# Bright Data, free: TikTok profile API

> Use the Bright Data Scraper API to collect TikTok profiles by URL. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.

Bright Data's TikTok profile API on its Free Tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 8 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Likes.
We rank 102 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.
[Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/scrappa/50-pack/llms.txt) and [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt) are the best TikTok profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/bright-data/free
- [Best TikTok profile API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-tiktok-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
- Request: `POST https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1villgoiiidt09ci`
- API key: with the plan, on https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
- Its API docs: https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/social-media-apis/tiktok-profiles-collect-by-url
- Sold by: Bright Data (https://brightdata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 73%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Likes: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from 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 pitch: Use the Bright Data Scraper API to collect TikTok profiles by URL. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The 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 get: 5,000 results a month
- Enough for: 5,000 results a month
- Expires: end of the month

## Speed

- Answer: in the call or by polling

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: notify, include_errors
- Method: POST
- Path: /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1villgoiiidt09ci

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Tier
- Who can get it: new 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

## Bright Data's plans (4)

- [Bright Data, free](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Bright Data, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/bright-data/top-up/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Bright Data, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/bright-data/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.30 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Bright Data, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/bright-data/contact-us/llms.txt): 73% complete, live

## Bright Data's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1villgoiiidt09ci`: [Bright Data, free](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)

## Bright Data's APIs (21)

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- [Bright Data: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_m4ijiqfp2n9oe3oluj](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bright-data/free-tier-post-datasets-v3-scrape-dataset-id-gd-m4ijiqfp2n9oe3oluj/llms.txt)
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- [Bright Data: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn person article API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-article-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
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- [Bright Data: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: Reddit post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
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- [Bright Data: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
- [Bright Data: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt)
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## Bright Data: TikTok profile API alternatives

- [LamaTok, top-up from $300, Premium, GET /v1/user/by/username](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/lamatok/top-up-from-300-premium-get-v1-user-by-username/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $200 monthly, Bronze, GET /tt/user/info-from-secuid](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/ensembledata/200-monthly-bronze-get-tt-user-info-from-secuid/llms.txt): $1.333 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/fetchlayer/100-monthly/llms.txt): $1.333 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Social Fetch, $2,430 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/social-fetch/2430-yearly/llms.txt): $1.35 per 1,000, 73% complete, live

## 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.

- https://brightdata.com/acceptable-use-policy
- https://brightdata.com/legal-governance
- https://brightdata.com/license
- https://brightdata.com/llms.txt
- https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
- https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/social-media-apis/tiktok-profiles-collect-by-url.md
- https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/synchronous-requests
- https://docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier
- https://docs.brightdata.com/general/policy/acceptable-use-policy
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/error-codes
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/limits
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/introduction
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/tiktok/introduction.md
- https://docs.brightdata.com/scrapers/gd_l1villgoiiidt09ci.json