# Captain Data, free, trial (100 credits), GET /people/search: LinkedIn people search API

> Search professionals by title, company, location, and more. Returns profile summaries with job signals.

Captain Data's LinkedIn people search API on its Free trial (100 credits) plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. It returns 4 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, About, Location, Photo.
The cheapest of the 243 priced plans is [ConnectSafely, $108 yearly, API, MCP & CLI Access, per LinkedIn account, billed yearly, POST /linkedin/search/people](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/connectsafely/108-yearly-api-mcp-cli-access-per-linkedin-account-billed-yearly-post-linkedin-search-people/llms.txt), at $0.003 per 1,000.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/free-trial-100-credits-get-people-search
- Get it: https://www.captaindata.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.captaindata.com/v1/api/people/search
- Sold by: Captain Data (https://www.captaindata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-22

## In the answer

- Completeness: 31%
- Experience: ✓ current job
- About: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Photo: ✓

## 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 · Enrich People · List Experiences · List Skills · List Licenses & Certifications · Find Company · Search Companies · Enrich Company · Find Company Employees

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search professionals by title, company, location, and more. Returns profile summaries with job signals.

## 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: /people/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 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

provider record ID, name, first name, last name, current title, current company, about, location, profile ID, profile URL, profile picture, current company ID, start date, end date, tenure, recently hired, recently promoted

## Captain Data's plans (18)

- [Captain Data, free, trial (100 credits), GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/free-trial-100-credits-get-people-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $165 monthly, Bronze, 2,500 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/165-monthly-bronze-2500-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $68.619 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $247 monthly, Bronze, 5,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/247-monthly-bronze-5000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $51.459 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $412 monthly, Bronze, 10,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/412-monthly-bronze-10000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $42.879 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $660 monthly, Silver, 20,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/660-monthly-silver-20000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $34.299 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $1,319 monthly, Silver, 50,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/1319-monthly-silver-50000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $27.435 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $2,308 monthly, Silver, 100,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/2308-monthly-silver-100000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $24.003 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $3,215 monthly, Gold, 150,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/3215-monthly-gold-150000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $22.287 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $4,120 monthly, Gold, 250,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/4120-monthly-gold-250000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $17.139 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $7,005 monthly, Gold, 500,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/7005-monthly-gold-500000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $14.57 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $9,270 monthly, Platinum, 750,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/9270-monthly-platinum-750000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $12.854 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $11,325 monthly, Platinum, 1,250,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/11325-monthly-platinum-1250000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $9.422 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $14,820 monthly, Platinum, 2,000,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/14820-monthly-platinum-2000000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $7.706 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $31,250 monthly, Diamond, 5,000,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/31250-monthly-diamond-5000000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $6.50 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $49,300 monthly, Diamond, 10,000,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/49300-monthly-diamond-10000000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $5.127 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $82,200 monthly, Diamond, 20,000,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/82200-monthly-diamond-20000000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $4.274 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, $123,000 monthly, Titanium, 50,000,000 credits / month, GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/123000-monthly-titanium-50000000-credits-month-get-people-search/llms.txt): $2.558 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captain Data, contact us, Custom rates (pilot, annual commit or volume pricing), GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/contact-us-custom-rates-pilot-annual-commit-or-volume-pricing-get-people-search/llms.txt): 31% complete, live

## Captain Data's calls (2)

- `GET /companies/{company_uid}/employees`: [Captain Data, free, trial (100 credits), 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)
- `GET /people/search`: [Captain Data, free, trial (100 credits), GET /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/free-trial-100-credits-get-people-search/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 /people/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/captain-data/free-trial-100-credits-get-people-search/llms.txt)

## Captain Data: LinkedIn people search API alternatives

- [HarvestAPI, free, Free, GET /linkedin/lead-search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/harvestapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [Datamagnet, free, 10 free credits, POST /people-search/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/datamagnet/free-10-free-credits-post-people-search-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Edges, free, tier (100 credits), POST /actions/linkedin-search-company-employees/run/live](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/edges/free-tier-100-credits-post-actions-linkedin-search-company-employees-run-live/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [EnrichmentAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/enrichmentapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% 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/people/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/llms.txt
- https://www.captaindata.com/people-enrichment
- https://www.captaindata.com/people-search
- https://www.captaindata.com/pricing
- https://www.captaindata.com/terms