# Vee3, free: Video search API

> Search YouTube for videos and other content with optional pagination.

Vee3's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. Vee3's docs list 3: Length, Channel, Thumbnail.
We haven't run Vee3 through [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 642 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.20 or less per 1,000 searches. [See the best free video search API plan.](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. [SerpBase's $3 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpbase/3-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $3.00.
[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), [TranscriptYT](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) and [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/79-monthly/llms.txt) are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/free
- [Video search API in 2026: the best of 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.vee3.io/v1/youtube/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://vee3.io/docs/youtube/youtube-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Vee3 (https://vee3.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 269 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube for videos and other content with optional pagination.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Terms of Service, 11. Intellectual property: Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. [...] You retain rights in your inputs and in how you lawfully use outputs, subject to third-party rights in captured content. 5. Acceptable use: Prohibited uses include, without limitation: [...] Reselling or sublicensing the Service without our prior written consent, Using the Service in a manner that violates the terms of third-party websites or services you target, Using connected TikTok, X, YouTube, or other platform APIs in ways that violate that platform's developer policies, spam rules, or content rules, [...] using YouTube data from the Service for advertising or for a purpose other than the feature you requested

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 tokens a month
- Enough for: 50 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: cursor, language, location, upload_date, content_type, duration, features, sort_by
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/youtube/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

result type, video result ID, video result title, video result duration seconds, video result published time, video result is live, video result channel title, video result channel badges, video result thumbnail, next cursor, total results

## Vee3's plans (4)

- [Vee3, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Vee3, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/5-monthly/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Vee3, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/20-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Vee3, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/100-monthly/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 50% complete

## Vee3's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/youtube/search`: [Vee3, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)

## Vee3's APIs (14)

- [Vee3: search autocomplete API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-search/autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-search-autocomplete/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: search autocomplete API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/youtube/search-autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-youtube-search-autocomplete/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business reviews API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: backlink API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain authority API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: keyword research API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: video search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-lookup/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/rdap](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-rdap/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/whois](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-whois/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-maps-search/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-maps/nearby-search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-maps-nearby-search/llms.txt)

## Vee3: video search API alternatives

- [AnyCrawler, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/anycrawler/20-monthly/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [GetYouTubeTranscript, $5 monthly, Monthly, GET /search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/getyoutubetranscript/5-monthly-monthly-get-search/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Search1API, $99 pack, Pay as you go, $99 (+20% bonus), POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/99-pack-pay-as-you-go-99-20-bonus-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Marketplace for AI Agents, pay as you go, Pay per call with x402, GET /api/public/v1/youtube-search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/marketplace-for-ai-agents/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-with-x402-get-api-public-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 83% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://vee3.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs/youtube?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs/youtube/youtube-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing