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lobstr.io pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn people search API, POST /v1/runs, LinkedIn Leads Scraper, full

lobstr.io's sitellms.txtBest LinkedIn people search API in 2026
92% complete: 12 of the 13 key fields we checkSee the 13 fields
$0.00per 1,000 peopleThe cheapest of the 194 plans we rank by price is EnvoAPI, $499 monthly, Scale, GET /v1/companies/people, at $0.02 per 1,000.
Plan: Free one of lobstr.io's 9 plans
Call: POST /v1/runs, LinkedIn Leads Scraper, full one of lobstr.io's 7 calls
API: LinkedIn people search API one of lobstr.io's 14 APIs

About this item

  • Live. The call searches LinkedIn when you make it.
  • 12 of the 13 key fields we check. Experience, Education, Skills, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Followers, Connections, Certifications, Languages, Open to work.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits a month, enough for about 8 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: with conditions. 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 people search API alternatives

The table starts with lobstr.io's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 people closest to lobstr.io's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly, Team, POST /v1/runs, LinkedIn Leads Scraper, fullEmelia, $49 monthlyEdges, $32,890 monthly, DIAMOND, 10,000,000 credits / month, POST /actions/linkedin-search-company-employees/run/liveScrupp, $2,961 yearly, 50,000 credits / month, yearly, POST /linkedin/searchWizLeads, $99 monthly, Agency, POST /tasks/add, Create Task (Account-Less Mode)
$ per 1,000$4.80$4.90$4.935$4.935$4.95
Completeness92%23%31%15%38%
Billingyearlymonthlymonthlyyearlymonthly
Pay$4,800$49$32,890$2,961$99
Enough forabout 83,333 results a month10,000 results a monthabout 6,666,666 results a month50,000 results a month20,000 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers, through their own LinkedIn account synced to lobstr.ioUsers that do not qualify as Consumers, such as Business Usersprofessionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity)anyone aged 18 or overanyone

Every LinkedIn people search API provider we score, ranked

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.

  1. api.lobstr.io/v1/plans
  2. docs.lobstr.io/docs/concepts
  3. docs.lobstr.io/docs/configure-webhook-delivery
  4. docs.lobstr.io/docs/pricing
  5. docs.lobstr.io/docs/rate-limiting
  6. docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run
  7. docs.lobstr.io/examples/linkedin-leads-scraper/add-tasks
  8. docs.lobstr.io/examples/linkedin-leads-scraper/credit-cost
  9. docs.lobstr.io/examples/linkedin-leads-scraper/get-results
  10. docs.lobstr.io/examples/linkedin-leads-scraper/update-settings
  11. help.lobstr.io/billing/manage-subscription
  12. help.lobstr.io/billing/reset-billing-cycle
  13. help.lobstr.io/core-concepts/credits
  14. lobstr.io/legal/terms-of-use
  15. lobstr.io/pricing
  16. lobstr.io/store/linkedin-leads-scraper
  17. lobstr.io/store/linkedin-profile-scraper

Product details

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

  • Experience
  • Education
  • Skills
  • Headline
  • About
  • Location
  • Photo
  • Followers
  • Connections
  • Certifications
  • Languages
  • Recommendations, not in the answer
  • Open to work
Price
$ per 1,000$0.00
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Perresult
Also pays forfrom the same budget: most scrapers · Email Enrichment
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchScrape all leads from LinkedIn People Search with 98 data points — verified emails included
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
Use dataThe 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 get100 credits a month
Enough forabout 8 results a month
Expirescredits 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 second2
Concurrent1
Speed
Answerby polling or webhook
The call
You sendsquid (a LinkedIn Leads Scraper squid, crawler aa164b3c44d4f435fe5e04ddf6757296, holding LinkedIn people search URLs as its tasks, with a synced LinkedIn account linked to it), functions.enrich_company "true". Optional: max_results, max_unique_results_per_run, skip_collected_leads, functions.email_enrichment, functions.scrape_profile_details, functions.extended_profile_data
MethodPOST
Path/v1/runs
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers, through their own LinkedIn account synced to lobstr.io
The 45 fields the plan's answer can hold

profile URL, username, first name, last name, name, headline, location, total results, page, about, industry, Sales Navigator URL, connection degree, profile picture, cover image, creator, open to work, connections, followers, skills, languages, certifications, verified, hiring, jobs, schools, email, email status, current company ID, current company universal name, current company, current company website, current company domain, current company industry, current company size, current company employee count, current company followers, current company headquarters, current company headquarters city, current company country, current company description, current company tagline, current company specialties, current company logo, current company verified

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