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Lempile vs Unipile

Lempile answers Unipile's LinkedIn API paths, fields and errors, at the same price list. Here is what's the same, what differs and what Lempile doesn't do yet. Every fact about Unipile comes from Unipile's own pages, read on 2 November 2026.

Pick Lempile if

You use Unipile for LinkedIn messages, invitations, profiles, posts and comments, and want every account paced and kept on its own session and IP.

Stay on Unipile if

You need WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, email or calendars, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Recruiter. Lempile doesn't cover those.

Or use both

Lempile answers 501 for what it doesn't do, so your client can send just those calls to Unipile.

Side by side

The LinkedIn API, compared.

Unipile column: Unipile's own pages, read on 2 November 2026. Lempile column: Lempile today; details in the route-by-route compatibility table.

PriceLempile:€49 a month for up to 10 accounts, then €5.00 down to €3.00 per account a month.Unipile:The same tiers: €49 a month for up to 10 accounts, then €5.00 down to €3.00 per account a month.source
What's billedLempile:The most accounts connected at the same time during the month.Unipile:The peak number of accounts linked at the same time in each 30-day period.source
Free trialLempile:7 days, no card needed.Unipile:7 days, no credit card required.source
NetworksLempile:LinkedIn. X in early access.Unipile:LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Pages and Messenger, Telegram, Gmail, Outlook, IMAP, Google and Outlook calendars. X is listed as coming soon.sourcesource
LinkedIn API formatLempile:Unipile's own paths, fields, status codes and error types. Anything not covered answers Unipile's 501.Unipile:The original.
Sales Navigator, RecruiterLempile:Not supported: classic LinkedIn only. Those calls answer feature_not_subscribed.Unipile:Supported, with InMail for eligible accounts, when the user has the matching subscription.source
PacingLempile:Enforced by Lempile for every account: one call at a time, 1.5 to 3 seconds apart, at most 1,500 calls and 150 writes a day, and a 15-minute rest when LinkedIn asks to slow down.Unipile:Recommended limits, such as 80 to 100 invitations a day for a paid account; its docs say “We don't enforce any limits on our side.”source
Session and IPLempile:Each account keeps its own signed-in browser session, its own proxy and its own Chrome fingerprint.Unipile:A fixed residential IP per account for LinkedIn, Instagram and WhatsApp.source
Trying writes safelyLempile:?dry_run=true on every write returns the exact LinkedIn call without sending it. An Idempotency-Key makes retries safe: the same key never writes twice.Unipile:No dry-run mode or idempotency key in the docs we read.source
New-connection webhookLempile:Within about a minute when LinkedIn's live connection signals it, otherwise 30 to 60 minutes.Unipile:Checked periodically: it “can arrive a few hours after the acceptance”.source
Hosted auth linksLempile:LinkedIn, valid up to 24 hours.Unipile:LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram and email accounts; links last from a few minutes to a few hours and expire at a daily restart.source
Where data is hostedLempile:Lempile's own servers in the EU.Unipile:France, on Scaleway and OVHcloud.source

Where Unipile is ahead

  • WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, email and calendars in one API
  • Sales Navigator, Recruiter and InMail, with the matching subscription
  • Job postings and applicants for ATS products
  • A SOC 2 Type II certification, according to its security page

What Lempile does differently

  • Pacing enforced per account, not left to your code
  • Dry runs and idempotency keys on every write
  • Messaging webhooks from LinkedIn's own live connection, with polling as a backstop
  • Routes to delete a comment and remove a reaction
  • A 501 on anything not covered, so a call can fall back to Unipile

Before you switch

  • Accounts move by reconnecting them through a Lempile hosted auth link; Unipile account ids don't carry over.
  • Chat and message ids are LinkedIn's own, so stored Unipile chat ids need mapping once.
  • Every inbox call names its account_id.
  • Each account starts with writes off; we turn them on per account, and dry runs work meanwhile.
Read the migration guide

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is Lempile a Unipile alternative?
For LinkedIn, yes. Lempile answers Unipile's LinkedIn routes with the same paths, fields, status codes and error types, so an integration moves by changing its base URL and API key, reconnecting the accounts and registering its webhooks again.
Is Lempile cheaper than Unipile?
No. Its price list is the same as Unipile's public one (read on 2 November 2026): €49 a month for up to 10 accounts, then €5.00 down to €3.00 per account. The difference is in how each account is run, not in the price.
Can I use Lempile and Unipile together?
Yes. Anything Lempile doesn't do answers Unipile's own 501 feature_not_implemented, so a client can send that call, or those accounts, to Unipile and keep everything else on Lempile.
Does Lempile support Sales Navigator or Recruiter?
Not today. Lempile serves LinkedIn's classic features; Sales Navigator and Recruiter calls answer feature_not_subscribed. If you need them, Unipile supports them with the matching subscription.
What about X (Twitter)?
Lempile's X API is in early access: posts, replies, quotes, likes, reposts, follows, GIFs and Articles from real X accounts. Unipile lists X as coming soon on its home page.
Which one keeps LinkedIn accounts safer?
Lempile can't promise an account is never restricted, and no API can. It keeps the risk low by never logging in again for a call, keeping one IP per account, and pacing every account itself, with daily caps it enforces rather than recommends.

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Sources (read on 2 November 2026)