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

API Direct's sitellms.txtBest LinkedIn profile API in 2026
92% complete: 12 of the 13 LinkedIn profile sections we checkSee the 13 sections
60+ fieldsread live
$0.00per 1,000 profiles
Plan: Free tier one of API Direct's 2 plans
Call: POST /v1/batch one of API Direct's 2 calls
API: LinkedIn profile API one of API Direct's 9 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from LinkedIn when you call.
  • 12 of the 13 LinkedIn profile sections we check. Experience, Education, Skills, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Followers, Connections, Certifications, Languages, Open to work.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 50 requests a month, enough for 50 results. Requests are reset on the 1st of each month.
  • One call. You send requests[].params.url to POST /v1/batch. You set requests[].endpoint to "/v1/linkedin/person". You can also send requests[].tag. The call returns a profile for each person you send.
  • 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 profile API alternatives

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

This planAPI Direct, free, tier, POST /v1/batchFetchin, freeHarvestAPI, freeRenidly, freeScrappa, free, BasicAPI Builderz, free
$ per 1,000$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness92%100%100%92%69%85%
Billingfreefreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0$0
Enough for50 results a month1,000 calls, onceabout 156 calls, once100 calls, once100 calls a month50 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelivelive
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 termsanyoneanyone 18 or over with a work email (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook and other free providers aren't accepted)anyone 18 or over, not in Belarus, Cuba, Crimea, Donetsk, Iran, North Korea, Russia or Syriaanyone 18 or over, not in Belarus, Cuba, Crimea, Donetsk, Iran, North Korea, Russia or Syria

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-22.

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

Product details

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

  • Experience
  • Education
  • Skills
  • Headline
  • About
  • Location
  • Photo
  • Followers
  • Connections
  • Certifications
  • Languages
  • Recommendations, not in the answer
  • Open to work
Price
$ per 1,000$0.00
Billingfree
Strengths
Strengths60+ fields, read live
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Perresult
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchInstead of looping an endpoint over a list of IDs, URLs or usernames, send up to 100 requests in a single call
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 results a month
Expiresreset on the 1st of each month
Rate limit
Per second1.39
Concurrent10
Batch100
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendrequests[].endpoint "/v1/linkedin/person", requests[].params.url. Optional: requests[].tag
MethodPOST
Path/v1/batch
About the plan
PlanFree tier
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms
The 67 fields the plan's answer can hold

member ID, username, profile URL, first name, last name, name, headline, about, location, country code, profile picture, cover image, followers, connections, premium, creator mode, open to work, jobs, job title, job company, job company ID, job company URL, job company logo, job location, job employment type, job description, job start date, job end date, job is current, schools, school name, school ID, school URL, school logo, school degree, school field of study, school description, school start date, school end date, skills, endorsements, certifications, certification name, certification issuer, certification issue date, languages, language proficiency, honors, award name, award issuer, award date, award description, publications, publication name, publication publisher, publication date, publication URL, volunteering, volunteering title, volunteering company, volunteering start date, volunteering end date, projects, project name, project description, project start date, project end date

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