lobstr.io pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn job details API

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77% complete: 10 of the 13 key fields we checkSee the 13 fields

$0.00per 1,000 jobs

Plan: Free one of lobstr.io's 9 plans

Call: POST /v1/runs lobstr.io's only call

POST /v1/runsFree$0.00 per 1,000

About this item

Live. The call reads the job on LinkedIn when you make it.
10 of the 13 key fields we check. Description, Applying, Category, Location, Salary, Terms, Level, Recruiter, Company, Posted.
Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits a month, enough for 100 results.
One call. You call POST /v1/runs with the inputs in Product details. The call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done. Or the provider sends the answer to your webhook.
Who can get it: professionals, not consumers. Keep data: no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans. Use data: with conditions.

lobstr.io: LinkedIn job details API alternatives

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

	This planlobstr.io, free	HarvestAPI, free	OpenWeb Ninja, free	ScrapeBadger, free	Renidly, free
$ per 1,000	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Completeness	77%	69%	77%	69%	54%
Billing	free	free	free	free	free
Pay	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Enough for	100 results a month	1,000 calls, once	200 results a month	125 calls, once	100 calls, once
Freshness	live	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	professionals, not consumers	anyone	anyone, a minor with a parent's permission	anyone 18 or over	anyone 18 or over with a work email (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook and other free providers aren't accepted)

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.

Product details

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

Description
Applying
Category
Location
Remote, not in the answer
Salary
Terms
Level
Team, not in the answer
Recruiter
Company
Posted
Status, not in the answer

Price
$ per 1,000	$0.00
Billing	free

Aggregators
Aggregators	none

Charges
Per	result
Extra fields	company website, company description, company industry, company size, company employee count, company followers, company founded, company headquarters, company specialties, company slogan, company type: +$0.00
Also pays for	from the same budget: most scrapers · Email Enrichment

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Scrape every job from any LinkedIn Jobs search — salary ranges & recruiter details included.

Data
Freshness	live
Keep data	no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
Use data	The User hereby asserts and affirms that the utilization of the Platform is solely for professional activities, thereby exempting the User from being classified as a "consumer" under the governing law. [...] Squiders are obligated to: (i) Procure requisite permissions for accessing websites through Squids, (ii) Abstain from extracting substantial portions of databases, whether in terms of quality or quantity, (iii) Refrain from unauthorized access to confidential or proprietary information, (iv) Observe all third-party rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (v) Comply with all pertinent laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, inclusive of those related to the protection of personal data. [...] a global, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, and non-sublicensable right to employ the Platform for the duration of the User's active account on said Platform [...] Absent express written consent from LOBSTR, the User shall abstain—and shall prohibit any third parties acting on their behalf, including but not limited to employees, agents, affiliates, and subcontractors—from: (i) Decompiling, disassembling, or reverse-engineering the Platform, or attempting to discern its source code, foundational ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interoperability features [...], (ii) Independently or with third-party assistance, rectifying any Platform defects to render it compliant with its intended use [...], (iii) Removing or altering any notifications, labels, or references pertaining to the intellectual property rights of LOBSTR or any third parties, (iv) Engaging in the transfer, utilization, or exportation of the Platform in a manner that contravenes applicable laws, (v) Integrating, associating, or amalgamating the Platform with any other software or documents, or generating derivative works based in whole or part on the Platform, (vi) Conducting any activities with the Platform other than those explicitly sanctioned by these Terms and Conditions

Plan
Pay	$0
You get	100 credits a month
Enough for	100 results a month
Expires	credits refresh each month and don't roll over at renewal, only a paid billing-cycle reset carries unused credits over, for 30 days

Rate limit
Per second	2
Concurrent	1

Speed
Answer	by polling or webhook

The call
You send	squid (a LinkedIn Jobs Scraper squid, crawler b5a5fc71ba325dc507bc302e02327d9b, holding a LinkedIn job posting URL as its tasks). Optional: company_details
Method	POST
Path	/v1/runs

About the plan
Plan	Free
Who can get it	professionals, not consumers

The 25 fields the plan's answer can hold

job ID, job URL, title, company, company URL, company logo, company ID, location, posted date, posted ago, salary, benefits, description, description HTML, seniority, employment type, functions, industries, applicants, apply URL, job poster, job poster URL, salary min, salary max, salary currency