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ContentAPI pricing: YouTube channel API

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36% complete: 4 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe haven't run ContentAPI through our YouTube channel API benchmark yet.This plan is free. We rank 389 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.667 per 1,000 channels or less.Serpent API's top-up from $500 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.01.YouTube Data API (Google), Litescrape and lobstr.io are the best YouTube channel API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Type a number to see the cheapest ContentAPI plan for that many channels. The table below then sorts the other plans by what each costs.
Plan: Free one of ContentAPI's 3 plans
Call: GET /youtube/channel ContentAPI's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of ContentAPI's 3 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 4 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Followers, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 5,000 requests a month. Calls stop once your requests run out. Unused requests don't roll over to the next month.
  • One call. You send handle to GET /youtube/channel. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

ContentAPI: YouTube channel API alternatives

ContentAPI alternatives: other YouTube channel API providers by price

The table starts with ContentAPI's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 channels closest to ContentAPI's.

ContentAPI, $49 monthlyUpscrape, $49 packCrawlora, $199 monthlyMindcase, $19.99 packlobstr.io, $500 monthly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper
$ per 1,000 channels$0.49$0.49$0.497$0.50$0.50
Completeness36%27%64%45%82%
Billingmonthlypay firstmonthlypay firstmonthly
Pay$49$49$199$19.99$500
Enough for100,000 calls a month100,000 calls400,000 calls a month40,000 results1,000,000 results a month
Freshnessunknownliveunknownlivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering the termsanyoneanyone at least 18 years oldprofessionals, not consumers

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-06.

  1. getcontentapi.com
  2. getcontentapi.com/docs
  3. getcontentapi.com/llms-full.txt
  4. getcontentapi.com/pricing
  5. getcontentapi.com/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, not in the answer
  • Contact, not in the answer
  • Location, not in the answer
  • Verified, not in the answer
  • Followers
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: GET /youtube/transcript · GET /youtube/metadata · GET /youtube/languages · GET /youtube/playlist · GET /web/extract · GET /web/metadata · GET /web/search · GET /twitter/tweet · GET /twitter/thread · GET /reddit/post · POST /batch
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet YouTube channel metadata and recent videos.
Data
Keep datano limit
Use dataYour use of the API is subject to usage limits based on your subscription plan. You agree to: Not exceed your plan's rate limits or request quotas, Not attempt to circumvent usage limits or abuse the Service, Not use the API to violate the terms of service of content platforms (e.g., YouTube), Not resell, redistribute, or white-label the API without written permission, Implement appropriate caching to minimize redundant requests. [...] You may not use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws or regulations, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Scrape, download, or redistribute copyrighted content in violation of copyright law, Transmit malware, viruses, or any destructive code, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, Interfere with or disrupt the integrity of the Service, Engage in any activity that could harm minors, Send spam or unsolicited commercial communications
Plan
Pay$0
You get5,000 requests a month
Enough for5,000 calls a month
Expiresdon't roll over to the next month
Rate limit
Per day500
Per second0.17
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendhandle
MethodGET
Path/youtube/channel
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits used, credits remaining, channel ID, name, handle, bio, subscribers, videos count, profile picture, banner image, latest videos

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