TranscriptAPI.io Video search API pricing: GET / channel/ search
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- Free, HobbyHobby$0.00 per 1,000
- $10 pack, 2,500 credits2,500 credits$4.00 per 1,000
- $39 pack, 10,000 credits10,000 credits$3.90 per 1,000
- $149 pack, 50,000 credits50,000 credits$2.98 per 1,000
- $449 pack, 200,000 credits200,000 credits$2.245 per 1,000
- $49 monthly, ProductionProduction$1.96 per 1,000
- $249 monthly, EnterpriseEnterprise$0.249 per 1,000
GET / channel/ search one of TranscriptAPI.io's 2 calls for this APIAbout this item
- A copy at most 1 hour old. You get videos TranscriptAPI.io saved earlier.
- 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist. Channel, Views.
- Nothing to pay. You get 20 credits, enough for 20 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out.
- One call. You send
channel_andid qtoGET /. You can also sendchannel/ search limit. The call returns the videos that match. - Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.
TranscriptAPI.io: video search API alternatives
TranscriptAPI.io alternatives: other video search API providers by price
The table starts with TranscriptAPI.io's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to TranscriptAPI.io's. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most an hour old.
| TranscriptAPI.io, $249 monthly, Enterprise, GET /channel/search | FlashData, $999 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/queries/realtime, YouTube Search API (Realtime) | PrismCrawl, $25 pack, Starter, POST /v1/yandex/videos/search | SerpBase, $100 monthly, Pro Monthly, POST /google/videos/search | Algrow, $45 monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ per 1,000 searches | $0.249 | $0.25 | $0.25 | $0.25 | $0.25 |
| Completeness | 33% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 83% |
| Billing | monthly | monthly | pay first | monthly | monthly |
| Pay | $249 | $999 | $25 | $100 | $45 |
| Enough for | 1,000,000 calls a month | 4,000,000 calls a month | 100,000 calls | 400,000 calls a month | 180,000 calls a month |
| Freshness | 1 hour | live | live | live | live |
| Who can get it | anyone | anyone with legal capacity to enter into the agreement, a person under 16 may not create or use an account | anyone at least 18 and legally able to enter the agreement | anyone | anyone |
Sources
From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.
Product details
The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.
- Length, not in the answer
- Date, not in the answer
- Channel
- Views
- Snippet, not in the answer
- Thumbnail, not in the answer
| $ per 1,000 searches | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Per | call |
| Billing | free |
| Repeat free | 1 hour |
|---|---|
| Most per search | 50 |
| Also pays for | Subscribe · Unsubscribe · from the same budget: Get Transcript · Search · Channel Videos · Get Playlist |
| Units cap | hard |
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| $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing | $0.00 |
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| Their pitch | Search for videos within a specific channel. Great for finding topics inside large content libraries without scanning the whole platform. |
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| Freshness | 1 hour |
|---|---|
| Keep data | no limit |
| Use data | You may use the Service for any lawful purpose. You agree not to: Resell or redistribute raw API access as a competing product, Attempt to bypass rate limits or abuse the free tier, Use the Service to generate or distribute illegal content |
| Pay | $0 |
|---|---|
| You get | 20 credits |
| Enough for | 20 calls |
| Concurrent | no limit |
|---|---|
| Batch | 1 |
| Answer | in the call |
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| You send | channel_id, q. Optional: limit |
|---|---|
| Method | GET |
| Path | /channel/search |
| Plan | Hobby |
|---|---|
| Who can get it | anyone |
The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold
searched channel ID, search query, video result ID, video result title, video result channel, video result view count text, video result formatted duration