# YouTubeVideoTranscript.io, free, GET /api/v1/channel/search: Video search API

> Find videos before fetching their transcripts.

YouTubeVideoTranscript.io's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. YouTubeVideoTranscript.io's docs list all 6 fields on our checklist: Length, Date, Channel, Views, Snippet, Thumbnail.
You get 30 credits a month. You spend the credits on YouTubeVideoTranscript.io's other calls. This call is free. YouTubeVideoTranscript.io limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt), the best plan from YouTubeVideoTranscript.io scores 47.6 out of 100. YouTubeVideoTranscript.io ranks 32nd 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/youtubevideotranscript-io/free-get-api-v1-channel-search
- [Video search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://youtubevideotranscript.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.youtubevideotranscript.io/api/v1/channel/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://youtubevideotranscript.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://youtubevideotranscript.io/docs/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: YouTubeVideoTranscript.io (https://youtubevideotranscript.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Length: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Views: ✓
- Snippet: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Fetch a transcript · Video comments · Search YouTube · Video info and caption availability · Resolve a URL · Check usage · List channel playlists · Get an exact long-form count

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find videos before fetching their transcripts.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the service for personal, research, journalistic, and commercial purposes, subject to YouTube's Terms of Service and applicable copyright law. [...] You are responsible for ensuring your use of downloaded transcripts complies with applicable laws. YouTube Video Transcript does not grant any rights in the underlying video content. [...] You may not use YouTube Video Transcript to scrape transcripts at a volume that violates YouTube's Terms of Service, resell access to the service without authorization, automate requests in a manner that degrades service quality for other users, or use the service for any unlawful purpose.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 30 credits a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: url, continuation
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/channel/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 13 years old with a Google account

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

video result ID, video result link, video result title, video result thumbnail, video result duration seconds, video result published date, video result view count text, video result is live, video result channel, video result channel ID, video result description, video result type, search query, searched channel ID, next cursor

## YouTubeVideoTranscript.io's plans (4)

- [YouTubeVideoTranscript.io, free, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubevideotranscript-io/free-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [YouTubeVideoTranscript.io, $9 monthly, Starter, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubevideotranscript-io/9-monthly-starter-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [YouTubeVideoTranscript.io, $19 monthly, Pro, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubevideotranscript-io/19-monthly-pro-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [YouTubeVideoTranscript.io, $49 monthly, Business, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubevideotranscript-io/49-monthly-business-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt): 100% complete

## YouTubeVideoTranscript.io's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /api/v1/channel/search`: [YouTubeVideoTranscript.io, free, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubevideotranscript-io/free-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/v1/search`: [YouTubeVideoTranscript.io, free, GET /api/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubevideotranscript-io/free-get-api-v1-search/llms.txt)

## YouTubeVideoTranscript.io's APIs (2)

- [YouTubeVideoTranscript.io: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubevideotranscript-io/free/llms.txt)
- [YouTubeVideoTranscript.io: video search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /api/v1/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubevideotranscript-io/free-get-api-v1-channel-search/llms.txt)

## YouTubeVideoTranscript.io: video search API alternatives

- [Scrappa, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrappa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SerpScraper.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [TranscriptYT, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [Crawlora, free, GET /brave/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/crawlora/free-get-brave-videos/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Semust, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/semust/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://youtubevideotranscript.io/docs/quotas?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubevideotranscript.io/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubevideotranscript.io/docs/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubevideotranscript.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubevideotranscript.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubevideotranscript.io/transcript-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing