# Account watch: competitor account monitoring

Account watch is a ready-made SocialToAI tool that returns what a set of accounts published lately and which posts did clearly better than each account's usual. A run costs from 9 credits and is priced before it starts; a run that fetches nothing is not charged. Run it here, in your AI over MCP, or over the API.

- Page: https://socialtoai.com/tools/account-watch/
- Last updated: 2026-10-18

## What it takes

| Name | Type | Required | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `accounts` | string[] | Yes | 1 to 20 links to account pages; they may be of different platforms. |
| `window` | string | No | How far back to look for new posts. `"7d"` `"30d"` (default `"7d"`) |
| `scale` | string | No | Per account: small about 20 posts, medium about 60, large as medium and the comments of 2 posts that took off. `"small"` `"medium"` `"large"` (default `"small"`) |
| `max_cost_credits` | integer | No | Refused, free, with the quote, if the run would cost more. |
| `confirm` | boolean | No | true: run it whatever it costs. false: answer the plan and its price, and run nothing. Left out: a costly run, and one that runs in the background, answers its price first. |

## What comes back

| Part | What it holds |
| --- | --- |
| New posts, by account | What each account published in the time range, with the numbers of every post. |
| Posts that took off | Posts that did clearly better than the account's usual level, and by how much. |

Main number: Posts that took off. Every result states how much of the plan was read and which parts of the price were charged.

## Depths and credits

| Depth | What it reads | From (credits) | How it runs | On the 100 free credits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Small | About 20 posts per account. | 9 | runs while you wait | Yes |
| Medium | About 60 posts per account. | 12 | runs while you wait | Yes |
| Large | About 60 posts per account, plus the comments on 2 posts that took off. | 22 | runs while you wait | On 10 of 12 platforms |

## Credits by platform

The table is for one account. For several links the total is stated before the run.

| Platform | Small | Medium | Large |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TikTok | 12 | 20 | 36 |
| Instagram | 12 | 18 | 28 |
| X | 9 | 13 | 29 |
| Reddit | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Facebook | 12 | 20 | 30 |
| LinkedIn | 12 | 20 | — |
| Threads | 12 | 16 | — |
| Telegram | 10 | 14 | — |
| Xiaohongshu | 30 | 54 | 84 |
| Douyin | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| WeChat Articles | 42 | 90 | 120 |
| Bilibili | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| Zhihu | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Kuaishou | 30 | 54 | 70 |
| WeChat Channels | 42 | 66 | 96 |

## How credits are counted

- **You see the price first**: The total is stated before anything starts. It does not grow if there is more to read.
- **Nothing fetched, nothing charged**: If nothing could be fetched, the run is not charged. If it stops partway, you are charged only for the part that finished.
- **Each depth is one price**: A depth has a fixed price on each platform. It is not reduced when there turns out to be less to read, so start small and go deeper when you need more.

## The result of one run

2026-10-18

**Account watch: 21 rows**

Small · Done

### Method

100% of the planned reading came back (3 of 3 pages).

| Step | Platform | How it went |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Read profiles | TikTok | 1 of 1 pages |
| Read posts | TikTok | 2 of 2 pages |
| Analyse subjects | TikTok | 5 of 5 rows analysed |

Every number is counted by code from the delivered rows. Quotes are pieces of the original text. Commenters are not named.

### Bill

| Part | Quoted | Charged | Outcome | Why |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fetching, first half | 3 | 3 | Charged | Delivered as planned. |
| Fetching, second half | 3 | 3 | Charged | Delivered as planned. |
| AI analysis | 6 | 6 | Charged | Delivered as planned. |

Charged 12 credits of 12 credits quoted.

## Use it in your AI

Connect https://mcp.socialtoai.com/mcp to your AI client as a remote MCP server ([how](https://socialtoai.com/mcp.md)), then ask:

> Use Account watch on these accounts and tell me which posts took off in the last 7 days: [links]

MCP tool: `account_watch`.

## Call it from code

```bash
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/tools/account_watch \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "accounts": ["https://x.com/NASA"],
    "window": "7d",
    "scale": "small"
  }'
```

[Account watch in the docs](https://socialtoai.com/docs/tools/account-watch.md)

## FAQ

**What does a run cost?**

From 9 credits at the Small depth, for one account. The price depends on the depth and the platform, and the table on this page has every number. You see the total before anything runs, and a run never costs more than that.

**What am I charged if a run finds nothing or stops partway?**

If nothing could be fetched, the run is not charged. If content was fetched but the conditions you set filtered all of it out, only the first half of the fetching price is charged. If a run stops partway, you are charged only for the part that finished.

**What happens when a platform fails?**

The run goes on with what could be read, and the result says how much of the plan that was. The price has three parts: two for fetching and one for the AI analysis. When less than half of the planned reading came back, the second fetching part is not charged. The analysis part is charged only when at least nine in ten of the delivered rows were analysed. A call whose outcome is unknown is never retried on our own.

**Which platforms does it cover?**

15 platforms now: TikTok, Instagram, X, Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, Telegram, Xiaohongshu, Douyin, WeChat Articles, Bilibili, Zhihu, Kuaishou, WeChat Channels. The links you give may be of different platforms.

**Can I run it on the free credits?**

Sign-up includes 100 credits, no card. They can run: Small; Medium; Large on 10 of 12 platforms. Running a tool on a schedule is available after your first purchase.

## Other tools

- [Brand buzz](https://socialtoai.com/tools/brand-buzz.md): How people feel about it on each platform, what comes up most, and the posts behind it
- [Comment analysis](https://socialtoai.com/tools/comment-insights.md): The topics in their comments and how big each is, plus questions, buying intent and complaints
- [Find creators](https://socialtoai.com/tools/find-creators.md): Creators who make that content, with their size, recent posts and how well each fits
- [Creator profile](https://socialtoai.com/tools/creator-card.md): Their accounts on other platforms, the numbers on each, and how sure the match is
- [Bulk link data](https://socialtoai.com/tools/batch-stats.md): One row per link with its numbers as they are now. Links that no longer work are marked
- [Viral finder](https://socialtoai.com/tools/viral-finder.md): Posts that did clearly better than their authors usually do