
- https://docs.captaindata.com/v1/rate-limits
- https://www.captaindata.com
- https://www.captaindata.com/company-search
- https://www.captaindata.com/llms.txt
- https://www.captaindata.com/people-enrichment
- https://www.captaindata.com/pricing
- https://www.captaindata.com/terms