# The Hog, free: People search API

> Search for people by role, seniority, company, and more.

The Hog's people search API on its 500 free calls every month plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. It returns 2 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Location.
The cheapest of the 150 plans we rank by price is [StartupHub.ai, pay as you go, x402](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/startuphub-ai/pay-as-you-go-x402/llms.txt), at $0.01 per 1,000 people.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/cached-people-search-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [QuickEnrich](https://datacircle.dev/cached-people-search-apis/quickenrich/399-monthly-gtm-unlimited-post-api-employees-contact-finder/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/cached-people-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-people-search-quickenrich/llms.txt) are the best cached people search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-hog/free
- [Best people search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://thehog.ai/pricing
- Request: `POST https://developer.thehog.ai/api/v1/people/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://thehog.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.thehog.ai/api/people/people-search.md
- Sold by: The Hog (https://thehog.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-26

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 people: $0.00
- Per: page of 100
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 100
- Also pays for: from the same budget: POST /api/v1/companies/search · POST /api/deep-research · POST /api/enrichments · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/image/deepfake-detection · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/finder · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/company · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/company-posts · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile-posts · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/keyword-posts · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/post-reactions · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/post-comments · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile-reactions · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile-comments · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/followers · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/following · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/post-comments · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/post-details · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/posts · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/profile · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/tiktok/profile · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/web/scrape · POST /api/v1/search

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search for people by role, seniority, company, and more.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to: Use the Services in violation of any law or third-party right. Attempt to access, probe, or disrupt our systems or other users’ data. Reverse engineer, scrape, or resell the Services except as permitted. Upload malicious code or use the Services to send spam or abusive content.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: limit, includeSignals, includeContacts, contactFields, maxCredits, filters.titles, filters.titleMatch, filters.locations, filters.industries, filters.employeeCount.min, filters.employeeCount.max, filters.signals, filters.company.names, filters.company.domains, filters.company.linkedinUrls, filters.company.industries, filters.company.employeeCount.min, filters.company.employeeCount.max, filters.company.signals, confirm, Idempotency-Key header
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/people/search

## About the plan

- Plan: 500 free calls every month
- Who can get it: anyone the waitlist invites

## The 25 fields the plan's answer can hold

person ID, canonical person ID, full name, title, company name, location, email status, phone status, emails, email address, email type, email verified, phone numbers, phone number, phone type, phone verified, from cache, company match evidence, signals, estimated credits, actual credits, target account search mode, target account outcome, provider outcome, message

## The Hog's plans (3)

- [The Hog, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete
- [The Hog, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-hog/top-up/llms.txt): $0.066 per 1,000, 15% complete
- [The Hog, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-hog/contact-us/llms.txt): 15% complete

## The Hog's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/people/search`: [The Hog, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)

## The Hog's APIs (12)

- [The Hog: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-comment-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile reaction API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-reaction-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: company discovery API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: email finder API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: phone finder API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-phone-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: people search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)

## The Hog: people search API alternatives

- [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
- [StartupHub.ai, pay as you go, Pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/startuphub-ai/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 23% complete
- [Parallel, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1beta/findall/entity-search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/parallel/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1beta-findall-entity-search/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [RocketReach, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/rocketreach/69-monthly/llms.txt): $0.069 per 1,000, 31% 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 2026-10-26.

- https://docs.thehog.ai/api/people/people-search-estimate.md
- https://docs.thehog.ai/api/people/people-search.md
- https://docs.thehog.ai/api/scrapers/linkedin-profile.md
- https://docs.thehog.ai/concepts/company-first-search
- https://docs.thehog.ai/concepts/credits
- https://docs.thehog.ai/concepts/sync-vs-async
- https://docs.thehog.ai/guides/find-people
- https://docs.thehog.ai/llms.txt
- https://docs.thehog.ai/quickstart
- https://docs.thehog.ai/reference/idempotency
- https://docs.thehog.ai/reference/rate-limits
- https://docs.thehog.ai/reference/response-shapes
- https://thehog.ai/pricing
- https://thehog.ai/privacy
- https://thehog.ai/terms