TikTok Private Post: Upload an Only-Me Draft First
Uploads to your own account set to Only me. If it cannot read that privacy setting back, it refuses to post rather than risk publishing in public.
What this run is set to
The settings saved on this example. Every one of them is editable once you open it on Apify — these are a starting point, not a limit.
| Setting | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Video URL | https://example.com/videos/your-vertical-clip.mp4 | Public direct URL to the video file (.mp4) to upload. |
Caption | Draft cut - checking the hook and the caption before this goe… | The TikTok caption (include #hashtags here). |
Privacy | private | Who can watch the video. |
Demo mode (no upload) | off | Force a labeled SAMPLE run that uploads nothing, moves no video bytes and is charged no upload or megabytes. |
Pricing
$0.55 per video uploaded = $550 per 1,000
| You are charged for | When | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Video uploaded | Charged once per video that TikTok confirms was published. A run that publishes nothing is never charged this fee, though it is still charged for the megabytes it moved before it stopped, under "Video megabyte". | $0.55 |
| Video megabyte | Charged per megabyte, rounded up, for the bytes a run actually moves, and charged on EVERY outcome, including a run that fails, times out or is aborted, because that traffic is paid for the moment it happens and cannot be handed back. Two things are counted: your video file, which is pulled straight from your URL, and the TikTok Studio session, which runs over this Actor’s own metered connection. Bytes that never moved are never charged. The total is never more than a confirmed publish of the same run would have cost, and never more than the "maxTotalChargeUsd" you set. Runs that use your own proxy servers, or no proxy at all, are not charged this. | $0.02 |
Pay-per-event pricing: you are billed per result, not per subscription. Billing is handled by Apify on your own account. These are the live Apify store prices, in effect since 2026-09-22, and they are what you are actually charged.
What you get
A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:
okplatformvideoUrlvideoIdcaptionprivacyprivacyAppliedpostedAterrorExport every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
More use cases for TikTok Video Uploader Pro
Built on TikTok Video Uploader Pro — every input, output field, price and the full how-to are on the tool page.
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