lobstr.io pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn post details API

lobstr.io's site llms.txt Best LinkedIn post details API in 2026

86% complete: 6 of the 7 key fields we checkSee the 7 fields

$0.00per 1,000 posts

Plan: Free one of lobstr.io's 9 plans

Call: POST /v1/runs lobstr.io's only call

POST /v1/runsFree$0.00 per 1,000

API: LinkedIn post details API one of lobstr.io's 14 APIs

About this item

Live. The call reads the post on LinkedIn when you make it.
6 of the 7 key fields we check. Text, Media, Links and tags, Reshared post, Engagement, Author.
Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits a month, enough for 100 results.
One call. You call POST /v1/runs with the inputs in Product details. 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, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans. Use data: with conditions.

lobstr.io: LinkedIn post details API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 posts. Each plan in the table gives live data, like this plan.

	This planlobstr.io, free	Scrappa, free	HarvestAPI, free	SociaVault, free	API Direct, free, tier, POST /v1/batch	LinkedIn Scraper API, free
$ per 1,000	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Completeness	86%	57%	86%	57%	71%	71%
Billing	free	free	free	free	free	free
Pay	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Enough for	100 results a month	500 calls a month	250 calls, once	50 calls, once	50 results a month	1,000 calls
Freshness	live	live	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	professionals, not consumers, through their own LinkedIn account synced to lobstr.io	anyone 18 or over	anyone	anyone	at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms	anyone of legal age to form a binding contract

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.

Product details

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

Text
Media
Links and tags
Reshared post
Engagement
Author
Audience, not in the answer

Price
$ per 1,000	$0.00
Billing	free

Aggregators
Aggregators	none

Charges
Per	result
Also pays for	from the same budget: most scrapers · Email Enrichment

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Extract all posts from any LinkedIn profile or company page — 40+ data points including author and engagement data.

Data
Freshness	live
Keep data	no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
Use data	The User hereby asserts and affirms that the utilization of the Platform is solely for professional activities, thereby exempting the User from being classified as a "consumer" under the governing law. [...] Squiders are obligated to: (i) Procure requisite permissions for accessing websites through Squids, (ii) Abstain from extracting substantial portions of databases, whether in terms of quality or quantity, (iii) Refrain from unauthorized access to confidential or proprietary information, (iv) Observe all third-party rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (v) Comply with all pertinent laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, inclusive of those related to the protection of personal data. [...] a global, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, and non-sublicensable right to employ the Platform for the duration of the User's active account on said Platform [...] Absent express written consent from LOBSTR, the User shall abstain—and shall prohibit any third parties acting on their behalf, including but not limited to employees, agents, affiliates, and subcontractors—from: (i) Decompiling, disassembling, or reverse-engineering the Platform, or attempting to discern its source code, foundational ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interoperability features [...], (ii) Independently or with third-party assistance, rectifying any Platform defects to render it compliant with its intended use [...], (iii) Removing or altering any notifications, labels, or references pertaining to the intellectual property rights of LOBSTR or any third parties, (iv) Engaging in the transfer, utilization, or exportation of the Platform in a manner that contravenes applicable laws, (v) Integrating, associating, or amalgamating the Platform with any other software or documents, or generating derivative works based in whole or part on the Platform, (vi) Conducting any activities with the Platform other than those explicitly sanctioned by these Terms and Conditions

Plan
Pay	$0
You get	100 credits a month
Enough for	100 results a month
Expires	credits refresh each month and don't roll over at renewal, only a paid billing-cycle reset carries unused credits over, for 30 days

Rate limit
Per second	2
Concurrent	1

Speed
Answer	by polling or webhook

The call
You send	squid (a LinkedIn Posts Scraper squid, crawler 6a9159b682cfb187977ae5c645e4df7a, holding a LinkedIn post URL as its tasks (linkedin_url), with a synced LinkedIn account linked to it). Optional: max_results, max_unique_results_per_run, fetch_since, fetch_since_timezone
Method	POST
Path	/v1/runs

About the plan
Plan	Free
Who can get it	professionals, not consumers, through their own LinkedIn account synced to lobstr.io

The 29 fields the plan's answer can hold

post URN, post URL, text, date, posted ago, is repost, post type, media, author type, author URL, author ID, author username, author name, author first name, author last name, author headline, author picture, likes, comments, reposts, reactions by type, hashtags, mentions, top comments, reshared post, share audience, can react, can share, commenting disabled