SocialCrawl pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn people search API, GET /v1/linkedin/search/people

SocialCrawl's site llms.txt Best cached LinkedIn people search API in 2026

46% complete: 6 of the 13 key fields we checkSee the 13 fields

$0.00per 1,000 people

Plan: Free one of SocialCrawl's 5 plans

Call: GET /v1/linkedin/search/people one of SocialCrawl's 3 calls

API: LinkedIn people search API one of SocialCrawl's 22 APIs

About this item

Live. The call searches LinkedIn when you make it.
6 of the 13 key fields we check. 3 are in the plan's price: Headline, Location, Followers. 3 cost extra: Photo, Connections, Open to work.
Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 10 pages. Credits never expire.
One call. You send query to GET /v1/linkedin/search/people. The call returns the matching people.
Who can get it: anyone 18 or over. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SocialCrawl: 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 planSocialCrawl, free, Free, GET /v1/linkedin/search/people	HarvestAPI, free, Free, GET /linkedin/lead-search	Unipile, free, 7-day free trial, POST /api/v1/linkedin/search, Perform Linkedin search (Classic)	Bright Data, free	Swarmhit, free
$ per 1,000	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Completeness	46%	23%	69%	38%	31%
Billing	free	free	free	free	free
Pay	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Enough for	10 pages, once	10 pages, once	no limit	5,000 results a month	60,000 results a month
Freshness	live	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	anyone 18 or over	anyone	anyone 18 or over, for professional use only, through the LinkedIn accounts they link ("1 account = 1 linked identity")	new accounts of anyone 18 or over, not on a subscription or custom pay-as-you-go pricing, and not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon	anyone at least 18 and authorized to bind their organization, with a LinkedIn account to connect as a sender

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-21.

Product details

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

Experience, not in the answer
Education, not in the answer
Skills, not in the answer
Headline
About, not in the answer
Location
Photocosts more
Followers
Connectionscosts more
Certifications, not in the answer
Languages, not in the answer
Recommendations, not in the answer
Open to workcosts more

Price
$ per 1,000	$0.00
Billing	free

Aggregators
Aggregators	none

Charges
Repeat free	2 minutes
Per	page of 10
Extra fields	connections, account created, country, personal website, cover image, premium, top voice, creator, influencer, open to work, hiring: +$0.00
Also pays for	from the same budget: every endpoint

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Searches LinkedIn members by name and B2B filters (title, current/past company, school, industry, location, language). Returns a paginated list of matching profiles with handle, headline, location, follower count, and the member URN for follow-up enrichment calls. Each page is 10 members.

Data
Freshness	live
Keep data	no limit
Use data	You may use the Service for lawful purposes that comply with these Terms, applicable laws, and the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data is retrieved. [...] You must not: Resell raw data: You may not redistribute, resell, or sublicense raw Platform Data retrieved through the Service without adding meaningful transformation, analysis, or value. You must not operate a service that merely proxies or mirrors SocialCrawl responses. Violate platform terms: You must not use the Service in a manner that violates the terms of service of any social media platform from which data is retrieved. Harass or harm: You must not use the Service to stalk, harass, doxx, or otherwise harm any individual. Surveillance and identification of individuals: You must not use the Service or Platform Data to (a) perform facial recognition, biometric identification, or biometric verification of any individual, or build or enrich any facial-recognition or biometric database, (b) conduct surveillance, tracking, or behavioural monitoring of identified or identifiable individuals, including for law-enforcement, intelligence, or employment-vetting purposes, (c) re-identify individuals from aggregated, pseudonymised, or anonymised data, (d) profile individuals based on special categories of personal data (such as health, religion, political opinions, or sexual orientation), or (e) compile databases of individuals' personal data for sale or licensing as such. Circumvent restrictions: You must not attempt to bypass any usage limits, access controls, or security measures of the Service. Reverse engineer: You must not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service or its underlying infrastructure. Overload the Service: You must not engage in activity designed to degrade, disrupt, or place an unreasonable burden on the Service or its infrastructure. Illegal activity: You must not use the Service for any purpose that violates applicable law, including but not limited to data protection legislation, intellectual property law, or export control regulations. Automated abuse: You must not use automated systems to create accounts, generate API Keys, or consume Credits in a manner intended to exploit the Service. [...] You are solely responsible for: Ensuring your use of Platform Data complies with all applicable laws, including data protection and privacy legislation (such as the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). Respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators whose data is accessed through the Service. [...] Complying with the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data originates. [...] Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. You retain ownership of any data, applications, or materials that you create using Platform Data retrieved through the Service, subject to: The intellectual property rights of the original content creators on social media platforms. Any applicable terms of service of the social media platforms from which the data originates. The restrictions set out in Section 7 (Acceptable Use Policy) of these Terms.

Plan
Pay	$0
You get	100 credits
Enough for	10 pages, once
Expires	never

Rate limit
Per second	10
Concurrent	50
Batch	1

Speed
Answer	in the call

The call
You send	query. Optional: page, first_name, last_name, title, current_company, past_company, school, industry, geocode_location, profile_language, service_category, follower_of, include, limit
Method	GET
Path	/v1/linkedin/search/people

About the plan
Plan	Free
Who can get it	anyone 18 or over

The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits consumed, credits remaining, request ID, from cache, replayed, next cursor, has more, page size, name, username, headline, location, followers, member URN