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Serpent API pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API

Serpent API's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026: pricing comparedSerpent API: YouTube channel API alternatives

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55% complete: 6 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe rank 198 plans by price. Serpent API's top-up from $500 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.01.YouTube Data API (Google), Litescrape and lobstr.io are the best YouTube channel API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free calls one of Serpent API's 6 plans
Call: GET /api/social/youtube/channel Serpent API's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of Serpent API's 25 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call the API.
  • 6 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Location, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get up to 10 calls in all. Unused calls expire after 12 months of account inactivity.
  • One call. You call GET /api/social/youtube/channel. You send one of id, handle or url. You can also send include_videos and video_count. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Who can get it: one account per person or organisation, for evaluation. Keep data: with conditions. Use data: with conditions.

Serpent API: YouTube channel API alternatives

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

Serpent API, top-up from $500FetchLayer, $1,400 monthlySocialCrawl, £299 pack, Pro, POST /v1/youtube/channelsReefAPI, $1,200 yearly, Enterprise yearly, POST /youtube/v1/channelOmkar Cloud, $148 monthly
$ per 1,000 channels$0.01$0.013$0.266$0.333$0.37
Completeness55%73%73%45%73%
Billingpay firstmonthlypay firstyearlymonthly
Pay$500$1,400£299$1,200$148
Enough for50,000,000 calls108,864,000 calls a month1,500,000 results300,000 calls a month400,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)anyone 18 or overanyoneanyone aged 18 or over who is not in a country under a United States embargo or on a United States list of prohibited or restricted parties

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 2026-10-31.

  1. apiserpent.com/docs
  2. apiserpent.com/docs#youtube-channel
  3. apiserpent.com/faq
  4. apiserpent.com/linkedin-api
  5. apiserpent.com/pricing
  6. apiserpent.com/terms
  7. apiserpent.com/youtube-api

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
  • Verified, not in the answer
  • Followers
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Quick Search · Deep Search · News · Images · Videos · AI Ranking Combined · AI Ranking Single Engine · LinkedIn Company · LinkedIn Posts · LinkedIn Job Search · LinkedIn Job Details · LinkedIn Profile · LinkedIn Full Profile · LinkedIn Profile Search · Google Maps Quick Place Search · Google Maps Deep Place Search · Google Maps Place Details · Google Maps Reviews · YouTube Search · YouTube Video Details · YouTube Playlist Videos · Instagram · Amazon Search · Amazon Product · Amazon Bestsellers · TikTok Profile · TikTok Video · TikTok Hashtag · TikTok Search · TikTok Music · X Post · X Profile · Reddit Subreddit Listing · Reddit Comments · Reddit Search · Reddit User · Reddit Community · eBay Search listings · eBay Item details · eBay Seller profile · eBay Seller listings · eBay Product reviews · eBay Seller feedback
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$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchUse YouTube search, video, channel and playlist data as flat JSON for developer tools.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit, "You agree NOT to use the Service to: [...] Scrape, copy, or store data in violation of third-party terms"
Use dataYou may use the API for lawful purposes in accordance with these Terms and applicable laws. [...] You agree NOT to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws or regulations, Infringe on intellectual property rights of others, Distribute malware, spam, or harmful content, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers, Resell or redistribute the Service without authorization, Use automated means to abuse or overload the Service, Deliberately obtain discounted volume pricing for a completed workload and then seek a refund of the qualifying payment to retain that discount without paying the applicable Default rate. Refund requests alone, or ordinary API usage, are not abuse, any request is reviewed individually under our Cancellation & Refund Policy and applicable law, Open or operate more than one account in order to claim free searches, introductory pricing, or any promotional benefit more than once, Scrape, copy, or store data in violation of third-party terms, Submit sensitive personal data in query strings, including health, financial account, government identification, biometric, or similar special-category information [...] Free searches are for evaluation purposes only. [...] You retain ownership of any content you create using data obtained through the Service, subject to third-party rights.
Plan
Pay$0
Enough for10 calls, once
Expiresafter 12 months of account inactivity
Rate limit
Per day10,000
Per second0.028
Concurrent1
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendone of id, handle or url. Optional: include_videos, video_count
MethodGET
Path/api/social/youtube/channel
About the plan
PlanFree calls
Who can get itone account per person or organisation, for evaluation
The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, channel ID, channel URL, name, bio, handle, joined, profile picture, banner image, country, keywords, subscribers, views count, videos count, hidden subscriber count, average views per video

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