Should you Pay for LinkedIn?

Premium Career: $39.99* / month when billed annually
Premium Business: $54.99* / month when billed annually
Sales Navigator Professional: $74.99* / month when billed annually
Recruiter Lite: $129.99* / month when billed annually
*Includes GST – price is in AUD
Free version
- Build your professional identity on the web
- Build and maintain a large trusted professional network
- Find and reconnect with colleagues and classmates
- Request and provide recommendations
- Search for and view profiles of other LinkedIn members
- Receive unlimited InMail messages
- Save up to three searches and get weekly alerts on those searches
Premium Career – For an individual looking for jobs
- 3 InMail messages per month to recruiters (which can be sent to any LinkedIn user, regardless of whether you’re connected)
- See who’s viewed your profile in the last 90 days (not just the last 5)
- Display at the top of recruiters’ applicant lists, so you stand out to recruiters
- See how you compare to other candidates
- Get access to LinkedIn’s online video courses
- Get the most in-demand business, tech and creative skills taught by industry experts with LinkedIn Learning
Premium Business – For professional networking
- 15 InMail messages per month (which can be sent to any LinkedIn user, regardless of whether you’re connected)
- See who’s viewed your profile in the last 90 days and how they found you
- View any profile (up to 3rd degree connections)
- Business Insights – Get exclusive insights into public and private companies on LinkedIn. Make informed business decisions by keeping tabs on competitors, market leaders, and up-and-comers. You can also break down growth and hiring trends by function to determine where companies are investing resources
- Get access to LinkedIn’s online video courses from industry experts
Sales Navigator Professional – For business development
- All the benefits of Premium Career plus
- 20 InMail messages per month (which can be sent to any LinkedIn user, regardless of whether you’re connected)
- See what prospects have been interested in you over the last 90 days
- Access LinkedIn’s Sales Insights – Get insights on your accounts and leads, like job changes, company growth, and more
- Leads, accounts, and key contacts – Save people and accounts who are important to you to see their updates, mentions, and more on your Sales Navigator homepage
- Lead recommendations and saved leads, quickly discover the right people and save them to stay up to date
- Advanced Search with Lead Builder – Narrow your list of prospects with an extensive list of search criteria
- Extended network access – View profiles and activity for 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree connections
Recruiter Lite – For large scale recruiters and HR departments
- All the benefits of Premium Career plus
- 30 InMail messages per month including templates (which can be sent to any LinkedIn user, regardless of whether you’re connected)
- See who’s viewed your profile in the last 90 days (not just the last 5)
- Advanced search – unlimited visibility of your extended network
- Smart suggestions allows you to zero in on ideal candidates using dynamic suggestions
- View unlimited profiles in your extended network (up to 3rd-degree connections)
- Automatic candidate tracking – organise your talent pool by placing candidates into Projects, setting reminders to follow up, and having a dedicated holding space for profiles that interest you
- Integrated hiring
- Recruiting-specific design enhanced for recruiting