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- TikTok makes one MCP server, TikTok for Business, and it covers ads only: about 400 tools on its flat endpoint, about 40 on its layered one.
- For public TikTok pages, HasData (100 free calls a month), Apify (from $1.70 per 1,000 results) and Bright Data (5,000 free requests a month) are hosted options.
- Onedashify and 0xArtex's open-source server work with your own TikTok account; only 0xArtex's can post or follow.
- FastMoss's MCP covers TikTok Shop sales estimates across 20 markets, from $16 a month billed yearly.
- TokConnect is the only one here with TikTok's search demand: 45 tools, 12 of them for Creator Search Insights data. We make it.
As of 5 October 2026, the best TikTok MCP server depends on the job, because the nine we compared do five different things. TikTok's own TikTok for Business MCP runs ads. HasData, Apify, Bright Data and Seym0n's open-source server pull public TikTok pages. Onedashify and 0xArtex's server work with your own account. FastMoss covers TikTok Shop sales estimates. TokConnect returns TikTok's search demand.
We make TokConnect, so weigh our view accordingly. Here is how we compared: every fact about another server comes from its maker's documentation, repository or pricing page, checked 5 October 2026, and we did not sign up for or run those servers. TokConnect's numbers come from its published tool list and a live call made the same day.
Key statistics
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As of 5 October 2026, the only MCP server made by TikTok, the TikTok for Business MCP, covers advertising only, with about 400 tools on its flat endpoint and about 40 on its layered one.
TokConnect's MCP server exposes 45 tools, 12 of which return TikTok Creator Search Insights search-demand data (tool catalog version 2.6.0, 5 October 2026).
HasData's TikTok MCP server charges 10 credits per successful call, so HasData's free 1,000 monthly credits cover 100 TikTok calls.
"make money with claude ai" was searched 276,816 times on TikTok in the 7 days to 5 October 2026, and TikTok matched 0 videos to it.
"what is claude ai" was searched 299,450 times on TikTok in the 7 days to 5 October 2026, with 867 videos matched to the search.
Every TikTok MCP server compared
An MCP server is a plug that lets ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor call another service's tools. For TikTok, the question that sorts them is whose data the server reads: TikTok's ads platform, your own account, public pages, TikTok Shop, or TikTok's search logs.
| Server | Made by | What your agent gets | Hosted? | Sign-in | Tools | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok for Business MCP | TikTok | Ads: campaigns, reports, audiences, creatives | Yes | TikTok for Business account, no developer key | ~400 or ~40 | No fee published |
| HasData TikTok MCP | HasData | Public profiles, posts, comments, keyword search | Yes | API key in a header | 4 | Free: 1,000 credits a month (100 calls); $49 a month billed yearly for 200,000 |
| Onedashify | Onedashify | Your own account's metrics, history and anomalies, read-only | Yes | OAuth 2.1 | n/p | $19 a month, 3-day trial |
| Apify TikTok MCP | Apify | Public videos, profiles, hashtags via a scraper Actor | Yes | OAuth or token | n/p | $1.70 per 1,000 results |
| Bright Data MCP | Bright Data | Public profiles, posts, comments, Shop pages, plus the wider web | Yes, or self-host | Token in the URL | 4 TikTok | 5,000 free requests a month, then $1.50 per 1,000 results |
| Seym0n/tiktok-mcp | Open source | Subtitles, post details, video search | No | TikNeuron API key | 3 | Free code, paid key |
| 0xArtex/tiktok-mcp | Open source | Your own account: post, schedule, edit profile, like, follow, Studio analytics | No | QR login in a local browser | 16 | Free code |
| FastMoss MCP | FastMoss | TikTok Shop products, shops, creators, sales estimates, 20 markets | Yes | API key | 55 | $16 a month billed yearly for 500 credits |
| TokConnect (ours) | TokConnect | TikTok search demand, plus public videos, creators, hashtags, sounds, comments, captions | Yes | OAuth or API key | 45 | 50 free credits; $49 for 500 a month |
Checked 5 October 2026 from each maker's docs, repository or pricing page; n/p means not published. Tool counts are what each maker lists; FastMoss's July 2026 blog says 45+. Every fact with its source.
The best TikTok MCP server for each job
Running TikTok ads: TikTok for Business MCP
It is the only server that can touch campaign objects, and it is TikTok's own. Its help page, last updated August 2026, lists two hosted endpoints and says no developer credential or API key is needed; it carries no beta or waitlist label. Pick the layered endpoint (about 40 core tools) unless you need the long tail. None of the other servers on this page can touch ad budgets.
Pulling public TikTok data: HasData, Apify or Bright Data
HasData is the simplest: four read-only tools at mcp.hasdata.com, 10 credits a call, 100 free calls a month. Apify runs its TikTok scraper Actor behind MCP and bills per result, from $1.70 per 1,000. Bright Data has the widest reach, with TikTok profiles, posts, comments and Shop pages next to other networks, and 5,000 free requests a month. All three return what is on public pages, as raw JSON. Our Apify TikTok scraper guide covers the trade-offs of scraping.
Transcripts: Seym0n/tiktok-mcp
The most-starred open-source TikTok server we found, with 201 GitHub stars on 5 October. Three tools, built around subtitles. It needs a TikNeuron API key, so the code is free and the data is not.
Your own account: Onedashify or 0xArtex
Onedashify signs in to your TikTok account with OAuth, read-only, and gives the agent your metrics, history and anomaly signals alongside 148 other integrations. Plans start at $19 a month. 0xArtex's server goes the other way: 16 tools that post, schedule, like and follow by driving a real browser logged in to your account through a QR code. It had 2 stars. Read TikTok's rules on automated activity before pointing it at an account you care about.
TikTok Shop sales: FastMoss
FastMoss's MCP covers products, shops, creators and estimated sales across 20 markets, with MCP plans from $16 a month billed yearly and free empty results. For your own shop's orders you need TikTok Shop's Partner API instead; the TikTok Shop MCP guide walks through both.
What people search on TikTok: TokConnect
No other server here returns TikTok's search demand, because TikTok has no public API for Creator Search Insights. TokConnect's tools return the weekly search counts, 180-day trends, search audiences and content gaps TikTok shows creators, plus ordinary search, comments and captions.
It reads public TikTok data and TikTok's search demand, so it works for any niche, brand or competitor. It never logs in to your TikTok account, posts, or reads your private analytics. For those, use Onedashify or TikTok Studio.
What a search-demand server exposes
Here are TokConnect's 45 tools grouped by what they return. The full list with schemas is in the TikTok MCP guide.
A live call shows the difference from a scraper. We asked for TikTok topics matching "claude ai" on 5 October 2026. One search_topics call returned these, among others:
| TikTok search | 7-day searches | Videos |
|---|---|---|
| what is claude ai | 299,450 | 867 |
| claude ai trading bot | 282,071 | 0 |
| make money with claude ai | 276,816 | 0 |
| how much is claude ai | 197,759 | 0 |
| claude ai for nursing school | 193,219 | 0 |
| claude ai tips and tricks | 175,517 | 0 |
Data: TikTok Creator Search Insights via TokConnect, pulled 5 October 2026. Searches are TikTok's 7-day global "Search popularity"; "Videos" is how many videos TikTok matches to the search. We left out one off-topic result and one TikTok-generated label. Open the snapshot.
Five of the six searches have no matched videos. A scraper can show you the videos that exist; it cannot show you the searches that have none. That is the case for a search-demand server, and the reason to pair it with a scraper rather than replace one.
Run the same check on your own niche:
Search TikTok topics for [your niche]. Show each topic with its 7-day searches and matched video count, highest searches first, and flag every search over 50,000 a week with zero videos. Skip long descriptive topics that look like TikTok's own labels.
How to choose a TikTok MCP server
- Whose data? Ads, your account, public pages, Shop sales or search demand. This decides it before anything else.
- Sign-in. ChatGPT's developer mode signs in with OAuth or no auth, so servers that need a pasted key in a header fit Claude Code, Cursor or Codex better. Our ChatGPT setup page has the plan list.
- Hosted or self-hosted. Hosted servers are a URL. Seym0n's and 0xArtex's run on your machine and need Node.js.
- Billing unit. Per call (HasData, FastMoss, TokConnect), per result (Apify, Bright Data) or a subscription (Onedashify). An agent in a loop can spend fast, so set a cap where the tool offers one.
- Write access. Only TikTok's ads server and 0xArtex's can change things. Read every write action before you approve it.
Connect a TikTok MCP server in one minute
For a hosted server you need its URL and a sign-in. With TokConnect, the URL is https://mcp.tokconnect.com/mcp and sign-in is OAuth, so there is no key to copy:
- ChatGPT: turn on Developer mode, open ChatGPT Plugins, press +, paste the URL and press Allow on the sign-in page (steps).
- Claude: Customize, Connectors, Add custom connector, paste the URL, press Connect (steps). In Claude Code, run
claude mcp add --transport http tokconnect https://mcp.tokconnect.com/mcp, then authenticate from/mcp. - Cursor: one-click install from our homepage, then the login button in Cursor's MCP settings (steps).
Other servers follow the same shape with their own URL and key. If a connection fails, the troubleshooting guide goes stage by stage. For MCP servers beyond TikTok, see the best MCP servers for marketing.
How we compared and got these numbers
We listed every TikTok MCP server that came up in ChatGPT answers and MCP directories (Glama's TikTok page listed 9 on 5 October), and kept the ones with a public product page or repository and a clear TikTok data scope. For each, we read the maker's own documentation, GitHub README and pricing page on 5 October 2026 and recorded tools, sign-in, hosting and the lowest published price. Where a price is a yearly rate shown per month, we say so. We did not sign up for, connect or run any server we do not make, so nothing here is a hands-on test of them.
TokConnect's tool count comes from its published catalog for version 2.5.0 (28 September 2026), grouped by us. The example result is one live search_topics call for "claude ai" made on 5 October 2026: searches are TikTok's 7-day global count, and a video count of 0 means no video is filed under that search. Data: server facts, tool groups, live example.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an official TikTok MCP server?
Yes, one: the TikTok for Business MCP Server. It connects AI agents to TikTok Ads for campaigns, reporting, audiences and creatives, with about 400 tools on its flat endpoint or about 40 on its layered one. It does not cover organic videos, search data or TikTok Shop orders.
What is the best TikTok MCP server?
It depends on the job. Use TikTok for Business MCP for ads, HasData, Apify or Bright Data for public pages, FastMoss for TikTok Shop sales estimates, Onedashify for your own account's metrics, and TokConnect for what people search on TikTok. Most teams use two: one for their own data and one for research.
Is there a free TikTok MCP server?
Several have free tiers. HasData gives 1,000 credits a month (100 TikTok calls), Bright Data 5,000 requests a month, and TokConnect 50 credits. Seym0n's and 0xArtex's servers are free code, though Seym0n's needs a paid TikNeuron key. TikTok's ads server has no published fee; you pay for the ads.
Can a TikTok MCP server post videos for me?
Only some. 0xArtex's open-source server posts, schedules, likes and follows by driving a browser logged in to your account, and TikTok's ads server creates ad campaigns. HasData, Bright Data, Apify, FastMoss and TokConnect only read data.
Does TokConnect connect to my TikTok account?
No. TokConnect reads public TikTok data and TikTok's search demand, such as "what is claude ai" at 299,450 searches in 7 days on 5 October 2026. It never logs in to your account, posts or reads your private analytics. For your own account's metrics, Onedashify or TikTok Studio fit better.
How do I add a TikTok MCP server to ChatGPT?
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT settings (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu on the web), open ChatGPT Plugins, press + and paste the server URL. ChatGPT signs in with OAuth, so servers that need a pasted API key in a header fit Claude Code, Cursor or Codex better. Step-by-step guide.
Sources and data
- About TikTok for Business MCP Server (TikTok Ads Help, updated August 2026)
- HasData/tiktok-mcp (GitHub)
- HasData pricing
- TikTok MCP server (Onedashify)
- Onedashify plans
- TikTok MCP server (Apify)
- TikTok Scraper Actor pricing (Apify)
- Bright Data MCP server (GitHub)
- Seym0n/tiktok-mcp (GitHub)
- 0xArtex/tiktok-mcp (GitHub)
- FastMoss developer platform: MCP, CLI and API
- FastMoss MCP and CLI pricing
- Best TikTok MCP servers (Glama directory)
- TikTok MCP server facts checked 5 October 2026 (snapshot)
- TokConnect tool groups, catalog v2.5.0 (snapshot)
- Live search_topics example pulled 5 October 2026 (snapshot)