--- title: LinkedIn Premium Reviews meta_title: 'LinkedIn Premium Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 268 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how LinkedIn Premium works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.1 review_count: 268 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-13' parent_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # LinkedIn Premium Reviews **Vendor:** LinkedIn **Category:** [Social Network Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/social-networks) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 268 ## About LinkedIn Premium LinkedIn Premium Career is a subscription service designed to enhance your job search and professional development by providing personalized tools and insights. It offers features that help you identify suitable job opportunities, stand out to recruiters, and expand your professional network. Key Features and Functionality: - Top Applicant Jobs: Identify and apply for positions where you're considered a top candidate, increasing your chances of hearing back from employers. - Top Choice Jobs: Mark specific jobs as top choices during the application process to signal your strong interest to recruiters. - Advanced Search Filters: Utilize filters to find jobs with specific benefits or those with fewer applicants, tailoring your job search to your preferences. - AI Profile Writing Assistant: Receive assistance in enhancing your profile to stand out among other applicants. - AI-Powered Insights on Job Posts: Assess your fit for a job and obtain personalized tips directly on job postings to improve your application. - Who's Viewed Your Profile: Access a list of individuals who have viewed your profile over the past year, along with viewer trends and insights. - InMail Messaging: Send messages to hiring managers and professionals outside your network with five InMail credits per month. Primary Value and User Solutions: LinkedIn Premium Career empowers job seekers by providing tools that streamline the job search process, enhance profile visibility, and facilitate direct communication with potential employers. By leveraging AI-driven insights and personalized recommendations, subscribers can effectively position themselves in the competitive job market, increasing their chances of securing desired roles. ## LinkedIn Premium Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find LinkedIn Premium to be **easy to use** , enhancing networking and career development with valuable insights. (8 reviews) - Users value the **extensive networking opportunities** provided by LinkedIn Premium, enhancing connections through profile views and InMail. (8 reviews) - Users value the **detailed profile insights** from LinkedIn Premium, enhancing networking and career growth opportunities significantly. (7 reviews) - Users find the **learning opportunities** on LinkedIn Premium invaluable for enhancing their professional skills and industry knowledge. (6 reviews) - Users commend the **exclusive features** of LinkedIn Premium, enhancing networking and job search opportunities significantly. (4 reviews) - Ease of Upload (2 reviews) - Users benefit from the **efficiency** of LinkedIn Premium, enhancing networking and access to valuable insights effortlessly. (2 reviews) - Filters (2 reviews) - Users value the **networking opportunities** and professional development resources provided by LinkedIn Premium for career advancement. (2 reviews) - Access Security (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find LinkedIn Premium **expensive** , with costs not justified by limited features and inconsistent value received. (13 reviews) - Users find the **platform limitations** of LinkedIn Premium restrictive, hindering their ability to connect and search effectively. (4 reviews) - Users find the **content quality lacking** with many features feeling too similar to the free version. (2 reviews) - Users find the **limited visibility** due to high costs and few InMail credits detrimental to their experience. (2 reviews) - Users find **navigation difficult** , often struggling with a counter-intuitive interface and excessive prompts complicating their search. (2 reviews) - Users are frustrated with **poor customer support** , experiencing delays that hinder their overall satisfaction with LinkedIn Premium. (2 reviews) - Users often find **inappropriate content** in project requests on LinkedIn Premium, with most being spam and unhelpful. (1 reviews) - Users dislike the **limited number of InMail credits** offered in the Career plan, restricting communication opportunities. (1 reviews) - Misinformation (1 reviews) - Not User-Friendly (1 reviews) ## LinkedIn Premium Reviews ### 1. Search contact on database **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jean-Marc R. | CMO - Sales & Marketing Manager - Safety & Security - Madagascar, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2017 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Find many profils by sector and by country **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Disallow tag for profil, and no advanced search **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Nothing **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Find our buyer personae ### 2. terrible **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alison Ellie E. | Math tutor, Accounting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Nothing! I have not been able to use this product or receive any refund. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I signed on for a free trial and canceled before the deadline. The fine print says you have to cancel before a billing-cycle deadline that was before the deadline in the notification they sent me. I was charged hundreds of dollars for a service I have no way of accessing. I could not be more upset with this service. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Nothing! I have not been able to use this product or receive any refund. ### 3. Linkedin Premium Was Suprisingly Helpful! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I like being able to contact people I am not connected with, and being able to view their full profiles to network and build professional connections. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I dislike the pricing plan. The best feature to me is sending Inmail, and for just that feature, I feel there should be a lower price plan. The other features are based on algorithms that I feel change and are inaccurate. I feel this, because I would refresh my browser and the insights would be drastically different in a short span of time. I found that unhelpful and deceptive marketing-for which they want me to pay! **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Definitely give it a try-they offer a trial version! I wish they still had the student plan, but I do feel it is worth the investment for early career talent. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Business problems solved- greater amount of data and insights to draw from it, granted it is accurate. Inmail connection allowing for direct conversations. Benefits realized- the ease of networking with the way the platform is setup, and getting demographical information that is helpful. ### 4. LI Premium is a MUST **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andy G. | Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Lets you see things you automatically think you should be able to. And the InMail feature is huge. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** These features should come free, but I'm cheap, so I say that about everything practically. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Anything from Account-based email marketing, to keeping up with college friends. Super easy to use and the Premium features make the stack really work. ### 5. Great for Job Searches **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I liked the ease with which my linked in premium was set up and activated. I found that I received a lot of feed back from following the directions in setting up my account. I liked being able to view the linked in accounts for employers that I had interviews with as well as seeing who was looking at my account. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I disliked the cost. I enjoyed the trial period though. I found it hard to search for jobs within my field in my current area. I found several jobs that I was qualified for, however most of them were states away. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was currently looking for a job. I have since found a dream job. ### 6. Excellent for basic prospecting **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jordon S. | Account Executive, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Being able to send direct messages is probably the best feature with LinkedIn Premium. The searching tool is great and being able to integrate with Email Hunter and Datanyze are LIFE SAVERS. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Having more allotted monthly direct messages would be nice. Having more extensive search tools would be nice, too. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** As always, it helps to have someone at your organization who already has experience with software. That way you don't always need to rely on customer support for all your questions. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are making the web a more meaningful place. We proud ourselves on accomplishing a lot with a small team. Because of this, we all wear a lot of hats and efficiency is key. LinkedIn Premium allows me to do this. This is a MUST tool for any account development, account executive, sales reps, etc. ### 7. LinkedIn Premium is a great program, brings more usability than standard LinkedIn **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** LinkedIn Premium's functionality is great and expands upon standard LinkedIn. It helps you find many more connections and colleagues than you normally would. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I don't really see many bad aspects about LinkedIn Premium. Finding different aspects of LinkedIn that are bad is difficult. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** I would highly recommend LinkedIn Premium to any sales or customer-facing organization in any business. There is no reason for businesses to not leverage LinkedIn. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** LinkedIn Premium makes it easy to find valuable connections. The benefits are that we can find customers, partners, and colleagues through our existing connections. Additionally, the other Premium functionality has good business value. ### 8. Awesome Tool for researching Prospects **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I like LinkedIn because it helps, eliminate the cold cal, helps organize my contacts when i change positions, takes away location obstacles. no more referrals, and makes business intelligence easy to find. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Too many ads. Too many recruiters. No way to filter the news feed **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I solve the business problem of searching for locations of prospects and their company history. ### 9. Well it was helpful in giving me a leg up and job searching. **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mental Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I liked that they kept in touch with you through email and that they moved you to the top of the list to new job opportunities that matched your criteria and interests. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I disliked that they pushed you to continue to pay for the service after the free trial and that they weren't going to let you know when the free trial is up. This could make someone who wasn't paying attention spend money on a service that they might not be using. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was able to job search more efficiently using this tool. ### 10. great **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2013 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** perfect great love connecting with people **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Not enough bang for the buck. They keep charging more and taking away features. I dont need 10 inmail credits for $60 a month. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** none ### 11. A must for anyone on the Job Hunt! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Timothy K. | Account Executive, Internet, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The best part about being a Premium member is how easy it is to scope out potential jobs. Once you filter by Industry, location, salary etc there are almost too many options to look through. Also, more job openings are added every day. Some of these openings you can "Apply with LinkedIn Profile" and it only takes one click. To make the job search even easier, you are able to download the LinkedIn Jobs app to your smartphone. Using Inmail you are sometimes able to contact the recruiter directly which is a HUGE plus. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** There is no part of LinkedIn Premium I dislike. However, I found no need for it once I landed a job. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** A must if you are looking for a job. Also, I noticed the clear benefits of using LinkedIn Premium as a sales tool. Having Inmail options seems like an more convenient and personal way to contact a potential buyer rather than the classic cold call. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** As stated above, the benefits I realized while using LinkedIn Premium were many. The instant one click apply button, the recommended job LinkedIn provides daily, the mobile app, and the use of Inmail to contact recruiters directly. I highly recommend LinkedIn Premium for anyone looking for a job. ### 12. I couldn't survive without LinkedIn Recruiter **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexa G. | Researcher/Recruiter, Publishing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 21, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Everyone is on this system. If you are a recruiter then LinkedIn (especially LinkedIn recruiter) is VITAL **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** EVERYONE knows about it and uses it so candidates are bombarded by InMails everyday so sometimes you need to find another way to get a hold of candidates. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** If you are in any type of Client managing, Recruiting, Head Hunting, Human Resource type of business you need to have LinkedIn **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am solving the problem of finding solid candidates for the positions I am trying to fill and LinkedIn definitely helps with that. ### 13. LinkedIn premium has opened up a world of prospects that fit our ideal customer profile **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Harry C. | VP of Sales, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 26, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** LinkedIn has helped optimise our search capability. We are a vertically aligned sales unit, so being able to search both company and person on vertical alignment eases our search. The advanced search enables us to go that level deeper and find more prospects in each account. The premium element unlocks additional profiles and information which we are able to use to 'warm' cold sales approaches and calls. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** LinkedIn premium sometimes jumps around the page, when selecting your search criteria in the advanced capability you have to scroll down, as it jumps to the top of the page. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** It is a fairly costly solution, but if you are using it to drive sales data in conjunction with another tool like Salesloft, it is very powerful. I believe it has a database of around 300 million and growing, it is much more up to date than buying lists and can give valuable insight to warm sales calls etc. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helping us to uncover contacts that fit our ideal customer profile, we are using it in conjunction with Salesloft which is a great add on. I would recommend both in conjunction to streamline pulling of contacts. ### 14. Top Notch Professional Network **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jawad A. | Sales Development Manager, Media Production, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The best and most popular user-content generated professional network. I like the search criteria features and the large wide network of users from various industries, markets, and territories. Indeed LinkedIn has connected more people than any other professional network. Pulse, Ellevate, and connected are great apps as well, in addition to unique social selling tools like prospector and elink and inamil that boost the sales funnel. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The pricing model is so high that not all companies can invest, particularly startups with limited cashflow. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Consider trying the solution for your team beforehand, and invest on the solution with key users LDRs and SDRs, before rolling out to optimize the cost and increase Roi. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Funnel and sales development, plus serach for key decision makers based on select search criteria, ### 15. Tangible value is difficult to demonstrate **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeffry E. | Product Manager, Aviation & Aerospace, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I like the idea of the features advertised. Being able to see who views your profile is nice. The belief that somehow your profiled will be more discover able by employers is also nice. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The features on their own are not worth $30/month. Every bit of information seems to indicate that subscribing to premium will somehow grant you better access to the employers you'd be interested in talking to, but this is nearly impossible to verify on the customers end. The email feature isn't any more useful than the normal messaging system. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** If you are simply a new graduate or transitioning professional looking to network into a job opportunity, I did not find any value in LinkedIn Premium towards this goal. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I subscribed to 4 months of premium, with no tangible benefits. ### 16. Linked In Premium User **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Arvind K. | PLM Consultant (Windchill) Senior Software Engineer, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 24, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Using Linked In you can connect with different people and find their contact numbers easily **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I was using Linked in premium account for a month. I choose the plan for getting jobs. But unfortunately i did not receive any phone calls or contacts from anyone through my premium membership. It just looked the same as my ordinary Linked in account **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It really helps me in making many professional contacts related to my domain. Share knowledge and search also helped me search for the right knowledgeable person from the site for the right position. The recommendation section in linked in helps us identify and analyse a person. ### 17. Expensive Value **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The ability to send inmails and reach target prospects which you'd otherwise be unable to message directly on the platform. It also comes with a nice badge! **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The inmails can lead to certain individuals being overwhelmed with requests. The price tag is also pretty high. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Try it on a monthly subscription. You'll know quickly if the inmails are working for you. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a sales person, this helps me fill my pipeline with valuable leads and ultimately helps me reach my sales quota. ### 18. LinkedIn Recruiter **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 30, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I like that our entire team, each with their own licenses, has the ability to share projects with the entire team and see who has viewed who, sent them a message, etc. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I dislike some of the features in which LinkedIn organizes certain lists-I used to be able to put candidates into a folder and alphabetize them by name or company, which made it easier for data entry purposes. I also don't like the fact that we by such a robust and expensive product, with multiple licenses, and can't search jobs by salary amount. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** I do not have any further recommendations at this time. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to find candidates in the right industries. It is convenient having a huge number of candidates at your finger tips. ### 19. Very useful for developing a network **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 12, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** As a sales professional LinkedIN has become a central part of my daily routine - checking leads, finding new leads, reading interesting blogs. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** It isn't really a problem of LI, rather the users but I wish there was more safeguard for when people abuse the system - send innappropriate connections, post things that aren't related to business, etc. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Really good piece of kit, use it the right way and it'll make your network a great asset. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Networking beyond current contacts. ### 20. Worth the upgrade while on the job hunt! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 12, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Love the insights you get when applying to a haunted job. I've personally reached out to alumni and others that I have min connections with through the variable insights to find out more about the role, company and tips to ace an interview. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** It isn't the most cost effective as I have used it during free offers but have failed to see a deep impact on my job search with premium. I just spend more time trying to find alumni and other information I need. It's time saving vs cost effectiveness. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps you gain more visibility into other candidates thereby giving an individual a Better idea of where they stand. It thereby reduces the overall length on the hiring process ### 21. Approaching potential strategic partners for my business **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shai H. | Co Founder, Chemicals, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 13, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?**

you can see the history of each person, his picture and you can see who is watching your profile

**What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I can contact people I don't know. People want to connect with people they DON'T know. What is the point of the system if I can't approach even the guy sitting next to me in the office if I don't know his email address? How can I contact potential customers like this? **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** People want to connect with people they don't know. What is the point of the system if I can't approach even the guy sitting next to me in the office if I don't know his email address? How can I contact potential customers like this? **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Create startup companies ### 22. LinkedIn Review #1 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adam C. | Account Manager - Accounting and Finance - Direct-Hire & Contract, Staffing and Recruiting, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** By far the most important tool is the inmails. They spout it on their site that inmails get a better response rate than cold calls and emails and I honestly believe it to be true. When I am marketing for more business, inmails get me a great response rate. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I wish I had more inmails! I only get 30 each month and they go quickly. They have changed the linkedin policy on inmails a few times since I started use a Premium Sales Account (Sales Executive originally) and it used to give back inmails if you didnt get a response, then only if you did get a response, and now we get more inmails if someone views and then declines an inmail. I know it is all in an effort to quality control and I get it but would like more inmails for my money **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** I don't know how Sales people can get by without Linkedin, especially if your company does not have a robust database to begin with. If you are opening a new market, or just trying to build your own brand, LinkedIn is a must. The upgraded Sales accounts do offer some necessary functions, namely inmails. They work! **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** As previously stated, the biggest benefit is the high response rate on inmails. I really am able to connect with more customers in a higher quality fashion. Frankly, I don't know that I could do my job without LinkedIn. Also, I can see more names in targeted searches then with a basic account which helps for prospecting. I also use the Introductions feature to mushroom into new accounts by leveraging my current relationships ### 23. Product is experiencing some natural decay. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The sheer amount of people on LinkedIn proves it to be the most effective tool at reaching millions of people. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The crowding out effect, it seems that when more people are recruiting on LinkedIn, the less the qualified candidates check it and dismiss it as a spammy tool. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Recruiting. Its a necessary part of any recruiters toolbox right now. That said, I am not sure if it will be as powerful years from now, as most in demand talent is overwhelmed with messaging. ### 24. Good tool for recruiters **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 26, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** great to use for reviewing/searching for candidates for roles **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** occasionally the search function seems to throw completely irrelevant results **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Great tool to use for recruiters **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** proactively sourcing candidates ### 25. LinkedIn Premium ---- Worth the Cost! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joshua M. | Talent Guru, Staffing and Recruiting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The ability to have additional insight and tracking is paramount! Seeing who has viewed your profile gives you a great baseline for follow up, especially when either job hunting or looking for new talent. The increase in InMail messages is a great feature as well. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Definitely could use more InMail messages. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Definitely worth the monthly fee! **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use premium as a recruiting tool without having to invest in LinkedIn Recruiter. It allows me to track down the passive candidates I might not normally find. ### 26. LinkedIn Premium **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Logan S. | Research Associate, Staffing and Recruiting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 22, 2016 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I like that I can filter searches by years of experience as well as by job function. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The search capabilities could be improved. Boolean search could add multiple search query fields to improve performance. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Improve Boolean search by adding multiple search query option. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Research for finding candidates ### 27. LinkedIN premium review **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 15, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Ability to look at hiring managers, people workting at the company etc. Also tells us the titles and see hiring manager titles. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Did not get any leads. None of the hiring managers contacted me because of this. I paid quite a bit but no responses from anyone. I contacted hiring managers directly but still no response **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Wont recommend at all **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Looking to get a job. Also trying to get sales leads. But sales leads are a big problem because not many people are looking at their linkedin profiles. So not sure if this is a good use of time ### 28. Excellent business networking application **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joe C. | Strategic Alignment, Financial Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I love the ability to connect with business leaders from all business models and share innovative ideas and solutions. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Paying for a product that should be free. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Maximizing efficiencies while keeping spend down. ### 29. Really nice platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Its really good platform to get connected with employees and also reach out business owners around the world **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** If the the website can provide more clear instruction or trainings on how to best utilize the product based on role then that will be great **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Great product for reaching out to business owners and create networks **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Trying to increase my pipeline and quota for my business ### 30. LinkedIn is great! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Connecting with people, seeing the stats. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Nothing I can think of right now. It fits my needs **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** To try and find leads in my organization. ### 31. Outstanding **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Media Production | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 15, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The ease of navigation and ability to see more information **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The overall costs associated vs the return on the initial investment **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Try it **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** lead generation-ease of getting main contact information, also knowing who is seeing profiles and being able to follow up with them ### 32. Why don't you have this? **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stuart F. | Chief Marketing Officer **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** LinkedIN Premium is an essential tool for either a recruiter or job seeker. From it's increased functionality offerings (getting a better idea of who's viewed your profile/job listing) to featuring applications that are particularly relevant first this is THE tool for HR related activities. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Honestly? Nothing that LinkedIN has any control over. This is the perfect tool for me and my job search - although I wish InMail had a bit more functionality and it you could reply from your own email account rather then using LinkedIN's anonymized one. I also wish that I could see everybody that comes to my profile. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Use it. You won't regret the extra (minimal) cost from utilizing this tool. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** If you're looking for a job or trying to find someone to fill a role - this is the best possible tool you could use for filtering people/jobs and going down the path to employment. ### 33. Good, Room For Improvement **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2015 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The premium features have been more useful than the standard access features **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Cost vs value. for me the value hasn't justified the cost. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** No problems solved. Am able to be more informed & verify information ### 34. Linkedin as a premium user **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark D. | Consulting Analyst, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 29, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Linkedin is helping people understand data related to themselves, their skills and their network. Linkedin is a long term play that transcends any previous measure of your own sphere of influence. Premium service offers more granular data and is an enabler of trust and rank as we head towards Web 3.0. The new publishing service is I think based on network reach and influence, but it may also be part of premium service. I expect to see more data exposure that will yield insight into our business networks. Premium gives you a first adopter status in these new data segments. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The facebook like updates, that should stay on other sites. I do way too many hides (remove view) of spammy material in the general update section. I think as a premium user it would be better that we are not spammed by advertising ... cake and it rings in my head! **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** We are business people, our status as a premium user demonstrates we value the service. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Linkedin is helping more people find the right people to do the type of work required in these rapidly changing digital landscapes. This works for all of us as a trust network. ### 35. Great Networking Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I really like Linked In for professional reasons. I really like that you can find people, jobs and recommendations and really build your network and connect with recruiters. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I really dont have anything negative to say about Linked In **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have spoke to recruiters and found great places to go to to work, many great conversations and it has helped my network remain strong. ### 36. The social media gold standard for professional networking **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thomas J. C. | Director, Talent Acquisition & HRIS, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 23, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Having a LinkedIn Premium account is the only way to get full access to the complete LinkedIn experience. Only once you have this level of membership can you really see how restricted you are with just a free membership. As someone who has worked for years in the staffing industry, LinkedIn is an extremely powerful tool and network so that I could make connections with both potential candidates and potential customers. By unlocking the InMail system which takes away much of the restrictions on reaching out to people outside of your immediate network, LinkedIn suddenly becomes almost twice as useful. There are also more sophisticated ways of searching and filtering your search results, which can both be amazing ways to better fine-tune your searches. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** LinkedIn Premium also carries a rather premium price tag. That's to be expected considering the host of extras one gets when upgrading over lesser accounts levels. Plus, if you work in a profession where a tool such as this can be directly tied to ROI, it's a great investment. In recruiting terms, if only a small handful of filled jobs can be traced back to your use of LinkedIn Premium over the course of a year, the investment pays off in spades. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Absolutely worth checking out, but do bear in mind that the product does carry a rather substantial cost. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have utilized LinkedIn both while working for a specialized staffing firm and as a corporate recruiter. I've found there to be substantial benefits in both roles. I'd say the biggest bonus is the number of people you can have access to who could match the requirements of your position who aren't necessarily actively on the job hunt. Being able to find and reach out to these passive candidates is very valuable. ### 37. In my line of work - LI Premium is a necessity **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** LI Premium allows me to reach out to a world of potential candidates for my clients. It's not the end all but it's been a great place to start when it comes time to research people and companies. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** In recent years it feels like LI has been giving us less for the same amount of money. It's tiny minor changes on a regular basis that are meant to push basic users to Premium and Premium to Recruiter. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** I believe there are free trial available. Make use of that and see if this product is worth the money. It really depends what you do, or what you need to do in (short term) and what you want to get out of it. If you're on the fence about it, it's probably only a temporary necessity, in which case, you should just go for it. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** LI Premium allows me to network in the most comprehensive business networking site ever built. ### 38. My LinkedIn Sales Tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sam D. | Executive Vice President, ACCPremiere, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I am a gardner, I plant the seeds and watch them grow **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Nothing, I like everthing about the Linkedin app **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting in the front door of my prospects..... not that easy ### 39. Great for Sales and Marketing Professionals (and job seekers too) **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeff C. | Manager, Global Marketing Operations, Marketing and Advertising, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2013 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** It is an awesome networking tool, easy to use and intuitive. LinkedIn Premium accounts have proved their value ten fold for both find potential customers/clients and getting in touch with them or for my next job. I was able to really get out there and network to find a new role and now that I've found the new role I can easily expand my network and find new contacts to market and sell to. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** It can be a bit pricey if you have to pay for it out of your own pocket, but the different tiers of the subscription can make it a bit easier. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Try a basic package for one month to see if you are able to get the information you need before subscribing to any package that is longer term. If you have an enterprize need, reach out to the LinkedIn team to see just how they can solve the business problems you and your team face **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** I solved both my personal job seeking dilemma and have been able to find new information about potential business customers and partners (as well as keep my finger on the pulse of existing contacts who may have changed roles). ### 40. Professional Networking made easy! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Avni P. | Global Talent Acquisition Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** As a recruiter, using LinkedIn Premium is great as I can expand my network and find potential candidates that can fit my jobs. I like that I can connect with present and former colleagues. It's basically facebook but a professional version of it. I've really expanded my network! **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I wish there could be unlimited InMails. It's also quite pricy. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** I'd definitely recommend LinkedIn premium for recruiters. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Benefits-Connecting with countless number of people which in the real world is hard to do. Good for sourcing/prospecting/maintaining professional relationships with colleagues. ### 41. A must-have tool for effective demand generation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steve S. | Director, Demand Generation and Sales Development, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2013 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** -- InMails - great way to reach out to prospects directly with a high degree of confidence that your message arrived. -- Greater visibility -- see more contacts on searches, and know who's searching my profile. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** -- Cost. A premium plan is pricey on a per-user basis--especially if you don't need as many InMails as are provided. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** If you're not sure that you'll make full use of the InMails, try buying them one at a time for a month or two. If you're not sending at least five or six buying them one-off, you probably won't send them when they're "free" in your premium account. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** LInkedIn premium subscriptions provide an ability to reach out directly to prospects with personalized messages. Alternatives (like Data.com+email or Guessing+Email) don't give one the confidence that you're reaching the right person, or that the message was actually delivered. With LinkedIn, you know exactly who you're trying to reach, and know that your message has not wound up undelivered or buried in the junk mail box. ### 42. Linkedin Premium is worth it **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chad M. S. | Founder, Chief Software Adviser, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The advanced search capabilities are very useful. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I am not that pleased with UI but the power of it overshadows ease of use. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Use it daily, it helps. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** This system provides a nice tool for collecting useful information about people we can help in our business and provides a way to get connected beyond basic insights. ### 43. LinkedIn Premium is worth the money **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chris L. | Founder & CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 02, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** LinkedIn Premium lets you connect with people who you want to get in touch with that you may have never met. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I wish that you had more InMails available to you. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** It is worth it if you are trying to get in touch with people who you are not already connected with. I think it's a little pricey for the few number of InMails you have access to. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** You can connect with professionals in a way that you are guaranteed to get a response. ### 44. The best professional networking site, bar none **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John H. | Product Marketing Manager, Computer & Network Security, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2013 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** This smacks a little bit of preaching to the choir, since everyone on G2crowd clearly already belongs to Linkedin, but if you are job hunting, you need to buckle down and start whipping your LinkedIn network like a rented mule, beating the bushes, leaving no stone unturned, and generally mixing metaphors like crazy. Whenever I have an interview, I find out who is going to be interviewing me, and then I go straight to LinkedIn and find if that person has a profile. If so, I can read their work history and gain insight into what makes them tick. Rinse and repeat for their bosses and anyone else connected to the company on LinkedIn. While there, I also find out whom among their contacts I either directly or indirectly know. Then, you get those folks to put in a good word for you, either before or after the interview. I had one job interview where I first found LinkedIn profiles for all three of the people who were going to interview me and discovered they were connected to four people I personally knew. (I got the job) Premium allows you to contact people who would otherwise be outside your immediate network. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The Premium version is probably only worth the cost while you are actively job hunting. I am not a fan of people asking to connect when I have no idea who they are. I want everyone on my network to be someone who can endorse me personally. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** Consider Premium if you are looking for a job. You can usually get a free trial period, so be sure to give that a try. And don't wait until you get laid off to regularly manage and grow your network. The Linkedin job posting section has grown really robust in past years. Along with Indeed.com it's about the only site you need to visit while job hunting. ### 45. Great Tool to Network and Search for Business Leads **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andrew H. | Enterprise Campaign Marketing Manager, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** I do like that I can customize my newsfeed to information that is relevant to me. Additionally, being able to connect with current and former colleagues is great. Also, searching for company information and key employees is great when prospecting. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The international search capability is tricky. Often if someone is in another country it is difficult to see much more other than their name and part of their title. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** If you are only looking to leverage LinkedIn for networking, the free model is more than sufficient. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Prospecting and networking. ### 46. I Would Suggest to Test LinkedIn Premium **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abhishek G. | RC Ghosh Group of Companies, Capital Markets, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** A Premium Account is a Branding of the person itself - the Badge. There are some others too. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Honestly, the pricing is too high to get all the features. But, reducing the price has the risk of getting lot of 'not-so-important' peoples in. Reduced pricing is a serious issue for some professional social networks. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** I would Recommend to Try LinkedIn Premium. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Well, I had the major issue with my name. There are lot of bots & same named peoples like me. Often the person wanted to find me, had to search with a phrase. The SERP (on Google web search) has been up. Definitely Premium Account offers more visibility. ### 47. Linkedin Premium free demo was great **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sara Rose H. | Channel Growth, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** It unlocks a lot of features within linkedin, like being able to see everyone who views your profile **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** The feautures are nice, but not worth the cost to me at this point. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** I don't feel like premium is worth the price for the average user, but it is a great platform if you are willing to pay. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** If I was an employer or a staffer I might have more incentive to purchase the premium account, but it doesn't solve that many problems for us normal folk. ### 48. If you are in business, you should be on LinkedIn **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dan S. | Social Media Marketing, Lead generation, SEO, Driving Leads to Your Site, Marketing and Advertising **Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2013 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** LinkedIn is the best place to advance your business or your career. It is the best place to research companies and hiring managers if you are job searching, and it is also the best place to find new clients and new partners if you are growing a business. It is by far the most powerful marketing tool ever built. **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** I wish LinkedIn had kept some the earlier features it came out with; such features as the Answers section were really helpful, as was the Events section. I wonder sometimes if they do any focus groups with users to see what they want before they make a change, or if it is all internal driven. **Recommendations to others considering LinkedIn Premium:** I use the premium service for many reasons, and I recommend it. I like having all those inmails whenever I want to reach someone not a first level to me, and I like the other features it gives you. For me the money spent is worth it. ### 49. LinkedIn Premium is worth using depending on your goals. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Josh H. | Board Of Advisors, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** Unlocking of tracking features (i.e. "Who's viewed my profile," etc.) **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** Expense for the services provided. I have been using LinkedIn with a free account for the last 5 years. Since then I have tried Premium a couple times, but never found enough of a reason to keep it. **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** LinkedIn Premium gave me additional information and unlocked some search features, but overall does not give me what I would need to justify the monthly cost. ### 50. Good feature, but did not need it 365 days of the year **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Callistus P. | Business Intelligence Report Developer, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2014 **What do you like best about LinkedIn Premium?** The ability to send in mails directly to the hiring manager **What do you dislike about LinkedIn Premium?** More features should be added for this price **What problems is LinkedIn Premium solving and how is that benefiting you?** Trying to find a job. 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