LinkedIn profile API pricing, compared per 1,000 profiles
We read the pricing pages of 12 LinkedIn profile APIs in October 2026 and turned each into one number: what 1,000 profiles fetched by URL cost, at the smallest purchase and at the lowest price you can reach without a sales call.
Datacircle is one of them, so check us: every price links to the page we read it from. Ours is $1.25 per 1,000 through Up2Data, with no plan and a profile not found free.
The prices, October 2026
| API | Per 1,000, smallest purchase | Per 1,000, lowest without sales | Profile not found | Free to start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datacirclethrough Up2DataAt most 800 profiles a day per account; funds never expire | $1.25, from a $5 balance | $1.25, no plan | free | $5 at signup (4,000 profiles) |
| Bright DataLinkedIn Scraper API | $1.50, pay as you go | $1.30 on the $499/month plan (384,000 records included) | not stated; failed deliveries free | 5,000 records a month |
| RockApisReal-Time LinkedIn Scraper API on RapidAPICredits don't roll over | $3.50 on the $175/month plan | $2.50 on the $500/month plan | not stated; failed requests free | 50 requests a month |
| HarvestAPIits own APICredits expire after a year | $6.40 with a $20 top-up | $3.20 with a $780 top-up | billed (Datacircle pays $2.30 per 1,000 lookups) | $1 credit |
| Datacirclethrough HarvestAPI | $3.70, from a $5 balance | $3.70, no plan, no daily limit | $2.30 per 1,000 lookups, HarvestAPI's | the same $5 credit |
| Apifyharvestapi/linkedin-profile-scraperApify's most used LinkedIn profile actor | $4.00 | $4.00 | not stated | Apify's free plan: $5 a month |
| ScrapingdogProfile Scraper API50 credits a profile, 100 if the profile is protected | $10 on the $40/month plan | $4.50 on the $90/month plan, $1.52 on the $20,000/month plan | not stated; failed requests free | 100 credits (2 profiles) |
| Reverse Contactnow also ScrapInCredits last 3 months | $20 stored, $40 fetched live, with $100 of credits | $5 stored, $10 live, with $5,000 of credits | live: charged only if found | 100 credits |
| Enrich LayerPerson ProfileMonthly plans are a 12-month commitment; 1 credit a profile per its docs | $100 with a $10 pack; $19.60 on the $49/month plan | $21.60 with a $1,000 pack; $9.00 on the $1,899/month plan | free | 100 credits, 200 with a work email, for 30 days |
| Fresh LinkedIn Profile Dataon RapidAPI2 credits a profile, 1 more per option | $40 on the $10/month plan | $10 on the $1,000/month plan | not stated | none |
| LixLinkedIn APICredits never expire | $98 ($49 for 500 credits) | $98 | not stated | 10 credits |
| People Data LabsPerson Enrichment APIFrom its database, not fetched live | $280 on the $98/month plan (350 credits) | not public | free | 100 credits a month, without emails or phones |
| CoresignalMulti-source employee API20 credits a profile, from its database, not fetched live | $392 on the $49/month plan | $10 on the $5,000/month plan | free (only 200s are billed) | 2,000 credits (100 profiles) |
How we compared
One profile is one person's LinkedIn profile, asked for by its URL. Where a vendor sells credits, its price per credit times the credits one profile costs, both from its own pricing page or docs. No promotion codes, no sales quotes. A number the vendor doesn't publish says "not stated".
Not every row returns the same kind of profile. People Data Labs and Coresignal answer from their own databases, refreshed on their schedule; Reverse Contact sells both, 1 credit for a stored profile and 2 for a live one; the scraper APIs, such as Bright Data, Scrapingdog and Apify's actor, fetch the profile when you ask.
Where Datacircle is not the cheapest pick
Up2Data through Datacircle stops at 800 profiles a day per account, about 24,000 a month, plus a daily limit shared by all customers. Past that, HarvestAPI through Datacircle has no daily limit at $3.70 per 1,000 from any balance, which is less than HarvestAPI's own $6.40 with a $20 top-up and more than its $3.20 with a $780 top-up. Bright Data's $1.30 on its $499 a month plan is the lowest we found past that without a sales call.
Try ours
Sign up with your work email: the $5 credit fetches 4,000 profiles through Up2Data. The call, the answer and both providers' fields: LinkedIn Profile API. Our prices, in the docs: docs.datacircle.dev/pricing. With work emails too, Apollo, Lusha and the rest: B2B data API pricing compared.
Questions
What is the cheapest LinkedIn profile API?
Of the 12 price lists we read in October 2026, Datacircle through Up2Data: $1.25 per 1,000 profiles found, a profile not found free, no plan, at most 800 a day per account. Next is Bright Data's LinkedIn Scraper API, $1.50 per 1,000 pay as you go and $1.30 on its $499 a month plan.
Is there a free LinkedIn profile API?
Not for good, but several start free: Datacircle's $5 signup credit is 4,000 profiles and never expires; Bright Data gives 5,000 records a month; Enrich Layer 100 credits (200 with a work email) for 30 days; People Data Labs 100 credits a month, without emails or phones.
Why do the prices per 1,000 profiles differ so much?
Most APIs sell credits, not profiles: one profile costs 1 credit at Lix, 2 at Fresh LinkedIn Profile Data, 20 at Coresignal, 50 at Scrapingdog. And most of the lowest prices need a monthly plan or a large pack. Divide the price of a credit by the credits one profile costs, at the plan you would really buy.
Am I charged for a profile that isn't found?
At Datacircle through Up2Data, Enrich Layer, People Data Labs and Coresignal, no; at Reverse Contact, a live lookup only if found. HarvestAPI bills the lookup: $2.30 per 1,000 through Datacircle. Most others only say a failed request is free, which may not cover a profile that doesn't exist.
What happened to Proxycurl?
It shut down. Its own post of 4 July 2025 says LinkedIn sued it in January 2025 and "Today, we are shutting Proxycurl down." Enrich Layer says Proxycurl's founder worked with it and that Proxycurl API keys work there.
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