ScrapeField vs the TikTok Research API
TikTok’s Research API is official, and it is for non-commercial research only. If that is you, apply. If you are building a product, it isn’t an option.
| ScrapeField | TikTok Research API | |
|---|---|---|
| Who can use it | Anyone with a key | Academic institutions and not-for-profit researchers, by application |
| Commercial use | Yes | No: researchers must be independent of commercial interests |
| Time to access | Minutes | An application, an ethical review, about four weeks |
| Price | 3 credits a profile: $2.34 → $1.20 per 1,000 | Not published |
| Built for research, officially | No | Yes |
Checked 22 September 2026 against each vendor’s own pricing page. Rechecked quarterly — tell us if something here is out of date and we will fix it.
Questions
I’m a researcher. Which should I use?
If you qualify, the Research API: it is the sanctioned route, and your ethics board will ask. Use us if your institution isn’t eligible, or for work that is commercial.
Try it before you decide
Every endpoint has a playground that runs against the live API with no key and no account — real routing, real validation, real errors. If the response shape does not fit your code, you will know in about a minute.