# Automatio, free: Video search API

> Retrieve YouTube search results programmatically.

Automatio's video search API on its Basic plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. Automatio's docs list 3 of the 6 key fields we check: Channel, Views, Thumbnail.
In [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt), the best plan from Automatio scores 49.5 out of 100. Automatio ranks 23rd of 27 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 502 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 searches or less.
[Vimeo's $20 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vimeo/20-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches. Vimeo's $20 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many searches as Vimeo's rate limit allows.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt), [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/139-monthly/llms.txt) and [Crawlora](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/crawlora/499-monthly-enterprise-get-brave-videos/llms.txt) are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/free
- [Video search API: the best of 20+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://automatio.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://automatio.ai/api/v1/query`
- API key: with the plan, on https://automatio.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://automatio.ai/apis/youtube-search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Automatio (https://automatio.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Channel: ✓
- Views: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: from the same budget: idealista_suggestions · idealista_search · idealista_details · idealista_locations · idealista_agency_profile · idealista_agency_locations · web_search · web_read_url · web_screenshot · crypto_get_prices · crypto_get_market_data · reddit_search · reddit_post · reddit_subreddit · reddit_domain_posts · reddit_user · youtube_video_info · youtube_comments · youtube_transcript · twitter_user · twitter_user_tweets · twitter_tweet_comments · twitter_search · twitter_tweet · twitter_followers · twitter_verified_followers · image_generate · image_analyze · video_analyze · video_generate · apify_search_actors · apify_actor_details · apify_run_actor · POST /api/v1/chat/completions · POST /api/v1/agent

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieve YouTube search results programmatically.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the Service only if all the following conditions are met: You use it for the purpose of automating tasks on publicly accessible websites, websites that may require user's login, or other sources you are authorized to access, You are using the Service in compliance with all the applicable laws, You are using the Service only on websites and other sources where you are authorized to use it, You use the Service only on the ground of the license provided by Automatio. You must not: Use the Service on websites and other sources without appropriate authorizations, If the data extracted by the Service is confidential, sensitive, or protected by copyright, you must not use the Service to breach such data in any way, Use the Service in a way that violates the rights of Automatio, such as copyright and other rights, Allow other persons to use our Services by using your user account, Take any action that could lead to unauthorized use of the Service. [...] In addition, you must not use the Website or the Service to: Limit the usage of other users, such as by burdening the servers in any way, Take any action that may negatively affect the operation of devices that we use or other users use, Disseminate viruses or other harmful software, Do any phishing activities, Place links to the Website or Service in a way that harms our reputation or interests, Generate fraudulent impressions or clicks on your ads or third-party ads, Take any action in violation of any applicable laws or these Terms of Service.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Enough for: about 33 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.11 s

## The call

- You send: Content-Type header "application/json", tool "youtube_search", params.query, params.limit. Optional: params.lang, params.orderBy, params.country
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/query

## About the plan

- Plan: Basic
- Who can get it: anyone with a verified email, an account that fails its abuse checks, or a mailbox that already had the 500 credits, does not get them

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

video result title, video result channel, video result view count, video result thumbnail

## Automatio's plans (21)

- [Automatio, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/10-pack/llms.txt): $15.002 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/50-pack/llms.txt): $11.905 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/100-pack/llms.txt): $11.111 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $270 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/270-pack/llms.txt): $10.976 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $495 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/495-pack/llms.txt): $10.577 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $18 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/18-monthly/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $36 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/36-monthly/llms.txt): $8.571 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $72 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/72-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $198 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/198-monthly/llms.txt): $30.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $207 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/207-monthly/llms.txt): $7.667 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $405 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/405-monthly/llms.txt): $7.50 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $810 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/810-monthly/llms.txt): $7.50 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $180 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/180-yearly/llms.txt): $8.333 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $360 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/360-yearly/llms.txt): $7.143 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $720 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/720-yearly/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $1,980 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/1980-yearly/llms.txt): $25.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $2,070 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/2070-yearly/llms.txt): $6.389 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $4,050 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/4050-yearly/llms.txt): $6.25 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, $8,100 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/8100-yearly/llms.txt): $6.25 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Automatio, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/contact-us/llms.txt): 50% complete

## Automatio's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/query`: [Automatio, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/free/llms.txt)

## Automatio's APIs (6)

- [Automatio: web scraping API pricing, 21 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/automatio/free/llms.txt)
- [Automatio: web search API pricing, 21 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/automatio/free/llms.txt)
- [Automatio: Reddit profile API pricing, 21 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/automatio/free/llms.txt)
- [Automatio: X post API pricing, 21 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/automatio/free/llms.txt)
- [Automatio: X profile API pricing, 21 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/automatio/free/llms.txt)
- [Automatio: video search API pricing, 21 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/free/llms.txt)

## Automatio: video search API alternatives

- [Scrapio, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrapio/299-monthly/llms.txt): $5.98 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [极速数据 JisuAPI, CNY 4,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/jisuapi/cny-4000-pack/llms.txt): $5.982 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Search1API, top-up from $5, Pay as you go, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $792 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scale-serp/792-yearly/llms.txt): $6.60 per 1,000, 0% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-06.

- https://automatio.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://automatio.ai/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://automatio.ai/api/v1/catalog?format=md&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://automatio.ai/apis?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://automatio.ai/apis/youtube-search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://automatio.ai/docs/plans-and-credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://automatio.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://automatio.ai/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing