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LinkDigest vs TikHub
TikHub sells raw Douyin, TikTok and Xiaohongshu data by the request from about $0.001, with search, comments and bulk datasets. LinkDigest returns one post as text — transcript, on-screen text, every image read, checked quotes and a coverage receipt — for about $0.02 a note. Dated comparison.
Competitor rows from their public docs on 2026-09-12; tell us if something changed. TikHub rows from tikhub.io's public pricing and docs as read on 2026-10-07; prices by endpoint vary, so the range is quoted. LinkDigest rows are computed from the same constants as the pricing page and the coverage table. “—” means not stated in what we checked.
| Feature | LinkDigest | TikHub |
|---|---|---|
| Xiaohongshu / Douyin | Yes — Xiaohongshu image and video notes; Douyin video and 图文 image notes. | Yes — raw endpoints for both, plus TikTok and many others. |
| Other platforms | YouTube, TikTok, X, web pages. Instagram wired but not verified; Bilibili blocked (HTTP 412). | Dozens of platforms, as structured data endpoints. |
| OCR of images and frames | Yes — every image described and read for on-screen text; frames sampled from video. | No — you get media URLs and the platform's own fields. |
| Transcript (ASR) | Yes — native captions where a platform publishes them, otherwise Qwen3-ASR, in segments of up to ~170 s stamped with their start time. | Not as a product; the platform's caption field when it exists. |
| Cookies or login from you | Xiaohongshu: no login, no cookies. Douyin runs on our session; you supply nothing. | No — hosted, by API key. |
| Search and comments | No — one post per link. | Yes — search, comments, profiles, trends. |
| Batch | Yes — up to 50 links per call (POST /api/v1/digest/batch), duplicates merged, cached links free. | Bulk datasets priced per 1,000 records. |
| Webhooks | Yes — a batch POSTs its summary to your URL when it finishes, HMAC-signed. Single links return a job id you poll. | Not seen in the public docs. |
| degraded field / receipt | Yes — a `degraded` array names what did not read fully. Plus `coverage` and a checked quote per key point. | No — a response is the platform's fields, complete or not. |
| Failed reads free | Yes — a digest that read nothing is not charged. | Yes — no charge when the response code is not 200 (its docs). |
| Cached links free | Yes — anything anyone already digested is free. | Not applicable. |
| Price: a typical image note | 1 credit ≈ $0.018 ($9 for 500 credits a month) | About $0.001–0.01 per request by endpoint; a note's text inside its images is not returned at any price. |
| Price: a 10-minute video | 11 credits ≈ $0.198 (1 per started minute, plus the base credit) | One request for the metadata and media URL; no transcript. |
| Free on sign-up | 10 credits, once; a keyless summary from the API or MCP without any account. | About 50 free requests (its site). |
Where TikHub is better
- Price per request: an order of magnitude cheaper when all you need is the platform's own fields.
- Breadth: search, comments, profiles, trending and bulk datasets across dozens of platforms. LinkDigest reads one known post.
- Payment options for Chinese buyers: Alipay, PayPal, USDT and bank transfer with a $5 minimum.
Where LinkDigest is better
- The content itself: the words in the images and in the speech, with the time each line appeared. TikHub hands back the media URL; reading it is still your problem.
- A receipt: `coverage` says how many seconds and images were read and what was not; each key point carries a quote the server checked against the post.
- Agent-native: an MCP server any agent can call, a first look without a key, and machine-readable payment terms on every refusal.
try the difference
One call, on a real link
curl -X POST https://linkdigest.dev/api/v1/digest \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ld_live_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://xhslink.cn/o/...", "format": "markdown"}'