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EnsembleData pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API, Channel Detailed Info

EnsembleData's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026
55% complete: 6 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 Trial one of EnsembleData's 7 plans
Call: GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info, Channel Detailed Info one of EnsembleData's 2 calls for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of EnsembleData's 8 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call.
  • 6 of the 11 key fields we check. 5 are in the plan's price: Bio, Links, Followers, Posts, Views. 1 costs extra: Photo.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 50 credits a day, enough for 25 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out. Unused credits expire at 00:00 UTC each day, when the daily units are reset.
  • One call. You send browseId to GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info. You can also send from_url and get_additional_info. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

EnsembleData: YouTube channel API alternatives

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

EnsembleData, $1,400 monthly, Platinum, GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info, Channel Detailed InfoScrapeCreators, $47 packDataBlue, $3,289 yearlySociaVault, $399 packlobstr.io, $20 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper
$ per 1,000 channels$1.867$1.88$1.907$1.995$2.00
Completeness55%73%73%73%82%
Billingmonthlypay firstyearlypay firstmonthly
Pay$1,400$47$3,289$399$20
Enough for25,000 calls a day25,000 calls143,750 calls a month200,000 calls10,000 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone legally able to enter into a binding agreementanyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Serviceanyoneprofessionals, not consumers

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. ensembledata.com/apis/docs
  2. ensembledata.com/apis/openapi.json
  3. ensembledata.com/pricing
  4. ensembledata.com/terms-and-conditions
  5. ensembledata.com/youtube-channel-profile-information-api

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photocosts more
  • Links
  • 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
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Extra fieldsname, profile picture, profile picture sizes: +$0.00
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 57 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchFetch YouTube channel data including subscriber counts, total views, upload frequency, and metadata for competitive research and video strategy.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataClients may only use the APIs and Data for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions [...] Clients may not use the APIs or Data for any illegal or unethical purposes, including but not limited to, spamming, hacking, or phishing [...] Clients may not use the APIs or Data to create a product or service that competes directly with EnsembleData’s services [...] Clients may not use the APIs or Data in a manner that would cause harm to EnsembleData, its employees, agents, or any third party
Plan
Pay$0
You get50 credits a day
Enough for25 calls a day
Expiresat 00:00 UTC each day, when the daily units are reset
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median2.43 s
The call
You sendbrowseId. Optional: from_url, get_additional_info
MethodGET
Path/youtube/channel/detailed-info
About the plan
PlanFree Trial
Who can get itanyone
The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, channel URL, canonical URL, bio, subscribers text, views count text, videos count text, joined, external links, has business email

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