API pricing
TikTok API pricing
in 2026.
Free, but not for business.
TikTok does not charge for any of its APIs, TikTok Shop included. The catch is access: the one API that reads other accounts’ videos, comments and followers is for academic research only. Here is what each official API reads, next to the same jobs on Monocrawl.
- 1 credita page of videos
- 0research applications
- Anypublic account
On Monocrawl
FreeFree plan · 67 credits for this jobtiktok/profile-videos: 1 credit a page, 15 videos on each recorded page.On TikTok’s own API
Not availableOnly the Research API reads this, and TikTok does not open it to commercial users, creators or advertisers.The official tiers
Every API is $0.
Access is the price.
TikTok’s developer terms say it does not currently charge for its developer services, and keep the right to start. The TikTok Shop terms say the same.
Research API
$0
Approved research projects only
- Who can use it
- Non-commercial academic researchers in the US, EEA, UK, Canada and Switzerland, plus some non-profits. Not creators, advertisers or commercial users.
- Limits
- 1,000 requests and 100,000 records a day
- Follower lists: up to 2,000,000 records a day
- Refresh data at least every 30 days
- Reads
- Video search, comments, profiles, followers and following, liked and reposted videos, transcripts, and EU TikTok Shop products.
Login Kit and Display API
$0
App review required
- Who can use it
- Apps whose users log in with TikTok. Personal and unfinished apps are rejected at review.
- Limits
- 600 requests a minute per endpoint
- Each user authorises your app scope by scope
- Reads
- The logged-in user’s own profile, stats and public videos. Nobody else’s.
API for Business
No published price
Companies only; ad spend is separate
- Who can use it
- Companies with a verified company email. TikTok says it can’t onboard individual developers.
- Limits
- Default: 10 queries a second, 864,000 a day
- Creator search (TikTok One): 50 queries a day by default
- Reads
- Your own accounts and ads, posts that mention your brand (24–48 hours late), trending hashtags and marketplace creators.
TikTok Shop Open API
$0
Partner Center sign-up; legal review for US and UK developers
- Who can use it
- Sellers and the apps they authorise.
- Limits
- Rate limits scale with the shops that authorise you
- No fixed published quota
- Reads
- The orders, products and data of shops that authorise your app. No lookup of other shops’ products or prices.
What it reads
What each API reads.
Mostly your own account.
Green reads it, amber reads it with conditions, grey can’t. Monocrawl reads public data from any public account and shop.
| Job | Research API | Display API | API for Business | Shop Open API | Monocrawl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Another account’s videos | LimitedAcademics only | No | No | No | Yes |
| Comments on a video | LimitedAcademics only | No | No | No | Yes |
| Followers and following | LimitedAcademics only | No | No | No | Yes |
| Video transcripts | LimitedAcademics only | No | No | No | Yes |
| Products from any shop | LimitedEU shops, academics only | No | No | LimitedShops that authorise you | Yes |
| Trending hashtags | No | No | YesTop 20 videos each | No | Yes |
The rules
The rules
that come with it.
TikTok’s developer, research and TikTok Shop terms set these conditions. They are the clauses buyers ask about.
Research means non-commercial
Research data can’t be used for any commercial purpose or beyond the approved project, and TikTok’s FAQ turns away creators, advertisers and commercial users.
TikTok Research API termsRefresh every 30 days
Researchers must refresh their data at least every 30 days and delete anything no longer available on TikTok.
TikTok Research API termsNo selling or sharing
Research data can’t be shared, sold or transferred to third parties, and the developer terms ban selling, licensing or syndicating API data.
TikTok Developer TermsFree for now
The developer terms say TikTok does not currently charge for its developer services, and keep the right to charge in future.
TikTok Developer TermsShop data stays with the shop
TikTok Shop developers may not pool sellers’ data for their own purposes, or keep it longer than they need.
TikTok Shop Developer TermsBusiness API is for companies
Registering needs a verified company email domain. TikTok says it can’t onboard individual developers.
TikTok: register as a developer
What changed
What changed
since 2025.
TikTok has reshaped who gets access and on what terms. It has not introduced a price.
TikTok Shop developer terms updated. They still say TikTok does not currently charge.
TikTok Shop Developer TermsThe Creator Marketplace endpoints are switched off and replaced by the TikTok One API.
TikTok: TikTok One APITikTok One gets its own limits: 50 creator-discovery queries a day by default.
TikTok: TikTok One rate limitsNew Research API terms take effect; US researchers now contract with TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC.
TikTok Research API terms (US)The Research API’s data now covers all public videos, including those not eligible for the For You feed.
TikTok developer changelogNew Business API apps need an access application before they can use the Accounts scope.
TikTok: Accounts API
On Monocrawl
The same jobs,
priced per call.
No research application, no company verification, no shop authorisation. One key, public data from any public account or shop, and 1,000 free credits a month.
An account’s videostiktok/profile-videos1 credit a page- Comments on a video
tiktok/post-comments1 credit a page - An account’s followers
tiktok/user-followers1 credit a page - A video’s spoken words
tiktok/post-transcript5 credits - TikTok Shop product search
tiktokshop/search2 credits a page - Popular hashtags by country
tiktok/hashtags-popular1 credit
Recorded 26 Sep 2026: NASA’s videos from tiktok/profile-videos, 15 for 1 credit.
50 years ago today, we introduced Enterprise. 🚀 NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter never flew to space, but the tests it performed helped make the shuttle missions that followed possible.
129,8009,59930543817 Sept 2026Turns out you can dance in space! 🪩🕺💫🛰️ Microgravity just unlocked some new moves.
616,10090,4001,7894,73216 Sept 2026We’re going back to the Moon. This time, to stay. 🌙 Since announcing plans for a Moon Base in March, NASA has been moving quickly to turn that vision into reality. No aim too high. No journey too far.
472,90040,6008303,0899 Sept 2026Roman’s first images will be so large and detailed, you’d need a 4K TV the size of 45 city blocks to display just one. 🤯 The telescope is traveling 1 million miles from Earth, with its first images expected in early 2027. 🔭
270,20013,7002653924 Sept 2026
Questions
TikTok API pricing,
answered.
Does the TikTok API cost money?
No. TikTok’s developer terms say it does not currently charge for its developer services, and the TikTok Shop terms say the same. Both keep the right to charge in future.
Can a business use the TikTok Research API?
No. It is for non-commercial academic research, and TikTok’s FAQ says creators, advertisers and commercial users do not qualify.
Can I get another account’s videos or comments from TikTok’s API?
Only through the Research API. The Display API reads the logged-in user’s own videos, and the Business API reads your own accounts plus brand mentions.
Is the TikTok Shop API free?
Yes, but it reads only the shops that authorise your app. It has no search across other shops’ products or prices.
What are the TikTok API rate limits?
The Research API allows 1,000 requests and 100,000 records a day. The Display API allows 600 requests a minute per endpoint. The Business API starts at 10 queries a second.
What does Monocrawl cost for TikTok?
1 credit for a page of videos or comments, 2 for a page of TikTok Shop products. The free plan has 1,000 credits a month; Starter is $29 for 10,000.
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TikTok data without a research application.
1 credit a page of videos.
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