Algrow pricing: YouTube channel API
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- $1 pack3-day trial
- $25 monthlyStarter$0.278 per 1,000
- $45 monthlyProfessional$0.25 per 1,000
- $80 monthlyUltimate$0.222 per 1,000
- $378 yearlyProfessional (annual)$0.175 per 1,000
GET / api/ channels/ :channel_ id/ about Algrow's only call for this API- Video search API
- YouTube channel API
- YouTube channel video API
GET /api/ channels/ :channel_ id/ shorts - YouTube channel video API
GET /api/ channels/ :channel_ id/ videos
About this item
- Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call the API.
- 6 of the 11 fields on our checklist. Photo, Links, Location, Followers, Posts, Views.
- A single purchase. You pay $1 for 45 credits. You spend the credits on Algrow's other calls. This call is free for up to 9,000 calls in all. Unused credits expire after 3 days.
- One call. You send
channel_toid GET /. The call returns the channel's details.api/ channels/ :channel_ id/ about - Anyone can get it. Keep data: 24 hours. Use data: with conditions.
Algrow: YouTube channel API alternatives
Algrow alternatives: other YouTube channel API providers by price
We list other providers' plans that you pay for up front. These plans come closest to this plan in number of key fields. Each plan in the table gives live data.
| This planAlgrow, $1 pack | Lucydomi, top-up | ZenRows, top-up from $5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completeness | 55% | 55% | 27% |
| Billing | pay first | pay first | pay first |
| Pay | $1 | any amount | $5 |
| Enough for | 9,000 calls, once | as many as you pay for | not published |
| Freshness | live | live | live |
| Who can get it | anyone | anyone outside mainland China | AI agents, with no Zenrows account or API key needed |
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.
Product details
The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.
- Bio, not in the answer
- Photo
- Links
- Contact, not in the answer
- Location
- Verified, not in the answer
- Followers
- Following, not in the answer
- Posts
- Likes, not in the answer
- Views
| Per | call |
|---|---|
| Billing | pay first |
| Repeat free | 24 hours |
|---|---|
| Also pays for | GET /api/channels/search: 300 a day · GET /api/longform-channels/search: 300 a day · GET /api/viral-videos/search: 300 a day · GET /api/collabs/fastest-growing: 300 a day · GET /api/channel-trends: 200 a day · GET /api/channels/:channel_id/daily-analytics: 100 a day · POST /api/thumbnail-search: 40 a day · POST /api/generate-simple · POST /api/generate-image · POST /api/generate-video · POST /api/caption-remover · from the same budget: GET /api/channels/:channel_id/videos · GET /api/channels/:channel_id/shorts · GET /api/channels/:channel_id/playlists · GET /api/search · POST /api/youtube-scraper · POST /api/youtube-scraper/thumbnails · GET /api/channels/:channel_id/youtube-recommends · GET /api/videos/:video_id/youtube-recommends · POST /api/video-comments · POST /api/channels/resolve · GET /api/channel-monetization/:channel_id |
| Their pitch | Everything from a channel's About page in one call — name, description, subscriber and view counts, country, language, join date, topics, social links, trailer, banner, and more. |
|---|
| Freshness | live |
|---|---|
| Keep data | 24 hours |
| Use data | Allowed Without Asking: Your own work. Internal tools, personal projects and automation for your own team. Your own product, for your signed-in users. A user asks for data and your product shows the result to that user. You must credit Algrow as shown below. Needs Written Permission From Algrow: Public pages. Showing Algrow data on pages that anyone can open without signing in. [...] Passing the data on. Serving Algrow data through your own API, MCP server, feed, export or download. Building a copy. Keeping Algrow data for more than 24 hours, or refreshing a fixed list of channels on a schedule to build your own database. Selling the data. Selling Algrow data, or a dataset made from it, in any form. [...] A linked label. Show a visible “Powered by Algrow” label on every page or screen that shows Algrow data. The label must link to algrow.online. [...] Do not present Algrow data as your own. |
| Pay | $1 |
|---|---|
| You get | 45 credits |
| Enough for | 9,000 calls, once |
| Expires | 3 days |
| Per day | 3,000 |
|---|---|
| Per second | 1.67 (100 a minute) |
| Batch | 1 |
| Answer | in the call |
|---|
| You send | channel_id |
|---|---|
| Method | GET |
| Path | /api/channels/:channel_id/about |
| Plan | 3-day trial |
|---|---|
| Who can get it | anyone |
The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold
success, channel ID, name, handle, description, channel URL, country, country name, default language, profile picture, banner image, subscribers, subscribers text, views count, views count text, videos count, videos count text, average views per video, joined, joined text, privacy status, made for kids, hidden subscriber count, keywords, topic categories, featured video, uploads playlist ID, tabs, has email, social links, available countries