# Transcript Dock, free: TikTok video API

> Search YouTube or list a channel, playlist or TikTok profile, then feed the URLs into jobs.

Transcript Dock's Free plan for the TikTok video API costs $0.00 per 1,000 videos. Transcript Dock's docs list 5 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author.
We haven't run Transcript Dock through [our TikTok video API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-tiktok-video-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 277 plans for TikTok video APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.107 per 1,000 videos or less. [See how many TikTok video API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-tiktok-video-api.txt)
[TokAPI's $49.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/tokapi/49-99-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 videos: $0.00038. TokAPI charges for each page of results. We count 10 videos on each page to get the $0.00038 price.
[ShortsIntel's $10 pack (/creators/{platform}/{handle}/videos)](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/shortsintel/10-pack-top-up-10-get-creators-platform-handle-videos/llms.txt) covers any number of videos. ShortsIntel's $10 pack costs less up front than TokAPI's $49.99 monthly plan.
[Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt) and [KonbiniAPI](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/konbiniapi/199-monthly/llms.txt) are the best TikTok video API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/free
- [TikTok video API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-tiktok-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://www.transcriptdock.com/v1/video-discoveries`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/api-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing#find-videos
- Sold by: Transcript Dock (https://www.transcriptdock.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 videos: $0.00
- Per: page of 10
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Create a job (captions_only) · Create a job (transcribe) · Create a job (auto) · Batches · Find videos (youtube_search) · Find videos (youtube_channel_videos) · Find videos (youtube_channel_search) · Find videos (youtube_playlist_videos) · Caption languages of a video

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube or list a channel, playlist or TikTok profile, then feed the URLs into jobs.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Transcripts and uploads belong to you. [...] You may only submit media you have the right to process. You are responsible for complying with the terms of the platform the media comes from and with the laws that apply to you, including copyright and privacy law. Do not use the Service to build datasets for training models on content you do not have rights to, to harass people, or to circumvent access controls.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits a month
- Enough for: 50 pages a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: kind "tiktok_user_videos", user, Idempotency-Key header. Optional: limit, include_details
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/video-discoveries

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone able to form a binding contract in their jurisdiction

## The 38 fields the plan's answer can hold

video ID, video URL, title, text, thumbnail, video duration, view count, like count, comment count, share count, save count, hashtags, mentions, created at, language, author ID, author name, author username, author verified, author profile picture, music ID, music title, music author name, music duration, music original, video width, video height, video ratio, dynamic cover, original cover, is pinned, is ad, duet enabled, stitch enabled, location, private item, platform, status

## Transcript Dock's plans (10)

- [Transcript Dock, free](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $6](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-6/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $7](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-7/llms.txt): $0.70 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $8](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-8/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/19-monthly/llms.txt): $0.95 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.817 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/149-monthly/llms.txt): $0.745 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $190 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/190-yearly/llms.txt): $0.792 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.681 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $1,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/1490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.621 per 1,000, 83% complete

## Transcript Dock's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/video-discoveries`: [Transcript Dock, free](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)

## Transcript Dock's APIs (4)

- [Transcript Dock: TikTok profile API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: TikTok video API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: YouTube channel video API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: video search API pricing, 10 plans, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: video search API pricing, 10 plans, Find videos (youtube_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-search/llms.txt)

## Transcript Dock: TikTok video API alternatives

- [KeyAPI, $59 monthly, Basic, GET /v1/tiktok/influencer/videos/analytics](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/keyapi/59-monthly-basic-get-v1-tiktok-influencer-videos-analytics/llms.txt): $0.59 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Parse, $30 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/parse/30-monthly/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Zembra, top-up from $17,362](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/zembra/top-up-from-17362/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Anysite, $549 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/anysite/549-monthly/llms.txt): $0.646 per 1,000, 100% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/api-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/openapi.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-video-api-pricing