# Stophy, free: Video search API

> Search YouTube and TikTok, open any video, channel or playlist, and read comments. Get transcripts from YouTube, TikTok and Instagram videos.

Stophy's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. Stophy's docs list all 6 fields on our checklist: Length, Date, Channel, Views, Snippet, Thumbnail.
In [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt), the best plan from Stophy scores 66.5 out of 100. Stophy ranks 10th of 36 providers.
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/stophy/free
- [Video search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://stophy.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://stophy.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.stophy.dev/sources/video?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing#youtube-search
- Sold by: Stophy (https://stophy.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## 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: 110 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube and TikTok, open any video, channel or playlist, and read comments. Get transcripts from YouTube, TikTok and Instagram videos.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use Stophy to violate any law or regulation, infringe the rights of any third party, transmit malicious code, abuse or overload our infrastructure, or use the service in any way that creates legal liability for Stophy or other users. You are solely responsible for ensuring your use of Stophy and its outputs complies with applicable laws and any applicable third-party terms in your jurisdiction.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 credits
- Enough for: 5,000 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.42 s

## The call

- You send: url, formats[].type "json", formats[].parser "youtube-search". Optional: formats[].options.type, formats[].options.duration, formats[].options.uploadDate, formats[].options.features, formats[].options.prioritize, formats[].options.cursor, maxAge, timeout, location, proxy, storeInCache
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up, no card

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

video result ID, video result link, video result title, video result description, video result channel, video result channel URL, video result published date, video result duration seconds, video result view count, video result like count, video result comment count, video result thumbnail, video result type, next cursor, total results, credits consumed

## Stophy's plans (6)

- [Stophy, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Stophy, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Stophy, top-up from $100](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-100/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Stophy, top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Stophy, top-up from $2,000](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-2000/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Stophy, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/stophy/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete

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

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

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## Stophy: video search API alternatives

- [Talordata, $27 pack, 30,000 Responses, POST /serp/v1/request, Bing Videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/talordata/27-pack-30000-responses-post-serp-v1-request-bing-videos/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [MapleSerp, $45 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/mapleserp/45-monthly/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Novada, $290 monthly, $290, GET /search, Yandex Videos API](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/novada/290-monthly-290-get-search-yandex-videos-api/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [ValueSERP, $1,800 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/valueserp/1800-monthly/llms.txt): $0.90 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://api.stophy.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://api.stophy.dev/v1/parsers?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.stophy.dev/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.stophy.dev/guides/parsers?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.stophy.dev/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.stophy.dev/sources/video?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://stophy.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://stophy.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://stophy.dev/tos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing