# YouTubeTranscript.dev, free, GET /search/videos: Video search API

> Search YouTube videos by keyword.

YouTubeTranscript.dev's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. YouTubeTranscript.dev's docs list 5 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Length, Date, Channel, Views, Thumbnail.
In [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt), the best plan from YouTubeTranscript.dev scores 52.6 out of 100. YouTubeTranscript.dev ranks 24th 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/youtubetranscript-dev/free-get-search-videos
- [Video search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/api/v2/search/videos`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: YouTubeTranscript.dev (https://www.youtubetranscript.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Length: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Views: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Transcribe a video · Transcribe a video with speech-to-text · Transcribe many videos · Transcribe an Instagram Reel · Translate a transcript · Get themes & keywords · Search Shorts · Search channels · Search playlists

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube videos by keyword.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to: Violate any laws or regulations, Infringe on intellectual property rights, Abuse, harass, or harm others, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, Use the service to extract transcripts from private or restricted videos, Resell or redistribute transcripts without proper authorization, Exceed rate limits or abuse API access. Transcripts extracted through our service may be subject to third-party copyright. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with applicable copyright laws.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits a month
- Enough for: 10 calls a month
- Expires: at the end of each billing cycle

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.80 s

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: upload_date, sort_by, duration, region, page_token
- Method: GET
- Path: /search/videos

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, query, next cursor, credits consumed, credits remaining, video result type, video result ID, video result link, video result title, video result thumbnail, video result channel ID, video result channel title, video result channel handle, video result channel URL, video result channel thumbnail, video result view count, video result view count text, video result published date, video result published time, video result duration seconds, video result formatted duration, video result badges

## YouTubeTranscript.dev's plans (5)

- [YouTubeTranscript.dev, free, GET /search/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscript-dev/free-get-search-videos/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [YouTubeTranscript.dev, $99 pack, Pay-as-you-go, GET /search/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscript-dev/99-pack-pay-as-you-go-get-search-videos/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [YouTubeTranscript.dev, $9 monthly, Basic, GET /search/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscript-dev/9-monthly-basic-get-search-videos/llms.txt): $7.50 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [YouTubeTranscript.dev, $29 monthly, Pro, GET /search/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscript-dev/29-monthly-pro-get-search-videos/llms.txt): $5.80 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [YouTubeTranscript.dev, $79 monthly, Business, GET /search/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscript-dev/79-monthly-business-get-search-videos/llms.txt): $4.389 per 1,000, 83% complete

## YouTubeTranscript.dev's calls (2)

- `GET /search/shorts`: [YouTubeTranscript.dev, free, GET /search/shorts](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscript-dev/free-get-search-shorts/llms.txt)
- `GET /search/videos`: [YouTubeTranscript.dev, free, GET /search/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscript-dev/free-get-search-videos/llms.txt)

## YouTubeTranscript.dev's APIs (1)

- [YouTubeTranscript.dev: video search API pricing, 5 plans, GET /search/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscript-dev/free-get-search-videos/llms.txt)

## YouTubeTranscript.dev: video search API alternatives

- [Anspire, top-up, Standard Search, domestic, region_mode 0, Pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/anspire/top-up-standard-search-domestic-region-mode-0-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $4.487 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [TranscriptOut, $4.49 monthly, 1,000 credits a month, GET /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptout/4-49-monthly-1000-credits-a-month-get-v1-search/llms.txt): $4.49 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [GetYouTubeTranscript, $54 yearly, Annual, GET /search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/getyoutubetranscript/54-yearly-annual-get-search/llms.txt): $4.50 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [YTAPI, $9 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/ytapi/9-pack/llms.txt): $4.50 per 1,000, 83% complete, 30 days

## 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://www.youtubetranscript.dev/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/api/docs/markdown?version=v2&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/api/v2/openapi.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.youtubetranscript.dev/youtube-transcript-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing