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Bright Data pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel video API

Bright Data's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel video API in 2026

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83% complete: 5 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 videosWe rank 43 plans by price. Anysite's $300 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 videos: $0.0016. Anysite charges for each page of results. We count 1,000 videos on each page to get the $0.0016 price.YouTube Data API (Google), Scrappa and Captapi are the best YouTube channel video API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free Tier one of Bright Data's 4 plans
Call: POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k&type=discover_new&discover_by=url Bright Data's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel video API one of Bright Data's 21 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the videos from YouTube when you call.
  • 5 of the 6 key fields we check. Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 5,000 results a month. Unused results expire at the end of the month.
  • One call. You send url to POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k&type=discover_new&discover_by=url. The call returns the answer when the provider is quick. When the provider is slow, the call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Bright Data: YouTube channel video API alternatives

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

Bright Data, $499 monthlyCaptapi, $90 monthlySocialCrawl, £15 packlobstr.io, $100 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Search ScraperDataBlue, $7,689 yearly
$ per 1,000 videos$1.30$0.045$0.267$1.00$1.768
Completeness83%67%83%83%67%
Billingmonthlymonthlypay firstmonthlyyearly
Pay$499$90£15$100$7,689
Enough for384,000 results a month10,000 pages a month2,500 pages100,000 results a month362,500 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or over, not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanonanyone at least 18 years oldanyone 18 or overprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Service

Every YouTube channel video 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. brightdata.com/acceptable-use-policy
  2. brightdata.com/legal-governance
  3. brightdata.com/license
  4. brightdata.com/llms.txt
  5. brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
  6. docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/social-media-apis/youtube-videos-collect-by-url.md
  7. docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/synchronous-requests
  8. docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier
  9. docs.brightdata.com/general/policy/acceptable-use-policy
  10. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/error-codes
  11. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/limits
  12. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/introduction
  13. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs
  14. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/youtube/introduction.md
  15. docs.brightdata.com/scrapers/gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k.json

Product details

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

  • Text
  • Media
  • Engagement
  • Analytics
  • Author
  • Audience, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 videos$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Web Unlocker API · SERP API · other scrapers in the Web Scraper API library · Scraper Studio · Browser API
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchYoutube - Videos posts - Discover videos by channel URL
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataThe Client shall not use the Services in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights (including intellectual property rights) and not use the Service in any manner or for any purpose other than as stated in the intended use case provided to Bright Data, if applicable. [...] the Client will only use the Service in accordance with the Acceptable Use Policy, as may be amended from time to time. [...] When using the Data Services, the Client shall not distribute, transmit, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, or sell any Data in order to offer a similar or competitive product. [...] Client’s use of the data collector service is subject to all applicable laws, including without limitation data protection and privacy laws. To the extent applicable to processing of personal data, Client is solely responsible for determining the lawful grounds, providing notices, respecting data subject rights and all other related obligations. [...] Bright Data’s platform, technology, and network (collectively, “Services”) are meant for legitimate and legal purposes only and are subject to the Bright Data Master Service Agreement. [...] Any use of the Bright Data Services for illegal, fraudulent, or abusive activities is strictly prohibited. [...] Forbidden activities include, but are not limited to: Collection of nonpublic information (i.e data behind login), DDoS attacks, Spam: mass posting any mail/message boards/IRC/comments messages and images, Ad fraud or click fraud, Impersonation or spoofing for fraudulent purposes, Creating fake accounts or content, Use of automatic ticket purchasing (ticket-bots), Raffles, lottery, or gambling, Fake engagement (likes, comments, shares, etc.), Gaming or trading of in games items/currency, Reselling of proxies without Bright Data’s prior written approval (see our partners programs), Use of streaming related domains (videos, music or images streaming), Trading crypto/virtual currency or NFT, Any Search Engine Optimization (SEO) manipulation (i.e: fake clicks in search engines results), Posting on classified, used, and resell sites (such as Craig’s list), Completion of surveys in return for a benefit or anything of value, Any form of activity that is in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights
Plan
Pay$0
You get5,000 results a month
Enough for5,000 results a month
Expiresend of the month
Speed
Answerin the call or by polling
The call
You sendurl. Optional: num_of_posts, start_date, end_date, order_by, country, time_period, transcription_language, notify, include_errors, limit_per_input, custom_output_fields
MethodPOST
Path/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k&type=discover_new&discover_by=url
About the plan
PlanFree Tier
Who can get itnew accounts of anyone 18 or over, not on a subscription or custom pay-as-you-go pricing, and not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon
The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

video URL, title, author username, playback URL, video duration, like count, view count, publish date, description, comment count, video ID, channel URL, thumbnail, author verified, author name, author picture, video type, channel ID, hashtags, genre

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