# UnAPI, top-up: LinkedIn people search API

> Run a classic LinkedIn people/company search.

UnAPI's LinkedIn people search API on its Beta Invite-Only Access plan. It returns 4 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Headline, Location, Photo.
The cheapest of the 243 priced plans is [ConnectSafely, $108 yearly, API, MCP & CLI Access, per LinkedIn account, billed yearly, POST /linkedin/search/people](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/connectsafely/108-yearly-api-mcp-cli-access-per-linkedin-account-billed-yearly-post-linkedin-search-people/llms.txt), at $0.003 per 1,000.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/unapi/top-up
- Get it: https://unapi.so/pricing
- Its API docs: https://developer.unapi.so/reference/search
- Sold by: UnAPI (https://unapi.so)
- Checked: 2026-10-23

## In the answer

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

## Price

- Billing: pay first

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Send a message in a chat

## In their words

- Their pitch: Run a classic LinkedIn people/company search.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: UnAPI grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use our APIs and documentation for your lawful business purposes. [...] Unless separately authorized, you may not: Resell direct access to UnAPI’s underlying infrastructure as a standalone competing API service. Distribute, publish, or disclose confidential API credentials. Reverse-engineer proprietary infrastructure or authentication mechanisms. Bypass technical restrictions or security controls. Interfere with the availability or integrity of our infrastructure. Use the Services for unlawful or fraudulent activities. You may develop commercial applications using UnAPI and charge your own customers for those applications, provided your use complies with these Terms. [...] You must not use UnAPI to: Access accounts, systems, or data without authorization. Conduct phishing, fraud, impersonation, or identity theft. Distribute malware or other malicious software. Harvest personal information unlawfully. Send communications that violate applicable anti-spam laws. Circumvent security controls or authentication protections without authorization. Intentionally overload or disrupt infrastructure. Violate the intellectual property or privacy rights of others. Conduct activities prohibited by applicable law.

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: account_id. Optional: limit, api, keywords, url, cursor, location, location.include, location.exclude, company, company.include, company.exclude, past_company, past_company.include, past_company.exclude, industry, industry.include, industry.exclude, profile_language, school, service, network_distance, connections_of, followers_of, open_to, advanced_keywords.school, advanced_keywords.company, advanced_keywords.title, advanced_keywords.last_name, advanced_keywords.first_name, headcount[].max, headcount[].min, has_job_offers, company_location.include, company_location.exclude, role.include, role.exclude, past_role.include, past_role.exclude, function.include, function.exclude, seniority.exclude, seniority.include, company_headcount[].max, company_headcount[].min, company_type, first_name, last_name, changed_jobs, posted_on_linkedin, saved_search_id, recent_search_id, last_viewed_at, tenure[].max, tenure[].min, tenure_at_company[].max, tenure_at_company[].min, tenure_at_role[].max, tenure_at_role[].min, technologies.include, technologies.exclude, location_exclude, industry_exclude, headcount_growth.max, headcount_growth.min, annual_revenue.max, annual_revenue.min, annual_revenue.currency, followers_count[].max, followers_count[].min, department_headcount.max, department_headcount.min, department_headcount.department, department_headcount_growth.max, department_headcount_growth.min, department_headcount_growth.department, fortune, recent_activities, category
- Method: POST
- Path: /linkedin/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Beta Invite-Only Access
- Who can get it: anyone the waitlist invites, 18 or older

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, first name, last name, profile ID, member URN, username, profile URL, public profile URL, profile picture, profile picture large, connection degree, headline, location, industry, shared connections, current positions, past roles, search parameters, total results, results on page, offset, next cursor

## UnAPI's plans (1)

- [UnAPI, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt): 31% complete, live

## UnAPI's calls (1)

- `POST /linkedin/search`: [UnAPI, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)

## UnAPI's APIs (9)

- [UnAPI: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn person post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/unapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 1 plan, GET /users/{identifier}](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/unapi/top-up-beta-invite-only-access-get-users-identifier/llms.txt)
- [UnAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 1 plan, POST /users/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/unapi/top-up-beta-invite-only-access-post-users-batch/llms.txt)

## UnAPI: LinkedIn people search API alternatives

- [HarvestAPI, $20 pack, Starter, GET /linkedin/profile-search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/harvestapi/20-pack-starter-get-linkedin-profile-search/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [Datamagnet, $10 pack, Trial, POST /people-search/search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/datamagnet/10-pack-trial-post-people-search-search/llms.txt): 31% complete, live
- [InsightSocial, $2 pack, 250 credits, GET /v1/linkedin/company/people](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/insightsocial/2-pack-250-credits-get-v1-linkedin-company-people/llms.txt): 31% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, GET /v1/linkedin/search/people/by-url](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/socialcrawl/15-pack-starter-get-v1-linkedin-search-people-by-url/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [Saber, contact us, Launch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/saber/contact-us-launch/llms.txt): 23% 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 2026-10-23.

- https://developer.unapi.so/reference/search.md
- https://unapi.so
- https://unapi.so/pricing
- https://unapi.so/terms