API Direct pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn post search API, POST /v1/batch

API Direct's site llms.txt Best 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: POST /v1/batch 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 POST /v1/batch 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, POST /v1/batch	Fetchin, free	HarvestAPI, free	Edges, free	EnvoAPI, free, Free, GET /v1/search/posts/by-hashtag
$ per 1,000	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Completeness	57%	100%	86%	57%	43%
Billing	free	free	free	free	free
Pay	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Enough for	50 pages a month	1,000 pages, once	250 pages, once	about 66 results	100 pages, once
Freshness	live	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms	anyone 18 or over with the legal capacity to enter into the terms	anyone	professionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity), one free trial each	new 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 2026-10-24.

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
Billing	free

Aggregators
Aggregators	none

Charges
Per	page of 20
Most per search	500
Also pays for	every other endpoint

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Instead of looping an endpoint over a list of IDs, URLs or usernames, send up to 100 requests in a single call

Data
Freshness	live
Keep data	no limit
Use data	You 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 get	50 requests a month
Enough for	50 pages a month
Expires	reset on the 1st of each month

Rate limit
Per second	1.39
Concurrent	10
Batch	100

Speed
Answer	in the call

The call
You send	requests[].endpoint "/v1/linkedin/posts", requests[].params.query, requests[].params.author, requests[].params.mentions_member, requests[].params.from_company, requests[].params.author_company, requests[].params.mentions_company, requests[].params.author_title or requests[].params.author_industry: at least one. Optional: requests[].params.page, requests[].params.sort_by, requests[].params.posted_ago, requests[].params.get_sentiment, requests[].tag
Method	POST
Path	/v1/batch

About the plan
Plan	Free tier
Who can get it	at 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