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lobstr.io pricing and alternatives: TikTok profile API

lobstr.io'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 one of lobstr.io's 9 plans
Call: POST /v1/runs lobstr.io's only call for this API
API: TikTok profile API one of lobstr.io's 23 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from TikTok when you call.
  • 8 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Likes.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits a month, enough for 100 results.
  • One call. You call POST /v1/runs with the inputs in Product details. The call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done. Or the provider sends the answer to your webhook.
  • Who can get it: professionals, not consumers. Keep data: no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans. Use data: with conditions.

lobstr.io: TikTok profile API alternatives

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

lobstr.io, $4,800 yearlyFetchLayer, $500 monthlyHasData, $2,490 yearlyEnsembleData, $1,400 monthly, Platinum, GET /tt/user/info-from-secuidScrapeCreators, $497 pack
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.40$0.50$0.692$0.933$0.994
Completeness73%73%73%82%73%
Billingyearlymonthlyyearlymonthlypay first
Pay$4,800$500$2,490$1,400$497
Enough for1,000,000 results a month1,000,000 calls a month300,000 calls a month50,000 calls a day500,000 calls
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)anyoneanyoneanyone legally able to enter into a binding agreement

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. api.lobstr.io/v1/plans
  2. docs.lobstr.io/docs/concepts
  3. docs.lobstr.io/docs/configure-webhook-delivery
  4. docs.lobstr.io/docs/pricing
  5. docs.lobstr.io/docs/rate-limiting
  6. docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run
  7. docs.lobstr.io/examples/tiktok-profile-scraper/add-tasks.md
  8. docs.lobstr.io/examples/tiktok-profile-scraper/credit-cost.md
  9. docs.lobstr.io/examples/tiktok-profile-scraper/get-results.md
  10. docs.lobstr.io/examples/tiktok-profile-scraper/update-settings.md
  11. help.lobstr.io/billing/manage-subscription
  12. help.lobstr.io/billing/reset-billing-cycle
  13. help.lobstr.io/core-concepts/credits
  14. lobstr.io/legal/terms-of-use
  15. lobstr.io/pricing
  16. lobstr.io/store/linkedin-profile-scraper
  17. lobstr.io/store/tiktok-profile-scraper

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links
  • Contact, not in the answer
  • Location, not in the answer
  • 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: 73 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchYes — switch on Profile Only. The account comes back as a single row: nickname, bio, bio link, avatar, verified badge, followers, following, total likes, video count and the date the account opened. One credit, no videos.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
Use dataThe User hereby asserts and affirms that the utilization of the Platform is solely for professional activities, thereby exempting the User from being classified as a "consumer" under the governing law. [...] Squiders are obligated to: (i) Procure requisite permissions for accessing websites through Squids, (ii) Abstain from extracting substantial portions of databases, whether in terms of quality or quantity, (iii) Refrain from unauthorized access to confidential or proprietary information, (iv) Observe all third-party rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (v) Comply with all pertinent laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, inclusive of those related to the protection of personal data. [...] a global, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, and non-sublicensable right to employ the Platform for the duration of the User's active account on said Platform [...] Absent express written consent from LOBSTR, the User shall abstain—and shall prohibit any third parties acting on their behalf, including but not limited to employees, agents, affiliates, and subcontractors—from: (i) Decompiling, disassembling, or reverse-engineering the Platform, or attempting to discern its source code, foundational ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interoperability features [...], (ii) Independently or with third-party assistance, rectifying any Platform defects to render it compliant with its intended use [...], (iii) Removing or altering any notifications, labels, or references pertaining to the intellectual property rights of LOBSTR or any third parties, (iv) Engaging in the transfer, utilization, or exportation of the Platform in a manner that contravenes applicable laws, (v) Integrating, associating, or amalgamating the Platform with any other software or documents, or generating derivative works based in whole or part on the Platform, (vi) Conducting any activities with the Platform other than those explicitly sanctioned by these Terms and Conditions
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits a month
Enough for100 results a month
Expirescredits refresh each month and don't roll over at renewal, only a paid billing-cycle reset carries unused credits over, for 30 days
Rate limit
Per second2
Concurrent1
Speed
Answerby polling or webhook
The call
You sendsquid (a TikTok Profile Scraper squid, crawler 089d76c66c2fd5c57d7ce7338d9ae7de, holding the TikTok profile URLs or handles as its tasks (url)), profile_only "true". Optional: rows, max_unique_results_per_run, max_results, fetch_since
MethodPOST
Path/v1/runs
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers
The 21 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, secondary user ID, username, name, bio, website, profile picture, verified, private account, followers, following, likes count, videos count, friends count, commerce user, TikTok Shop seller, organization, live room ID, account created, language, profile URL

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