# RichAPI, free, Sandbox, POST /people_search: LinkedIn people search API

> Filter on job title, industry, location, company domain and headcount range, and get a paginated list of people back with their LinkedIn URLs.

RichAPI's LinkedIn people search API on its Sandbox plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. It returns all 13 key fields we check: Experience, Education, Skills, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Followers, Connections, Certifications, Languages, Recommendations, Open to work.
The cheapest of the 194 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.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-people-search
- [Best LinkedIn people search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://richapi.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://richapi.ai/data/people-search
- Sold by: RichAPI (https://richapi.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-25

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Experience: ✓
- Education: ✓
- Skills: ✓
- Headline: ✓
- About: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Connections: ✓
- Certifications: ✓
- Languages: ✓
- Recommendations: ✓
- Open to work: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Per: result
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 69 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Filter on job title, industry, location, company domain and headcount range, and get a paginated list of people back with their LinkedIn URLs.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 1,000 results, once

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: limit, page. Optional: linkedin, domain, industry, employee_size_start, employee_size_end, job_title, location
- Method: POST
- Path: /people_search

## About the plan

- Plan: Sandbox
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 64 fields the plan's answer can hold

profile URL, first name, middle name, last name, headline, industry, location, city, state, country, profile picture, cover image, about, skills, languages, certifications, publications, courses, organizations, patents, projects, awards, test scores, recommendations, volunteering, schools, jobs, job title, job company, job company ID, job company URL, job company logo, job company size, job location, job description, job employment type, birth date, hiring, creator, influencer, verified, open to work, premium, followers, connections, username, profile URN, member ID, page size, page, total pages, total results, results on page, first page, last page, offset, request ID, execution time, credits consumed, credits remaining, credits status, credits reason code, credits reason, estimated credits charge

## RichAPI's plans (5)

- [RichAPI, free, Sandbox, POST /people_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-people-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [RichAPI, $100 pack, Starter, POST /people_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/100-pack-starter-post-people-search/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [RichAPI, $450 pack, Growth, POST /people_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/450-pack-growth-post-people-search/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [RichAPI, $800 pack, Scale, POST /people_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/800-pack-scale-post-people-search/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [RichAPI, contact us, Enterprise, POST /people_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/contact-us-enterprise-post-people-search/llms.txt): 100% complete

## RichAPI's calls (4)

- `POST /lead_search`: [RichAPI, free, Sandbox, POST /lead_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-lead-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /linkedin_company_employees_search`: [RichAPI, free, Sandbox, POST /linkedin_company_employees_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-linkedin-company-employees-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /profile_search`: [RichAPI, free, Sandbox, POST /profile_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-profile-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /people_search`: [RichAPI, free, Sandbox, POST /people_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-people-search/llms.txt)

## RichAPI's APIs (19)

- [RichAPI: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn person comment API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-comment-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn person post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn person reaction API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-reaction-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: company technology API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: email verification API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: email finder API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: phone finder API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-phone-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: reverse email lookup API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reverse-email-lookup-apis/richapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 6 plans, POST /enrich_companies_bulk](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-enrich-companies-bulk/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 6 plans, POST /enrich_company](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-enrich-company/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, POST /enrich_profiles_bulk](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-enrich-profiles-bulk/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, POST /enrich_profile, Profile Enrichment](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-enrich-profile-profile-enrichment/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, POST /enrich_profile, Profile Enrichment, full](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-enrich-profile-profile-enrichment-full/llms.txt)
- [RichAPI: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 5 plans, POST /people_search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/richapi/free-sandbox-post-people-search/llms.txt)

## RichAPI: LinkedIn people search API alternatives

- [Vayne, $159 monthly, Expand, POST /api/orders](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/vayne/159-monthly-expand-post-api-orders/llms.txt): $1.59 per 1,000, 62% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $192 yearly, Starter, POST /v1/runs, LinkedIn Leads Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/lobstr-io/192-yearly-starter-post-v1-runs-linkedin-leads-scraper/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 92% complete, live
- [Zooq, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/zooq/20-pack/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 15% complete
- [WizLeads, $499 monthly, Kingpin, POST /tasks/add, Create Task](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/wizleads/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.663 per 1,000, 38% 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 2026-10-25.

- https://app.richapi.ai/api/openapi
- https://rapidapi.com/RichAPI/api/linkedin-scraper-api13
- https://rapidapi.com/RichAPI/api/linkedin-scraper-api13/pricing
- https://rapidapi.com/terms
- https://richapi.ai/data-transparency
- https://richapi.ai/data/people-search
- https://richapi.ai/data/person-enrichment
- https://richapi.ai/data/search-data
- https://richapi.ai/pricing
- https://richapi.ai/pricing.md
- https://richapi.ai/security
- https://richapi.ai/terms