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API Direct pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API, GET /v1/youtube/channel

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73% complete: 8 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe rank 190 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.15.YouTube Data API (Google), Litescrape and lobstr.io are the best YouTube channel API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free tier one of API Direct's 2 plans
Call: GET /v1/youtube/channel one of API Direct's 2 calls for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of API Direct's 30 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call the API.
  • 8 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 50 requests a month. Requests are reset on the 1st of each month.
  • One call. You call GET /v1/youtube/channel. You send one of id, url or name. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Who can get it: at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

API Direct: YouTube channel API alternatives

The table starts with API Direct's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 channels closest to API Direct's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /v1/youtube/channelEnsembleData, $100 monthly, Wood, GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info, Channel Detailed InfoSociaVault, $29 packCaptapi, $10 packDataBlue, $319 yearly
$ per 1,000 channels$5.00$4.444$4.833$5.00$5.317
Completeness73%55%73%82%73%
Billingpay as you gomonthlypay firstpay firstyearly
Payat a threshold$100$29$10$319
Enough foras many as you pay for750 calls a day6,000 calls2,000 calls5,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Termsanyoneanyoneanyone at least 18 years oldanyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Service

Every YouTube channel API provider we score, ranked

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-31.

  1. apidirect.io/docs/batch
  2. apidirect.io/docs/pricing
  3. apidirect.io/docs/rate-limits
  4. apidirect.io/docs/youtube-channel-details
  5. apidirect.io/dpa
  6. apidirect.io/endpoints
  7. apidirect.io/endpoints/linkedin-person
  8. apidirect.io/openapi.json
  9. apidirect.io/terms

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links
  • Contact, not in the answer
  • Location
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays for142 other calls: 50 requests a month each, 20 for Places Search, Place Reviews and Place Photos
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet detailed information about a YouTube channel by channel ID, URL, or name/handle. Returns channel name, description, subscriber count, video count, total view count, country, creation date, verification status, external links, profile picture, and banner.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Engage in any activity that could damage, disable, or impair the Service, Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, Use the Service for any illegal, harmful, or fraudulent purposes, Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any rate limits, usage limits, or security measures, Use automated means to create accounts or generate API keys, Harass, abuse, or harm individuals using data obtained through the Service, Scrape our Service [...] You acknowledge that: [...] You are responsible for complying with the terms of service of the underlying platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) when using data obtained through our Service [...] You agree that: You have a lawful basis for requesting, receiving, and using the data you obtain through the Service [...] You will comply with applicable data protection law, including providing any notices and honouring any rights owed to individuals by you as controller [...] You will not use the Service to identify or target individuals on the basis of special categories of personal data
Plan
Pay$0
You get50 requests a month
Enough for50 calls a month
Expiresreset on the 1st of each month
Rate limit
Per second1.39
Concurrent10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendone of id, url or name
MethodGET
Path/v1/youtube/channel
About the plan
PlanFree tier
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms
The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, name, bio, subscribers, videos count, views count, country, joined, verified, has business email, external links, profile picture, banner image, channel URL

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