tik.tools vs Toktik
Toktik publishes TikTok LIVE rankings, gifter boards, an agency directory and a recruit pool, and sells a REST and WebSocket developer API. Its plans are monthly, backed by a prepaid credit wallet, with realtime streams billed per room-minute.
Toktik figures checked on from its public pages. tik.tools figures are live.
Side by side
| Topic | tik.tools | Toktik |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat weekly or monthly plans with daily request and concurrent-stream caps. Live streams are not billed per minute. | Monthly plans plus a prepaid credit wallet. Fresh fetches from TikTok cost 1,250 credits each and realtime streams are billed per room-minute. |
| Realtime event types | 90+ documented WebSocket event types | 15 event types, per its realtime reference |
| Connecting to a live room | Connect by username with your API key; up to 50 concurrent streams on Pro and 500 on Agency | Mint a short-lived token, then subscribe to creators over one socket; each subscription reports queued, active or offline |
| 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 | Webhooks and alerts listed on every plan |
| Live gifter firehose | Included on Agency | Listed as coming on Agency |
| MCP server for AI assistants | tiktok-live-mcp on npm, 11 tools, works in Claude, Cursor and VS Code | None listed on its pricing or developer pages |
| SDKs | Node.js/TypeScript and Python | JavaScript and Python |
| Agency directory | Agencies claim a listing and receive private messages; agency contact details are not republished | Public directory of TikTok LIVE agencies; contact details unlock on the Agency plan |
| Creator eligibility | Agency plan includes a Chrome extension that checks agency eligibility inside your own Backstage | Recruit handles and marks on the Agency plan |
| Exports | Copy whole boards to the clipboard on Ultra and Agency | CSV from Starter, XLSX from Scale |
| Entry option | Sandbox key for a 7-day evaluation, then from $7/week | Free tier: 5,000 cached reads/day, masked leaderboards, no card |
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.
Toktik plans
- Free$0/month
5,000 requests/day, cached reads only, masked leaderboards, 7-day history
- Starter$15/month
15,000 requests/day, top 3 unmasked, 90-day history, CSV export
- Pro$39/month
100,000 requests/day, leaderboards unmasked, 180-day history, 3 seats
- Scale$99/month
400,000 requests/day, league rankings unmasked, XLSX export, 12-month history, 5 seats
- Agency$249/month
1,200,000 requests/day, host roster tools, recruit handles, creator digest, 10 seats; sold through their sales team
Prices are for the Live module. The Lookup Data module adds $5 to $79/month, or $18 to $279/month as a bundle. A cached read costs 1 credit; a fresh fetch from TikTok costs 1,250 credits; realtime streams are billed per room-minute.
Choose tik.tools if
- You follow many live rooms at once and do not want per-minute billing.
- You need the full range of LIVE events, not a subset.
- You want signed webhooks, an MCP server and SDKs from one vendor.
- Your agency checks creator eligibility inside its own Backstage.
Choose Toktik if
- You want a no-cost tier for low-volume cached reads.
- You need CSV or XLSX exports and a stated history depth on lower plans.
- You prefer one monthly credit wallet shared by a web app and an API.
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 | |
| Toktik | npm@toktikhq/sdk-js | 707 |
| PyPItoktik | 441 |
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).
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