# The Hog, free: LinkedIn profile API

> Fetch public profile details for a LinkedIn username.

The Hog's LinkedIn profile API on its 500 free calls every month plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns all 13 LinkedIn profile sections we check: Experience, Education, Skills, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Followers, Connections, Certifications, Languages, Recommendations, Open to work.
The cheapest of the 496 plans we rank by price is [PayPerQ, pay as you go, Pay per request with L402, POST /api/minerva/enrich](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/payperq/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-with-l402-post-api-minerva-enrich/llms.txt), at $0.115 per 1,000 profiles.
[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/300-pack/llms.txt) and [HarvestAPI](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/harvestapi/280-pack/llms.txt) are the best LinkedIn profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/the-hog/free
- [Best LinkedIn profile API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://thehog.ai/pricing
- Request: `POST https://developer.thehog.ai/api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile`
- API key: with the plan, on https://thehog.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.thehog.ai/api/scrapers/linkedin-profile.md
- Sold by: The Hog (https://thehog.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-26

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Experience: ✓
- Education: ✓
- Skills: ✓
- Headline: ✓
- About: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Connections: ✓
- Certifications: ✓
- Languages: ✓
- Recommendations: ✓
- Open to work: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Fetch public profile details for a LinkedIn username.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You 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 get: 500 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile

## About the plan

- Plan: 500 free calls every month
- Who can get it: anyone 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

## The Hog's plans (3)

- [The Hog, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [The Hog, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/the-hog/top-up/llms.txt): $16.43 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [The Hog, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/the-hog/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete

## The Hog's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile`: [The Hog, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)

## The Hog's APIs (12)

- [The Hog: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-comment-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile reaction API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-reaction-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: company discovery API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: email finder API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: phone finder API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-phone-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: people search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)

## The Hog: LinkedIn profile API alternatives

- [Captain Data, $4,120 monthly, Gold, 250,000 credits / month, GET /people/enrich, Enrich People](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/captain-data/4120-monthly/llms.txt): $16.48 per 1,000, 85% complete, live
- [Edges, $2,747 monthly, GOLD, 250,000 credits / month, POST /actions/linkedin-extract-people/run/live](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/edges/2747-monthly/llms.txt): $16.485 per 1,000, 85% complete
- [Pubrio, $1,188 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/pubrio/1188-yearly-startup-annual-post-people-linkedin-lookup/llms.txt): $16.50 per 1,000, 69% complete, live
- [Pipecorn, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/pipecorn/99-monthly/llms.txt): $16.50 per 1,000, 54% 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 2026-10-26.

- https://docs.thehog.ai/api/scrapers/linkedin-profile.md
- https://docs.thehog.ai/concepts/credits
- https://docs.thehog.ai/concepts/sync-vs-async
- https://docs.thehog.ai/llms.txt
- https://docs.thehog.ai/reference/rate-limits
- https://thehog.ai/pricing
- https://thehog.ai/privacy
- https://thehog.ai/terms