tik.tools vs tikleap
tikleap publishes TikTok LIVE country rankings, leagues, gaming boards and gifter data, and sells REST API access in one-time weekly packages. It also offers a hosted MCP endpoint that uses the same API key.
tikleap figures checked on from its public pages. tik.tools figures are live.
Side by side
| Topic | tik.tools | tikleap |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly price (Basic / Pro / Ultra) | $7 / $15 / $45 | $5 / $10 / $25 |
| Requests per day | 10,000 / 75,000 / 300,000 | 11,000 / 77,000 / 320,000 |
| Requests per minute | 30 / 120 / 300 | 60 / 180 / 600 |
| Billing | Weekly or monthly subscription | One-time 7-day packages |
| Realtime LIVE events | WebSocket stream for any live creator, 90+ documented WebSocket event types, 20 to 250 concurrent streams | REST endpoints only in its API docs (rankings, creators, streams and stream events) |
| Webhooks | HMAC-signed on every paid plan: live start and end; peak viewers and high-value gifts on Ultra and Agency; follower milestones and recruit alerts on Agency | None in its API docs |
| MCP server | tiktok-live-mcp, runs locally through npx | Hosted MCP endpoint over HTTP |
| SDKs | Node.js/TypeScript and Python | None published on npm or PyPI |
| Boards | Regional boards on every plan (fully unmasked from Pro); league boards fully unmasked from Ultra; gaming, Popular LIVE and teams boards on Agency | Rankings, leagues, gaming and real-time gifts on every package |
| Agency tools | Agency plan: recruiting feed, Backstage eligibility checker, gifter firehose | No agency recruiting tools listed |
tik.tools plans
- 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
- 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
Current prices and every limit: pricing.
tikleap plans
- Basic$5/week
11,000 requests/day, 600 creators/day, current data only, 60 requests/min
- Pro$10/week
77,000 requests/day, 2,200 creators/day, 30 days of history, 180 requests/min
- Ultra$25/week
320,000 requests/day, 22,000 creators/day, 60 days of history, 600 requests/min
Packages are one-time 7-day payments, not subscriptions. Unique creator lookups count toward a separate creators/day cap.
Choose tik.tools if
- You need realtime events from live rooms (chat, gifts, battles) over WebSocket.
- You want signed webhooks and SDKs for Node.js and Python.
- You run an agency and need recruiting and eligibility tools.
Choose tikleap if
- You only need ranking and league data over REST at the lowest weekly price.
- You want a hosted MCP endpoint with nothing to install.
- You prefer one-time weekly packages to a subscription.
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 | |
| tikleap | No SDK published on npm or PyPI | |
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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