LinkedIn Recruiter is LinkedIn’s most powerful recruiting solution for teams and is best suited for mid-market to enterprise companies.
LinkedIn Recruiter Professional Services (RPS) is best suited for staffing firms.
LinkedIn Recruiter Lite is LinkedIn’s entry-level recruiting tool and is best suited for individuals and small teams at small-to-medium businesses with low-volume hiring needs. Recruiter Lite can be purchased online as a monthly or yearly subscription, and you can cancel at any time. If it’s your first time signing up, you may be eligible for a free 30-day trial.
Recruiter Lite is not currently available to members in China.
Important to know
Some new Recruiter Lite features, such as collaboration tools and the new multi-seat options, are rolling out and may not be available for some customers at this time.
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If you don't have a Recruiter subscription today and would like to learn more, you can contact our Sales team or read our guide on how to decide between LinkedIn Recruiter Lite and Recruiter for more information.
Some of the key differences between Recruiter Lite, Recruiter Professional Services, and Recruiter are described in the following tables.
| Search | |||
| Feature | Recruiter Lite | Recruiter Professional Services (for staffing firms) | Recruiter Corporate (for corporate companies) |
| Linked network access | Up to your 3rd-degree connections | Up to your 3rd-degree connections, with 30 unlocks per month for out-of-network profiles | Full access to entire network |
| Search filters | 20+ filters | 40+ filters, including advanced filters such as years at current company/position, and spoken languages | |
| Open to contract work filter | No | Yes | Yes |
| Spotlights | No | Yes | Yes |
| Candidate & company insights | No | Yes | Yes |
| Search insights (for example, company trends by talent pool) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Candidate search alerts | Max 10 per seat (daily or weekly) | Max 50 (daily or weekly) | Max 50 (daily or weekly) |
| Ability to add tags to candidates for filtering & categorization | No | Yes | Yes |
| Messaging | |||
| Feature | Recruiter Lite | Recruiter Professional Services (for staffing firms) | Recruiter Corporate (for corporate companies) |
| InMail Messages per month | 30 per seat | 100 | 150 |
| InMail pooling across your account | Yes | Yes - InMail allotments are pooled across seats on your account (100-150 x number of seats), allowing active recruiters to utilize more InMail credits as needed. | |
| Ability to bulk send InMail messages | No | Yes - up to 25 messages at once | Yes - up to 25 messages at once |
| Purchase additional InMails | 70 per month, per seat. (No more than 120 InMails may be banked per seat per month) | Yes | Yes |
| Collaboration and Organization | |||
| Feature | Recruiter Lite | Recruiter Professional Services (for staffing firms) | Recruiter Corporate (for corporate companies) |
| Multi-user dashboard | Yes (up to 5 seats) | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to collaborate in shared projects | Yes (up to 5 seats) | Yes | Yes |
| Free collaborator licenses for hiring managers or clients | No | Yes - 20 per Recruiter license | Yes - 20 per Recruiter license |
| Collaboration features - @Mentions in Notes - Message sharing - Recruiting activity | Yes (up to 5 seats) | Yes | Yes |
| Administration, Integrations & Reporting | |||
| Feature | Recruiter Lite | Recruiter Professional Services (for staffing firms) | Recruiter Corporate (for corporate companies) |
| Data ownership | Purchaser Admin - Data is owned by the Purchaser Admin | Company - Recruiter data is owned by and stays with your company | |
| Pricing | $170/month (single license) $270/month per license (licenses 2 - 5) or $1,680/year (single license)
$2670/year per license (licenses 2 - 5) Reflects USD pricing; pricing varies by region and currency, sign up to see your local pricing. | Contact our Sales team | |
| Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Integrations | No | Yes - 28+ ATS partners | Yes - 28+ ATS partners |
| Integrations with - LinkedIn Talent Insights - LinkedIn Talent Hub - LinkedIn recruitment marketing solutions | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting | InMail analytics report Job analytics report | InMail analytics report Job analytics report Recruiter usage report Pipeline analytics report Cross Contract and custom reporting | |
| OFCCP Tracking | No | Yes | Yes |
Related tasks
- Filter search results in Recruiter and Recruiter Lite
- Identify candidates open to contract work in Recruiter
- View search insights
- Save searches and set up search alerts in Recruiter and Recruiter Lite
- Add a tag to profiles in Recruiter
- Share and unshare a project in Recruiter
- Mention other users in Profile Notes
- Turn the OFCCP tracking ID field requirement on or off
Learn more
- Candidate Search Tool - Recruiter Lite
- LinkedIn ATS integrations
- Talent Insights
- LinkedIn Premium products
- Recruitment marketing
- LinkedIn Talent Hub - Applicant Tracking System
- Recruiting tools — LinkedIn Recruiter
- Your network and degrees of connection
- Recruiter Lite profile visibility and messaging capabilities
- Out-of-network search unlocks in Recruiter Professional Services
- Spotlights in LinkedIn Recruiter
- Candidate profile and insights in Recruiter
- Recruiting activity section
- InMail limits for Recruiter and Recruiter Lite
- InMail allocation for Recruiter
- LinkedIn Recruiter reporting