# BulkTranscripts, free, GET /api/v1/channel/search: Video search API

> Search within one channel's uploads to find a creator's videos on a topic without listing the whole archive.

BulkTranscripts's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. BulkTranscripts's docs list 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Length, Channel.
We haven't run BulkTranscripts through [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 622 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.20 per 1,000 searches or less. [See how many video search API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
[TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches. TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many searches as TranscriptYT's rate limit allows.
[TranscriptYT's $45 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/45-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of searches. TranscriptYT's $45 pack costs more up front than TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan.
[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 [TranscriptYT](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/free-get-api-v1-channel-search
- [Video search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://bulktranscripts.co/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://bulktranscripts.co/api/v1/channel/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://bulktranscripts.co/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://bulktranscripts.co/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: BulkTranscripts (https://bulktranscripts.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Length: ✓
- Channel: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Get a video's transcript · List a channel's videos · List a playlist's videos in order · Search YouTube videos, channels, or playlists · Start a background job that fetches every transcript of a channel, playlist or video URL

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search within one channel's uploads to find a creator's videos on a topic without listing the whole archive.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use BulkTranscripts only on publicly accessible videos. You are responsible for how you use the transcripts you download, including compliance with YouTube's Terms of Service and any applicable copyright law. Transcripts of other people's content are for your personal research, study, and analysis. Redistributing or republishing them as your own is not permitted.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 30 credits
- Enough for: 30 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: channel, q. Optional: limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/channel/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a Google account

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

search query, searched channel title, video result type, video result ID, video result link, video result title, video result channel, video result channel URL, video result duration seconds, returned results count, credits consumed, credits remaining

## BulkTranscripts's plans (7)

- [BulkTranscripts, free, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/free-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [BulkTranscripts, $4.99 pack, Starter, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/4-99-pack-starter-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): $24.95 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [BulkTranscripts, $14.99 pack, Pro, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/14-99-pack-pro-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): $12.492 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [BulkTranscripts, $29 pack, Business, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/29-pack-business-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): $5.80 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [BulkTranscripts, $99 pack, Scale, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/99-pack-scale-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): $3.96 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [BulkTranscripts, $499 pack, Agency, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/499-pack-agency-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): $2.495 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [BulkTranscripts, contact us, Custom pack, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/contact-us-custom-pack-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): 33% complete

## BulkTranscripts's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /api/v1/channel/search`: [BulkTranscripts, free, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/free-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/v1/search`: [BulkTranscripts, free, GET /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/free-get-api-v1-search/llms.txt)

## BulkTranscripts's APIs (2)

- [BulkTranscripts: YouTube channel video API pricing, 7 plans, GET /api/v1/channel/latest](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/bulktranscripts/free-get-api-v1-channel-latest/llms.txt)
- [BulkTranscripts: YouTube channel video API pricing, 7 plans, GET /api/v1/channel/videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/bulktranscripts/free-get-api-v1-channel-videos/llms.txt)
- [BulkTranscripts: YouTube channel video API pricing, 7 plans, GET /api/v1/playlist/videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/bulktranscripts/free-get-api-v1-playlist-videos/llms.txt)
- [BulkTranscripts: video search API pricing, 7 plans, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/bulktranscripts/free-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt)

## BulkTranscripts: video search API alternatives

- [Search1API, $4,990 yearly, Enterprise (annual), POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/4990-yearly-enterprise-annual-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $2.495 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Openhandle, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/openhandle/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [SearchApi, $250 monthly, BigData Plan, GET /api/v1/search?engine=bing_videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/searchapi/250-monthly-bigdata-plan-get-api-v1-search-engine-bing-videos/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [OpenWeb Ninja, $25 monthly, Pro, GET /search, Search Shorts](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/openweb-ninja/25-monthly-pro-get-search-search-shorts/llms.txt): $2.50 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 2026-11-07.

- https://bulktranscripts.co/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://bulktranscripts.co/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://bulktranscripts.co/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://bulktranscripts.co/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://bulktranscripts.co/youtube-transcript-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing