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The Hog pricing and alternatives: LinkedIn profile API

The Hog's sitellms.txtBest LinkedIn profile API in 2026
100% complete: all 13 LinkedIn profile sections we checkSee the 13 sections
$0.00per 1,000 profilesThe cheapest of the 496 plans we rank by price is PayPerQ, pay as you go, Pay per request with L402, POST /api/minerva/enrich, at $0.115 per 1,000 profiles.Fetchin, Bridgly and HarvestAPI are the best LinkedIn profile API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: 500 free calls every month one of The Hog's 3 plans
Call: POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile The Hog's only call for this API
API: LinkedIn profile API one of The Hog's 12 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • All 13 LinkedIn profile sections we check. Experience, Education, Skills, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Followers, Connections, Certifications, Languages, Recommendations, Open to work.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 requests a month.
  • One call. You send username to POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile. The call returns the profile.
  • Who can get it: anyone the waitlist invites. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

The Hog: LinkedIn profile API alternatives

The table starts with The Hog's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to The Hog's.

The Hog, top-upCaptain Data, $4,120 monthly, Gold, 250,000 credits / month, GET /people/enrich, Enrich PeopleEdges, $2,747 monthly, GOLD, 250,000 credits / month, POST /actions/linkedin-extract-people/run/livePubrio, $1,188 yearlyPipecorn, $99 monthly
$ per 1,000 profiles$16.43$16.48$16.485$16.50$16.50
Completeness100%85%85%69%54%
Billingpay firstmonthlymonthlyyearlymonthly
Payany amount$4,120$2,747$1,188$99
Enough foras many as you pay for250,000 calls a monthabout 166,666 calls a month6,000 calls a month6,000 calls a month
Freshnessunknownliveunknownlivelive
Who can get itanyone the waitlist invitesprofessionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity)professionals (anyone acting for their commercial, industrial or liberal activity)business users who have reached the age of majority, not consumersthe natural person or legal entity entering into the Terms and Conditions for professional purposes, with a LinkedIn account they connect to Pipecorn

Every LinkedIn profile API provider we score, ranked

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-26.

  1. docs.thehog.ai/api/scrapers/linkedin-profile.md
  2. docs.thehog.ai/concepts/credits
  3. docs.thehog.ai/concepts/sync-vs-async
  4. docs.thehog.ai/llms.txt
  5. docs.thehog.ai/reference/rate-limits
  6. thehog.ai/pricing
  7. thehog.ai/privacy
  8. thehog.ai/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
  • Open to work
Price
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchFetch public profile details for a LinkedIn username.
Data
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to: Use the Services in violation of any law or third-party right. Attempt to access, probe, or disrupt our systems or other users’ data. Reverse engineer, scrape, or resell the Services except as permitted. Upload malicious code or use the Services to send spam or abusive content.
Plan
Pay$0
You get500 requests a month
Enough for500 calls a month
Rate limit
Per second10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendusername
MethodPOST
Path/api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile
About the plan
Plan500 free calls every month
Who can get itanyone the waitlist invites
The 40 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, name, first name, last name, headline, about, profile picture, location, city, country, followers, connections, current company, current company LinkedIn URL, cover image, LinkedIn ID, profile URL, open to work, premium, creator, influencer, top voice, verified, hiring, top skills, jobs, schools, certifications, skills, languages, volunteering, projects, publications, honors, courses, patents, featured, recommendations, organizations, causes

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