Needle pricing: LinkedIn people search API
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31% complete: 4 of the 13 key fields we checkSee the 13 fields
$0.00per 1,000 peopleWe haven't run Needle through our LinkedIn people search API benchmark yet.This plan is free. We rank 437 plans for LinkedIn people search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.267 per 1,000 people or less.Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 people. Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many people as Kooperativa's rate limit allows.Magileads's €133 monthly plan covers any number of people. Magileads's €133 monthly plan costs less up front than Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan.BlitzAPI, Reverse Contact and DataForB2B are the best LinkedIn people search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Plan: Free Trial one of Needle's 4 plans
Call:
POST / Needle's only call for this APIAPI: LinkedIn people search API one of Needle's 16 APIs
- Local business search API
- Instagram post API
- Instagram profile API
- Company open jobs API
- LinkedIn company post API
- LinkedIn company data API
- LinkedIn company search API
- LinkedIn profile post API
- LinkedIn profile API
- LinkedIn people search API
- LinkedIn job details API
- LinkedIn job search API
- LinkedIn post comment API
- LinkedIn post details API
- LinkedIn post reaction API
- LinkedIn post search API
About this item
- Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
- 4 of the 13 key fields we check. Experience, Headline, Location, Photo.
- Nothing to pay. You get 1 linked account. This call is free. Needle limits how many pages you get but gives no number. Unused units expire after 7 days.
- One call. You send
connectedAccountIdtoPOST /. The call returns the matching people.api/ v1/ linkedin/ sales-navigator/ people/ search - Who can get it: anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: with conditions.
Needle: LinkedIn people search API alternatives
Needle alternatives: other LinkedIn people search API providers by price
We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 people.
| This planNeedle, free | BlitzAPI, free trial, POST /v2/search/employee-finder | Reverse Contact, free trial, POST /v2/search/people/prompt | Icypeas, free | Social Fetch, free | Monocrawl, free | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ per 1,000 people | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Completeness | 31% | 69% | 100% | 31% | 92% | 31% |
| Billing | free | free | free | free | free | free |
| Pay | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Enough for | not published | 1,000 results a month | 500 results, once | 2,500 results, once | about 33 pages | about 18 pages, once |
| Freshness | unknown | stored | stored | 30 days | live | unknown |
| Who can get it | anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect | professional B2B clients with a professional email address, not BlitzAPI's competitors | professionals acting in their professional capacity, not as consumers, one trial per customer | business use only (strictly B2B), over the age of 13 | anyone, for an organisation, someone with the authority to bind it | anyone with a verified, non-disposable email |
Sources
From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-06.
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
| $ per 1,000 people | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Per | page, size not stated |
| Billing | free |
| Aggregators | none |
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| Also pays for | 112 other calls |
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| $ per 1,000 | $0.00 |
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| Their pitch | Search Sales Navigator leads with keywords, focused structured filters, or a Sales Navigator people search URL. |
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| Searches in | LinkedIn's search |
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| Keep data | no API terms |
| Use data | You may use Needle only in compliance with these terms and all applicable laws. [...] You agree not to misuse the service, including by attempting to access it in unauthorized ways, disrupting its operation, or using it to violate the rights of others. |
| Pay | $0 |
|---|---|
| You get | 1 linked account |
| Expires | 7 days |
| Batch | 1 |
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| Answer | in the call |
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| You send | connectedAccountId. Optional: keywords, firstName, lastName, locations, excludedLocations, industries, excludedIndustries, companies, excludedCompanies, pastCompanies, excludedPastCompanies, companyLocations, excludedCompanyLocations, companyHeadcounts, companyTypes, schools, excludedSchools, functions, excludedFunctions, jobTitles, excludedJobTitles, pastJobTitles, excludedPastJobTitles, seniorities, excludedSeniorities, yearsOfExperience, yearsAtCompany, yearsInPosition, groups, personas, accountLists, excludedAccountLists, leadLists, excludedLeadLists, connectionsOf, profileLanguages, networkDistances, spotlights, interactedWith, includeSaved, searchUrl, cursor, limit |
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| Method | POST |
| Path | /api/v1/linkedin/sales-navigator/people/search |
| Plan | Free Trial |
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| Who can get it | anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect |
The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold
username, profile URL, full name, headline, location, current company, current title, profile picture, profile picture large, connection degree, pending invitation