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20 TranscriptAPI.io alternatives in 2026

The best TranscriptAPI.io alternatives for YouTube channel video APIs: ScrapeUnblocker, YouTube Data API (Google) and EveryInfra, by our benchmark of November 7, 2026.

YouTube channel video API alternatives

TranscriptAPI.io is #33 of the 48 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: YouTube channel video API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy scoreMedian answer time$ per 1,000 videos
1ScrapeUnblocker, pay as you go · scrapeunblocker.com85.5940.98 s$0.0056
2YouTube Data API (Google), free, Default quota · developers.google.com83.9560.16 s$0.00
3EveryInfra, $10 pack · everyinfra.com70.0629.9 s$0.011
4ReefAPI, $200 monthly, Enterprise monthly · reefapi.com69.7622.7 s$0.0067
5Influship, pay as you go, Usage-based credits · docs.influship.com65.8672.2 s$0.036
6Spidra, $249 monthly, Pro · spidra.io64.8732.1 s$0.033
31Browsable, $19 monthly · browsable.app39.16115 sUnknown
32Scrappa, $25 pack · scrappa.co65.0451.3 s$0.0097
34TranscriptYT, $3 monthly · transcript-yt.com63.7301.4 s$0.00000069
35Transcript Dock, top-up from $6 · transcriptdock.com45.9401.1 s$0.12

Unknown: the provider's pages give the plan's price. They don't say how many videos come with the plan.

Video search API alternatives

Scrappa, TranscriptYT and SerpScraper.dev are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our TranscriptAPI.io plan pages, we compare each TranscriptAPI.io plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 searches first.

Provider and plan$ per 1,000 searches
FlashData, $999 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/queries/realtime, YouTube Search API (Realtime)$0.25
Algrow, $45 monthly$0.25
PrismCrawl, $25 pack, Starter, POST /v1/yandex/videos/search$0.25
SerpBase, $100 monthly, Pro Monthly, POST /google/videos/search$0.25
SteadyAPI, $389.99 yearly$1.95
KonbiniAPI, $49 monthly$1.96
SerpApi, $106,050 monthly, Cloud 54M, GET /search, Bing Videos API$1.96
Zenserp, $49.99 monthly$2.00
ValueSERP, $56 monthly$2.24
RecentReborn, $83.88 yearly$2.30

Compare every video search API plan: YouTube search API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared

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