SocialCrawl pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn company search API

SocialCrawl's site llms.txt Best LinkedIn company search API in 2026

17% complete: 2 of the 12 key fields we checkSee the 12 fields

$0.00per 1,000 companies

Plan: Free one of SocialCrawl's 5 plans

Call: GET /v1/linkedin/search/companies SocialCrawl's only call

GET /v1/linkedin/search/companiesFree$0.00 per 1,000

API: LinkedIn company search API one of SocialCrawl's 22 APIs

About this item

Live. The call searches LinkedIn when you make it.
2 of the 12 key fields we check. Description, Images.
Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 10 pages. Credits never expire.
One call. You send query to GET /v1/linkedin/search/companies. You can also send page, company_size, has_jobs, industry_ids and geocode. The call returns the matching companies.
Who can get it: anyone 18 or over. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SocialCrawl: LinkedIn company search API alternatives

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 planSocialCrawl, free	HarvestAPI, free, Free, GET /linkedin/company-search	API Direct, free, tier, POST /v1/batch	Unipile, free, 7-day free trial, POST /api/v1/linkedin/search, Perform Linkedin search (Classic)	Captain Data, free
$ per 1,000	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Completeness	17%	42%	25%	50%	17%
Billing	free	free	free	free	free
Pay	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Enough for	10 pages, once	250 pages, once	50 pages a month	no limit	about 3 pages, once
Freshness	live	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	anyone 18 or over	anyone	at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms	anyone 18 or over, for professional use only, through the LinkedIn accounts they link ("1 account = 1 linked identity")	professionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial each

Sources

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

Product details

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

Description
Industry and type, not in the answer
Images
Technologies, not in the answer
Employees, not in the answer
Headquarters, not in the answer
Locations, not in the answer
Funding, not in the answer
Revenue, not in the answer
Domain, not in the answer
Followers, not in the answer
Contact, not in the answer

Price
$ per 1,000	$0.00
Billing	free

Aggregators
Aggregators	none

Charges
Repeat free	2 minutes
Per	page, size not stated
Also pays for	from the same budget: every endpoint

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Returns company pages matching a keyword, as a canonical AuthorList: `username`, `display_name`, `bio` (tagline), `url`, `avatar_url`, and `author.ext.company_id` (the numeric id the other `/company/*` endpoints take). Optional filters: `company_size` (LinkedIn headcount buckets), `has_jobs`, `industry_ids` (comma-separated ids from `/v1/linkedin/search/industry`), `geocode` (ids from `/v1/linkedin/search/location`).

Data
Freshness	live
Keep data	no limit
Use data	You may use the Service for lawful purposes that comply with these Terms, applicable laws, and the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data is retrieved. [...] You must not: Resell raw data: You may not redistribute, resell, or sublicense raw Platform Data retrieved through the Service without adding meaningful transformation, analysis, or value. You must not operate a service that merely proxies or mirrors SocialCrawl responses. Violate platform terms: You must not use the Service in a manner that violates the terms of service of any social media platform from which data is retrieved. Harass or harm: You must not use the Service to stalk, harass, doxx, or otherwise harm any individual. Surveillance and identification of individuals: You must not use the Service or Platform Data to (a) perform facial recognition, biometric identification, or biometric verification of any individual, or build or enrich any facial-recognition or biometric database, (b) conduct surveillance, tracking, or behavioural monitoring of identified or identifiable individuals, including for law-enforcement, intelligence, or employment-vetting purposes, (c) re-identify individuals from aggregated, pseudonymised, or anonymised data, (d) profile individuals based on special categories of personal data (such as health, religion, political opinions, or sexual orientation), or (e) compile databases of individuals' personal data for sale or licensing as such. Circumvent restrictions: You must not attempt to bypass any usage limits, access controls, or security measures of the Service. Reverse engineer: You must not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service or its underlying infrastructure. Overload the Service: You must not engage in activity designed to degrade, disrupt, or place an unreasonable burden on the Service or its infrastructure. Illegal activity: You must not use the Service for any purpose that violates applicable law, including but not limited to data protection legislation, intellectual property law, or export control regulations. Automated abuse: You must not use automated systems to create accounts, generate API Keys, or consume Credits in a manner intended to exploit the Service. [...] You are solely responsible for: Ensuring your use of Platform Data complies with all applicable laws, including data protection and privacy legislation (such as the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). Respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators whose data is accessed through the Service. [...] Complying with the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data originates. [...] Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. You retain ownership of any data, applications, or materials that you create using Platform Data retrieved through the Service, subject to: The intellectual property rights of the original content creators on social media platforms. Any applicable terms of service of the social media platforms from which the data originates. The restrictions set out in Section 7 (Acceptable Use Policy) of these Terms.

Plan
Pay	$0
You get	100 credits
Enough for	10 pages, once
Expires	never

Rate limit
Per second	10
Concurrent	50
Batch	1

Speed
Answer	in the call

The call
You send	query. Optional: page, company_size, has_jobs, industry_ids, geocode
Method	GET
Path	/v1/linkedin/search/companies

About the plan
Plan	Free
Who can get it	anyone 18 or over

The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits consumed, credits remaining, request ID, from cache, replayed, next cursor, has more, page size, company ID, name, company slug, company URL, logo, slogan