# DINQ, free: People search API

> Embed DINQ's natural-language talent search into internal dashboards or sourcing workflows.

DINQ's Free plan for the people search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. DINQ's docs list none of the 13 fields on our checklist: Experience, Education, Skills, Headline and 9 more.
We haven't run DINQ through [our people search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 686 plans for people search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $4.99 per 1,000 people or less. [See the best free people search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
[Coresignal's $49 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/coresignal/49-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 people. Coresignal's $49 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many people as Coresignal's rate limit allows.
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack (/api/v1/search)](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack-starter-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt) covers any number of people. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than Coresignal's $49 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/getprospect/49-monthly-starter-post-v2-people-search-people-search/llms.txt), [QuickEnrich](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/quickenrich/399-monthly-gtm-unlimited-get-api-employees-dataset-search/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-people-search-quickenrich/llms.txt) are the best people search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dinq/free
- [People lookup API: 40+ people search providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://dinq.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.dinq.me/v2/people/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://dinq.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.dinq.me/platform/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing#api-endpoint
- Sold by: DINQ (https://dinq.me?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 people: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 100
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Profile Email

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Embed DINQ's natural-language talent search into internal dashboards or sourcing workflows.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use our Services solely for your own personal or professional purposes. [...] You may not use Outputs in high-risk contexts (e.g., medical, legal, financial, or employment decisions) without human verification. [...] You agree that you will not: Develop, support, or use software, scripts, or any other means to scrape the Services or otherwise copy profiles and other data from the Services. Copy, use, or distribute any information obtained from the Services without the consent of the owner. Rent, lease, sell, or otherwise monetize the Services or related data without Company's consent. Use bots or other automated methods to access the Services for any reason other than what is explicitly permitted by Company.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: limit, time.active.from, time.active.to, sources, X-Workspace-ID header
- Method: POST
- Path: /v2/people/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone 18 or older

## The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold

profile URL, evidence

## DINQ's plans (4)

- [DINQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dinq/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DINQ, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dinq/49-monthly/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [DINQ, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dinq/199-monthly/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [DINQ, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dinq/contact-us/llms.txt): 0% complete

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

- `POST /v2/people/search`: [DINQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dinq/free/llms.txt)

## DINQ's APIs (2)

- [DINQ: email finder API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dinq/free/llms.txt)
- [DINQ: people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dinq/free/llms.txt)

## DINQ: people search API alternatives

- [GetProspect, free, POST /v2/people/search, People Search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/getprospect/free-post-v2-people-search-people-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [QuickEnrich, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/quickenrich/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, stored
- [AnyAPI, free trial key, POST /v1/run/people_search.ai_ark](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key-post-v1-run-people-search-ai-ark/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [MillionPhones, free, GET /search/people](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/millionphones/free-get-search-people/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [Descovo, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/descovo/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://dinq.me/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://dinq.me/guides/claude-code-mcp-mapping?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://dinq.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://dinq.me/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.dinq.me/platform/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.dinq.me/platform/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.dinq.me/settings-billing/pricing-and-credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing