Lightcast
- Android app
- Not listed
- Free plan
- No
- Runs on
- api, Web
Summary
Lightcast provides labor-market data and software for enterprise, education, and government teams. Its database combines more than 2.5 billion job postings and career profiles with government labor-market information. The software portfolio includes Analyst, Career Coach, Developer, GoRecruit, Recruit, SmartReq, Talent Analyst, Talent Transform, and Widget Builder, among other products. Teams can use APIs to customize how data appears in a website or application, or receive data through services including Amazon S3, Databricks, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, SFTP, and Snowflake. Its API taxonomies cover more than 34,000 standardized skills, 75,000 standardized titles, and 1,800 specialized occupations. Lightcast also offers consulting, software subscriptions, and custom data delivery. Rhetorik data includes more than 800 million enriched professional profiles and 280 million company records; profiles and data are described as GDPR-, CCPA-, and DPA-compliant. Analyst supports SSO through OIDC and SAML. Pricing is on request; platforms are web and API.
Who it is for
Lightcast suits organizations that need labor-market data for workforce planning, attrition analytics, diversity analytics, or scenario modeling. Its APIs and data delivery options also fit teams integrating data into their own systems.
What is good
- Labor-market sources include postings, profiles, and government information.
- APIs support custom display in websites and applications.
- Data delivery includes cloud storage and warehouse options.
- Analyst supports OIDC and SAML single sign-on.
- Support includes economists, data scientists, and account managers.
What to know first
- Pricing is available on request.
- Some offerings are consulting or custom data delivery, not subscriptions.
Verdict
Lightcast combines labor-market datasets with software, APIs, and multiple delivery options. Teams should request pricing and identify which offering fits their intended use.
Lightcast plans and pricing
All plansCompared on workforce analytics software
- Attrition analytics
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- Workforce planning
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- Diversity analytics
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- Scenario modeling
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- Data refresh
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Facts
- What it does
- Lightcast solutions help enterprise, education, and government teams turn labor market data into action.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Data coverage
- Lightcast says its database contains more than 2.5 billion job postings and career profiles and combines those sources with government labor-market information.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Software portfolio
- Its software includes Analyst, Career Coach, Developer, GoRecruit, Recruit, SmartReq, Talent Analyst, Talent Transform, and Widget Builder, among others.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- API use
- Lightcast APIs let customers customize when, where, and how Lightcast data appears on a website or application.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Data delivery
- Lightcast supports API access and data shares through Amazon S3, Databricks, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, SFTP, Snowflake, Snowflake Marketplace, and Databricks Marketplace.docs.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Security of SFTP
- Lightcast describes its SFTP delivery as encrypted, authenticated, access-controlled, and protected with end-to-end encryption.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- API taxonomies
- Lightcast advertises 34,000-plus standardized skills, 75,000-plus standardized titles, and 1,800-plus specialized occupations in its taxonomies.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Rhetorik scale
- Rhetorik provides 800 million-plus enriched professional profiles, 280 million-plus company records, 18,000 technology-product insights, and data on more than a quarter billion companies.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Privacy compliance
- Rhetorik profiles and data are described as GDPR-, CCPA-, and DPA-compliant.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Single sign-on
- The Analyst platform supports SSO through OIDC and SAML protocols.kb.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- Lightcast says its economists, data scientists, and dedicated account managers provide customer service and help customers use the data.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Pricing model
- Lightcast says pricing depends on each customer’s goals and commonly considers software, consulting, and data-delivery needs.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Rhetorik refresh
- Rhetorik data is refreshed every one to two days, with a fully assembled and indexed view published monthly.lightcast.io · 30 Sept 2026
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Sources
- lightcast.io/solutions· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lightcast.io/apac/about· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lightcast.io/use-cases/enrollment-marketing· checked 30 Sept 2026
- docs.lightcast.io/lightcast-api/docs/access-the-data· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lightcast.io/our-data/data-shares· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lightcast.io/open-skills/access· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lightcast.io/solutions/data/rhetorik· checked 30 Sept 2026
- kb.lightcast.io/en/articles/9141633-authentication-via-· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lightcast.io/solutions/pricing· checked 30 Sept 2026