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TikTok pricing
TikTok publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the entertainment tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, TikTok pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
TikTok plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 6 | Entry tier |
Where TikTok stops being free
Free, Free
- Unlimited video creation
- Video editing tools
- Effects and filters
- Music library
- Social features
- Live streaming
No paid tier on record
TikTok lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full TikTok feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Short-form video creation
- Video editing tools
- Effects and filters
- Music integration
- Social interaction
- Live streaming
- Duet and stitch
- For You page algorithm
Integrations
- Music streaming services
- Social media platforms
- Creative tools
- Third-party apps
Security
- Content moderation
- Privacy settings
- Parental controls
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Ios support
- Android support
- Web support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Italian language support
- Portuguese language support
- Chinese language support
- Japanese language support
- Korean language support
- Arabic language support
- Hindi language support
- Russian language support
People bring TikTok in for social entertainment, content creation, brand marketing, music discovery, viral content sharing. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to TikTok are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Entertainment
Too few entertainment tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Philo | $33/month | Per household per month, single plan | - | vs TikTok |
| StubHub | Free | Free to browse, two sided transaction fees on buyers and sellers | - | vs TikTok |
| The Roku Channel | Free | Free, ad-supported; individual paid channel add-ons | - | vs TikTok |
| mpv | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs TikTok |
| Infuse | Free, then $1.99/month | Per user per month | - | vs TikTok |
| fuboTV | $73.99/month | Per household per month, tiered plans | - | vs TikTok |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the TikTok badges page.
Before you pay for TikTok
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
TikTok runs on web, ios, android, and is published by ByteDance Ltd of Beijing, China. The full record is on the TikTok review, and the rest of the category is under best entertainment tools.
TikTok pricing questions
- How much does TikTok cost?
- TikTok publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does TikTok have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers unlimited video creation, video editing tools, effects and filters.
- Which entertainment tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 entertainment tools listed alongside TikTok have a free tier: StubHub, The Roku Channel, mpv, Infuse, IINA.
- What am I actually paying for with TikTok?
- The record lists 31 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for social entertainment, content creation, brand marketing.
- Does TikTok charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these TikTok prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare TikTok against before paying?
- The closest entertainment tools in this directory are Philo, StubHub, The Roku Channel, mpv. Each has a side-by-side comparison with TikTok covering price, platforms and features.