# Needle, free: LinkedIn people search API

> Search Sales Navigator leads with keywords, focused structured filters, or a Sales Navigator people search URL.

Needle's LinkedIn people search API on its Free Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. Needle's docs list 4 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Headline, Location, Photo.
You get 1 linked account. This call is free. Needle limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
We haven't run Needle through [our LinkedIn people search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-people-search-api.txt) 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](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/kooperativa/499-monthly-license-get-company-current-employees/llms.txt) 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](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/magileads/133-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of people. Magileads's €133 monthly plan costs less up front than Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan.
[BlitzAPI](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/blitzapi/499-monthly-scale-post-v2-search-people/llms.txt), [Reverse Contact](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/reverse-contact/449-monthly-plus-post-v2-search-people/llms.txt) and [DataForB2B](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/dataforb2b/499-monthly-growth-post-search-reasoning/llms.txt) are the best LinkedIn people search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/free
- [LinkedIn people search API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://needle.app/api/v1/linkedin/sales-navigator/people/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://needle.app/docs/mcp/needle-search-linkedin-people-sales-navigator?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Needle (https://needle.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 31%
- Experience: ✓ current job
- Headline: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Photo: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 people: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: 112 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search Sales Navigator leads with keywords, focused structured filters, or a Sales Navigator people search URL.

## Data

- Searches in: LinkedIn's search
- 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.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1 linked account
- Expires: 7 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- 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
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/linkedin/sales-navigator/people/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Trial
- 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

## Needle's plans (4)

- [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete
- [Needle, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/69-monthly/llms.txt): 31% complete
- [Needle, $724 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/724-monthly/llms.txt): 31% complete
- [Needle, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/contact-us/llms.txt): 31% complete

## Needle's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/linkedin/sales-navigator/people/search`: [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)

## Needle's APIs (16)

- [Needle: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: company open jobs API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)

## Needle: LinkedIn people search API alternatives

- [BlitzAPI, free trial, POST /v2/search/employee-finder](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/blitzapi/free-trial-post-v2-search-employee-finder/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 69% complete, stored
- [Reverse Contact, free trial, POST /v2/search/people/prompt](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/reverse-contact/free-trial-post-v2-search-people-prompt/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [Icypeas, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/icypeas/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, 30 days
- [Social Fetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/social-fetch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, live
- [Monocrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete

## 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.

- https://needle.app/api/v1/openapi?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-linkedin-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/mcp/needle-search-linkedin-people-sales-navigator?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-people-search-api-pricing