# Vee3, free: YouTube channel API

> Look up metadata for a public YouTube channel by id or URL.

Vee3's Free plan for the YouTube channel API costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. Vee3's docs list 5: Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
We haven't run Vee3 through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 462 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.994 or less per 1,000 channels. [See the best free YouTube channel API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
[Poix's top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-batch-channels/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.002. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 channels a month: about $2.72.
[YouTube Data API (Google)](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtube-data-api-google/free/llms.txt), [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) and [TrueScrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/500-pack/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/free
- [YouTube channel API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.vee3.io/v1/youtube/channel-details`
- API key: with the plan, on https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://vee3.io/docs/youtube/youtube-channel-details?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: Vee3 (https://vee3.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 channels: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 269 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Look up metadata for a public YouTube channel by id or URL.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Terms of Service, 11. Intellectual property: Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. [...] You retain rights in your inputs and in how you lawfully use outputs, subject to third-party rights in captured content. 5. Acceptable use: Prohibited uses include, without limitation: [...] Reselling or sublicensing the Service without our prior written consent, Using the Service in a manner that violates the terms of third-party websites or services you target, Using connected TikTok, X, YouTube, or other platform APIs in ways that violate that platform's developer policies, spam rules, or content rules, [...] using YouTube data from the Service for advertising or for a purpose other than the feature you requested

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 tokens a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: channel_id
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/youtube/channel-details

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, title, username, description, joined date, joined text, country, keywords, verified, family safe, has business email, canonical URL, avatar, banner, subscribers, subscribers text, videos count, videos text, views count, links

## Vee3's plans (4)

- [Vee3, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Vee3, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/5-monthly/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Vee3, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/20-monthly/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Vee3, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/100-monthly/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 45% complete

## Vee3's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/youtube/channel-details`: [Vee3, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)

## Vee3's APIs (14)

- [Vee3: search autocomplete API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-search/autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-search-autocomplete/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: search autocomplete API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/youtube/search-autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-youtube-search-autocomplete/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business reviews API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: backlink API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain authority API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: keyword research API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: video search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-lookup/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/rdap](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-rdap/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/whois](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-whois/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-maps-search/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-maps/nearby-search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-maps-nearby-search/llms.txt)

## Vee3: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [Monocrawl, $99 monthly, Pro, GET /v1/youtube/profile](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/99-monthly-pro-get-v1-youtube-profile/llms.txt): $2.475 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [Openhandle, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Anakin, top-up from $10, Scale top-up](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/anakin/top-up-from-10-scale-top-up/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 18% complete
- [LunarCrush, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lunarcrush/5-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 9% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://vee3.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs/youtube?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs/youtube/youtube-channel-details?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing