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Edges pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn people search API, POST /actions/linkedin-search-people/run/live

Edges's sitellms.txtBest cached LinkedIn people search API in 2026
31% complete: 4 of the 13 key fields we checkSee the 13 fields
$0.00per 1,000 people
Plan: Free tier (100 credits) one of Edges's 18 plans
Call: POST /actions/linkedin-search-people/run/live one of Edges's 4 calls
API: LinkedIn people search API one of Edges's 18 APIs

About this item

  • Live. The call searches LinkedIn when you make it.
  • 4 of the 13 key fields we check. Experience, Headline, Location, Photo.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits, enough for about 66 results.
  • One call. You call POST /actions/linkedin-search-people/run/live with the inputs in Product details. The call returns the matching people.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Edges: LinkedIn people search API alternatives

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

This planEdges, free, tier (100 credits), POST /actions/linkedin-search-people/run/liveHarvestAPI, free, Free, GET /linkedin/lead-searchEnvoAPI, free, Free, GET /v1/profiles/searchEvaboot, freeEnrichmentAPI, free
$ per 1,000$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness31%23%54%54%15%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough forabout 66 results10 pages, once100 pages, oncenot published200 pages
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itprofessionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial eachanyonenew accounts: anyone, for lawful, professional B2B purposes, not in a sanctioned jurisdiction or on a restricted-party listanyone 18 or over acting for professional purposes, with a LinkedIn Sales Navigator seat, once per person and per companyanyone

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.

  1. docs.edges.run/v1/api/actions/linkedin-search-people
  2. docs.edges.run/v1/api/credit-costs
  3. docs.edges.run/v1/identities/modes
  4. docs.edges.run/v1/limits/how-limits-work
  5. docs.edges.run/v1/runs/rate-limits
  6. edges.run
  7. edges.run/library/linkedin-search-people
  8. edges.run/linkedin-enrichment-api
  9. edges.run/linkedin-messaging-api
  10. edges.run/linkedin-scraper
  11. edges.run/llms.txt
  12. edges.run/pricing
  13. edges.run/terms

Product details

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

  • Experiencecurrent job
  • Education, not in the answer
  • Skills, not in the answer
  • Headline
  • About, not in the answer
  • Location
  • Photo
  • Followers, not in the answer
  • Connections, not in the answer
  • Certifications, not in the answer
  • Languages, not in the answer
  • Recommendations, not in the answer
  • Open to work, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000$0.00
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Perresult
Also pays forconnect · message · InMail · extract-conversations · reactions · from the same budget: every action
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSearch for people on LinkedIn using filters like title, company, location, and keywords.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use datato automate any task on a Third-Party Service, to the extent that such automation is lawful. For clarification purposes, the Client cannot carry out any automation that would infringe on a third-party's rights. [...] The Client will use the Services in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations (in particular the Data Protection Laws and Regulations) and the Documentation, [...] The Client will respect all intellectual property rights held by third parties, including those of Third-Party Services. [...] The Client warrants Edges Labs that it has the rights and/or authorizations to collect the Data on Third-Party Services and that such collection complies with applicable law and regulations. [...] The Client agrees not to [...] license, sublicense, sell, assign, resell, rent, lease, loan, transfer, assign, distribute, share, copy the Services, or all or any part of the Platform, including on a time-sharing basis, or in any other way commercially exploit the Services or make them available to third parties other than End Users, [...] use the Services or any part of the Platform to store, transmit, upload, link to, post or otherwise store any material (e.g., documents, data, text, images or other content) that is unlawful, racist, hateful, abusive, defamatory, obscene, libelous, deceptive, unfair, inaccurate/misleading, discriminatory, or in any way violates these TOS, any applicable laws and regulations [...], use the Services or any part of the Platform for any purpose other than its Purpose, use the Services or any part of the Platform in a manner that harms (or is likely to harm) any third party, use the Services or all or part of the Platform to store or transmit any sensitive data within the meaning of Article 9 of the GDPR, [...] use or launch any automated system that accesses all or part of the Services (i.e., bot) in a manner that sends more request messages to a Service server in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in that same time period, by using a conventional online web browser
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough forabout 66 results
Rate limit
Per second1
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendinput.linkedin_people_search_url (a LinkedIn People Search URL starting with https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people) and identity_mode "managed" (or identity_ids, LinkedIn accounts you connect, at 1 credit a result instead of 1.5). Optional: parameters.only_extract_unique_profile, input.custom_data, cursor, page_size
MethodPOST
Path/actions/linkedin-search-people/run/live
About the plan
PlanFree tier (100 credits)
Who can get itprofessionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial each
The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, first name, last name, current title, current company, headline, location, profile URL, profile picture, profile ID, Sales Navigator ID, connection degree, username, shared connections search URL, shared connections, shared connection profile URLs, post search URL

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