# Dropleads, free: People search API

> Search for contacts using filters. Returns masked data (no email/phone revealed).

Dropleads's people search API on its Free Plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. It returns 2 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Location.
You get 100 credits a month, which pay for Dropleads's other calls. This call costs none of them: you can get as many pages as you like.
The cheapest of the 227 priced plans is [StartupHub.ai, $500 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/startuphub-ai/500-yearly/llms.txt), at $0.0083 per 1,000.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/free
- Get it: https://www.dropleads.io/#pricing
- Its API docs: https://dropleads.readme.io/reference/post_api-v2-prime-db-leads-search
- Sold by: Dropleads (https://dropleads.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-22

## In the answer

- Completeness: 15%
- Experience: ✓ current job
- Location: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Per: page of 50
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search for contacts using filters. Returns masked data (no email/phone revealed).

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: lawful purposes, but not for: activities violating laws, regulations, or industry guidelines (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), spam, deceptive marketing, or unlawful data use, selling physical products, non-software services, or engaging in restricted industries, pyramid or referral marketing, gambling, betting, lotteries, or contests, adult, obscene, or age-restricted content, financial trading, investment, or currency exchanges, medical or pseudo-science services, unauthorized use of intellectual property, nor sharing access credentials or data with unauthorized parties

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits a month
- Enough for: no limit
- Expires: at renewal: no rollover

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: filters.jobTitles, filters.jobTitlesExclude, filters.jobTitlesSimilar, filters.industries, filters.industriesExclude, filters.keywords, filters.keywordsExclude, filters.technologies, filters.technologiesExclude, filters.departments, filters.departmentsExclude, filters.seniority, filters.seniorityExclude, filters.companyNames, filters.companyDomains, filters.linkedinUrls, filters.employeeRanges, filters.customEmployeeRange.min, filters.customEmployeeRange.max, filters.revenueRange.min, filters.revenueRange.max, filters.fundingRange.min, filters.fundingRange.max, filters.foundedYear.min, filters.foundedYear.max, filters.countries, filters.states, filters.cities, filters.locationScope, filters.personalCountries.include, filters.personalCountries.exclude, filters.personalStates.include, filters.personalStates.exclude, filters.personalCities.include, filters.personalCities.exclude, filters.personalRegions.include, filters.personalRegions.exclude, filters.organizationCountries.include, filters.organizationCountries.exclude, filters.organizationStates.include, filters.organizationStates.exclude, filters.organizationCities.include, filters.organizationCities.exclude, filters.organizationRegions.include, filters.organizationRegions.exclude, filters.lists.type, filters.lists.listIds, filters.companyLists.listIds, filters.segments, filters.segmentsExclude, filters.buyingIntent, filters.requireEmail, pagination.page, pagination.limit
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v2/prime-db/leads/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Plan
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, provider record ID, first name, last name, current title, masked email, profile URL, current company, current company industry, city, region, country, enriched, total results, page, page size, total pages

## Dropleads's plans (11)

- [Dropleads, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $18 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/18-pack/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $36 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/36-pack/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/90-pack/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $180 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/180-pack/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $450 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/450-pack/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $900 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/900-pack/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/29-monthly/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/49-monthly/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/99-monthly/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete
- [Dropleads, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/contact-us/llms.txt): 15% complete

## Dropleads's calls (1)

- `POST /api/v2/prime-db/leads/search`: [Dropleads, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt)

## Dropleads's APIs (7)

- [Dropleads: company discovery API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: company enrichment API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: email verification API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: email finder API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: phone finder API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-phone-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: people search API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 11 plans, POST /api/v2/prime-db/leads/bulk-enrich](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/dropleads/free-plan-post-api-v2-prime-db-leads-bulk-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 11 plans, POST /api/v2/prime-db/leads/enrich](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/dropleads/free-plan-post-api-v2-prime-db-leads-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 11 plans, POST /api/v2/prime-db/leads/simple-bulk-enrich](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/dropleads/free-plan-post-api-v2-prime-db-leads-simple-bulk-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Dropleads: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 11 plans, POST /api/v2/prime-db/leads/simple-enrich](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt)

## Dropleads: people search API alternatives

- [Voila Norbert, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/voila-norbert/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live
- [Enrich.so, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/enrich-so/free-free-post-domain-search-batch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete
- [Leadscart, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/leadscart/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, live
- [Knock2, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/knock2/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 2026-10-22.

- https://dropleads.io/fair-usage-policy
- https://dropleads.readme.io/llms.txt
- https://dropleads.readme.io/reference/post_api-v2-prime-db-leads-search.md
- https://dropleads.readme.io/reference/post_api-v2-prime-db-leads-simple-enrich.md
- https://www.dropleads.io
- https://www.dropleads.io/#pricing
- https://www.dropleads.io/terms-and-conditions