# SocialKit, free: LinkedIn profile API

> Extract name, headline, follower count, connection count, profile image, and recent articles from any public LinkedIn profile with a single API call.

SocialKit's LinkedIn profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 4 of the 13 LinkedIn profile sections we check: Headline, Photo, Followers, Connections.
We rank 888 plans by price. [Village's $1 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/village/1-monthly-core-post-v2-people-enrich-enrich-person-cached-only/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: as little as $0.0000039. Village's $1 monthly plan covers up to 259,200,000 profiles a month at no extra cost.
Village's $1 monthly plan has no cap on profiles on one call: [Enrich Person (Bulk), cached only](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/village/1-monthly-core-post-v2-people-enrich-bulk-enrich-person-bulk-cached-only/llms.txt).
[Fetchin](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/fetchin/50-monthly-subscription-50k-get-api-v1-profile-get-profile-full/llms.txt), [Bridgly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/bridgly/top-up-from-5/llms.txt) and [Reverse Contact](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/reverse-contact/449-monthly/llms.txt) are the best LinkedIn profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/free
- [Best LinkedIn profile API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.socialkit.dev/linkedin/profile`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/linkedin-profile-api
- Sold by: SocialKit (https://www.socialkit.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 31%
- Headline: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Connections: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Strengths

- Strengths: read live

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Extract name, headline, follower count, connection count, profile image, and recent articles from any public LinkedIn profile with a single API call.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 credits a month
- Enough for: 10 calls a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.67
- Concurrent: n/a
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.29 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: cache, cache_ttl
- Method: GET
- Path: /linkedin/profile

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

profile URL, name, headline, followers, connections, profile picture

## SocialKit's plans (12)

- [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/30-pack/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/49-pack/llms.txt): $6.533 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $249 pack](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/249-pack/llms.txt): $3.32 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/29-monthly/llms.txt): $4.833 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/39-monthly/llms.txt): $4.333 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $95 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/95-monthly/llms.txt): $3.80 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $210 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/210-monthly/llms.txt): $2.80 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $243.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/243-60-yearly/llms.txt): $3.383 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $327.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/327-60-yearly/llms.txt): $3.033 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $798 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/798-yearly/llms.txt): $2.66 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [SocialKit, $1,764 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/1764-yearly/llms.txt): $1.96 per 1,000, 31% complete, live

## SocialKit's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /linkedin/profile`: [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit's APIs (12)

- [SocialKit: Instagram post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: Instagram profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit: LinkedIn profile API alternatives

- [elis-lab, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/elis-lab/29-monthly/llms.txt): $1.933 per 1,000, 69% complete, live
- [Piloterr, $5,388 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/piloterr/5388-yearly/llms.txt): $1.952 per 1,000, 92% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $20,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/scrapingdog/20000-yearly/llms.txt): $1.984 per 1,000, 62% complete, live
- [SociaVault, $399 pack](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/sociavault/399-pack/llms.txt): $1.995 per 1,000, 62% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://api.socialkit.dev/openapi.json
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/linkedin-profile-api
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/rate-limits
- https://www.socialkit.dev/linkedin-apis/profile
- https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- https://www.socialkit.dev/terms