LinkedInEmbed vs Elfsight: which LinkedIn feed fits your site?

Elfsight and LinkedInEmbed in brief

Elfsight sells a dedicated LinkedIn Feed widget as one item in a large widget catalog. As of October 23, 2026, it supported company pages, including showcase pages, and public personal profiles, with one LinkedIn account per widget. Its help center says LinkedIn data is cached and updated every 48 hours and can't be manually overridden.

LinkedInEmbed is built only around LinkedIn. From a public profile or company page URL it creates a posts feed, profile card, company page card, company jobs list, recommendations, certifications or projects widget. You don't connect a LinkedIn account or need page admin access.

So the real question is whether you want a LinkedIn feed as one part of a broader widget toolbox, or a deeper set of LinkedIn-specific widgets with a faster update cycle.

Where Elfsight is the better fit

• You want other kinds of widgets from the same vendor. Elfsight's LinkedIn feed sits inside a large catalog; LinkedInEmbed only makes LinkedIn widgets.
• Price decides it. Elfsight Basic is $5/month billed yearly for three widgets and 5,000 views a month, below LinkedInEmbed Pro at $11.04/month billed yearly.
• You need a showcase page feed. Elfsight lists showcase pages explicitly.
• You're staying on a free plan. Elfsight states a 48-hour cache without breaking it down by plan, which is quicker than LinkedInEmbed's 96-hour free refresh.

Where LinkedInEmbed is the better fit

• Fresher posts on a paid plan. Elfsight's 48-hour cache can't be overridden; LinkedInEmbed Pro refreshes every 24 hours and Essentials every 30 minutes.
• More than a posts feed. Recommendations, certifications, projects, company jobs and profile or company cards all come from the same LinkedIn URL, which suits consultants and recruiters as much as marketing teams.
• Control over which posts appear. Paid plans let you hand-pick up to four posts with Selected posts, and you can toggle reposts on or off.
• Brand matching beyond a feed: theme, colors, fonts and layout apply across every LinkedInEmbed widget type.

Price and refresh compared

As of October 23, 2026, per Elfsight's pricing page, the free plan includes one widget with 200 views a month and Elfsight branding, and Basic costs $5/month billed yearly for 5,000 views and three widgets. A month-to-month price wasn't shown. LinkedInEmbed's free plan has one widget and one source with a small “Powered by LinkedInEmbed” link; Pro is $12.99/month, or $11.04/month billed yearly, for three widgets and two sources.

Refresh is where the two differ most. Elfsight states a 48-hour cache, not broken out by plan, and you can't trigger an update yourself. LinkedInEmbed's interval depends on the plan: 96 hours on Free, 24 hours on Pro and 30 minutes on Essentials ($29.99/month). If you post several times a week and want new posts on your site the same day, the interval matters more than the entry price.

Switching from Elfsight

1. 1

   Reuse the same LinkedIn URL

   Copy the profile or company page URL from your Elfsight widget settings and paste it into a new LinkedInEmbed widget after you sign up.

2. 2

   Recreate the look

   Adjust theme, colors, fonts and layout to match the Elfsight design your visitors are used to.

3. 3

   Replace the snippet

   Swap Elfsight's embed code for LinkedInEmbed's snippet in the same HTML block. It works on any site that accepts HTML.