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DataBlue pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API

DataBlue's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026
73% complete: 8 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe rank 103 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.15.Litescrape, HasData and ScrapeCreators are the best YouTube channel API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of DataBlue's 12 plans
Call: POST /v1/data/youtube/channel DataBlue's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of DataBlue's 5 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call.
  • 8 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 credits, enough for 125 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out.
  • One call. You send identifier to POST /v1/data/youtube/channel. You set the Content-Type header to "application/json". You can also send country and language. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Who can get it: anyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Service. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

DataBlue: YouTube channel API alternatives

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

DataBlue, $7,689 yearlylobstr.io, $192 yearly, Starter, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel ScraperSocial Fetch, $379 packEnsembleData, $1,400 monthly, Platinum, GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info, Channel Detailed InfoScrapeCreators, $47 pack
$ per 1,000 channels$1.768$1.60$1.648$1.867$1.88
Completeness73%82%73%55%73%
Billingyearlyyearlypay firstmonthlypay first
Pay$7,689$192$379$1,400$47
Enough for362,500 calls a month10,000 results a month230,000 calls25,000 calls a day25,000 calls
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Serviceprofessionals, not consumersanyone, for an organisation, someone with the authority to bind itanyoneanyone legally able to enter into a binding agreement

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 2026-10-29.

  1. docs.datablue.dev/plans-credits
  2. docs.datablue.dev/rate-limits
  3. docs.datablue.dev/youtube-channel
  4. datablue.dev
  5. datablue.dev/apis
  6. datablue.dev/legal/terms-of-service
  7. datablue.dev/pricing

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 forfrom the same budget: 43 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchFull YouTube channel profile by @handle or ID - name, subscriber count, total views, description, and channel-level stats.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Services to: Violate any law, regulation, or third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, and data-protection laws, Collect, store, or process personal data in a manner that violates applicable law or the rights of data subjects, Send spam, malware, or unsolicited communications, or facilitate fraud, phishing, or deceptive practices, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, other accounts, or our systems, or probe, scan, or test their vulnerability without authorization, Resell, sublicense, or expose the raw Services as a competing API without our written permission, Exceed rate limits, circumvent usage metering, or place an unreasonable load on the infrastructure, or Use the Services to build profiles for unlawful surveillance, discrimination, or harassment. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your specific use of the data you obtain through the Services complies with the laws, regulations, and terms that apply to you and to the sources you target.
Plan
Pay$0
You get1,000 credits
Enough for125 calls
Rate limit
Concurrent5
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median0.73 s
The call
You sendidentifier, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: country, language
MethodPOST
Path/v1/data/youtube/channel
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Service
The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, time taken, channel ID, name, handle, bio, subscribers, subscribers text, subscribers count status, videos count, videos count text, videos count status, views count, views count text, views count status, joined, joined text, verified, profile picture, banner image, channel URL, country, keywords, RSS URL, family safe, external links, about complete, about stop reason

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