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LinkedIn person recommendation API pricing: plans compared

LinkedIn person recommendation APIs side by side: the fields each returns, what 1,000 profiles cost and how fresh they are.

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API planOverall scorePrice scoreData scoreCost to get started scoreBundle scorePerformance score$ per 1,000Billing$ a month$ per 1,000Median10th percentile90th percentileFastestSlowestBaselineCalledFoundParts returnedRecommendationsRecommendation countCallCharged per profileTextRelationshipDateNameLinkedIn URLRecommender IDHeadlinePictureRepeat freePerExtra fieldsAlso pays forTheir pitchKeep dataUse dataPayYou getEnough forExpiresPer dayPer secondConcurrentBatchAnswerMedianYou sendMethodPathPlanWho can get itRead from
Up2Data, $200 pack, 100K, POST /v1/profiles/recommendations, Get profile recommendations83.988807295N/A$2.00pay first$2.002.01 s1.70 s2.36 s1.62 s3.11 s0.31 s20 of 2020 of 208 of 1065 of 65Not in the answerPOST api.up2data.ai/v1/profiles/recommendations$0.0025 a page of up to 25 recommendations65 of 6565 of 6565 of 6565 of 6565 of 6565 of 6565 of 65Not in the answernevercallrecommendations given: +$2.00from the same budget: Enrich a profile · Get profile activity · Get profile interests · Enrich a company · Count company job openings · Get company posts · Find custom headcount · Enrich a job · Search jobs · Enrich a post · Search posts · Get post comments · Get post reactions · Get post reposts · Search people · Search people (Sales Navigator) · Search people (standard) · Search companies · Search companies (Sales Navigator) · Search companies (standard) · Create a batch jobGet the written recommendations a profile has received, given, or both.no API termsno API terms$200100,000 credits100,000 callsnever83.336,0001in the call2.01 sone of url or urn, direction "received". Optional: page, per_pagePOST/v1/profiles/recommendations100Kanyone
InsightSocial, $9.99 monthlyN/A40N/A90100N/A$49.95monthly$9.99$0.00nevercall300 IGHunter contacts a month (email + phone) · from the same budget: 301 other callsReturns the recommendations on a LinkedIn member's profile, with the recommender's name and headline, the recommendation text, and date.no limitYou are responsible for using InsightSocial in compliance with the terms of service of each platform or site you scrape, and with applicable law (including data protection laws such as GDPR and CCPA where they apply to you) [...] You agree not to use the Service to harvest personal data for harassment, stalking, mass unsolicited contact, or any unlawful purpose.$9.9910,000 credits a month200 calls a monthmonthly credits reset at the start of each calendar month and don't roll over1101in the callurl. Optional: page, type, urn, cursor, dry_runGET/v1/linkedin/profile/recommendationsProanyone
Renidly, $290 packN/A77N/A5998N/A$2.90pay first20 minutescallfrom the same budget: 45 other callsRecommendations written for the person, each with author details and text. Use for trust signals / warm-intro paths.no limitSubject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal business purposes during the term. [...] You agree not to: Use the Service to violate any law, regulation, or third-party right. Re-sell, sub-license, or repackage the Service or its raw data outputs as a competing data product without our prior written agreement. [...] Build profiles to harass, dox, or discriminate against individuals, or to make automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects on a person without an adequate lawful basis and human review. Use the Service to send unsolicited bulk communications in violation of applicable anti-spam laws (including CAN-SPAM, CASL, GDPR/ePrivacy and equivalents). [...] You are responsible for: [...] Ensuring your downstream use of enriched data complies with all applicable laws.$290100,050 credits100,050 callsnever4.171in the callentityIdGET/api/v2/person/endorsementsScaleanyone 18 or over with a work email (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook and other free providers aren't accepted)
Social Fetch, $225 monthlyN/A68N/A67100N/A$4.50monthly$225$4.50nevercallfrom the same budget: 263 other callsGet recommendations for a LinkedIn person.no limitYou agree not to: Use the Services in violation of applicable law. Use outputs to harass, surveil, discriminate against, or harm individuals or groups. Send spam, manipulate platforms, or engage in deceptive or fraudulent activity. Infringe intellectual property or other rights of third parties. Attempt to access non-public data, bypass rate limits or technical controls, or probe our systems in ways that could harm availability or security. Resell or redistribute the Services in ways that misrepresent their source, or use them to build a substantially similar competing API without our written consent. [...] On any plan you may incorporate Social Fetch data outputs into your own products and services, present them under your own brand without attribution to us, and supply them to your own customers. You may not share or resell API keys or other access credentials, expose the Social Fetch API itself as a like-for-like API, or build a substantially similar competing API. This gives you no right beyond what we hold ourselves in the underlying data: the terms of the source platforms, restrictions that apply to us and applicable law, including data-protection law, still apply, and you remain responsible for how your own customers use what you supply. [...] Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Services for your internal business purposes or to power your applications for your end users, in each case as intended.$225150,000 credits a month50,000 calls a monthdo not roll over2001in the callentityIdGET/v2/linkedin/people/{entityId}/recommendationsScaleanyone, for an organisation, someone with the authority to bind it
SocialCrawl, £49 packN/A54N/A80100N/A$16.335pay first$0.00callfrom the same budget: 674 other callsList recommendations for a member, normalised to the SocialCrawl schema.no limitYou 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.£4920,000 credits4,000 callsnever10501in the callurl. Optional: page, type, urnGET/v1/linkedin/profile/recommendationsGrowthanyone 18 or over
Zooq, $299 packN/A38N/A6989N/A$39.867pay first$39.867callfrom the same budget: other Profile endpoints · Companies endpoints · Search endpoints · Jobs endpoints · Posts endpoints · Comments endpoints · Lookups endpoints · Email endpointsRecommendations written for the person, with author details and text.no limitComply with all applicable laws (GDPR, CASL, CAN-SPAM, etc.). Don't use Zooq for harassment, scraping protected data, or anything in our AUP. Honor opt-out requests from individuals whose data you process. [...] You agree not to use Zooq to: Harass, stalk, or threaten any individual. Send unsolicited bulk messaging (spam) in violation of CAN-SPAM, CASL, or other anti-spam laws. Build databases of EU residents' personal data without a lawful basis under GDPR. Resell raw LinkedIn data to third parties (you may use it in your own products and analytics). Attempt to circumvent our rate limits, credit accounting, or abuse free trials. Use Zooq to enrich profiles of minors, protected classes for discriminatory purposes, or anyone who has explicitly opted out. Run automated content generation that misleads the recipients about its origin.$29975,000 credits7,500 callsnever16.671in the callone of handle or entityIdGET/api/v1/profile/recommendationsEnterpriseanyone
Up2Data, $25 pack, 10K, POST /v1/profiles/recommendations, Get profile recommendations
gtm-api.com, free
InsightSocial, free
Renidly, free
Social Fetch, free
SocialCrawl, free
Up2Data, $25 pack, 10K, POST /v1/batch
Up2Data, $25 pack, 10K, POST /v1/profiles/recommendations, Get profile recommendations, full
Zooq, free

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