ScrapeField vs the LinkedIn API
LinkedIn’s own API is the right answer when what you build fits one of its partner programs. For reading profiles, company pages and jobs without one, it isn’t an option. Here is where each fits.
| ScrapeField | LinkedIn API | |
|---|---|---|
| Open to every developer | Everything, from the first day | Signing a member in (their own name, headline, photo, email) and posting for them |
| Other members’ profiles | GET /v1/linkedin/profile | Only through the Sales Navigator partner program, if LinkedIn approves you |
| Company pages | GET /v1/linkedin/company | Through a partner program, if approved |
| Job postings | GET /v1/linkedin/jobs | Through the recruiting partner programs, if approved |
| Whose account it runs as | None of yours. You never give us a login | A member who authorized your app, or your approved partner app |
| Price | 10 credits a profile: $7.80 → $4.00 per 1,000 | Not published; partner terms |
| Official, authorized by LinkedIn | No | Yes |
Checked 22 September 2026 against each vendor’s own pricing page. Rechecked quarterly — tell us if something here is out of date and we will fix it.
Questions
Can I get profile data from the LinkedIn API at all?
Your own members’, yes: signing in returns the signed-in member’s name, headline, photo and email to any developer. Other members’ profiles are part of the Sales Navigator Application Platform, which LinkedIn opens to approved partners only, according to its developer documentation (updated June 2026).
Should I apply for a partner program anyway?
If your product is a sales, recruiting or marketing integration that LinkedIn supports, yes. Official access is worth having. Many teams use us while they wait, and some keep both.
Try it before you decide
Every endpoint has a playground that runs against the live API with no key and no account — real routing, real validation, real errors. If the response shape does not fit your code, you will know in about a minute.