# TranscriptFetch, free: Video search API

> Searches YouTube by keyword and returns a page of videos, each with a url the transcript and batch endpoints accept.

TranscriptFetch's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. TranscriptFetch's docs list 4 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Length, Date, Channel, Views.
We haven't run TranscriptFetch 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/transcriptfetch/free
- [Video search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://transcriptfetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://transcriptfetch.com/api/v2/transcripts/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://transcriptfetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/youtube/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: TranscriptFetch (https://transcriptfetch.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Length: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: page of 50
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Fetch a transcript (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or file URL) · List a channel's or profile's videos, Shorts, streams or playlists · List a playlist's videos · Fetch up to 500 transcripts in one call (plan-dependent) · Check a monitor now

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Searches YouTube by keyword and returns a page of videos, each with a url the transcript and batch endpoints accept.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: TranscriptFetch does not own the transcripts, captions, or metadata returned by the Service, those remain the property of their respective creators and rights holders. No ownership or intellectual-property rights in any fetched content are transferred to you, and you are responsible for obtaining any rights necessary for your intended use of that content. [...] Use the Service lawfully. Do not abuse, overload, or attempt to circumvent rate limits or access controls, do not resell raw access in violation of these terms. You are responsible for ensuring your use of fetched transcripts complies with YouTube's Terms of Service, applicable copyright law, and the rights of content owners. The Service is intended solely for publicly available content. Do not use it to access, or attempt to access, private, unlisted, age-gated, members-only, or otherwise access-restricted content, or any content requiring authentication.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits
- Enough for: 50 pages

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: platform "youtube", type "video", upload_date, duration, sort, captions, transcripts, limit, cursor
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v2/transcripts/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

video result ID, video result link, video result title, video result duration seconds, video result channel, video result published date, video result view count, next cursor, credits consumed, credits remaining

## TranscriptFetch's plans (12)

- [TranscriptFetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/10-pack/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/30-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/90-pack/llms.txt): $2.571 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/5-monthly/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/15-monthly/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $45 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/45-monthly/llms.txt): $1.286 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $229 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/229-monthly/llms.txt): $0.916 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $50 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/50-yearly/llms.txt): $4.167 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $150 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/150-yearly/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $450 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/450-yearly/llms.txt): $1.071 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $2,290 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/2290-yearly/llms.txt): $0.763 per 1,000, 67% complete

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

- `POST /api/v2/transcripts/search`: [TranscriptFetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/free/llms.txt)

## TranscriptFetch's APIs (2)

- [TranscriptFetch: video search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/free/llms.txt)
- [TranscriptFetch: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/free/llms.txt)

## TranscriptFetch: video search API alternatives

- [QuanticData, $299 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/serp, Google video search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/quanticdata/299-monthly-scale-post-v1-serp-google-video-search/llms.txt): $0.753 per 1,000, 67% complete, 24 hours
- [Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/19-monthly-basic-post-search-search/llms.txt): $0.76 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeUnblocker, €299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrapeunblocker/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.765 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $155 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/ujeebu/155-pack/llms.txt): $0.775 per 1,000, 67% 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://transcriptfetch.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/pagination?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/youtube/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/legal?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing