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KeyAPI pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API

KeyAPI's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026: pricing compared

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36% complete: 4 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe rank 173 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 one of KeyAPI's 5 plans
Call: GET /v1/youtube/get_channel_description KeyAPI's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of KeyAPI's 22 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call the API.
  • 4 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Followers, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 50 credits once, enough for about 16 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out. Unused credits expire after 3 days.
  • One call. You send channel_id to GET /v1/youtube/get_channel_description. You can also send language_code, country_code and need_format. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: with conditions.

KeyAPI: YouTube channel API alternatives

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

KeyAPI, $439 monthlyEnsembleData, $100 monthly, Wood, GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info, Channel Detailed Info, fullDataSpider, $14.90 packlobstr.io, $500 monthly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper, fullSocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, GET /v1/youtube/channel
$ per 1,000 channels$7.317$6.667$7.45$7.50$8.001
Completeness36%55%45%82%73%
Billingmonthlymonthlypay firstmonthlypay first
Pay$439$100$14.90$500£15
Enough for60,000 calls a month500 calls a day2,000 callsabout 66,666 results a month2,500 calls
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyoneanyone with an email address they are allowed to useprofessionals, not consumersanyone 18 or over

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 2026-10-30.

  1. docs.keyapi.ai/en/youtube.openapi.json
  2. docs.keyapi.ai/llms.txt
  3. keyapi.ai
  4. keyapi.ai/apis/linkedin
  5. keyapi.ai/apis/youtube
  6. keyapi.ai/privacy-policy

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
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet detailed information about a YouTube channel, including channel description, view count, subscriber count, join date, social links, etc.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano API terms
Use dataYour use of data retrieved through KeyAPI remains subject to the terms and privacy policies of the respective platforms.
Plan
Pay$0
You get50 credits
Enough forabout 16 calls, once
Expires3 days
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendchannel_id. Optional: language_code, country_code, need_format
MethodGET
Path/v1/youtube/get_channel_description
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, name, bio, subscribers, videos count, banner image

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