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Bright Data pricing and alternatives: TikTok profile API

Bright Data's sitellms.txtBest TikTok profile API in 2026

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73% complete: 8 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 102 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.Litescrape, Scrappa and ScrapeCreators are the best TikTok profile API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free Tier one of Bright Data's 4 plans
Call: POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1villgoiiidt09ci Bright Data's only call for this API
API: TikTok profile API one of Bright Data's 21 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from TikTok when you call.
  • 8 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Likes.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 5,000 results a month. Unused results expire at the end of the month.
  • One call. You send url to POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1villgoiiidt09ci. You can also send notify and include_errors. The call returns the answer when the provider is quick. When the provider is slow, the call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Bright Data: TikTok profile API alternatives

The table starts with Bright Data's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to Bright Data's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

Bright Data, $499 monthlyLamaTok, top-up from $300, Premium, GET /v1/user/by/usernameEnsembleData, $200 monthly, Bronze, GET /tt/user/info-from-secuidFetchLayer, $100 monthlySocial Fetch, $2,430 yearly
$ per 1,000 profiles$1.30$1.20$1.333$1.333$1.35
Completeness73%45%82%73%73%
Billingmonthlypay firstmonthlymonthlyyearly
Pay$499$300$200$100$2,430
Enough for384,000 results a monthas many as you pay for5,000 calls a day75,000 calls a month150,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or over, not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanonanyoneanyoneanyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)anyone, for an organisation, someone with the authority to bind it

Every TikTok profile API provider we score, ranked

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

  1. brightdata.com/acceptable-use-policy
  2. brightdata.com/legal-governance
  3. brightdata.com/license
  4. brightdata.com/llms.txt
  5. brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
  6. docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/social-media-apis/tiktok-profiles-collect-by-url.md
  7. docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/synchronous-requests
  8. docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier
  9. docs.brightdata.com/general/policy/acceptable-use-policy
  10. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/error-codes
  11. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/limits
  12. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/introduction
  13. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs
  14. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/tiktok/introduction.md
  15. docs.brightdata.com/scrapers/gd_l1villgoiiidt09ci.json

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Contact, not in the answer
  • Location
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following
  • Posts
  • Likes
  • Views, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Web Unlocker API · SERP API · other scrapers in the Web Scraper API library · Scraper Studio · Browser API
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchUse the Bright Data Scraper API to collect TikTok profiles by URL. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataThe Client shall not use the Services in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights (including intellectual property rights) and not use the Service in any manner or for any purpose other than as stated in the intended use case provided to Bright Data, if applicable. [...] the Client will only use the Service in accordance with the Acceptable Use Policy, as may be amended from time to time. [...] When using the Data Services, the Client shall not distribute, transmit, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, or sell any Data in order to offer a similar or competitive product. [...] Client’s use of the data collector service is subject to all applicable laws, including without limitation data protection and privacy laws. To the extent applicable to processing of personal data, Client is solely responsible for determining the lawful grounds, providing notices, respecting data subject rights and all other related obligations. [...] Bright Data’s platform, technology, and network (collectively, “Services”) are meant for legitimate and legal purposes only and are subject to the Bright Data Master Service Agreement. [...] Any use of the Bright Data Services for illegal, fraudulent, or abusive activities is strictly prohibited. [...] Forbidden activities include, but are not limited to: Collection of nonpublic information (i.e data behind login), DDoS attacks, Spam: mass posting any mail/message boards/IRC/comments messages and images, Ad fraud or click fraud, Impersonation or spoofing for fraudulent purposes, Creating fake accounts or content, Use of automatic ticket purchasing (ticket-bots), Raffles, lottery, or gambling, Fake engagement (likes, comments, shares, etc.), Gaming or trading of in games items/currency, Reselling of proxies without Bright Data’s prior written approval (see our partners programs), Use of streaming related domains (videos, music or images streaming), Trading crypto/virtual currency or NFT, Any Search Engine Optimization (SEO) manipulation (i.e: fake clicks in search engines results), Posting on classified, used, and resell sites (such as Craig’s list), Completion of surveys in return for a benefit or anything of value, Any form of activity that is in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights
Plan
Pay$0
You get5,000 results a month
Enough for5,000 results a month
Expiresend of the month
Speed
Answerin the call or by polling
The call
You sendurl. Optional: notify, include_errors
MethodPOST
Path/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1villgoiiidt09ci
About the plan
PlanFree Tier
Who can get itnew accounts of anyone 18 or over, not on a subscription or custom pay-as-you-go pricing, and not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon
The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, secondary user ID, short ID, name, bio, average engagement rate, bio link, language, verified, followers, following, likes count, videos count, account created, profile URL, profile picture, large profile picture, private account, digg count, open favorites, comment setting, duet setting, stitch setting, virtual ad account, live room ID, commerce user, category, region

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