# Layrcake, free: People search API

> Search 200M+ B2B contacts with structured filters.

Layrcake's Free tier plan for the people search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. Layrcake's docs list 2 of the 13 fields on our checklist: Experience, Location.
We haven't run Layrcake 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/layrcake/free
- [People lookup API: 40+ people search providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://docs.layrcake.dev/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.layrcake.dev/v1/find_leads`
- API key: with the plan, on https://docs.layrcake.dev/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.layrcake.dev/reference.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing#find_leads
- Sold by: Layrcake (https://layrcake.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 200
- Also pays for: from the same budget: enrich · verify_email · find_intent · check_companies · find_companies · enrich_company · find_posts · research_company · prospect_picture · llm

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search 200M+ B2B contacts with structured filters.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Data returned by our business-data providers is licensed to you for your own prospecting. You must not resell it, redistribute it, use it to build or enrich a database for third parties, or use it for any purpose other than your own business outreach.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 300 credits
- Enough for: 1,200 results, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: audience. Optional: titles, locations, industries, company_domains, company_headcount.min, company_headcount.max, limit, route, budget_credits, dry_run, offer_token, premium, include_handled
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/find_leads

## About the plan

- Plan: Free tier
- Who can get it: any business, account holder 18 or over

## The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

lead ID, full name, job title, company name, company domain, LinkedIn URL, location, observed at, total results, match check status, match check kept, match check withheld, interpreted places, interpreted industries, offer token, offer reason, credits charged, credits available, request ID

## Layrcake's plans (2)

- [Layrcake, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete
- [Layrcake, top-up from $20](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/layrcake/top-up-from-20/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 15% complete

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

- `POST /v1/find_leads`: [Layrcake, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)

## Layrcake's APIs (14)

- [Layrcake: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: company funding API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-funding-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: tech stack API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: email verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: email finder API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: people search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: X post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/find_companies, find_companies, hiring](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/layrcake/free-tier-post-v1-find-companies-find-companies-hiring/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/find_companies, find_companies, technologies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/layrcake/free-tier-post-v1-find-companies-find-companies-technologies/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: similar companies API pricing, 2 plans, find_companies, lookalikes](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/layrcake/free-tier-post-v1-find-companies-find-companies-lookalikes/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: similar companies API pricing, 2 plans, find_companies, lookalikes narrowed by country or size](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/layrcake/free-tier-post-v1-find-companies-find-companies-lookalikes-narrowed-by-country-or-size/llms.txt)

## Layrcake: people search API alternatives

- [Context.dev, $500 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/people/search, Search People, full](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/context-dev/500-monthly-scale-post-v1-people-search-search-people-full/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 31% complete
- [Renidly, $2,500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/renidly/2500-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 0% complete, 1 month
- [DiscoLike, $399 monthly, Team, POST /contacts/discover](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/discolike/399-monthly-team-post-contacts-discover/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 38% complete, stored
- [Pubrio, $125 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/pubrio/125-monthly/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 31% complete, 1 day

## 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://api.layrcake.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.layrcake.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.layrcake.dev/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.layrcake.dev/reference.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://layrcake.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://layrcake.dev/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://layrcake.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing