LinkedIn Premium · plans and prices for 2026
Premium is a family of subscriptions, not one product. There are plans for job seekers, sellers and recruiters, priced from about $30 to about $170 a month at the time of writing. This page sets out what each one includes, who gets value from it, and what none of them can do. The recommender asks three short questions and names the plan that fits.
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Plan by plan
Prices are approximate US list prices at the time of writing. LinkedIn changes them, and they differ by country.
~$30/mo
Built for a job search. You get 5 InMail credits a month, applicant insights that show how you stack up against others who applied, uncapped profile browsing and the resume builder. Pay yearly and it comes to about $20 a month.
~$60/mo
The general plan, for people who network heavily, look for partners or sell a little. It includes 15 InMail credits a month, business insights such as company growth and headcount trends, and uncapped profile browsing. On yearly billing it is about $48 a month.
~$120/mo
Where most individual sellers land. It opens advanced search filters for leads and accounts, lets you save both into lists, alerts you when a lead changes role, and includes 50 InMail credits a month. LinkedIn moved the price up from $99 a month in 2026.
~$160/mo
Core plus team features: TeamLink, which surfaces introductions through colleagues, CRM sync with Salesforce or HubSpot, usage reporting and admin controls. InMail stays at 50 credits. Outbound teams of three or more usually choose this one.
~$170/mo
One recruiter seat with 30 InMail credits a month, advanced candidate filters, a project workspace for each hire and pipeline tracking. Recruiter Professional sits above it for enterprises and is priced by quote.
~$99/mo
Introduced in 2025 for small-business owners. It joins the profile features of Career and Business to Company Page tools, and adds $100 a month in LinkedIn Ads credit and $50 a month in job-posting credit. It is sold month to month, with no yearly plan.
Enterprise
Plans for larger organizations, sold by quote. They bring unlimited CRM updates, custom data fields and dedicated support from LinkedIn. No list price is published. You negotiate one.
At a glance
A rough comparison of the five plans with published prices, correct at the time of writing. LinkedIn revises limits and prices from time to time, so plan with this table and confirm on LinkedIn before you buy.
| Feature | Career | Business | Sales Nav Core | Sales Nav Advanced | Recruiter Lite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price (approx.) | ~$30 | ~$60 | ~$120 | ~$160 | ~$170 |
| InMails per month | 5 | 15 | 50 | 50 | 30 |
| Who viewed your profile | Last 90 days | Last 365 days | Last 365 days | Last 365 days | Last 365 days |
| Advanced search filters | Basic | Premium filters | Lead + account filters | Lead + account filters | Candidate filters |
| Lead and account lists | No | No | Yes | Yes | No (candidate pipelines instead) |
| Buyer intent signals | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| TeamLink | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| CRM sync (Salesforce, HubSpot) | No | No | No | Yes | Limited |
| Applicant insights | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| LinkedIn Learning | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Candidate pipeline tools | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Free trial (typical) | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month |
Who should pay
Plenty of people on LinkedIn would notice no difference if they subscribed. Reading the feed, leaving comments and messaging existing connections all work the same on a free account. The paid plans earn their price for three groups.
Outside those groups, treat Premium as optional. A simple test is whether you can name the interviews, meetings or hires it will pay for. If you cannot, stay on free and take the trial when a project gives you a reason.
The limit of a credit
The most concrete thing a Premium plan sells is the InMail credit. One credit puts one message in front of one person you have no connection to. That is real access. It is also an interruption. The message arrives from a name the reader has never seen, alongside every other pitch they received that week.
The plans ration credits tightly: 5 a month on Career, 15 on Business, 30 on Recruiter Lite and about 50 per seat on either Sales Navigator plan. LinkedIn hands a credit back when the recipient replies within 90 days, which tells you what the system rewards. It rewards messages people want to answer, and people answer names they know.
Familiarity is not on the price list. It is earned by showing up where the person already is: under their posts, with something worth reading, more than once. A VP who has seen your comment on six of her posts reads your message differently from one sent by a stranger, whether or not a credit paid for it. The guide to InMail automation looks at that gap in detail.
Icebreakly works on that part and nothing else. It monitors the leads you pick, drafts a comment in your voice when one of them posts, and counts the touches until a lead is warm. It does not send InMail, invites or messages, and it does not search for leads, so it is no substitute for Sales Navigator. The two fit together: Navigator to build the list, comments to warm it. If what you need is automated message sequences, buy a sequencer. The Sales Navigator alternative page sets out how to split a budget between credits and familiarity.
By situation
Take Premium Career. Spend the five monthly credits on hiring managers at the three companies you most want to join, because recruiters hear from everyone. Before you write, tidy the page they will click through to with the free LinkedIn profile review. Cancel once you have signed an offer.
Premium Business is enough for researching prospects at first. Move to Sales Navigator Core when the offer is proven and you need precise filters. Either way, comment on your best prospects’ posts for a few weeks before you spend credits on them. The warm-first outreach strategy shows how.
Sales Navigator Advanced brings TeamLink and CRM sync. Its saved lists give every rep the same named accounts, which is the right starting point for a shared comment campaign. See how saved leads move into a warming campaign by profile URL.
Begin with Recruiter Lite. For the roles that are hardest to fill, the candidates you want hear from recruiters constantly, and a familiar name stands out in that pile. Comment warming for recruiters covers the method.
Most of what makes LinkedIn work for creators is free: posting, commenting and replying. Premium Business only pays off if you often write to guests or partners you are not connected to. When you do, a note about something they posted beats a template. The connection note templates have examples.
Client-facing staff usually need Sales Navigator Advanced. If you run engagement for several clients, each client’s LinkedIn account needs its own voice and its own lead list. Warming across many LinkedIn accounts explains how that works in one workspace.
Questions
At the time of writing, US list prices are roughly $30 a month for Premium Career (about $20 on annual billing), $60 for Premium Business (about $48 on annual billing), $120 for Sales Navigator Core, which LinkedIn raised from $99 in 2026, $160 for Sales Navigator Advanced and $170 for Recruiter Lite. Premium All-in-One, a 2025 bundle of Career, Business and Company Page tools for small-business owners, is $99 a month with no annual option. Prices differ by country and change over time, so confirm on LinkedIn before you buy.
It is worth it when you can name what it will pay for. People in an active job search, people who sell to businesses and regular recruiters usually can. If you mainly read, post and message people you already know, the free account does the same job.
First-time subscribers are usually offered one month free on most plans. The length and who qualifies depend on your region, your account history and whatever promotion is running. Cancel before the trial ends and you are not charged.
Yes. Open Account Preferences, then Premium Subscription Settings. Canceling stops the next charge, and you keep Premium until the period you have already paid for ends. LinkedIn does not charge a fee for canceling.
Premium Business is the general plan, with 15 InMail credits and Premium search filters. Sales Navigator adds advanced lead and account filters, saved lead lists, buyer-intent signals and CRM integrations. Choose Sales Navigator if prospecting is a weekly job. Choose Business if you only write to strangers now and then.
Sales Navigator Core for an individual seller, and Sales Navigator Advanced for teams that want TeamLink, CRM sync and admin controls. Both include about 50 InMail credits per seat a month, so neither lets you message a long list. Use the filters to choose a short list well.
No. Premium gives you a badge, more data and the ability to send InMail to people outside your network. Whether they answer depends on who you chose, what you wrote and whether they recognize your name. Reply rates of 10% to 25% are often quoted for well-targeted InMail, and results vary widely.
In two cases. Members who have switched on Open Profile can be messaged free by anyone. You can also message people who share a LinkedIn Group with you. Beyond those, writing to someone you are not connected to takes a credit from Premium, Sales Navigator or Recruiter.
Premium Career, at roughly $30 a month or about $20 a month on annual billing at the time of writing. It is made for job seekers and includes 5 InMail credits a month, applicant insights and the resume builder.
Sales Navigator belongs to the Premium family but is sold as a separate product for sellers. It leaves out LinkedIn Learning and applicant insights, and Premium Business does not include the Sales Navigator filters or lists. You subscribe to one or the other.
They build up to a ceiling, which on most plans is three months of credits. After that, no more are added. A credit comes back to you when the recipient replies within 90 days, so a message people answer costs you nothing.
No. They do different jobs. Premium gives you search, data and InMail credits. Icebreakly monitors leads you choose and comments on their LinkedIn posts in your voice, so that they come to recognize your name. It does not send InMail, invites or messages, and it does not find leads. The two fit together: Sales Navigator to build a list, Icebreakly to warm it.
On LinkedIn
If the recommender named a paid plan, use the one-month trial where LinkedIn offers it. A month is long enough to learn whether you use the filters and the credits or forget they are there.
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A credit gets your message delivered. Being recognized gets it read. Icebreakly comments on your chosen leads’ posts in your voice and shows you which leads are warm. The free trial runs 7 days, with up to 10 monitored leads and every comment waiting for your approval.
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