tokconnectStart free For TikTok data in an AI agent, TokConnect is the better pick: one MCP server, 83 TikTok tools and TikTok's own search counts. Choose Apify to scrape any website at scale.
Scraping beyond TikTok, from a Store of 83,000+ Actors, with cron schedules, stored datasets and bulk exports to CSV or Excel.
The job: an agent needs to know what people search and watch about film cameras on TikTok. Here is each route, from Apify's MCP docs and from our own run on 10 October 2026.
mcp.apify.com with OAuth or an API token.search-actors. A Store search for "tiktok" returned 2,630 Actors.fetch-actor-details, then runs it with call-actor, ideally with a maxTotalChargeUsd cap.Sources: Apify MCP docs, Apify Store API, 10 Oct 2026.
mcp.tokconnect.com, or open the chat.search_topics twice: "film camera" and "digital camera". That returned 40 phrases with TikTok's 7-day search counts.search_videos for the top 20 videos, then video_comments and video_transcript on the ones worth reading.TokConnect, 10 Oct 2026. Every call, saved.
This is one of the 20 topics search_topics returned for "film camera", exactly as the agent sees it. The search count, the 7-day series and the video count are TikTok's own Creator Search Insights figures.
Apify's TikTok Scraper lists video, author and music fields on its Store page. Search counts are not among them.
{
"queryText": "how to use film camera",
"searchVolume": 287386,
"trend7d": [184755, 208662, 218765, 145843,
297989, 107432, 287386],
"videoCount": 469,
"popularity": 74,
"queryId": "7446862674534596614",
"category": "Personal Interests and Hobbies >
Visual related Interests > Photography >
Photography Tutorials"
}search_topics {"keyword": "film camera"}, compact output, 10 Oct 2026.A scraper sees the videos that exist. TikTok's search counts show what people asked for, including phrases no video answers yet.
Three of these ten have no matching videos: "film cameras 35mm" at 260,678 searches in 7 days, "argus c3 film camera" at 248,374 and "analog film camera" at 179,482. That is a list of videos to make, and it took one call.
Apify's main TikTok Actors return videos, profiles and comments. One small community Actor in its Store reads Creator Search Insights; it had 36 users in the last 30 days, against 27,231 for the Clockworks TikTok Scraper.
has videos no matching videos
search_topics, 10 Oct 2026. Searches in 7 days, global. Data.An agent with 83 tools can chain them on one phrase without switching scrapers. Four calls on 10 October 2026:
search_popularity · 180 days
386,001
TikTok's reading on 27 September 2026, the highest in 180 days. The chart is blank until 2 August.
audience_demographics · 30 days
Shares of TikTok's panel of searchers; 51.8% are women.
video_comments · top 20
4 of 20
comments on a 336,100-view Olympus video asked how to work the camera or get photos out, the same questions people search.
video_transcript · 45 segments
3 cameras
named in a 532,200-view beginner guide: Pentax K1000, Canon AE-1 Program and Olympus Stylus Epic, from TikTok's captions.
TokConnect, 10 Oct 2026. Creators are masked in the data. Open the data.
Search TikTok topics for [your topic] and keep the phrases people type. For the biggest one, show its 180-day peak, who searches it, the top 20 videos, and the questions in the comments of the most-viewed one.
Follow one phrase| What you need | Apify | TokConnect |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A platform and Store of 83,000+ Actors that scrape many kinds of sites | An MCP server and chat with 83 TikTok research tools |
| TikTok's own search counts | Not in its main TikTok Actors; one community Actor reads Creator Search Insights | Yes: 7-day counts for a list of phrases, 30- and 180-day curves, searcher age, gender and country, searches with no videos |
| TikTok videos, profiles, comments | Yes, through Actors such as Clockworks TikTok Scraper (hashtags, profiles, keyword search, video URLs) | Yes, plus transcripts where TikTok has captions, sounds, places and Creative Center top ads |
| TikTok Shop | Through community Store Actors, such as a TikTok Shop Search Scraper | US listings, displayed sold counts, reviews and the creators linking a product |
| Choosing a tool | Pick an Actor per job; the MCP server can search the Store and run one | One server; all 83 tools load together |
| Output | Dataset rows in each Actor's schema; export JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, HTML table, RSS or JSONL | Compact JSON by default; detail: "full" adds TikTok's raw payload |
| Other websites | Yes, any site with an Actor | TikTok only |
| Schedules and storage | Yes: cron schedules, datasets | Not offered; your agent or script runs the calls |
| Bulk runs | Yes, with a maximum charge per run | Page by page through the tools |
| AI apps | mcp.apify.com, OAuth or API token; docs name Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor and Claude Code | mcp.tokconnect.com in ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor, plus its own chat |
| Failed calls | Priced per Actor event; set a run cap | Not charged |
| Price from | Free with $5 of usage a month; Starter $19 a month | Free with 50 credits, no card; Starter $49 a month |
Apify: pricing, Store, TikTok Scraper, MCP, schedules and datasets docs, all checked 10 October 2026. TokConnect: pricing, 83 tools in catalog v2.23.9. Every fact with its link.
Apify charges a platform plan, then each Actor's own price draws on that plan's usage. TokConnect is one monthly plan for every tool.
| Plan | Per month | Included | TikTok Scraper, per result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $5 of usage | $0.0037 |
| Starter | $19 | $19 of usage | $0.003 |
| Scale | $199 | $199 of usage | $0.0023 |
| Business | $999 | $999 of usage | $0.0017 |
| Plan | Per month | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 credits, no card |
| Starter | $49 | 500 credits |
| Growth | $99 | 2,000 credits |
| Pro | $199 | 8,000 credits |
Apify plans from apify.com/pricing; paid plans are 10% less billed yearly, and unused usage does not roll over. Clockworks TikTok Scraper prices per result from Apify's public API, plus $0.001 per run start; its Store page says "from $1.70 / 1,000 results". All checked 10 October 2026. TokConnect plans from tokconnect.com/pricing; failed calls are not charged.
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Search TikTok topics for [your topic] and [a related topic]. List the phrases people type with 7-day searches and video counts, flag the ones with no videos, then pull the top 20 TikTok videos for the biggest phrase with views, saves and captions.
Run it in TokConnectFor TikTok research, TokConnect: one MCP server gives the agent 83 TikTok tools, including TikTok's own search counts, compact JSON and failed calls not charged. On 10 October 2026 two calls returned 7-day search counts for 40 film and digital camera phrases. Apify fits better when you need other websites, scheduled runs or bulk exports.
It connects an AI client to Apify at mcp.apify.com, with OAuth or an API token. The agent can search the Apify Store with search-actors, read an Actor's inputs with fetch-actor-details and run it with call-actor, capped by maxTotalChargeUsd. You can also pin Actors as tools with the ?tools= parameter. Checked on docs.apify.com on 10 October 2026.
As of 10 October 2026, Apify's Free plan is $0 with $5 of usage a month, Starter is $19 ($17 billed yearly), Scale $199 ($179) and Business $999 ($899). Each plan's fee is also its included usage, which does not roll over. Store Actors then charge their own prices against it; the Clockworks TikTok Scraper lists "from $1.70 / 1,000 results".
When the job is collection at volume: thousands of videos on a cron schedule, stored as datasets and exported to CSV, Excel or JSONL, or when the same pipeline also scrapes other sites from Apify's Store of 83,000+ Actors. For deciding what to collect, such as which TikTok searches are growing or have no videos, use TikTok's search counts first.
TikTok figures were pulled on 10 October 2026 with TokConnect's MCP server: search_topics for "film camera" and "digital camera", search_popularity (180 days) and audience_demographics (30 days) for "how to use film camera", search_videos for "film camera", video_comments and video_transcript on two of those videos. Search counts are TikTok's global searches in 7 days; off-topic phrases (such as "camera with no film prank") are left out. Creators are masked in the data file.
Apify facts come from apify.com (pricing, Store, the Clockworks TikTok Scraper page), Apify's public API and docs.apify.com, read on 10 October 2026. Related reading: Apify alternatives, TikTok scraper API vs MCP, the Apify TikTok scraper guide, the TikTok API guide and how Creator Search Insights works.