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What Is The Difference Between Free LinkedIn and Premium LinkedIn?

Aulia Hafisa
LinkedIn illustration (Bastian Riccardi/Pexels)
LinkedIn illustration (Bastian Riccardi/Pexels)

TheIndonesia.id - With more than 600 million members, LinkedIn is the world's largest professional social network. While it's free, LinkedIn is capable to run much deeper than what the site provides through its free account with LinkedIn Premium.

For serious sales professionals, job seekers, and recruiters, upgrade to LinkedIn Premium for a one-month fee. LinkedIn has the largest B2B database on the internet, so the main differences between free and premium are how much data, job/sales insights, and search tools it limits.

For example, LinkedIn enforces a commercial usage limit that restrains searches and profile views to a small number of free accounts. LinkedIn premium users get unlimited searches, more filters, and great sales, hiring, and job insights.

A LinkedIn Basic account allows you to maintain a professional profile on LinkedIn. The Basic account is for anyone who wants to create and manage a professional profile online, find and connect with colleagues and friends, receive messages, and save up to three searches a week.

Premium Career accounts are for job seekers who want to see their competition, receive InMail credit, see who has viewed their profile in the last 90 days, and enjoy all the features of a Basic LinkedIn account.

CV LinkedIn illustration (Nanik/Pixabay)
CV LinkedIn illustration (Nanik/Pixabay)

The Premium Career Account is designed for active job seekers and professionals looking to network and find growth opportunities in their field. Following are the differences between premium and free LinkedIn accounts summarized by HiTekno.com.

Free LinkedIn Account

  • Find and reconnect with colleagues and school friends.
  • Asking for and giving recommendations.
  • View and search the profiles of other LinkedIn members.
  • Receive unlimited InMail messages.
  • Save up to three searches and get weekly notifications about the search results.

Premium LinkedIn account

  • Premium Career to help get a job and advance professional life.
  • Sales Navigator to help identify prospects and build a network of clients.
  • Recruiter Lite to help find and recruit talent.
  • Premium Business to help get detailed business insights and expand the business.
  • LinkedIn Learning to help improve skills and learn new things.

Note: The DACH Essentials Premium subscription plan is available in some regions, but is no longer available for purchase.

LinkedIn Premium Account Subscription Pricing

LinkedIn Premium Career costs less than $40 per month for a variety of tools to help polish a professional profile and find potential new jobs or career advancement opportunities.

Premium Career accounts can access LinkedIn's 16,000 expert-led learning courses. All for less than $10 a week, which might be considered an affordable way to build a network.

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