# FUNEL, free: People search API

> Search 23M+ professional profiles by title, seniority, industry, location, company size, and more, returns a match count plus sample records

FUNEL's Free credits plan for the people search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields. FUNEL's docs list 2: Experience, Location.
You get 500 credits. You spend the credits on FUNEL's other calls. This call is free for up to 9,000 calls a month.
We haven't run FUNEL through [our people search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 791 plans for people search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $4.90 or less per 1,000 people. [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. [Seltz's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/seltz/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 people a month: $0.03.
[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/funel/free
- [People lookup API: best people search providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://funel.to/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Request: Docs behind sign-up
- API key: with the plan, on https://funel.to/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://funel.to/mcp.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: FUNEL (https://funel.to?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 people: $0.00
- Per: page of 25
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: create_lead_list · add_records · enrich_records · find_email · run_ai_column

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search 23M+ professional profiles by title, seniority, industry, location, company size, and more, returns a match count plus sample records

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must use FUNEL only for lawful business purposes and in line with our Acceptable Use Policy. [...] Your Acceptable Use obligations include not using the platform to send unlawful, deceptive, or unsolicited messages outside what the law permits, not attempting to circumvent technical limits or security, and not reselling or redistributing data in violation of these terms or applicable law. [...] You may not copy, reverse engineer, resell, or create derivative works from the platform.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Enough for: 9,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 300
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: Docs behind sign-up

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, capable of forming a binding contract and using the service for business purposes

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

total results, name, job title, industry, location, email

## FUNEL's plans (5)

- [FUNEL, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [FUNEL, $2.25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/2-25-pack/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored
- [FUNEL, $137.20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/137-20-pack/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored
- [FUNEL, $15.38 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/15-38-monthly/llms.txt): $0.068 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [FUNEL, $176.26 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/176-26-yearly/llms.txt): $0.065 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored

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

- Docs behind sign-up: [FUNEL, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)

## FUNEL's APIs (4)

- [FUNEL: company discovery API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: email finder API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: local business search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: people search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)

## FUNEL: people search API alternatives

- [Argorant, $949 monthly, Hyperscale 300,000 credits a month, GET /api/v1/people/search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/argorant/949-monthly-hyperscale-300000-credits-a-month-get-api-v1-people-search/llms.txt): $0.018 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [OneShot, top-up from $0.01, Top-up (x402, USDC on Base)](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/oneshot/top-up-from-0-01-top-up-x402-usdc-on-base/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 0% complete, stored
- [LeadMagic, $8,490 yearly, Ultimate, POST /v3/people/search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/leadmagic/8490-yearly-ultimate-post-v3-people-search/llms.txt): $0.071 per 1,000, 69% complete, stored
- [Bytemine, $2,500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/bytemine/2500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.083 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://funel.to?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/mcp.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/use-cases/icp-contact-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing