# Desearch, free: LinkedIn people search API

> Find LinkedIn members by what they post and by their role. Describe the people you want in plain language

Desearch's LinkedIn people search API on its $5 in API credits for a new account plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. It returns 6 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Followers.
We rank 359 plans by price. [Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/kooperativa/499-monthly-license-get-company-current-employees/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 people: as little as $0.00023. Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan covers up to 21,600,000 pages a month at no extra cost. Each page holds 100 people.
[Reverse Contact's $449 monthly plan (/v2/search/people)](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/reverse-contact/449-monthly-plus-post-v2-search-people/llms.txt) covers any number of people. Reverse Contact's $449 monthly plan costs less to start than Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan.
[Reverse Contact](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/reverse-contact/449-monthly-plus-post-v2-search-people/llms.txt), [BlitzAPI](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/blitzapi/499-monthly-scale-post-v2-search-people/llms.txt) and [DataForB2B](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/dataforb2b/499-monthly-growth-post-search-people/llms.txt) are the best LinkedIn people search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/free
- [Best LinkedIn people search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.desearch.ai/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.desearch.ai/desearch/people/search/linkedin`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.desearch.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.desearch.ai/docs/api-reference/post-desearch-people-search-linkedin
- Sold by: Desearch (https://desearch.ai/?utm_source=outreach&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-10-seo-outreach)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 46%
- Experience: ✓ current job
- Headline: ✓
- About: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 people: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 200
- Also pays for: from the same budget: AI Search · Web Search · Extract · X Search · X Profile Search · YouTube Creator Search · TikTok Creator Search

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find LinkedIn members by what they post and by their role. Describe the people you want in plain language

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Your use of our APIs is subject to rate limits and usage quotas as specified in your plan. You agree not to circumvent these limits or use our APIs in ways that could harm our infrastructure or other users. [...] You agree not to use our Services for: Any unlawful purpose or to violate any laws, Harassment, abuse, or harm to others, Distributing malware or other harmful code, Attempting to gain unauthorized access to our systems, Reselling our Services without authorization

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $5
- Enough for: 100 results

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling
- Median: 266.13 s

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: count, min_score, exclude, metadata, filters.min_followers, filters.max_followers, filters.countries, filters.keywords, filters.exclude_keywords, Idempotency-Key header
- Method: POST
- Path: /desearch/people/search/linkedin

## About the plan

- Plan: $5 in API credits for a new account
- Who can get it: new accounts that attach a card in Console

## The 29 fields the plan's answer can hold

task ID, status, profile ID, handle, profile URL, name, profile picture, about, location, followers, headline, current company, links, contacts, evidence, match score, qualification status, match summary, matched signals, profile fit, buying triggers, reasons, concerns, criteria checks, fully verified, enrichment status, enrichment error, next cursor, has more

## Desearch's plans (7)

- [Desearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete, live
- [Desearch, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/top-up/llms.txt): $50.00 per 1,000, 46% complete, live
- [Desearch, $179 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/179-monthly/llms.txt): 46% complete, live
- [Desearch, $429 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/429-monthly/llms.txt): 46% complete, live
- [Desearch, $849 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/849-monthly/llms.txt): 46% complete, live
- [Desearch, $1,599 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/1599-monthly/llms.txt): 46% complete, live
- [Desearch, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/contact-us/llms.txt): 46% complete, live

## Desearch's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /desearch/people/search/linkedin`: [Desearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)

## Desearch's APIs (7)

- [Desearch: web search API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: Instagram post API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: Instagram profile API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: TikTok profile API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: TikTok video API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: X post API pricing, 7 plans, GET /twitter/replies](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/desearch/free-5-in-api-credits-for-a-new-account-get-twitter-replies/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: X post API pricing, 7 plans, GET /twitter/user/posts](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/desearch/free-5-in-api-credits-for-a-new-account-get-twitter-user-posts/llms.txt)

## Desearch: LinkedIn people search API alternatives

- [Evaboot, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/evaboot/49-monthly/llms.txt): $49.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, live
- [Findymail, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/findymail/49-monthly/llms.txt): $49.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live
- [Edges, $165 monthly, BRONZE, 5,000 credits / month, POST /actions/salesnavigator-search-people/run/live](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/edges/165-monthly-bronze-5000-credits-month-post-actions-salesnavigator-search-people-run-live/llms.txt): $49.485 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

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-27.

- https://desearch.ai
- https://www.desearch.ai/credit-plans
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/api-reference/get-desearch-people-tasks-task_id-results
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/api-reference/post-desearch-people-search-linkedin
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/guide/apis/people-search
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/guide/introduction/pricing-and-billing
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/guide/introduction/rate-limit
- https://www.desearch.ai/pricing
- https://www.desearch.ai/terms