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

lobstr.io's sitellms.txtBest cached LinkedIn people search API in 2026
62% complete: 8 of the 13 key fields we checkSee the 13 fields
$0.00per 1,000 people
Plan: Free one of lobstr.io's 9 plans
Call: POST /v1/runs, Sales Navigator Leads Scraper one of lobstr.io's 4 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.
  • 8 of the 13 key fields we check. Experience, Education, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Connections, Open to work.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits a month, enough for 100 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

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 planlobstr.io, free, Free, POST /v1/runs, Sales Navigator Leads ScraperHarvestAPI, free, Free, GET /linkedin/lead-searchOutX.ai, freeScrupp, free, Free, POST /linkedin/searchRenidly, free
$ per 1,000$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness62%23%23%15%8%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough for100 results a month10 pages, once150,000 calls a month100 results a month100 pages, once
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers, through their own LinkedIn Sales Navigator account synced to lobstr.ioanyoneanyone at least 18 (or the age of majority in their jurisdiction) who can enter a binding agreement, with a valid LinkedIn account and the OutX Chrome extension on a team member's browseranyone aged 18 or overanyone 18 or over with a work email (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook and other free providers aren't accepted)

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/sales-navigator-leads-scraper/add-tasks
  8. docs.lobstr.io/examples/sales-navigator-leads-scraper/credit-cost
  9. docs.lobstr.io/examples/sales-navigator-leads-scraper/get-results
  10. docs.lobstr.io/examples/sales-navigator-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-profile-scraper
  17. lobstr.io/store/sales-navigator-leads-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, not in the answer
  • Headline
  • About
  • Location
  • Photo
  • Followers, not in the answer
  • Connections
  • Certifications, not in the answer
  • Languages, not in the answer
  • Recommendations, not in the answer
  • Open to work
Price
$ per 1,000$0.00
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Perresult
Most per search30
Extra fieldscurrent job description, cover image: +$0.00 · email, email status: +$0.00
Also pays forfrom the same budget: most scrapers · Email Enrichment
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchExtract emails and phones from LinkedIn Sales Navigator at scale — no code, no hassle, easy.
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 for100 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 Sales Navigator Leads Scraper squid, crawler a1d243d3824a1ac773414416eb80362d, holding Sales Navigator lead search URLs as its tasks, with a synced LinkedIn account linked to it). Optional: functions.email_enrichment, functions.mobile_enrichment, get_profile_details, profiles_per_page, max_pages, max_results, max_unique_results_per_run, start_page, skip_collected_leads, split_search
MethodPOST
Path/v1/runs
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers, through their own LinkedIn Sales Navigator account synced to lobstr.io
The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold

Sales Navigator URL, profile URL, profile ID, first name, last name, location, current title, current company, current company ID, headline, about, connections, years in position, months in position, years in company, months in company, industry, open to work, connection degree, premium, seniority, recently hired, pending invitation, profile picture, matches filters, no match reasons, jobs, schools, total results, page, page size

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