LinkedIn Recruiter costs $13,200/seat/year. For agencies sourcing 5-20 candidates per week, that's a brutal margin tax. Same LinkedIn profile data is scrapeable with your own cookie at 3 credits ($0.003) per profile.
The setup
Settings → save your li_at LinkedIn cookie. Then /configure/linkedin-profiles for candidate scraping.
Rate
3 credits / profile
LinkedIn Profiles
1 credit
$0.001
credits never expire
Per 1,000
$3.00
3,000 credits
RUN SIZECREDITSCOST
30 profiles90$0.09
100 profiles300$0.30
500 profiles1,500$1.50
1,000 profiles3,000$3.00
3 credits a profile · 1 credit = $0.001 · a run that finds fewer pays less
Per-candidate fields
~26 fields including: name, headline, location, current company, past work, education, skills, languages, certifications, connections count, verified badge, "open to work" signal.
Pricing example
A typical 200-candidate shortlist = 200 × 3 = 600 credits = $0.60. Recruiter for the same access: $13,200/year + per-InMail credits.
Written after running it
Last run
plumbers · London · Google Maps
Rows
30
Time
23s
Cost
€0.06
30 rows × 2 credits = 60 credits · 1 credit = $0.001
Every number on this page comes from that run, not from a price list.
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