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TranscriptAPI.io Video search API pricing: GET /search

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33% complete: 2 of the 6 fields on our checklistSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesWe haven't run TranscriptAPI.io through our video search API benchmark yet.This plan is free. We rank 711 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.316 or less per 1,000 searches. 185 video search API plans on our price sheet are free. Scrappa has a free plan with 500 calls a month. Scrappa is the best video search API in our benchmark.TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches, with no charge per call. You get as many searches as TranscriptYT's rate limit allows. SerpBase's $3 monthly plan costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $3.00.TranscriptYT's $45 pack covers any number of searches, and costs more up front than TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan.Scrappa, TranscriptYT and SerpScraper.dev are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Type a number to see the cheapest TranscriptAPI.io plan for that many searches. The table below then sorts the other plans by what each costs.
Plan: Hobby one of TranscriptAPI.io's 7 plans
Call: GET /search one of TranscriptAPI.io's 2 calls for this API
API: Video search API one of TranscriptAPI.io's 2 APIs

About 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 q to GET /search. You can also send 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 /searchFlashData, $999 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/queries/realtime, YouTube Search API (Realtime)PrismCrawl, $25 pack, Starter, POST /v1/yandex/videos/searchSerpBase, $100 monthly, Pro Monthly, POST /google/videos/searchAlgrow, $45 monthly
$ per 1,000 searches$0.249$0.25$0.25$0.25$0.25
Completeness33%100%100%50%83%
Billingmonthlymonthlypay firstmonthlymonthly
Pay$249$999$25$100$45
Enough for1,000,000 calls a month4,000,000 calls a month100,000 calls400,000 calls a month180,000 calls a month
Freshness1 hourlivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone with legal capacity to enter into the agreement, a person under 16 may not create or use an accountanyone at least 18 and legally able to enter the agreementanyoneanyone

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.

  1. api.transcriptapi.io/openapi.json
  2. transcriptapi.io
  3. transcriptapi.io/docs
  4. transcriptapi.io/llms.txt
  5. transcriptapi.io/pricing
  6. transcriptapi.io/terms

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
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Repeat free1 hour
Most per search50
Also pays forSubscribe · Unsubscribe · from the same budget: Get Transcript · Channel Videos · Channel Search · Get Playlist
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000 calls that find nothing$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSearch YouTube by keyword and get structured results — video ID, title, channel, views, duration. Max 50 results per call.
Data
Freshness1 hour
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou 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
Plan
Pay$0
You get20 credits
Enough for20 calls
Rate limit
Concurrentno limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendq. Optional: limit
MethodGET
Path/search
About the plan
PlanHobby
Who can get itanyone
The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

search query, video result ID, video result title, video result channel, video result view count text, video result formatted duration

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