# UnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go: Similar people API

> Returns LinkedIn profiles that LinkedIn shows as similar to a user ("People also viewed").

UnifAPI's similar people API on its Pay-as-you-go plan. It costs $1.00 per 1,000 people. It returns 10 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Education, Skills, Headline, About, Location, Photo, Followers, Certifications, Languages.
Half of the 8 plans we rank by price cost $0.222 per 1,000 people or less. This plan is the most expensive of the 8 plans.
The cheapest plan we rank by price is [EnvoAPI, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/envoapi/499-monthly/llms.txt), at $0.10 per 1,000 people. EnvoAPI charges for each page of results. The $0.10 price is for pages of 20 people each.
[Reverse Contact](https://datacircle.dev/cached-similar-people-apis/reverse-contact/449-monthly/llms.txt), [DiscoLike](https://datacircle.dev/cached-similar-people-apis/discolike/399-monthly/llms.txt) and [Anysite](https://datacircle.dev/cached-similar-people-apis/anysite/300-monthly/llms.txt) are the best cached similar people API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go
- [Best similar people API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-similar-people-api.txt)
- Get it: https://unifapi.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.unifapi.com/linkedin/users/{username}/similar`
- API key: with the plan, on https://unifapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.unifapi.com/api/linkedin/users/username/similar/get
- Sold by: UnifAPI (https://unifapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 77%
- Experience: ✓ current job
- Education: ✓
- Skills: ✓
- Headline: ✓
- About: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Certifications: ✓
- Languages: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 people: $1.00
- Per: result
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 324 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $18.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns LinkedIn profiles that LinkedIn shows as similar to a user ("People also viewed").

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use our services for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, or impair the service. Prohibited activities include but are not limited to: Violating any applicable laws or regulations, Infringing on intellectual property rights, Transmitting malicious code or harmful content, Attempting to gain unauthorized access to systems, Interfering with or disrupting the service. [...] You may not use our services to: [...] Send unsolicited bulk messages (spam) [...] Circumvent any access controls or usage limits [...]. Public data has different legal postures depending on jurisdiction and platform. We provide the technical access, you're responsible for downstream use.

## Plan

- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /linkedin/users/{username}/similar

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay-as-you-go
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 49 fields the plan's answer can hold

data ID, live numeric ID, entity ID, username, profile URL, first name, last name, full name, headline, summary, profile picture URL, profile pictures, background images, follower count, connections count, is creator, is premium, is influencer, is open to work, is hiring, geo, location, geo city, geo full, geo country, geo country code, primary language, languages, supported locales, multi locale first name, multi locale last name, multi locale headline, industry, updated at, current positions, positions, full positions, all positions, education, skills, certifications, publications, volunteering, projects, patents, courses, honors and awards, organizations, next cursor

## UnifAPI's plans (3)

- [UnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 77% complete
- [UnifAPI, top-up, Starter top-up](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/unifapi/top-up-starter-top-up/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 77% complete
- [UnifAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/unifapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 77% complete

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

- `GET /linkedin/users/{username}/similar`: [UnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## UnifAPI's APIs (19)

- [UnifAPI: company headcount API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: company open jobs API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: similar companies API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn profile comment API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-comment-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: similar people API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn person recommendation API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-recommendation-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans, GET /linkedin/companies/{slug}](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-linkedin-companies-slug/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans, GET /linkedin/companies/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-linkedin-companies-batch/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 3 plans, GET /linkedin/jobs/{id}](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-linkedin-jobs-id/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 3 plans, GET /linkedin/jobs/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-linkedin-jobs-batch/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans, GET /linkedin/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-linkedin-users-username/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans, GET /linkedin/users/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-linkedin-users-batch/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: similar jobs API pricing, 3 plans, GET /linkedin/jobs/{id}/related](https://datacircle.dev/similar-job-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-linkedin-jobs-id-related/llms.txt)
- [UnifAPI: similar jobs API pricing, 3 plans, GET /linkedin/jobs/{id}/similar](https://datacircle.dev/similar-job-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-linkedin-jobs-id-similar/llms.txt)

## UnifAPI: similar people API alternatives

- [Zooq, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/zooq/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, live
- [Generect, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/generect/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live
- [EnvoAPI, $29 pack](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/envoapi/29-pack/llms.txt): $0.29 per 1,000, 15% complete, live
- [gtm-api.com, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-people-apis/gtm-api-com/39-monthly/llms.txt): $0.65 per 1,000, 8% complete, live

## 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://api.unifapi.com/openapi.json
- https://docs.unifapi.com/api/linkedin/users/username/similar/get
- https://docs.unifapi.com/rate-limits
- https://unifapi.com/apis/linkedin
- https://unifapi.com/apis/linkedin/users/username/similar/get
- https://unifapi.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy
- https://unifapi.com/legal/terms-of-service
- https://unifapi.com/pricing
- https://unifapi.com/pricing.md