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ZenRows pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API

ZenRows's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026: pricing comparedZenRows: YouTube channel API alternatives

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27% complete: 3 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 (agent storefront) one of ZenRows's 36 plans
Call: GET /v1/ one of ZenRows's 2 calls for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of ZenRows's 31 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call the API.
  • 3 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 5,000 credits.
  • One call. You send url to GET /v1/. You can also send mode, extract, extract_fields, proxy_country and wait_for. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Who can get it: AI agents whose human verifies an email. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

ZenRows: YouTube channel API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 channels. Each plan in the table gives live data.

This planZenRows, free (agent storefront)YouTube Data API (Google), freelobstr.io, free, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel ScraperHasData, freeScrapeCreators, free
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness27%55%82%55%73%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough fornot published5,000 calls a day100 results a month100 calls a month100 calls, once
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itAI agents whose human verifies an emailanyone of legal age and not barred by law, with a Google Account and a Google Cloud project that has the YouTube Data API enabledprofessionals, not consumersanyoneanyone legally able to enter into a binding agreement

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 2026-11-01.

  1. agents.zenrows.com/llms.txt?src=body-text
  2. agents.zenrows.com/zcj/ual7m94zw5th/manifest.json
  3. docs.zenrows.com/fetch/api-reference.md
  4. docs.zenrows.com/first-steps/agentic-payments.md
  5. zenrows.com/legal/terms
  6. zenrows.com/pricing
  7. zenrows.com/scrape/linkedin-profile
  8. zenrows.com/scrape/youtube-channel

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, not in the answer
  • Verified, not in the answer
  • Followers, not in the answer
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts, not in the answer
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Extract · LinkedIn profile scraper · LinkedIn company scraper · LinkedIn post scraper · LinkedIn jobs scraper · Google Search scraper · Google Images scraper · Google Scholar scraper · Google News scraper · Google Shopping scraper · Google Maps scraper · Bing scraper
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchThe Zenrows YouTube channel scraper turns a YouTube channel URL into structured JSON: the permanent channel ID, channel name, channel URL, About description, avatar image and social links.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataThe Client acknowledges and agrees to use the Services for its own use and will comply with the restrictions set out in this section. [...] The Client, with respect to the Services [...] shall not (including encouraging, facilitating, or causing any other party to do so) do any of the following: Use the Services for unlawful purposes or in a manner that violates the law, morality, good faith, or public order, Use the Services in a manner that breaches these Terms of Service or applicable regulations, Use the Services to gain an undue advantage, including any unlawful activities such as accessing government websites to obtain appointments, collecting data from third parties, or gathering information from websites for any unlawful, abusive, or misleading purposes, or in a manner inconsistent with good faith or generally accepted practices, Copy/reproduce, lend, sell, rent, sublicense, broadcast, distribute, edit, transfer to third parties, as well as adapt the Services or any part thereof in any way, [...] Otherwise, use the Service in violation of copyright or other laws. [...] IT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED TO COLLECT DATA OR URLS FROM THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES FOR PURPOSES THAT ARE UNLAWFUL, ABUSIVE OR IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE LAW, GOOD FAITH AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES.
Plan
Pay$0
You get5,000 credits
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendurl. Optional: mode, extract, extract_fields, proxy_country, wait_for
MethodGET
Path/v1/
About the plan
PlanFree (agent storefront)
Who can get itAI agents whose human verifies an email
The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, name, channel URL, bio, profile picture, social links

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