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lobstr.io pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper, full

lobstr.io's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026

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82% complete: 9 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe rank 127 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 HasData are the best YouTube channel API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of lobstr.io's 9 plans
Call: POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper, full one of lobstr.io's 2 calls for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of lobstr.io's 23 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call.
  • 9 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits a month, enough for about 6 results.
  • One call. You call POST /v1/runs with the inputs in Product details. The call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done. Or the provider sends the answer to your webhook.
  • Who can get it: professionals, not consumers. Keep data: no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans. Use data: with conditions.

lobstr.io: YouTube channel API alternatives

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

lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper, fullCaptapi, $90 monthlySociaVault, $29 packDataBlue, $29 monthlyEnsembleData, $100 monthly, Wood, GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info, Channel Detailed Info, full
$ per 1,000 channels$6.00$4.50$4.833$5.80$6.667
Completeness82%82%73%73%55%
Billingyearlymonthlypay firstmonthlymonthly
Pay$4,800$90$29$29$100
Enough forabout 66,666 results a month20,000 calls a month6,000 calls5,000 calls a month500 calls a day
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 18 years oldanyoneanyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Serviceanyone

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. api.lobstr.io/v1/plans
  2. docs.lobstr.io/docs/concepts
  3. docs.lobstr.io/docs/configure-webhook-delivery
  4. docs.lobstr.io/docs/pricing
  5. docs.lobstr.io/docs/rate-limiting
  6. docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run
  7. docs.lobstr.io/examples/youtube-channel-email-scraper/add-tasks.md
  8. docs.lobstr.io/examples/youtube-channel-email-scraper/credit-cost.md
  9. docs.lobstr.io/examples/youtube-channel-email-scraper/get-results.md
  10. docs.lobstr.io/examples/youtube-channel-email-scraper/update-settings.md
  11. help.lobstr.io/billing/manage-subscription
  12. help.lobstr.io/billing/reset-billing-cycle
  13. help.lobstr.io/core-concepts/credits
  14. lobstr.io/legal/terms-of-use
  15. lobstr.io/pricing
  16. lobstr.io/store/linkedin-profile-scraper
  17. lobstr.io/store/youtube-channel-scraper

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
  • Location
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 73 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGive it a YouTube link, get the channels: account name, country, creation date, Facebook, email, comments.video title, views count, URL and 93 more fields, in a spreadsheet, in your tools, through the API or from your AI agent.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
Use dataThe User hereby asserts and affirms that the utilization of the Platform is solely for professional activities, thereby exempting the User from being classified as a "consumer" under the governing law. [...] Squiders are obligated to: (i) Procure requisite permissions for accessing websites through Squids, (ii) Abstain from extracting substantial portions of databases, whether in terms of quality or quantity, (iii) Refrain from unauthorized access to confidential or proprietary information, (iv) Observe all third-party rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (v) Comply with all pertinent laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, inclusive of those related to the protection of personal data. [...] a global, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, and non-sublicensable right to employ the Platform for the duration of the User's active account on said Platform [...] Absent express written consent from LOBSTR, the User shall abstain—and shall prohibit any third parties acting on their behalf, including but not limited to employees, agents, affiliates, and subcontractors—from: (i) Decompiling, disassembling, or reverse-engineering the Platform, or attempting to discern its source code, foundational ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interoperability features [...], (ii) Independently or with third-party assistance, rectifying any Platform defects to render it compliant with its intended use [...], (iii) Removing or altering any notifications, labels, or references pertaining to the intellectual property rights of LOBSTR or any third parties, (iv) Engaging in the transfer, utilization, or exportation of the Platform in a manner that contravenes applicable laws, (v) Integrating, associating, or amalgamating the Platform with any other software or documents, or generating derivative works based in whole or part on the Platform, (vi) Conducting any activities with the Platform other than those explicitly sanctioned by these Terms and Conditions
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits a month
Enough forabout 6 results a month
Expirescredits refresh each month and don't roll over at renewal, only a paid billing-cycle reset carries unused credits over, for 30 days
Rate limit
Per second2
Concurrent1
Speed
Answerby polling or webhook
Median20.81 s
The call
You sendsquid (a YouTube Channel Scraper squid, crawler 8dce74bb8c2330fdafee70baa22b4709, holding the YouTube channel URLs as its tasks (url)), get_videos "true", get_shorts "true", get_streams "true", get_playlists "true", get_comments "true"
MethodPOST
Path/v1/runs
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers
The 25 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, email, email source, videos count, name, views count, subscribers text, subscribers, joined, country, Instagram link, X link, Facebook link, bio, username, channel URL, profile picture, banner image, verified, external links, latest videos, latest shorts, latest streams, playlists, latest video comments

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