[ Pricing ]

Pricing

Pay per call, not per seat

Q: What is Tikultra?

A gateway to TikTok’s native mobile API. Use it three ways: managed REST endpoints that return JSON, primitives (signing, device contexts, resolving, protobuf decoding) for your own pipeline, or connected sessions for accounts you own.

Q: Is Tikultra affiliated with TikTok?

No. Tikultra is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by TikTok or ByteDance.

Q: When do I need a connected session?

Only for actions that belong to an account you own: publishing, profile changes, comments on your posts, DMs and LIVE hosting. Reads and primitives run on our managed contexts and need no session.

Q: Which apps and versions do you support?

8 app flavours (TikTok, TikTok Lite, TikTok Lite (coin), TikTok Pro, TikTok Studio, TikTok Shop, TikTok TV, Douyin) across 40+ Android and iOS releases. Choose one with os, app_flavour and app_version, or leave them out to use the current default (android · tiktok · 47.6.3).

Q: How do credits work?

Every endpoint has a fixed cost: Primitive 2, Standard 5, Heavy 10 or Premium 25 credits per successful call, and fixed costs for session actions such as publishing. Your plan sets your monthly credits.

Q: Do failed calls cost anything?

No. If TikTok times out or errors, you get a 5xx with x-credits-cost: 0 and can retry right away.

Q: Which plans include connected sessions?

Growth and Scale. They are self-serve, with no sales call or contract.

Q: What happens when I run out?

Calls return 402 out_of_credits until you top up at your plan rate or the plan renews.

Q: What are the rate limits?

Free 3, Starter 25, Growth 75, Scale 250 req/s per account, and 2,000+ on Enterprise. Each key can have a lower limit of its own.

Q: How does pagination work?

Every list endpoint takes cursor and count and returns cursor and has_more at the top level. Pass the cursor back until has_more is false.

Each call costs 2, 5, 10 or 25 credits by tier: $0.29–$0.58 per 1,000 standard calls. Plans set your monthly credits and requests per second. Failed calls cost $0.

Free

Test every public endpoint.

$0/ month

2,500 free credits · 3 req/s

Start free

500 standard calls
Every public endpoint
Failed calls are free

Starter

For side projects that ship.

$29/ month

250,000 credits · 25 req/s

Choose Starter

$0.58 / 1k standard calls
$0.23 / 1k primitives
Failed calls are free

GrowthMost popular

For production apps.

$99/ month

1,250,000 credits · 75 req/s

Choose Growth

$0.40 / 1k standard calls
$0.16 / 1k primitives
Connected sessions (FullPool)
Dedicated device contexts
Async batch jobs, 500 tasks each

Scale

For high-volume pipelines.

$349/ month

6,000,000 credits · 250 req/s

Choose Scale

$0.29 / 1k standard calls
$0.12 / 1k primitives
High-concurrency session and device fleets
Priority regional pools
Signed webhooks

Enterprise · from $1,499 / mo

35,000,000+ credits ($0.21 / 1k standard calls), 2,000+ req/s. Custom throughput, dedicated regional context pools and a custom SLA.

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Primitive2 crSigning, resolving, decoding, source media

Standard5 crVideos, comments, profiles, posts, search, feeds

Heavy10 crFollower lists, LIVE rooms, series, persona feeds

Premium25 crShop, vision search, Tako AI, creator audits

[ Compare ]

Price per call, what failed calls cost, limits and what you can build, next to the TikTok APIs teams usually compare us with. Competitor figures checked 1 Nov 2026.

Checked 1 Nov 2026	TikultraTikTok and Douyin mobile API	TikAPITikTok only	EnsembleData8 platforms	ScrapeCreatorsMany platforms	Apify actorclockworks/tiktok-scraper	RapidAPITokapi, Lundehund, tikwm, ScrapTik
Price
Standard readper 1,000 calls, at the plan’s included volume	$0.29–$0.58Scale to Starter	€0.53–€2.78from daily quotas	Unit-basedplans from $100 / mo	$0.99–$1.88	$1.70–$3.70per 1k results, plus add-ons	≈ $0.01–$0.25varies by listing
Failed upstream calls	$0never billed	Not stated	Free	Not statedcached results cost 0	Not stated	Not stated
Free to start	2,500 creditsevery public endpoint	5-day trial	50 units / day	100 credits	$5 usage / mo	50–300 requests / mo
Limits
Usage limits	Monthly creditsno daily cap	Daily capsrequests and bandwidth	Daily unit capsreset 00:00 UTC	Credits never expire	Prepaid usage expires	Monthly quotasoverage and bandwidth fees
Build
Native request signingfor your own client	<1 ms, 0.25 ms p508 apps, 40+ releases	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Accounts you ownpublishing, inbox, LIVE	Connected sessionsdedicated device contexts, Growth and up	OAuth endpointslogged-in requests	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Varies by listing
Agents and tooling	MCP, llms.txt, OpenAPI500-task batch jobs	Not stated	SDKs on GitHub	MCP, CLI, Claude Code skill	Store and platform API	RapidAPI SDKs
Upstream path in the docsthe mobile path each endpoint calls	180+ endpointsone { cursor, has_more } contract	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Varies by listing

Competitor figures are from each vendor’s public pricing page on 1 Nov 2026, converted to a per-1,000 price where the plan has a request quota. “Not stated” means the page didn’t say. RapidAPI listings are cheaper per call than Tikultra; we compete on coverage, signing, connected sessions and never billing a failed call. Tikultra prices: $0.29 (Scale) to $0.58 (Starter) per 1,000 standard calls, $0.12–$0.23 per 1,000 primitives, about $0.21 on Enterprise. Sources: api.tikapi.io/app/plans, ensembledata.com/pricing, scrapecreators.com, apify.com/clockworks/tiktok-scraper, rapidapi.com.

[ Calculator ]

Estimate your monthly cost

Enter roughly how many successful calls you make each month in each tier. Failed calls are free, so leave them out.

Primitive2 cr · Signing

Standard5 cr · Videos

Heavy10 cr · Follower lists

Premium25 cr · Shop

Credits per month

245,000

Cheapest fit

Starter at about $29 a month

5,000 credits to spare each month.

Choose Starter

Starter$29

Growth$99

Scale$349

[ Price per endpoint ]

Primitive · 2 credits

Signing, resolving, decoding, source media

Starter $0.23/1k · Growth $0.16/1k · Scale $0.12/1k

Standard · 5 credits

Videos, comments, profiles, posts, search, feeds

Starter $0.58/1k · Growth $0.40/1k · Scale $0.29/1k

GET/v1/videoGet video5 cr POST/v1/video/batchBatch videos5 cr / item GET/v1/video/commentsComments5 cr GET/v1/video/comments/repliesComment replies5 cr GET/v1/video/comments/by-idsComments by ID5 cr GET/v1/video/danmakuDanmaku5 cr GET/v1/video/duetsDuets and stitches5 cr GET/v1/video/anchorsVideo anchors5 cr GET/v1/video/upvotesRepost annotations5 cr GET/v1/video/share-infoShare info5 cr GET/v1/video/giftsVideo gifts5 cr GET/v1/userGet profile5 cr GET/v1/user/postsProfile posts5 cr GET/v1/user/storiesStories5 cr GET/v1/user/repostsReposts5 cr GET/v1/user/favoritesFavorites5 cr GET/v1/user/playlistsPlaylists5 cr GET/v1/user/collectionsCollections5 cr GET/v1/user/collections/videosCollection videos5 cr POST/v1/user/bulk-checkBulk profile check5 cr / item GET/v1/feedFeeds5 cr GET/v1/feed/storiesStories feed5 cr GET/v1/feed/landscapeLandscape feed5 cr GET/v1/searchSearch5 cr GET/v1/search/suggestionsSearch suggestions5 cr GET/v1/tako/sugTako suggestions5 cr GET/v1/live/check-aliveIs LIVE5 cr GET/v1/musicSound5 cr GET/v1/music/freshSound: newest videos5 cr GET/v1/music/user-originalOriginal sounds5 cr GET/v1/hashtagHashtag5 cr GET/v1/stickerEffect5 cr GET/v1/poiPlace5 cr GET/v1/aistyleAI style5 cr GET/v1/aistyle/videosAI style videos5 cr GET/v1/capcut/templateCapCut template5 cr GET/v1/capcut/videosCapCut template videos5 cr GET/v1/mv-templateMV template5 cr GET/v1/translateTranslate5 cr

Heavy · 10 credits

Follower lists, LIVE rooms, series, persona feeds

Starter $1.16/1k · Growth $0.79/1k · Scale $0.58/1k

GET/v1/video/forensicsVideo forensics10 cr GET/v1/video/fyp-velocityFYP velocity10 cr GET/v1/video/comment-leadsComment leads10 cr GET/v1/user/with-postsProfile with posts10 cr POST/v1/user/stories/batchBatch stories10 cr GET/v1/user/followersFollowers10 cr GET/v1/user/followingsFollowings10 cr GET/v1/user/followers/searchSearch followers10 cr GET/v1/user/followings/searchSearch followings10 cr GET/v1/user/similarSimilar creators10 cr GET/v1/user/locate-postLocate post10 cr GET/v1/user/seriesCreator series10 cr GET/v1/feed/persona-fypPersona For You feed10 cr GET/v1/tako/conversationTako conversation10 cr GET/v1/tako/inboxTako inbox10 cr GET/v1/tako/memoryTako memory10 cr GET/v1/douyin/hotDouyin hot list10 cr GET/v1/douyin/searchDouyin hot search10 cr GET/v1/douyin/brandDouyin brand board10 cr GET/v1/douyin/musicDouyin music board10 cr GET/v1/live/roomLIVE room10 cr GET/v1/live/chatLIVE chat10 cr GET/v1/live/with-chatLIVE room with chat10 cr GET/v1/live/streamLIVE stream URLs10 cr GET/v1/live/audienceLIVE audience10 cr GET/v1/live/rankingLIVE hourly ranking10 cr GET/v1/live/giftsLIVE gift catalog10 cr GET/v1/live/recommendedRecommended LIVE10 cr GET/v1/live/goody-bagGoody bag10 cr GET/v1/live/bag-itemsLIVE bag items10 cr GET/v1/series/mini-dramasMini dramas10 cr GET/v1/series/mini-dramas/tabsMini drama tabs10 cr GET/v1/series/mini-dramas/historyMini drama watch history10 cr GET/v1/seriesSeries10 cr GET/v1/series/videosSeries episodes10 cr GET/v1/mixPlaylist10 cr GET/v1/mix/videosPlaylist videos10 cr GET/v1/music/chartsSound charts10 cr GET/v1/hashtag/trendingTrending hashtags10 cr POST/v1/devices/provisionProvision device10 cr POST/v1/devices/{id}/bootstrapBootstrap device10 cr POST/v1/devices/{id}/reportDevice security report10 cr

Premium · 25 credits

Shop, vision search, Tako AI, creator audits

Starter $2.90/1k · Growth $1.98/1k · Scale $1.45/1k

Fixed-cost and free

Connected-session actions with their own price, per-task batch jobs and free listings

[ FAQ ]

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

General

What is Tikultra?

A gateway to TikTok’s native mobile API. Use it three ways: managed REST endpoints that return JSON, primitives (signing, device contexts, resolving, protobuf decoding) for your own pipeline, or connected sessions for accounts you own.

Is Tikultra affiliated with TikTok?

No. Tikultra is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by TikTok or ByteDance.

When do I need a connected session?

Only for actions that belong to an account you own: publishing, profile changes, comments on your posts, DMs and LIVE hosting. Reads and primitives run on our managed contexts and need no session.

Which apps and versions do you support?

8 app flavours (TikTok, TikTok Lite, TikTok Lite (coin), TikTok Pro, TikTok Studio, TikTok Shop, TikTok TV, Douyin) across 40+ Android and iOS releases. Choose one with os, app_flavour and app_version, or leave them out to use the current default (android · tiktok · 47.6.3).

Pricing

How do credits work?

Every endpoint has a fixed cost: Primitive 2, Standard 5, Heavy 10 or Premium 25 credits per successful call, and fixed costs for session actions such as publishing. Your plan sets your monthly credits.

Do failed calls cost anything?

No. If TikTok times out or errors, you get a 5xx with x-credits-cost: 0 and can retry right away.

Which plans include connected sessions?

Growth and Scale. They are self-serve, with no sales call or contract.

What happens when I run out?

Calls return 402 out_of_credits until you top up at your plan rate or the plan renews.

API

What are the rate limits?

Free 3, Starter 25, Growth 75, Scale 250 req/s per account, and 2,000+ on Enterprise. Each key can have a lower limit of its own.

How does pagination work?

Every list endpoint takes cursor and count and returns cursor and has_more at the top level. Pass the cursor back until has_more is false.

Can I pin a context to a city?

Yes. POST /v1/devices/provision takes a region and one of 84 cities, and returns a device context you can reuse.

I run my own client. Can I get just the signature?

Yes. POST /v1/crypto/sign returns native signature headers in <1 ms for 2 credits.

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