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API Direct pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn post search API, GET /v1/linkedin/posts

API Direct's sitellms.txtBest LinkedIn post search API in 2026
57% complete: 4 of the 7 key fields we checkSee the 7 fields
$0.00per 1,000 posts
Plan: Free tier one of API Direct's 2 plans
Call: GET /v1/linkedin/posts one of API Direct's 2 calls
API: LinkedIn post search API one of API Direct's 9 APIs

About this item

  • Live. The call looks for the posts when you make it.
  • 4 of the 7 key fields we check. Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 50 requests a month, enough for 50 pages. Requests are reset on the 1st of each month.
  • One call. You call GET /v1/linkedin/posts with the inputs in Product details. The call returns the matching posts.
  • Who can get it: at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

API Direct: LinkedIn post search 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 planAPI Direct, free, tier, GET /v1/linkedin/postsFetchin, freeHarvestAPI, freeEdges, freeEnvoAPI, free, Free, GET /v1/search/posts/by-hashtag
$ per 1,000$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness57%100%86%57%43%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough for50 pages a month1,000 pages, once250 pages, onceabout 66 results100 pages, once
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Termsanyone 18 or over with the legal capacity to enter into the termsanyoneprofessionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial eachnew accounts: anyone, for lawful, professional B2B purposes, not in a sanctioned jurisdiction or on a restricted-party list

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.

  1. apidirect.io/docs
  2. apidirect.io/docs/batch
  3. apidirect.io/docs/linkedin-posts
  4. apidirect.io/docs/pricing
  5. apidirect.io/docs/rate-limits
  6. apidirect.io/dpa
  7. apidirect.io/endpoints/linkedin-person
  8. apidirect.io/openapi.json
  9. apidirect.io/terms

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, not in the answer
  • Reshared post, not in the answer
  • Engagement
  • Author
  • Audience, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000$0.00
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Perpage of 20
Most per search500
Also pays forevery other endpoint
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSearch LinkedIn posts and articles by keyword. Returns post content, author, publication date, engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares, reactions), and attached content (images, articles, videos, job listings) for each result. Filter to posts from the past 24 hours, week, or month.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Engage in any activity that could damage, disable, or impair the Service, Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, Use the Service for any illegal, harmful, or fraudulent purposes, Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any rate limits, usage limits, or security measures, Use automated means to create accounts or generate API keys, Harass, abuse, or harm individuals using data obtained through the Service, Scrape our Service [...] You acknowledge that: [...] You are responsible for complying with the terms of service of the underlying platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) when using data obtained through our Service [...] You agree that: You have a lawful basis for requesting, receiving, and using the data you obtain through the Service [...] You will comply with applicable data protection law, including providing any notices and honouring any rights owed to individuals by you as controller [...] You will not use the Service to identify or target individuals on the basis of special categories of personal data
Plan
Pay$0
You get50 requests a month
Enough for50 pages a month
Expiresreset on the 1st of each month
Rate limit
Per second1.39
Concurrent10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendquery, author, mentions_member, from_company, author_company, mentions_company, author_title or author_industry: at least one. Optional: page, sort_by, posted_ago, get_sentiment
MethodGET
Path/v1/linkedin/posts
About the plan
PlanFree tier
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms
The 21 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, post URL, date, author name, snippet, post URN, likes, comments, reposts, reactions by type, media, article title, article subtitle, article URL, article excerpt, video thumbnail, video duration, shared job, has content entities, page, results on page

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