tik.tools vs RnG (Recruit n' Grow)
RnG (Recruit n' Grow) sells per-country Radar access to TikTok LIVE creators it has checked as free to join an agency, with diamond earnings data. AI Recruiter and AI Manager are sold on top, and API access comes with each Radar country.
RnG figures checked on from its public pages. tik.tools figures are live.
Side by side
| Topic | tik.tools | RnG |
|---|---|---|
| One market for one month | $399/month covers every region we rank | €1,599/month per country (€799 for the first month) |
| Weekly option | $119/week, every region | €399/week per country |
| More markets | Included | €1,199/month for each additional country |
| Finding creators free to join | New creators surfacing on regional leaderboards and leagues, ranked by who is climbing; you confirm eligibility yourself | RnG checks creators against agency eligibility and delivers leads to its dashboard |
| Eligibility check | Chrome extension checks eligibility inside your own Backstage, or bulk-paste a list there | Done by RnG before leads are delivered |
| Outreach | Not automated; your team contacts creators | AI Recruiter sends openers, replies and invitations from your Backstage, from €299/month on top of Radar |
| API on the plan | 1,000,000 requests/day, 1,000/min, 500 concurrent live streams | 10,000 requests/day and 60/min per country |
| Diamond tracking | Daily, league, gaming and Popular LIVE boards with diamonds, creator pages and a live gifter firehose | Leads include diamond earnings data; public gifter and league leaderboards |
| Realtime and alerts | WebSocket stream (90+ documented WebSocket event types) and signed webhooks, including recruit alerts | REST API with HOT signals for creators whose gifting is surging; no live-room event stream or webhooks in its API docs |
| Developer tools | Node.js and Python SDKs, MCP server | JavaScript SDK (@rngrow/sdk) |
tik.tools plans
- Agency$119/week or $399/month
Every region we rank, creator recruiting feed, Backstage eligibility checker, gaming and Popular LIVE boards, live gifter firehose, 1,000,000 requests/day, 500 concurrent live streams
- Basic$7/week or $19/month
10,000 requests/day, 20 concurrent live streams, signed webhooks
- Pro$15/week or $49/month
75,000 requests/day, 50 concurrent live streams, regional boards fully unmasked
- Ultra$45/week or $149/month
300,000 requests/day, 250 concurrent live streams, league boards fully unmasked
Current prices and every limit: pricing.
RnG plans
- Real-Time Radar€1,599/month per country
Recruitable creator leads for one market; first month €799; API access included (60 requests/min, 10,000 requests/day)
- Radar weekly€399/week per country
The same Radar access billed weekly
- Additional country€1,199/month each
A second market added to an existing Radar plan
- Day Pass€49
24 hours of access to one market
- AI Recruiter€299 to €1,199/month
1,500 to 25,000 AI replies; needs an active Radar plan in each country
- AI Manager€299 to €1,199/month
Creator coaching over WhatsApp, metered on AI replies
Prices include VAT. Markets listed: Romania, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Italy, France, Poland, Spain, Australia, MENA and LATAM, with Central Asia listed as coming soon. A 1-day Radar trial for one country is offered once per account, after approval.
Choose tik.tools if
- You recruit in several regions and want one price for all of them.
- Your own team verifies eligibility in your own Backstage and makes contact.
- You also need diamond tracking, live alerts, an API, webhooks or an MCP server on the same plan.
Choose RnG if
- You recruit in one or two countries and want leads already checked for you.
- You want outreach sent automatically from your Backstage.
Public package downloads
The one adoption figure every vendor here publishes the same way. npm counts cover 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18 (api.npmjs.org); PyPI counts are the last 30 days, read 2026-10-19 (pypistats.org).
| Vendor | Package | Downloads |
|---|---|---|
| tik.tools | npm@tiktool/live | 1,604 |
| npmtiktok-live-api | 793 | |
| npmtiktok-live-mcp | 279 | |
| PyPItiktok-live-api | 301 | |
| RnG | npm@rngrow/sdk | 217 |
Who builds tik.tools
tik.tools is an independent product. It is not a reseller, wrapper or brand of any other TikTok LIVE data vendor, and it is not affiliated with TikTok or ByteDance. tik.tools runs its own data collection and builds and operates its own WebSocket API, HMAC-signed live webhooks, MCP server (tiktok-live-mcp) and SDKs (@tiktool/live and tiktok-live-api).
Sources
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