# ContactOut, contact us: People search API

> Get profiles matching the search criteria.

ContactOut's people search API on its Team / API plan.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/contactout/contact-us
- Get it: https://contactout.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.contactout.com/#people-search-api
- Sold by: ContactOut (https://contactout.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-17

## Price

- Billing: contact

## Charges

- Per: result
- Extra fields: emails, work emails, work email status, personal emails · phones

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get profiles matching the search criteria.

## Data

- Keep data: governed by the subscription agreement and subscription order form entered into between you and ContactOut, they prevail over its Terms of Use
- Use data: governed by the subscription agreement and subscription order form entered into between you and ContactOut, they prevail over its Terms of Use

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required, name, job_title, past_job_title, job_function, seniority, current_titles_only, include_related_job_titles, match_experience, skills, languages, education, educations, location, location_radius, current_work_location, past_work_location, company, past_company, company_filter, current_company_only, domain, industry, keyword, company_size, years_of_experience, years_in_current_role, recently_changed_jobs, is_currently_working, page, page_size, data_types, reveal_info, detailed_experience, detailed_education, exclude_job_titles, exclude_companies, exclude_companies_filter
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/people/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Team / API
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 66 fields in the plan's answer

status code, page, page size, total results, LinkedIn URL, LinkedIn vanity, full name, title, headline, company name, company LinkedIn URL, company LinkedIn ID, company domain, company email domain, company overview, company type, company size, company country, company revenue, company founded, company industry, company headquarters, company website, company logo URL, company specialties, company locations, location, country, industry, experience, education, skills, summary, language, language proficiency, certification name, certification authority, certification license, certification start date, certification end date, publication URL, publication title, publication description, publisher, publication authors, publication date, project title, project description, project start date, project end date, volunteering role, volunteering company name, volunteering company URL, volunteering cause, volunteering company ID, volunteering start date, volunteering end date, followers, updated at, profile picture URL, job function, seniority, work status, has personal email, has work email, has phone

## ContactOut's plans (1)

- [ContactOut, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/contactout/contact-us/llms.txt)

## ContactOut's calls (1)

- `POST /v1/people/search`: [ContactOut, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/contactout/contact-us/llms.txt)

## Similar plans of other providers

- [Adapt.io, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/adapt-io/contact-us/llms.txt)
- [BetterContact, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/bettercontact/contact-us/llms.txt)
- [Cognism, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/cognism/contact-us/llms.txt)
- [CompanyEnrich, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/companyenrich/contact-us/llms.txt)

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-17.

- https://api.contactout.com/
- https://api.contactout.com/#rate-limits
- https://contactout.com/ai-info
- https://contactout.com/api-feature
- https://contactout.com/pricing
- https://contactout.com/terms