At a glance
| Headcount Labs | People Data Labs | |
|---|---|---|
| How it is sold | Pay as you go, per record | Credit plans; the free plan has up to 100 credits a month and Pro starts at $98 a month source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Size the provider states | 8,390,837 open jobs | 28.8 million jobs at 54,000+ companies source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Refresh | Job boards re-read on a rolling schedule; measured freshness is on each dataset page | Daily source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Also sells | Job postings only | Person and company data source, checked Oct 2026 |
Figures for People Data Labs come from its own public pages, checked Oct 2026. Rows its pages do not state are left out.
The pricing page does not say how many credits one job record costs.
When People Data Labs is the better fit
People Data Labs links job postings to its person and company records.
When Headcount Labs is the better fit
- You need a large volume of open jobs at a low price: $29 for 3 million records in a month.
- You want to start free: 100,000 records every month, no card.
- You want every job traced to the employer: 8,390,837 open jobs, each with a link to the original posting, and 3,162,273 with the pay the employer published.
- You want to check the data before you buy: the dataset pages show field fill rates, freshness and sample rows.
Test both in an afternoon
- Pick one search you care about, such as a job title in one country.
- Count it on Headcount Labs with one request that returns no jobs:
curl --request GET "https://api.headcountlabs.com/v1/jobs/count?title=data%20engineer&country=US" \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>'- Pull 50 records from each provider and compare titles, locations, pay and posting links.
- Price your real monthly volume on both price lists.
Questions
How does People Data Labs pricing compare?
People Data Labs does not publish a price for 3 million jobs a month, so this page shows only the figures its own pages state. Headcount Labs costs $29 for 3 million records in a month: 100,000 records free every month, then a flat $0.01 per 1,000.
When is People Data Labs the better choice?
People Data Labs links job postings to its person and company records.
Where does Headcount Labs get its jobs?
From employers' own career pages and the hiring platforms they post on. Each record keeps the link to the employer's posting, so any job can be checked against its source.
Is Headcount Labs affiliated with People Data Labs?
No. Headcount Labs is an independent company and People Data Labs is a trademark of its owner. The facts about People Data Labs on this page come from People Data Labs's public pages, checked Oct 2026.
Sources
- https://www.peopledatalabs.com/job-posting-data (checked Oct 2026)
- https://www.peopledatalabs.com/pricing (checked Oct 2026)
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