# Generect, free, Start with $5 free, +$5 more after your first search, POST /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/, Search realtime leads, full: LinkedIn people search API

> Search fresh leads with advanced filters (keywords, past companies, schools, groups). Response time 5-60 sec. Billed per result returned.

Generect's LinkedIn people search API on its "Start with $5 free, +$5 more after your first search" plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. It returns 11 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Education, Skills, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Connections, Certifications, Languages, Open to work.
The cheapest of the 237 plans we rank by price is [EnvoAPI, $499 monthly, Scale, GET /v1/companies/people](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/envoapi/499-monthly-scale-get-v1-companies-people/llms.txt), at $0.02 per 1,000 people.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/generect/free-start-with-5-free-5-more-after-your-first-search-post-api-v1-search-realtime-leads-search-realtime-leads-full
- [Best LinkedIn people search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://generect.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/endpoint/search/realtime-leads
- Sold by: Generect (https://generect.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-26

## In the answer

- Completeness: 85%
- Experience: ✓
- Education: ✓
- Skills: ✓
- Headline: ✓
- About: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Connections: ✓
- Certifications: ✓
- Languages: ✓
- Open to work: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 2,400
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Database search & enrich · Real-time search & enrich · Real-time count · Email Finder · Email Validation · Preview

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search fresh leads with advanced filters (keywords, past companies, schools, groups). Response time 5-60 sec. Billed per result returned.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Services for the duration of Your paid use of Our Services [...] the User can continue to use the results of the request at any time while lawful using Our Services
- Use data: a worldwide, non-exclusive right to use the business contact records You export from the Services for Your own internal sales, marketing and recruiting purposes (or, for agencies, on behalf of your clients), provided such use complies with applicable data protection and anti-spam laws [...] the Services will be used exclusively by You and/or users, who are subject to the same obligations, as You are using Your personal account in Our SaaS product “Generect” [...] You agree not to apply the following non-exhaustive list of practices that are not considered “Legitimate Use” of Our Services: using Our Services for unreasonable workloads We determine (in Our sole discretion) to be unrelated to the deployment and maintenance of Your own services, re-selling Our Services or parts thereof to another third party, using Our Services, violate any laws in Your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright, spam, or trademark laws), use a robot, spider, other automated device, or manual process to monitor or copy any content from the Services, using Our Services in a manner We determine (in our sole discretion) could cause harm to Our Services or another third party, or unusual usage patterns inconsistent with those We reasonably consider as normal use when compared to other customers

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $10
- Enough for: 125 results, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 50
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required, include_full_profile "true". Optional: job_titles, seniorities, locations, exclude_locations, company_locations, exclude_company_locations, company_industries, exclude_company_industries, company_headcounts, exclude_company_headcounts, company_types, company_name, company_link, company_id, exclude_names, exclude_ids, filter_empty_vars, limit_by, offset_by, strict, skip_truncated_names, personas, first_name, last_name, lead_industries, exclude_lead_industries, past_job_titles, exclude_functions, past_company_ids, exclude_past_company_ids, exclude_current_company_ids, groups_keywords, years_of_experience, num_of_connections, mentioned_in_news, keywords, functions, past_company_names, schools, groups, years_in_position, years_in_company, changed_jobs, posted_on_linkedin, linkedin_filter_link, find_by_emails, include_total_count, max_profiles_scanned
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/

## About the plan

- Plan: Start with $5 free, +$5 more after your first search
- Who can get it: anyone 18 or over with a work email

## The 104 fields the plan's answer can hold

provider record ID, Sales Navigator ID, profile ID, profile URL, Sales Navigator URL, first name, middle name, last name, name, unformatted full name, translated first name, headline, about, gender, nationality, industry, location, city, state, county, country, connections, profile picture, X URL, personal website, websites, premium, open profile, open to work, retired, full profile, current title, raw job title, start date, job end date, current job location, job location city, job location state, job location county, job location country, current company provider record ID, current company, current company URL, current company website, current company industry, current company location, current company description, current company logo, jobs, job title, job description, job start date, job is current, job location, job company ID, job company, raw company name, job company URL, job company website, job company industry, job company size, job company location, job company headquarters city, job company headquarters state, job company headquarters country, job company logo, job company description, schools, school ID, school name, school URL, school logo, school description, school degree, school field of study, school start date, school end date, certifications, certification name, certification issuer, certification issuer ID, certification issue date, languages, language name, language proficiency, volunteering, volunteering title, volunteering cause, volunteering company, volunteering company ID, volunteering description, volunteering start date, patents, publications, skills, profile source, current company ID, matched persona, current seniority, phone, cached profile picture, total results, amount charged, past companies

## Generect's plans (3)

- [Generect, free, Start with $5 free, +$5 more after your first search, POST /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/, Search realtime leads, full](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/generect/free-start-with-5-free-5-more-after-your-first-search-post-api-v1-search-realtime-leads-search-realtime-leads-full/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, live
- [Generect, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, POST /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/, Search realtime leads, full](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/generect/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-search-realtime-leads-search-realtime-leads-full/llms.txt): $80.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, live
- [Generect, contact us, Enterprise, POST /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/, Search realtime leads, full](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/generect/contact-us-enterprise-post-api-v1-search-realtime-leads-search-realtime-leads-full/llms.txt): 85% complete, live

## Generect's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/`, Search realtime leads: [Generect, free, Start with $5 free, +$5 more after your first search, POST /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/, Search realtime leads](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/generect/free-start-with-5-free-5-more-after-your-first-search-post-api-v1-search-realtime-leads-search-realtime-leads/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/`, Search realtime leads, full: [Generect, free, Start with $5 free, +$5 more after your first search, POST /api/v1/search/realtime/leads/, Search realtime leads, full](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/generect/free-start-with-5-free-5-more-after-your-first-search-post-api-v1-search-realtime-leads-search-realtime-leads-full/llms.txt)

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## Generect: LinkedIn people search API alternatives

- [Edges, $110 monthly, BRONZE, 2,500 credits / month, POST /actions/salesnavigator-search-people/run/live](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/edges/110-monthly-bronze-2500-credits-month-post-actions-salesnavigator-search-people-run-live/llms.txt): $65.985 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
- [Scrupp, $35 pack, 1,000 credits one-time pack, POST /sn/search, Sales Navigator People Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/scrupp/35-pack-1000-credits-one-time-pack-post-sn-search-sales-navigator-people-search-full/llms.txt): $70.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, live
- [Evaboot, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/evaboot/29-monthly/llms.txt): $72.50 per 1,000, 54% 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 2026-10-26.

- https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/database-vs-realtime.md
- https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/endpoint/search/realtime-leads.md
- https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/introduction
- https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/limits.md
- https://docs.generect.com/api-reference/openapi.yaml
- https://docs.generect.com/billing/faq.md
- https://docs.generect.com/billing/pricing
- https://docs.generect.com/billing/pricing.md
- https://docs.generect.com/docs/faq
- https://generect.com/pricing
- https://generect.com/privacy
- https://generect.com/terms