# PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/youtube/search: Video search API

> Search public YouTube videos, channels, and playlists.

PrismCrawl's video search API on its Free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns all 6 key fields we check: Length, Date, Channel, Views, Snippet, Thumbnail.
We rank 370 plans by price. [SerpScraper.dev's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/499-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.033.
[SerpKite](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpkite/300-pack-pro-post-v1-videos-bing-videos/llms.txt), [PrismCrawl](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/10-pack-lite-post-v1-yahoo-videos-search/llms.txt) and [SerpBase](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpbase/100-monthly/llms.txt) are the best video search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-youtube-search
- [Best video search API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.prismcrawl.com/serp-api/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.prismcrawl.com/v1/youtube/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.prismcrawl.com/serp-api/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.prismcrawl.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: PrismCrawl (https://www.prismcrawl.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Length: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Views: ✓
- Snippet: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 125 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search public YouTube videos, channels, and playlists.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the service in accordance with these terms, the documentation, and applicable law. You are responsible for assessing whether your collection and use of data, including personal data, is permitted for your purpose and for providing any required notices, permissions, and safeguards. [...] Do not use the service to obtain credentials or private information without authorization, bypass access controls to nonpublic systems, infringe intellectual-property or privacy rights, harass or unlawfully surveil people, distribute malware, interfere with service security, evade usage limits, or facilitate unlawful activity. Do not represent our returned data as independently verified by us. Do not rely on it as the sole basis for decisions that could cause personal injury or materially affect someone’s legal, financial, employment, or health interests. [...] Access through our API does not transfer ownership of third-party content or grant rights that its owners have not granted.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 100 calls

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 7.43 s

## The call

- You send: query, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: sp, country, language, next_page_token, device, zero_trace
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/youtube/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 and legally able to enter the agreement

## The 24 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, search status, search parameters, pagination, SERP features, video result position, video result rank, video result ID, video result title, video result link, video result snippet, video result description, video result thumbnail, video result duration, video result duration seconds, video result channel, video result channel ID, video result is live, video result published date, video result uploaded at, video result subscribers, video result video count, video result view count, video result type

## PrismCrawl's plans (10)

- [PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $5 pack, Micro, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/5-pack-micro-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $10 pack, Lite, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/10-pack-lite-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.27 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $25 pack, Starter, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/25-pack-starter-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $50 pack, Basic, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/50-pack-basic-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.23 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $100 pack, Growth, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/100-pack-growth-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.21 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $200 pack, Pro, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/200-pack-pro-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.19 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $500 pack, Scale, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/500-pack-scale-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.17 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $1,000 pack, Volume, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/1000-pack-volume-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, contact us, Custom, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/contact-us-custom-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): 100% complete, live

## PrismCrawl's calls for this API (7)

- `POST /v1/microsoft/videos/search`: [PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/microsoft/videos/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-microsoft-videos-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/yahoo/videos/search`: [PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/yahoo/videos/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-yahoo-videos-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/yandex/videos/search`: [PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/yandex/videos/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-yandex-videos-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/youtube/search`: [PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/google/short-videos`: [PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/google/short-videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-short-videos/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/google/videos`: [PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/google/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-videos/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/google/videos/light`: [PrismCrawl, free credits, POST /v1/google/videos/light](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-videos-light/llms.txt)

## PrismCrawl's APIs (16)

- [PrismCrawl: company discovery API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/apple/maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-apple-maps-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: company discovery API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/microsoft/maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-microsoft-maps-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: company discovery API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/duckduckgo/maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-duckduckgo-maps-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: company discovery API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/local](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-local/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: company discovery API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-maps-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: company enrichment API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: news API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/baidu/news/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-baidu-news-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: news API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/microsoft/news/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-microsoft-news-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: news API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/duckduckgo/news/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-duckduckgo-news-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: news API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-news/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: news API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/news/light](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-news-light/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/baidu/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-baidu-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/naver/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-naver-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/yahoo/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-yahoo-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/yandex/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-yandex-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/microsoft/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-microsoft-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/microsoft/shopping/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-microsoft-shopping-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/duckduckgo/search/light](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-duckduckgo-search-light/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/duckduckgo/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-duckduckgo-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/forums](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-forums/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/light/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-light-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/patents/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-patents-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/scholar/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-scholar-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: image search API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/microsoft/images/search](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-microsoft-images-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: image search API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/yahoo/images/search](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-yahoo-images-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: image search API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/yandex/images/search](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-yandex-images-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: image search API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/images](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-images/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: image search API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/images/light](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-images-light/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: video search API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: eBay product API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-product-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: eBay search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: Google AI Mode scraper API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: Google AI Overview scraper API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-overview-scraper-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: job posting details API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: job postings API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: Walmart product API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/walmart-product-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: Walmart search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/walmart-search-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: Zillow search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/zillow-search-apis/prismcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: Google Shopping search API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/shopping](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-shopping/llms.txt)
- [PrismCrawl: Google Shopping search API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/google/shopping/light](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/prismcrawl/free-credits-post-v1-google-shopping-light/llms.txt)

## PrismCrawl: video search API alternatives

- [Serpent API, top-up from $10, Default, GET /api/videos, Yahoo Video Search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-10-default-get-api-videos-yahoo-video-search/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [XMLStock, ₽50,000 monthly, Премиум, GET /yandexlive/xml/](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/xmlstock/50000-monthly-get-yandexlive-xml/llms.txt): $0.143 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $22,000 monthly, Titan Pro, GET /google_videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrapingdog/22000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.149 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [FlashData, $1,999 monthly, Business, POST /v1/queries/realtime, YouTube Search API (Realtime)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/flashdata/1999-monthly-business-post-v1-queries-realtime-youtube-search-api-realtime/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 100% 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 2026-10-28.

- https://www.prismcrawl.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.prismcrawl.com/google-search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.prismcrawl.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.prismcrawl.com/serp-api/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.prismcrawl.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.prismcrawl.com/tools/serp-api-cost-calculator?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing