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Litescrape pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API

Litescrape'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: 5 free calls one of Litescrape's 3 plans
Call: GET /api/youtube/channel Litescrape's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of Litescrape's 16 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 8 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 5 requests once. Calls stop once your requests run out. Requests never expire.
  • One call. You send channel_id to GET /api/youtube/channel. You can also send search_query, tab, sort, about, hl, gl and next_page_token. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Litescrape: YouTube channel API alternatives

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

Litescrape, top-up from $10AnyAPI, free trial keyScrappa, $1,000 packSocialCrawl, £299 pack, Pro, POST /v1/youtube/channelsScrapeBadger, $36,000 yearlylobstr.io, $4,800 yearly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper
$ per 1,000 channels$0.15$0.00$0.20$0.266$0.30$0.40
Completeness73%55%64%73%73%82%
Billingpay firstfreepay firstpay firstyearlyyearly
Pay$10$0$1,000£299$36,000$4,800
Enough for66,667 callsabout 111 calls, once5,000,000 calls1,500,000 results10,000,000 calls a month1,000,000 results a month
Freshnessunknownunknownunknownliveunknownlive
Who can get itanyoneanyone 18 or over, with no account, for business or professional use, not in an embargoed jurisdiction or on a restricted-party listanyone 18 or overanyone 18 or overanyone 18 or overprofessionals, 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. litescrape.com/api/openapi.json
  2. litescrape.com/apis/google-search
  3. litescrape.com/docs/youtube-channel
  4. litescrape.com/pricing
  5. litescrape.com/terms
  6. litescrape.com

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: 187 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet a YouTube channel's profile, videos, Shorts, playlists and posts.
Data
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou must use the Service lawfully and in accordance with these Terms and any third-party terms that apply to you. You must not misuse the Service, including by interfering with its operation, circumventing its limits, or using data obtained through it to harm, harass, or unlawfully track individuals. [...] Nothing in these Terms grants you rights in third-party data.
Plan
Pay$0
You get5 requests
Enough for5 calls, once
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Concurrent25
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median1.27 s
The call
You sendchannel_id. Optional: search_query, tab, sort, about, hl, gl, next_page_token
MethodGET
Path/api/youtube/channel
About the plan
Plan5 free calls
Who can get itanyone
The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, channel ID, channel URL, username, RSS URL, bio, keywords, profile picture, profile picture sizes, banner image, verified, subscribers text, subscribers, videos count text, videos count, country, joined, views count text, views count, external links

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