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title: "What is people search? – Invenitor"
description: "People search means finding real people by describing them, rather than looking up a name you already have. Here is how it works and what it returns."
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Glossary

# What is people search?

People search is finding real people by describing who they are, such as their role, field and place, rather than looking up a name you already know.

By Invenitor team. Updated 2026-11-01.

## How is people search different from a web search?

A web search returns pages. A people search returns people. You get a list of names with roles and companies, so you can compare them directly instead of opening twenty tabs.

## What can you search for?

Anything that describes a person at work: a role, a skill, a field, a kind of company, a city. For example: "founders of small logistics startups in Pune". See [how to write a good search](https://invenitor.com/guides/write-a-people-search-query).

## What does it cost on Invenitor?

One search is 20 credits (₹40), and it is free if it finds nobody. Contact details are separate, at 1 credit (₹2) per person, charged only when an email or phone comes back.

## Guides on this

- [How to find someone when you don't know their name](https://invenitor.com/guides/find-people-by-description)
- [How to write a people search query that works](https://invenitor.com/guides/write-a-people-search-query)

## Related terms

- [People search API](https://invenitor.com/glossary/people-search-api)
- [Contact enrichment](https://invenitor.com/glossary/contact-enrichment)
- [Decision maker](https://invenitor.com/glossary/decision-maker)

Try one real search for free

New accounts get 25 free credits, with no card. That covers one search and five contacts.

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