# PeopleSearch.im, free credits, POST /api/v1/search: People search API

> Find people by exact `filters` (job titles, companies, locations, industries, schools, skills and more) or by a plain-English `query`, and get masked previews plus the true total.

PeopleSearch.im's people search API on its Free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. It returns 2 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Location.
You get 3 credits, which pay for PeopleSearch.im's other calls. This call costs none of them: you can get as many pages as you like.
We rank 487 plans by price. [Coresignal's $49 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/coresignal/49-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 people: as little as $0.0000038. Coresignal's $49 monthly plan covers up to 12,960,000 pages a month at no extra cost. Each page holds 1,000 people.
[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 to start 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/29-monthly-starter-post-api-employees-contact-finder/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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/free-credits-post-api-v1-search
- [Best people search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://peoplesearch.im/pricing
- Request: `POST https://peoplesearch.im/api/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://peoplesearch.im/pricing
- Its API docs: https://peoplesearch.im/developers
- Sold by: PeopleSearch.im (https://peoplesearch.im)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## 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: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find people by exact `filters` (job titles, companies, locations, industries, schools, skills and more) or by a plain-English `query`, and get masked previews plus the true total.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your personal or internal business purposes. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or create derivative works from any part of the Service [...] except as expressly permitted by these Terms or by applicable law. You agree not to: use the Service in violation of any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, and publicity rights, [...] use any automated means, such as bots, scrapers, or crawlers, to access or collect data from the Service, except as expressly permitted by us or by applicable law, [...] misrepresent your identity or affiliation, or use the Service to send unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or communications, or use the Service to build a competing product or for any other purpose we reasonably prohibit.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 3 credits
- Enough for: no limit
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of query or filters. Optional: entity "people", filters.first_name, filters.last_name, filters.job_titles, filters.exclude_job_titles, filters.past_job_titles, filters.companies, filters.company_ids, filters.company_domains, filters.past_companies, filters.exclude_companies, filters.locations, filters.industries, filters.schools, filters.skills, filters.languages, filters.keywords, filters.company_keywords, filters.company_size_min, filters.company_size_max, filters.years_experience_min, filters.years_experience_max, limit, page, drop
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: new accounts

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

ok, total results, result key, result token, masked name, job title, company industry, company size, location, next page token, credits balance, relaxed filters, broadened filters, suggested entity, ignored filters, unmatched filters

## PeopleSearch.im's plans (4)

- [PeopleSearch.im, free credits, POST /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/free-credits-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [PeopleSearch.im, $5 pack, Starter, POST /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack-starter-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete, stored
- [PeopleSearch.im, $20 pack, Pro, POST /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/20-pack-pro-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete, stored
- [PeopleSearch.im, $50 pack, Scale, POST /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/50-pack-scale-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete, stored

## PeopleSearch.im's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /api/v1/deliver`: [PeopleSearch.im, free credits, POST /api/v1/deliver](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/free-credits-post-api-v1-deliver/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/reveal`: [PeopleSearch.im, free credits, POST /api/v1/reveal](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/free-credits-post-api-v1-reveal/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/search`: [PeopleSearch.im, free credits, POST /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/free-credits-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt)

## PeopleSearch.im's APIs (7)

- [PeopleSearch.im: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/peoplesearch-im/free/llms.txt)
- [PeopleSearch.im: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/peoplesearch-im/free/llms.txt)
- [PeopleSearch.im: company discovery API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/free/llms.txt)
- [PeopleSearch.im: email verification API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/peoplesearch-im/free/llms.txt)
- [PeopleSearch.im: people search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/free-credits-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt)
- [PeopleSearch.im: email finder API pricing, 4 plans, POST /api/v1/tools](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/peoplesearch-im/free-credits-post-api-v1-tools/llms.txt)
- [PeopleSearch.im: email finder API pricing, 4 plans, POST /api/v1/email](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/peoplesearch-im/free-credits-post-api-v1-email/llms.txt)
- [PeopleSearch.im: reverse email lookup API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reverse-email-lookup-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt)

## PeopleSearch.im: 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, Starting balance, POST /v1/run/people_search.prospeo](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/anyapi/free-starting-balance-post-v1-run-people-search-prospeo/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, stored
- [Leadscart, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/leadscart/free/llms.txt): $0.00 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 2026-10-27.

- https://peoplesearch.im
- https://peoplesearch.im/developers
- https://peoplesearch.im/legal/privacy
- https://peoplesearch.im/legal/terms
- https://peoplesearch.im/openapi.json
- https://peoplesearch.im/pricing
- https://peoplesearch.im/tools/linkedin-profile-lookup