Lightcast

What it is

Spec sheet

What it does

Lightcast provides labor-market intelligence, software, data delivery and consulting for education, enterprise and public-sector organizations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Integrations

Lightcast is a Workday Certified Integration and Innovation Partner that sends market-based skills, normalized titles and occupations into Workday job profiles.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Support

Lightcast says its economists, data scientists, and dedicated account managers provide customer service and help customers use the data.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

Alumni Pathways

Alumni Pathways analyzes post-graduation career paths and outcomes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Analyst

Analyst supports supply-and-demand analysis, career-pathway alignment and education program strategy.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

API authentication

Many APIs use OAuth 2.0 client-credentials authentication with bearer tokens that expire after 3,600 seconds.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.lightcast.io

API documentation

The developer documentation includes setup, API keys, endpoint references, datasets, use cases, Postman examples and changelogs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.lightcast.io

API limits

Documented limits include 300 Core LMI requests per five minutes, five Skills or Titles requests per second, and 10 requests per second for Companies, JPA and Profiles APIs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.lightcast.io

API taxonomies

Lightcast advertises 34,000-plus standardized skills, 75,000-plus standardized titles, and 1,800-plus specialized occupations in its taxonomies.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

API use

Lightcast APIs let customers customize when, where, and how Lightcast data appears on a website or application.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

Career Coach

Career Coach offers interest and skills exploration, recommended education options and local job postings for learners.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Commercial licensing

For-profit or production API use requires a commercial license; Lightcast may offer time-bound, prorated evaluation access.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.lightcast.io

Company profile

LinkedIn lists Lightcast as privately held, founded in 2000, headquartered in Moscow, Idaho, with 501–1,000 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Corporate history

Lightcast says Emsi and Burning Glass combined under the Lightcast name in 2022; KKR purchased Emsi and merged it with Burning Glass in 2021.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Data access

Data can be accessed by API or through shares delivered via Amazon S3, Databricks, BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, SFTP, Snowflake and marketplace listings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.lightcast.io

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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.lightcast.io

Data scale

LinkedIn describes a database exceeding 3 billion job postings, 1.2 billion career profiles and 100-plus government sources.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Developer platform

Developer provides location, employment, demographic, wage, industry, occupation, profile and job-posting analysis for economic and workforce professionals.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Funding and owner

Crunchbase lists one private-equity funding round, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts as investor and six acquisitions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Global coverage

Its data covers 165 countries and markets representing 99% of world GDP.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Limit: data granularity

G2 reviewers report flawed SOC matching, insufficiently specific talent pools, missing zip-code search and a desire for more local data and customization.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Limit: wage data freshness

A G2 reviewer says reliance on BLS data can make wage and compensation reports outdated, while advertised-wage reports are more current.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Marketplace integration

Lightcast joined the Snowflake Marketplace and became a Workday Certified Partner in 2024.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Notable outage

A February 20, 2026 Workday incident temporarily affected Talent Transform's Company Datastore, Workday Integration and SAP Integration before resolution.Read 15 Oct 2026 · status.lightcast.io

Occupation taxonomy

The Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy has more than 1,800 specialized occupations in four hierarchical levels.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Praise: usability and reporting

G2 reviewers repeatedly praise intuitive use, comprehensive reports, easy-to-share visualizations and knowledgeable, responsive support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Pricing model

Lightcast publishes no numeric prices and says pricing depends on customer goals, solution type and support needs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Privacy compliance

Rhetorik profiles and data are described as GDPR-, CCPA-, and DPA-compliant.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

Rating on G2

4.6 out of 5 from 30 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on Gartner Peer Insights

4.2 out of 5 from 0 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Rating on Trustpilot

3.2 out of 5 from 1 reviewRead 15 Oct 2026 · au.trustpilot.com

Rhetorik refresh

Rhetorik data is refreshed every one to two days, with a fully assembled and indexed view published monthly.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

Security compliance

The Trust Center lists ISO 27001:2022, GDPR, Privacy Shield, CCPA and TX-RAMP compliance resources.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trust.lightcast.io

Security of SFTP

Lightcast describes its SFTP delivery as encrypted, authenticated, access-controlled, and protected with end-to-end encryption.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

Single sign-on

The Analyst platform supports SSO through OIDC and SAML protocols.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kb.lightcast.io

Skills taxonomy

The Skills Taxonomy contains more than 34,000 skills organized into categories and subcategories and is refreshed every four weeks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · kb.lightcast.io

Software portfolio

Its software includes Analyst, Career Coach, Developer, GoRecruit, Recruit, SmartReq, Talent Analyst, Talent Transform, and Widget Builder, among others.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

Support and status

Lightcast publishes API documentation, a knowledge base and a service-status page for products and planned maintenance.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.lightcast.io

Talent Analyst

Talent Analyst combines 18-plus billion data points with reporting and real-time labor-market analysis for talent decisions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Titles taxonomy

The Titles Taxonomy contains more than 75,000 standardized job titles for benchmarking and system integration.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

TrustRadius pricing record

TrustRadius lists no Lightcast pricing plans and states that no free version or trial is available.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Work Intelligence

Lightcast's task taxonomy has 30 categories, 300 subcategories, over 37,000 task-to-occupation relationships and more than 500,000 task-to-skill combinations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · lightcast.io

Plans and prices

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Strong points and limits

Who it suits

Verdict

Where Specifiction places it

• HR Analytics Software#2 of 258.5
• Workforce Analytics Software#5 of 278.5