LinkedIn profile API
Bright Data, free
77% complete: 10 of the 13 LinkedIn profile sectionsSee which
$0.00per 1,000 profiles
Plan: Free Tier one of Bright Data's 4 plans
- Contact usEnterprise
- FreeFree Tier$0.00 per 1,000
- Pay as you goPay as you go$1.50 per 1,000
- $499 monthlyScale$1.30 per 1,000
About this item
- Live. You get the profile from LinkedIn when you call, but for current title, jobs, schools: as of 2025-11-13.
- 10 of the 13 LinkedIn profile sections. Experience, Education, About, Location, Photo, Followers, Connections, Certifications, Languages, Recommendations.
- Nothing to pay. You get 5,000 results a month, enough for 5,000 results a month. Unused results expire: end of the month.
- One call. You send profile URLs, notify, include_errors to
POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1viktl72bvl7bjuj0. The call returns the answer if it's ready in time, or a job that another call reads. - Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.
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| This planBright Data, free | Apivault Labs on Apify, free | Data Slayer on Apify, free | Datamagnet, free, 10 free credits | Fetchin, free | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ per 1,000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Completeness | 77% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Billing | free | free | free | free | free |
| Pay | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Enough for | 5,000 results a month | 2,500 results a month | 1,250 results a month | 10 calls | 1,000 calls, once |
| Freshness | live (current title, jobs, schools: as of 2025-11-13) | live | live | live | live |
| Who can get it | new accounts of anyone 18 or over, not on a subscription or custom pay-as-you-go pricing, and not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon | business use only, 18 or over | business use only, 18 or over | anyone | anyone 18 or over with the legal capacity to enter into the terms |
Sources
From each provider's own pricing page and docs. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-16.
- brightdata.com/acceptable-use-policy
- brightdata.com/legal-governance
- brightdata.com/license
- brightdata.com/llms.txt
- brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
- brightdata.com/products/web-scraper/linkedin
- docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/social-media-apis/linkedin-profiles-collect-by-url
- docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/synchronous-requests
- docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier
- docs.brightdata.com/general/policy/acceptable-use-policy
- docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/error-codes
- docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/limits
- docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/data-policy-change
- docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/introduction
- docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/send-first-request
- docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs
- docs.brightdata.com/scrapers/gd_l1viktl72bvl7bjuj0.json
Product details
We list each column of this plan's row on the sheet.
- Experienceas of 2025-11-13
- Educationas of 2025-11-13
- Skills
- Headline
- About
- Location
- Photo
- Followers
- Connections
- Certifications
- Languages
- Recommendations
- Open to work
| $ per 1,000 | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Billing | free |
| $ a month |
| Strengths |
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| Repeat free | |
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| Per | result |
| Extra fields |
| $ per 1,000 |
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| $ per 1,000 |
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| Their pitch | Send a LinkedIn URL, get structured JSON back. The Bright Data LinkedIn Scraper API handles proxies, CAPTCHAs, and parsing so you can focus on your data pipeline. |
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| Freshness | live (current title, jobs, schools: as of 2025-11-13) |
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| Keep data | no limit |
| Use data | The Client shall not use the Services in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights (including intellectual property rights) and not use the Service in any manner or for any purpose other than as stated in the intended use case provided to Bright Data, if applicable. [...] the Client will only use the Service in accordance with the Acceptable Use Policy, as may be amended from time to time. [...] When using the Data Services, the Client shall not distribute, transmit, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, or sell any Data in order to offer a similar or competitive product. [...] Client’s use of the data collector service is subject to all applicable laws, including without limitation data protection and privacy laws. To the extent applicable to processing of personal data, Client is solely responsible for determining the lawful grounds, providing notices, respecting data subject rights and all other related obligations. [...] Bright Data’s platform, technology, and network (collectively, “Services”) are meant for legitimate and legal purposes only and are subject to the Bright Data Master Service Agreement. [...] Any use of the Bright Data Services for illegal, fraudulent, or abusive activities is strictly prohibited. [...] Forbidden activities include, but are not limited to: Collection of nonpublic information (i.e data behind login), DDoS attacks, Spam: mass posting any mail/message boards/IRC/comments messages and images, Ad fraud or click fraud, Impersonation or spoofing for fraudulent purposes, Creating fake accounts or content, Use of automatic ticket purchasing (ticket-bots), Raffles, lottery, or gambling, Fake engagement (likes, comments, shares, etc.), Gaming or trading of in games items/currency, Reselling of proxies without Bright Data’s prior written approval (see our partners programs), Use of streaming related domains (videos, music or images streaming), Trading crypto/virtual currency or NFT, Any Search Engine Optimization (SEO) manipulation (i.e: fake clicks in search engines results), Posting on classified, used, and resell sites (such as Craig’s list), Completion of surveys in return for a benefit or anything of value, Any form of activity that is in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights |
| Pay | $0 |
|---|---|
| You get | 5,000 results a month |
| Enough for | 5,000 results a month |
| Expires | end of the month |
| Per day | |
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| Per second | |
| Concurrent | |
| Batch |
| Answer | in the call or by polling |
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| Median |
| You send | profile URLs, notify, include_errors |
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| Method | POST |
| Path | /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1viktl72bvl7bjuj0 |
| Plan | Free Tier |
|---|---|
| Who can get it | new accounts of anyone 18 or over, not on a subscription or custom pay-as-you-go pricing, and not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon |
The 40 fields in the plan's answer
profile ID, name, city, country code, current title, about, current company, current company LinkedIn URL, jobs, profile URL, people also viewed, school name, schools, recommendations count, profile picture, courses, languages, certifications, recommendations, volunteering, followers, connections, current company ID, publications, patents, projects, organizations, location, input data, username, member ID, cover image, honors, similar profiles, default avatar, memorialized, bio links, first name, last name, influencer