{
 "retrievedOn": "2026-10-20",
 "tool": "WebFetch + matrix-data-competitors.json",
 "note": "Vendor prices and features used on /guides/tiktok-api-pricing/. Arithmetic (per 1,000 calls, the worked job) is ours and is shown in the page method section.",
 "competitorFacts": [
  {
   "vendor": "TikAPI",
   "row": "plans",
   "value": "Starter $29/month, 300 API requests/day; Pro $79/month, 2,000 requests/day; Business $189/month, 10,000 requests/day",
   "note": "From the public plans data tikapi.io/pricing loads (api.tikapi.io/app/plans): \"300 API Requests/day\", \"price_formatted\": \"$29\", \"trial_days\": 5 on Starter; \"2,000 API Requests/day\" $79; \"10,000 API Requests/day\" $189. Quarterly $80/$230/$560, yearly $290/$790/$1,890.",
   "url": "https://tikapi.io/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikAPI",
   "row": "free_tier",
   "value": "5-day free trial on Starter",
   "note": "\"has_trial\": true, \"trial_days\": 5 for Starter only.",
   "url": "https://tikapi.io/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikAPI",
   "row": "pricing_unit",
   "value": "Daily request allowance per monthly plan",
   "note": "Plans are sold by \"API Requests/day\"; full use of Starter is 300 x 30 = 9,000 requests a month ($3.22 per 1,000), Pro 60,000 ($1.32 per 1,000), Business 300,000 ($0.63 per 1,000). Our arithmetic.",
   "url": "https://tikapi.io/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikAPI",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "None found",
   "note": "No MCP server mentioned in the tikapi.io site bundle or help centre on 20 Oct 2026. \"Unlimited OAuth Users\" on plans refers to TikTok users who authorise your app, not MCP sign-in.",
   "url": "https://tikapi.io/",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikAPI",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "None found",
   "note": "No TikTok Shop or sales-estimate text found on tikapi.io on 20 Oct 2026.",
   "url": "https://tikapi.io/",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikAPI",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "None found",
   "note": "No Creator Search Insights or search-volume text found on tikapi.io on 20 Oct 2026.",
   "url": "https://tikapi.io/",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikAPI",
   "row": "failed_calls_charged",
   "value": "Not stated",
   "note": "Pricing data does not say whether failed requests count against the daily allowance.",
   "url": "https://tikapi.io/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikHub",
   "row": "price_per_request",
   "value": "$0.001 to $0.01 per request",
   "note": "\"$0.001 - 0.01/request\"; \"From $0.001 per request\"; daily tiers step from $0.001 (0-1,000 requests) to $0.0005 (30,000+), \"Up to 50% volume discount\" on some endpoints; per-endpoint prices on the API Marketplace.",
   "url": "https://tikhub.io/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikHub",
   "row": "free_tier",
   "value": "$0.05 free credit",
   "note": "\"$0.05 in free credit automatically\"; paid-only endpoints draw from paid balance.",
   "url": "https://tikhub.io/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikHub",
   "row": "starting_price",
   "value": "Pay as you go, $5 minimum top-up",
   "note": "Minimum top-up $5, no subscription.",
   "url": "https://tikhub.io/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikHub",
   "row": "failed_calls_charged",
   "value": "Not stated",
   "note": "Pricing page says every request is billed independently; nothing on failed requests.",
   "url": "https://tikhub.io/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikHub",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "partial: Bearer [key] key",
   "note": "Remote MCP at mcp.tikhub.io (about 204 TikTok tools) with Bearer [key] key; OAuth not mentioned.",
   "url": "https://tikhub.io/mcp",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikHub",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "yes",
   "note": "Creator Search Insights endpoints (list incl. content_gap, detail, trend, related videos).",
   "url": "https://api.tikhub.io/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikHub",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "GMV/revenue endpoints cover only your own creator account via cookie.",
   "url": "https://api.tikhub.io/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "EnsembleData",
   "row": "plans",
   "value": "Free Trial 50 units/day $0; Wood 1,500 units/day $100/month; Bronze 5,000 $200; Silver 11,000 $400; Gold 25,000 $800; Platinum 50,000 $1,400",
   "note": "Quoted from pricing page; \"Scrape data for free (no card required)\".",
   "url": "https://ensembledata.com/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "EnsembleData",
   "row": "unit_costs",
   "value": "Post Information 2 units; Post Comments 1 unit (30 comments)",
   "note": "\"Full post information\" 2 units; \"30 Comments of specific post\" 1 unit.",
   "url": "https://ensembledata.com/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "EnsembleData",
   "row": "failed_calls_charged",
   "value": "no (internal errors)",
   "note": "\"No units will be charge for failed requests caused by internal errors.\"",
   "url": "https://ensembledata.com/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "EnsembleData",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "not found",
   "note": "No MCP server mentioned on pricing, TikTok API, docs or llms.txt pages.",
   "url": "https://ensembledata.com/tiktok-api",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "EnsembleData",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "Not in the full TikTok endpoint list.",
   "url": "https://ensembledata.com/apis/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "EnsembleData",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "Not in the full TikTok endpoint list.",
   "url": "https://ensembledata.com/apis/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Scrape Creators",
   "row": "plans",
   "value": "Free 100 credits; Freelance $47 for 25,000 credits ($1.88 per 1,000 requests); Business $497 for 500,000 ($0.99 per 1,000)",
   "note": "\"1 credit === 1 request (for most endpoints)\"; packs are pay as you go.",
   "url": "https://scrapecreators.com/",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Scrape Creators",
   "row": "comments_billing",
   "value": "Pages that return comments cost 1 credit; empty pages 0",
   "note": "From /v1/tiktok/video/comments description in the OpenAPI spec.",
   "url": "https://docs.scrapecreators.com/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Scrape Creators",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "yes",
   "note": "Remote MCP with OAuth for Claude, Cursor and VS Code, or x-api-key.",
   "url": "https://docs.scrapecreators.com/integrations/mcp",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Scrape Creators",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "No Creator Search Insights endpoint.",
   "url": "https://docs.scrapecreators.com/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Scrape Creators",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "Shop endpoints return displayed sold_count only.",
   "url": "https://docs.scrapecreators.com/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Scrape Creators",
   "row": "failed_calls_charged",
   "value": "not found (general)",
   "note": "No general policy; transcript and comments endpoint docs say errors or empty results cost 0.",
   "url": "https://docs.scrapecreators.com/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Apify",
   "row": "plans",
   "value": "Free $0 with $5 usage; Starter $19; Scale $199; Business $999 (each includes the same amount of usage)",
   "note": "Quoted from pricing page.",
   "url": "https://apify.com/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Apify",
   "row": "tiktok-video-scraper price",
   "value": "$0.003 per video (Free tier) down to $0.0003 (top tier); tiers $0.003/$0.002/$0.0015/$0.001/$0.0006/$0.0003",
   "note": "Pay per event, from the Actor pricing data (api.apify.com/v2/acts/clockworks~tiktok-video-scraper, current since 29 Jun 2026); Actor page says \"from $1.00 / 1,000 videos\".",
   "url": "https://apify.com/clockworks/tiktok-video-scraper",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Apify",
   "row": "tiktok-comments-scraper price",
   "value": "$0.00125 per comment (Free tier) down to $0.00015 (top tier); tiers $0.00125/$0.001/$0.00075/$0.0005/$0.0003/$0.00015",
   "note": "Pay per event, current since 18 Mar 2026; Actor page says \"from $0.50 / 1,000 comments\".",
   "url": "https://apify.com/clockworks/tiktok-comments-scraper",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Apify",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "via third-party Store Actor",
   "note": "lergassy/tiktok-shop-top-products-scraper: \"revenue (GMV), units sold ... in 15 markets\"; $0.003 to $0.0021 per product row, $0.04 to $0.035 per \"Product with analytics\" row (revenue by day), $0.005 per Actor start; 54 users.",
   "url": "https://apify.com/lergassy/tiktok-shop-top-products-scraper",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Apify",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "via third-party Actor",
   "note": "cunning_soil/tiktok-creator-search-insights; Apify does not build it.",
   "url": "https://apify.com/cunning_soil/tiktok-creator-search-insights",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Apify",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "yes",
   "note": "Hosted MCP at mcp.apify.com with OAuth or bearer token.",
   "url": "https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Apify",
   "row": "failed_calls_charged",
   "value": "not found",
   "note": "Docs do not say failed runs are free.",
   "url": "https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Bright Data",
   "row": "plans",
   "value": "Pay as you go $1.50 per 1,000 records; Scale $499/month with 384,000 records ($1.30 per extra 1,000); free 5,000 records a month",
   "note": "Quoted from pricing page.",
   "url": "https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Bright Data",
   "row": "failed_calls_charged",
   "value": "partial",
   "note": "Pricing page: \"no charges for failed deliveries\"; FAQ says records that fail due to incorrect input are still billed.",
   "url": "https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Bright Data",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "yes",
   "note": "Hosted MCP accepts OAuth 2.1 or an API key.",
   "url": "https://docs.brightdata.com/products/mcp-server/remote/oauth",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Bright Data",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "Not in the 8 TikTok scrapers.",
   "url": "https://docs.brightdata.com/scrapers/tiktok.com.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Bright Data",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "Shop output has displayed sold count, no revenue estimate.",
   "url": "https://docs.brightdata.com/scrapers/tiktok.com.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "HasData",
   "row": "plans",
   "value": "Free 1,000 credits/month (100 TikTok requests); Startup $49/month 200K credits ($2.46 per 1,000 TikTok requests); Basic $99 1M ($0.99); Growth $208 3M ($0.69)",
   "note": "Quoted from pricing page; failed requests: \"the credits used are automatically refunded\".",
   "url": "https://hasdata.com/prices",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "HasData",
   "row": "pricing_unit",
   "value": "10 credits per TikTok request",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://hasdata.com/prices",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "HasData",
   "row": "comments_includes_video",
   "value": "first comments page includes the video as post",
   "note": "No single-video endpoint.",
   "url": "https://docs.hasdata.com/apis/tiktok/comments",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "HasData",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "yes",
   "note": "Hosted MCP with OAuth or x-api-key.",
   "url": "https://hasdata.com/mcp/tiktok",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "HasData",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://docs.hasdata.com/llms.txt",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "HasData",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "No TikTok Shop endpoint.",
   "url": "https://docs.hasdata.com/llms.txt",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Manifold MCP",
   "row": "plans",
   "value": "Free 250 credits/month; Pro $20/month 2,500 credits (0.80 cents each) up to $150 for 24,000; Max $250 to $2,000 (0.60 to 0.50 cents)",
   "note": "Quoted from pricing.md.",
   "url": "https://www.manifoldmcp.com/pricing.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Manifold MCP",
   "row": "tool_costs",
   "value": "tiktok_get_video 10 credits when the vendor fetches media, 1 when not; tiktok_get_comments 1 credit per page",
   "note": "Quoted from TikTok tool docs.",
   "url": "https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/tiktok.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Manifold MCP",
   "row": "failed_calls_charged",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "Provider down, rejected input or concurrency failures cost nothing; NoData costs at least 1 credit.",
   "url": "https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/credits.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Manifold MCP",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "yes",
   "note": "OAuth 2.1 (PKCE) or API key; Claude and ChatGPT setup pages.",
   "url": "https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/authentication.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Manifold MCP",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/tiktok.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Manifold MCP",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/tiktok.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Virlo API",
   "row": "credits",
   "value": "1 credit = $0.01; raw TikTok video 1 credit; raw comments 1 credit per page, \"even when empty\"; \"Errors are free\"",
   "note": "Quoted from credits doc.",
   "url": "https://dev.virlo.ai/docs/credits.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Virlo API",
   "row": "starting_price",
   "value": "App $49/month Starter; API prepaid pay as you go",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://virlo.ai/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Virlo API",
   "row": "free_tier",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "No free plan listed; app free trial.",
   "url": "https://virlo.ai/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Virlo API",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "yes",
   "note": "OAuth sign-in (Claude named) or API key.",
   "url": "https://dev.virlo.ai/docs/mcp.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Virlo API",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://api.virlo.ai/openapi.json",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Virlo API",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "not found",
   "note": "No Shop sales endpoint in the API list.",
   "url": "https://virlo.ai/features",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Social Blade API",
   "row": "pricing",
   "value": "API credits from $50 for 100; $0.50 down to $0.06 a credit; 1 credit per profile, 20 per top-list page",
   "note": "socialblade.com/developers/docs returned 403 to WebFetch on 20 Oct; values from the matrix check the same day.",
   "url": "https://socialblade.com/developers/docs",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Social Blade API",
   "row": "endpoints",
   "value": "TikTok creator statistics and top list only; no video or comment endpoints",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://socialblade.com/developers/docs",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Social Blade API",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "not found",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://socialblade.com/developers",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Social Blade API",
   "row": "failed_calls_charged",
   "value": "not found",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://socialblade.com/developers/docs",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Modash API",
   "row": "pricing",
   "value": "Raw API from $10,000/year, billed per request (rate not published); Discovery API from $16,200/year; \"we do not charge for failed requests\"; testing credits after a call",
   "note": "Quoted from API pricing page.",
   "url": "https://www.modash.io/influencer-marketing-api/pricing",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebFetch 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Modash API",
   "row": "mcp_oauth",
   "value": "partial",
   "note": "MCP server mentioned; no OAuth or ChatGPT/Claude setup documented.",
   "url": "https://www.modash.io/influencer-marketing-api",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Modash API",
   "row": "search_demand",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://docs.modash.io/products/raw_api/openapi_doc/raw.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "Modash API",
   "row": "shop_sales_estimates",
   "value": "no",
   "note": "Sales tracking is Shopify attribution.",
   "url": "https://docs.modash.io/products/raw_api/openapi_doc/raw.md",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "FastMoss",
   "row": "api",
   "value": "yes, Shop analytics API \"From $0.01/call\"; MCP live",
   "note": "Shop analytics tool, not a TikTok content API; in matrix-shop-competitors.json.",
   "url": "https://developers.fastmoss.com/api/overview",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-shop-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikTok Research API",
   "row": "access",
   "value": "Approved non-commercial academic and not-for-profit researchers in the US, EEA, UK, Canada, Switzerland and Brazil (youth safety); about 4 weeks to approve; no price published",
   "note": "developers.tiktok.com returned 503 to our fetches on 20 Oct 2026; values from the matrix check the same day.",
   "url": "https://developers.tiktok.com/products/research-api/",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikTok Research API",
   "row": "quota",
   "value": "1,000 requests a day, up to 100,000 records (100 per request), reset 12 AM UTC",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://developers.tiktok.com/doc/research-api-faq/",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikTok for Business MCP",
   "row": "scope",
   "value": "Own ad accounts; about 400 tools (flat) or about 40 (layer); no fee published; no developer credential or API key needed",
   "note": "",
   "url": "https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/about-tiktok-for-business-mcp-server",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "matrix-data-competitors.json (checked 2026-10-20)"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikTok Display API",
   "row": "rate_limit",
   "value": "User info and video query endpoints: 600 requests per minute each (sliding window); app review required",
   "note": "developers.tiktok.com returned 503 to direct fetches on 20 Oct 2026; text from TikTok's Rate Limits page as indexed by web search on 20 Oct 2026.",
   "url": "https://developers.tiktok.com/docs/en/tiktok-api-v2-rate-limit",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebSearch index 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikTok Content Posting API",
   "row": "limits",
   "value": "Post init 6 requests/min per user token; content private until the client passes an audit; unaudited clients up to 5 posting users per 24 hours",
   "note": "Indexed text of TikTok Content Posting docs, 20 Oct 2026.",
   "url": "https://developers.tiktok.com/docs/en/content-posting-api-get-started",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebSearch index 2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "vendor": "TikTok Commercial Content API",
   "row": "access",
   "value": "Approved researchers and professionals; EU country data in this phase; reply within 2 working days of a complete application",
   "note": "Indexed text of the product page, 20 Oct 2026.",
   "url": "https://developers.tiktok.com/products/commercial-content-api",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "source": "WebSearch index 2026-10-20"
  }
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  "freeCredits": 50,
  "starter": {
   "price": 49,
   "credits": 500,
   "perCall": 0.098,
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   "price": 99,
   "credits": 2000,
   "perCall": 0.0495,
   "per1000": 49.5
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   "price": 199,
   "credits": 8000,
   "perCall": 0.024875,
   "per1000": 24.88
  },
  "source": "TokConnect pricing, /pricing/, 20 Oct 2026"
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  "note": "Our arithmetic from the checked prices above.",
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   "ScrapeCreatorsBusiness": 0.99,
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   "EnsembleDataPostInfoPer1000": 4.44,
   "EnsembleDataCommentsPer1000": 2.22,
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   "ManifoldPer1000TenCredit": 80,
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    10
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    3.0
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    1.25
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    500
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   "TokConnectGrowth": 99,
   "TokConnectProRate": 49.75,
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    20
   ],
   "TikAPI": 6.44,
   "TikAPIDaysAtCap": 7,
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   "EnsembleData": 6.67,
   "Virlo": 20,
   "ManifoldCredits": [
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    11000
   ],
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    88
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    "comments": 30000
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   "ApifyTop": 0.88,
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    0.098
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   "$0.00188 per Scrape Creators Freelance request (188 per 100,000)",
   "$0.0495 per TokConnect Growth call",
   "$0.024875 per TokConnect Pro call",
   "$0.00099",
   "$0.00246",
   "$0.00069"
  ]
 }
}