{
 "retrievedOn": "2026-10-05",
 "page": "/guides/tokconnect-vs-sprout-social/",
 "note": "Sprout Social facts read from sproutsocial.com, its help center and API docs on 5 October 2026 (no hands-on test; we did not sign up). Prices in USD per seat per month.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "tool": "Sprout Social",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "pricing": {
    "source": "https://sproutsocial.com/pricing/",
    "perSeat": true,
    "plans": [
     {
      "name": "Essentials",
      "priceMonthlyBilledMonthly": 99,
      "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 79,
      "socialProfiles": 5
     },
     {
      "name": "Standard",
      "priceMonthlyBilledMonthly": 249,
      "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 199,
      "socialProfiles": 5
     },
     {
      "name": "Professional",
      "priceMonthlyBilledMonthly": 399,
      "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 299,
      "socialProfiles": "Unlimited"
     },
     {
      "name": "Advanced",
      "priceMonthlyBilledMonthly": 499,
      "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 399,
      "socialProfiles": "Unlimited"
     },
     {
      "name": "Enterprise",
      "price": "Custom"
     }
    ],
    "trial": "30-day free trial, no credit card required; no free plan",
    "addOns": "Premium Analytics and Listening are each available as individual add-ons to the Standard plan and up (price not published).",
    "competitorReports": "Facebook, X & Instagram competitor reports (Professional and up)",
    "trellis": "100 Trellis AI credits a month on all plans; Trellis Plus $28 per user/month billed annually or $35 billed monthly",
    "reporting": "download unlimited PDF/CSVs of your data"
   },
   "tiktok": [
    {
     "fact": "Schedule and publish TikTok videos; limit of 15 posts every 24 hours",
     "sources": [
      "https://sproutsocial.com/integrations/tiktok/",
      "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/6136845197709"
     ]
    },
    {
     "fact": "Smart Inbox handles TikTok comments, including Spark Ad comments",
     "source": "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/6136430596621"
    },
    {
     "fact": "TikTok Profiles Report for connected accounts, plus TikTok paid performance",
     "source": "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/6167159478029"
    },
    {
     "fact": "Connected TikTok Business profiles via OAuth authorization on TikTok",
     "source": "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/6161267525133"
    },
    {
     "fact": "No TikTok competitor report: Competitor Performance Report covers Facebook, Instagram and Twitter; Sprout's own guide says to manually review competitor profiles on TikTok",
     "sources": [
      "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/6476004176653",
      "https://sproutsocial.com/insights/tiktok-competitor-analysis/"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "listening": {
    "source": "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056024132",
    "updated": "2026-10-02",
    "tiktokBrandHashtags": "Public posts from a business page using your brand hashtag; automatic: popular posts over the last 30 days; manual: up to 90 days (approved hashtags, top 1000 posts)",
    "tiktokConnected": "Comments on owned videos, @mentions in captions, @mentions in comments; manual video comments up to 365 days (top 500 videos)",
    "blog": "https://sproutsocial.com/insights/tiktok-social-listening/"
   },
   "history": {
    "source": "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027867052",
    "accountInsights": "60 days of metrics upon initial connection; follower count cannot be backfilled",
    "videos": "past 365 days, up to 500 videos"
   },
   "api": {
    "source": "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045006152",
    "fact": "Advanced Plan users can access the API; analytics for connected profiles including TikTok Profiles Report",
    "docs": "https://api.sproutsocial.com/docs/"
   },
   "mcp": {
    "source": "https://support.sproutsocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/41085761844365",
    "updated": "2026-10-02",
    "fact": "ChatGPT integration via MCP server URL https://mcp.sproutsocial.com/mcp (OAuth). Only available for TikTok data, specifically published insights and post performance metrics. Built and supported for ChatGPT only (Plus, Pro or Enterprise)."
   },
   "searchVolume": "No TikTok search volume or keyword search demand found in pricing, help center or listening guide (checked 5 Oct 2026).",
   "ratings": {
    "capterra": "4.4 stars based on 609 user reviews",
    "source": "https://www.capterra.com/p/121447/Sprout-Social/",
    "checked": "2026-10-05"
   }
  },
  {
   "tool": "TokConnect",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://tokconnect.com/pricing/"
   ],
   "plans": [
    {
     "name": "Free",
     "priceMonthly": 0,
     "credits": 50
    },
    {
     "name": "Starter",
     "priceMonthly": 49,
     "credits": 500
    },
    {
     "name": "Growth",
     "priceMonthly": 99,
     "credits": 2000
    },
    {
     "name": "Pro",
     "priceMonthly": 199,
     "credits": 8000
    }
   ],
   "creditRule": "One TikTok lookup = one credit; a typical question uses 1 to 4 credits. Monthly credits do not roll over.",
   "includes": "Creator Search Insights topics with 7-day search counts, trends and content gaps; who is searching (age, gender, country); videos, creators, hashtags, sounds, video details and captions, comments and replies, creator profiles and posts. Search popularity series in 7, 30, 60 or 180-day windows.",
   "access": "Browser chat (chat.tokconnect.com) or MCP server in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients.",
   "doesNot": "Post, schedule, run ads, read private data or a creator's private analytics, TikTok Shop sales/GMV. Not affiliated with TikTok."
  }
 ],
 "derived": {
  "threeSeatStandardBilledAnnually": 597,
  "threeSeatStandardBilledMonthly": 747,
  "note": "Seat maths from the published per-seat prices; excludes the Listening and Premium Analytics add-ons, whose prices Sprout does not publish."
 }
}