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Swarmhit pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn people search API

Swarmhit's sitellms.txtBest cached LinkedIn people search API in 2026
31% complete: 4 of the 13 key fields we checkSee the 13 fields
$0.00per 1,000 people
Plan: Free trial one of Swarmhit's 8 plans
Call: POST /lead-imports Swarmhit's only call
API: LinkedIn people search API one of Swarmhit's 2 APIs

About this item

  • Live. The call searches LinkedIn when you make it.
  • 4 of the 13 key fields we check. Experience, Headline, Location, Photo.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 2 linked accounts, which pay for Swarmhit's other calls. This call costs none of them for up to 60,000 results a month.
  • One call. You call POST /lead-imports. You send accountId, url or params. You can also send listId, listName, campaignId, name, maxLeads and tags. 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. Use data: with conditions.

Swarmhit: 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 planSwarmhit, freeHarvestAPI, free, Free, GET /linkedin/lead-searchUnipile, free, 7-day free trial, POST /api/v1/linkedin/search, Perform Linkedin search (Classic)Bright Data, freeCaptain Data, free, trial (100 credits), GET /people/search
$ per 1,000$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness31%23%69%38%31%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough for60,000 results a month10 pages, onceno limit5,000 results a monthabout 3 pages, once
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone at least 18 and authorized to bind their organization, with a LinkedIn account to connect as a senderanyoneanyone 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 Lebanonprofessionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial each

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-22.

  1. app.swarmhit.com/openapi.yaml
  2. developer.swarmhit.com/api-reference/lead-imports/createLeadImport
  3. swarmhit.com/acceptable-use
  4. swarmhit.com/linkedin-api/profile-visit
  5. swarmhit.com/linkedin-api/sales-navigator-import
  6. swarmhit.com/pricing
  7. swarmhit.com/terms

Product details

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

  • Experience
  • 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
Price
$ per 1,000$0.00
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Perresult
Most per search2,500
Also pays forConnection requests · Messages · InMails · Profile views · Follows · Post likes · Post comments
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSwarmhit's LinkedIn search API imports the results of a classic LinkedIn or Sales Navigator people search through a sender you connected, with one POST to /lead-imports.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou will not use Swarmhit to: Send unlawful, harassing, deceptive, or discriminatory messages. Impersonate another person or business or misrepresent your affiliation. Scrape, resell, or sublicense Swarmhit’s data, software, or AI outputs. Bypass the sending limits, safeguards, rate limits, or other technical controls we apply. Send messages to prospects in jurisdictions where you lack a lawful basis (for example, B2C contacts under GDPR or CASL without consent). [...] You own your customer content. You grant Swarmhit a worldwide, non-exclusive licence to host, transmit, and process that content strictly to provide the service. [...] Purchased, scraped, enriched, licensed, or publicly available data may be used only where Customer has assessed the source, rights, notice obligations, accuracy, and lawful basis for the intended use. [...] Customer must not: [...] bypass throttling, rate limits, safety controls, account limits, technical restrictions, or verification measures, use bots, scripts, or tools outside supported functionality to interfere with the Services, create excessive Accounts or use multiple Accounts to evade enforcement, probe, scan, or test Swarmhit systems without written authorization, use the Services in a way that degrades reliability for others.
Plan
Pay$0
You get2 linked accounts
Enough for60,000 results a month
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerby polling or webhook
The call
You sendaccountId, url or params. Optional: listId, listName, campaignId, name, maxLeads, tags
MethodPOST
Path/lead-imports
About the plan
PlanFree trial
Who can get itanyone at least 18 and authorized to bind their organization, with a LinkedIn account to connect as a sender
The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

first name, last name, headline, job title, current company, location, profile picture, profile URL, username, open profile, total results

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