If you run TikTok giveaways, UGC mining, or weekly reporting, you need comments in a spreadsheet — not a screenshot. This list ranks tools by whether they work on public URLs, export replies, and avoid forcing a TikTok login. Numbered titles win this query because buyers want a shortlist, not a single-product pitch.
Public URL only (no password). Nested replies. Likes and timestamps. CSV plus Excel. A hard comment cap you can raise. Optional winner picker if you run contests. Browser extensions break when TikTok changes the DOM; URL-based extractors survive longer.
We scored login friction, export formats, reply support, credit transparency, and whether you can go from comments to a giveaway draw without a second app. CommentHunter is #1 because it is the product this page ships with — we disclose that. The rest are common alternatives teams actually evaluate.
Paste a public TikTok URL, export comments and replies to CSV/Excel/JSON, then pick a giveaway winner in the same product.
Long-running comment export brand. Often compared on price and daily limits.
Developer-grade scrapers. Powerful, but you operate actors, tokens, and run costs.
Compliant but not built for arbitrary public video URLs from any creator.
Cheap to try, fragile on SPA updates, weak on pagination and replies.
Zero cost until 50 comments. Then it destroys accuracy and time.
Full control if you maintain selectors and rate limits yourself.
For public videos without logging into TikTok, CommentHunter is built for paste-URL export to CSV, Excel, or JSON, including replies and a giveaway picker.
Not with CommentHunter. You only need the public video URL.
CommentHunter supports an include-replies toggle. Many extensions only capture what is currently rendered on screen.