Litescrape vs YouTube Data API (Google)

By Wayne Hamadi, founder of Datacircle. Last updated: November 6, 2026

YouTube Data API (Google) is ahead of Litescrape on YouTube channel APIs: Overall score 91.4 to 85.5.

YouTube Data API (Google) is ahead of Litescrape on YouTube channel video APIs: Overall score 84.0 to 41.0.

YouTube channel API

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 channels
2	Litescrape, top-up from $10	85.5	89	$0.15
1	YouTube Data API (Google), free	91.4	77	$0.00

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 videos
11	Litescrape, top-up from $10	41.0	61
1	YouTube Data API (Google), free, Default quota	84.0	56	$0.00