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Algrow pricing: YouTube channel video API, GET /api/channels/:channel_id/shorts

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67% complete: 4 of the 6 fields on our checklistSee the 6 fields
$1 pack, 3-day trial, GET /api/channels/:channel_id/shortsWe haven't run Algrow through our YouTube channel video API benchmark yet.This plan is a $1 pack. We rank 288 plans for YouTube channel video APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.066 or less per 1,000 videos.TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 videos. TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many videos as TranscriptYT's rate limit allows. ScrapeUnblocker's pay-as-you-go plan costs the least for 10,000 videos a month: about $0.06.ShortsIntel's $10 pack (/creators/{platform}/{handle}/videos) covers any number of videos. ShortsIntel's $10 pack costs more up front than TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan.ScrapeUnblocker, YouTube Data API (Google) and EveryInfra are the best YouTube channel video API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Type a number to see the cheapest Algrow plan for that many videos. The table below then sorts the other plans by what each costs.
Plan: 3-day trial one of Algrow's 5 plans
Call: GET /api/channels/:channel_id/shorts one of Algrow's 2 calls for this API
API: YouTube channel video API one of Algrow's 3 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the videos from YouTube when you call the API.
  • 4 of the 6 fields on our checklist. Text, Media, Analytics, Author.
  • A single purchase. You pay $1 for 45 credits. You spend the credits on Algrow's other calls. This call is free for up to 9,000 calls in all. Unused credits expire after 3 days.
  • One call. You send channel_id to GET /api/channels/:channel_id/shorts. You can also send limit. The call returns the channel's videos.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: 24 hours. Use data: with conditions.

Algrow: YouTube channel video API alternatives

Algrow alternatives: other YouTube channel video API providers by price

We list other providers' plans that you pay for up front. Each plan in the table gives live data.

This planAlgrow, $1 pack, 3-day trial, GET /api/channels/:channel_id/shortsScrapeCreators, $47 packSocify, top-upTrueScrape, $25 packScraper Api, $49 packTikHub, top-up from $5.55
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Billingpay firstpay firstpay firstpay firstpay firstpay first
Pay$1$47any amount$25$49$5.55
Enough for9,000 calls, once25,000 pagesas many as you pay for20,000 pages25,000 pages5,000 pages
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone legally able to enter into a binding agreementanyone who signs upanyoneanyoneanyone 18 or over (or of legal age where they live), for lawful internal business purposes, not in a US-embargoed country or on a US restricted-party list

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

  1. algrow.online
  2. algrow.online/docs/api
  3. algrow.online/docs/api-keys
  4. algrow.online/docs/api/channel-data
  5. algrow.online/docs/commercial-use
  6. algrow.online/docs/credits
  7. algrow.online/llms-full.txt
  8. algrow.online/pricing

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Text
  • Media
  • Engagement, not in the answer
  • Analytics
  • Author
  • Audience, not in the answer
Price
Perpage of 100
Billingpay first
Charges
Repeat free24 hours
Also pays forGET /api/channels/search: 300 a day · GET /api/longform-channels/search: 300 a day · GET /api/viral-videos/search: 300 a day · GET /api/collabs/fastest-growing: 300 a day · GET /api/channel-trends: 200 a day · GET /api/channels/:channel_id/daily-analytics: 100 a day · POST /api/thumbnail-search: 40 a day · POST /api/generate-simple · POST /api/generate-image · POST /api/generate-video · POST /api/caption-remover · from the same budget: GET /api/channels/:channel_id/about · GET /api/channels/:channel_id/videos · GET /api/channels/:channel_id/playlists · GET /api/search · POST /api/youtube-scraper · POST /api/youtube-scraper/thumbnails · GET /api/channels/:channel_id/youtube-recommends · GET /api/videos/:video_id/youtube-recommends · POST /api/video-comments · POST /api/channels/resolve · GET /api/channel-monetization/:channel_id
In their words
Their pitchBrowse a channel's Shorts, newest first — the real Shorts tab, not short-duration regular videos.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep data24 hours
Use dataAllowed Without Asking: Your own work. Internal tools, personal projects and automation for your own team. Your own product, for your signed-in users. A user asks for data and your product shows the result to that user. You must credit Algrow as shown below. Needs Written Permission From Algrow: Public pages. Showing Algrow data on pages that anyone can open without signing in. [...] Passing the data on. Serving Algrow data through your own API, MCP server, feed, export or download. Building a copy. Keeping Algrow data for more than 24 hours, or refreshing a fixed list of channels on a schedule to build your own database. Selling the data. Selling Algrow data, or a dataset made from it, in any form. [...] A linked label. Show a visible “Powered by Algrow” label on every page or screen that shows Algrow data. The label must link to algrow.online. [...] Do not present Algrow data as your own.
Plan
Pay$1
You get45 credits
Enough for9,000 calls, once
Expires3 days
Rate limit
Per day3,000
Per second1.67 (100 a minute)
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendchannel_id. Optional: limit
MethodGET
Path/api/channels/:channel_id/shorts
About the plan
Plan3-day trial
Who can get itanyone
The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, channel ID, results returned, has more, video ID, title, video URL, view count, view count text, thumbnail

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