# SocialToAI, free: Video search API

> Search YouTube videos by keyword and get back text, author and views, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP.

SocialToAI's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. SocialToAI's docs list 3 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Channel, Views, Thumbnail.
We haven't run SocialToAI 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/socialtoai/free
- [Video search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://socialtoai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://socialtoai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://socialtoai.com/youtube-search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: SocialToAI (https://socialtoai.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: page of 100
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Repeat free: 5 minutes
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 215 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube videos by keyword and get back text, author and views, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use the service lawfully and within the published rate limits. Do not try to identify the people behind anonymised comments, do not resell or share keys, and do not use the service to harass anyone. You are responsible for complying with the laws that apply to your use of the data.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 50 pages, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 5
- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: platform "youtube", query. Optional: sort, published_within, type, cursor
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in with a Google account or an email code

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

video result ID, video result link, video result title, video result channel ID, video result channel, video result view count, video result thumbnail, request ID, credits remaining, next cursor, has more

## SocialToAI's plans (4)

- [SocialToAI, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/socialtoai/10-pack/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/socialtoai/50-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/socialtoai/200-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/search`: [SocialToAI, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)

## SocialToAI's APIs (44)

- [SocialToAI: Bilibili profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Bilibili user video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-user-video-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Bilibili video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Douyin profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Douyin user video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-user-video-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Douyin video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Facebook Ad Library API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Facebook page API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Facebook post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Google Ads Transparency API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ad-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Kuaishou profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/kuaishou-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Kuaishou user video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/kuaishou-user-video-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Kuaishou video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/kuaishou-video-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Pinterest pin API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/pinterest-pin-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Pinterest search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/pinterest-search-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Reddit post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Reddit profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Telegram channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Telegram channel post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Threads post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Threads profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: TikTok Shop product API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-shop-product-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: TikTok Shop search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-shop-search-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Weibo post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Weibo profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Weibo user post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-user-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Xiaohongshu profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Xiaohongshu user note API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-user-note-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: video search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Zhihu profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialToAI: Zhihu question answer API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/zhihu-question-answer-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)

## SocialToAI: video search API alternatives

- [Pullbay, $199 monthly, Scale, GET /duckduckgo/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/199-monthly-scale-get-duckduckgo-videos/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $40 monthly, Developer Plan, GET /api/v1/search?engine=bing_videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/searchapi/40-monthly-developer-plan-get-api-v1-search-engine-bing-videos/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [KonbiniAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/konbiniapi/20-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Froxy, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/froxy/20-monthly/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 17% 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://socialtoai.com/docs/credits-and-billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/docs/data-and-usage?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/linkedin-user-profile-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/youtube-search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing