Compare LinkedIn plans
Seven head-to-heads, each one reaching an actual verdict rather than restating LinkedIn's feature grid. Below them, the whole paid range on a single table — price, InMail allowance, cost per message and search depth — so you can read across it in one pass before picking a pair to go deep on.
Every paid LinkedIn plan side by side
The column no comparison page can carry on its own: cost per InMail. It runs backwards against price, which is the single most useful thing on this table.
| Plan | Monthly | Effective / month | InMail / month | Per InMail | Search cap | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium Career | $39.99 | $19.99 | 5 | $8 | 1,000 | 10 September 2026 |
| Premium Business | $69.99 | $47.99 | 15 | $4.67 | 1,000 | 10 September 2026 |
| Sales Navigator Core | $119.99 | $89.99 | 50 | $2.40 | 2,500 | 12 September 2026 |
| Sales Navigator Advanced | $159.99 | $149.99 | 50 | $3.20 | 2,500 | 12 September 2026 |
| Sales Navigator Advanced Plus | Quote only | — | 50 | — | 2,500 | 12 September 2026 |
| Recruiter Lite | $170 | $140 | 30 | $5.67 | 1,000 | 10 September 2026 |
| Recruiter Corporate | Quote only | — | 150 | — | 1,000 | 10 September 2026 |
Read the “per InMail” column against the “monthly” one: the cheapest plan on LinkedIn has the most expensive message on it, and the dearest self-serve seat has one of the dearest too. The full explanation is on what an InMail actually costs. US list prices in USD, excluding tax. LinkedIn bills in local currency in most markets and the converted figure is rarely a straight exchange-rate conversion, so treat this as the US baseline and confirm in your own billing page before committing to an annual term.
Seven comparisons, seven verdicts
The verdict is stated here rather than held back for the click. Follow the link when you want the arithmetic behind it.
Three things that decide more than the feature grid
Sales Navigator grants 50 InMail credits on Core, Advanced and Advanced Plus alike, and caps search at 2,500 on all three. Compare what each plan allows before comparing what each plan costs.
Prepaid Premium Career at $239.88 is less than half a year of monthly Premium Business — and the discount ranges from 50% to 6% depending which plan you are on. See annual vs monthly.
Every plan on the table upgrades one profile. If what you are short of is sending identities rather than features, none of these comparisons answers your question.
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Compare the job, not the feature list
Most of these decisions turn on what you do all day rather than on what the tiers contain — and in almost every pair, the cheaper option is right more often than the SERP admits.