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Captapi pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel video API

Captapi's sitellms.txt
67% complete: 4 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 videosWe rank 28 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.
Plan: Free one of Captapi's 4 plans
Call: GET /v1/youtube/channel-videos Captapi's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel video API one of Captapi's 14 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the videos from YouTube when you call.
  • 4 of the 6 key fields we check. Text, Media, Analytics, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 50 pages.
  • One call. You send url to GET /v1/youtube/channel-videos. You can also send limit, cursor, fast and cache. The call returns the channel's videos.
  • Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, once their email is verified. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Captapi: YouTube channel video API alternatives

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

Captapi, $9 monthlyAnysite, $49 monthlySocialCrawl, £299 packlobstr.io, $4,800 yearlyDataBlue, $7,689 yearly
$ per 1,000 videos$0.045$0.0033$0.089$0.40$1.768
Completeness67%67%83%83%67%
Billingmonthlymonthlypay firstyearlyyearly
Pay$9$49£299$4,800$7,689
Enough for1,000 pages a month15,000 pages a month150,000 pages1,000,000 results a month362,500 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years oldanyone at least 18 years old or of the age of majority in their jurisdictionanyone 18 or overprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Service

YouTube channel video API pricing: plans compared

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. captapi.com/apis/linkedin-profile
  2. captapi.com/apis/youtube-channel-videos
  3. captapi.com/docs
  4. captapi.com/legal/acceptable-use
  5. captapi.com/legal/terms
  6. captapi.com/llms.txt
  7. captapi.com/openapi.json
  8. captapi.com/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
$ per 1,000 videos$0.00
Perpage of 200
Billingfree
Charges
Repeat free24 hours
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 178 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchChannel uploads with cursor pagination — exact publishedAt from reel_item_watch (same as channel-shorts).
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Service, or data obtained through it, to: Harm or target individuals — stalking, harassment, doxxing, re-identification of anonymous users, or building profiles used to threaten, intimidate, or discriminate against people. Process personal data unlawfully — in violation of the GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, or other applicable data-protection laws, including using public personal data for a purpose the individual would not reasonably expect without a lawful basis. Enable unlawful discrimination — such as decisions about credit, employment, housing, or insurance based on protected characteristics. Infringe intellectual property — reproduce or redistribute content in violation of copyright, trademark, or database rights. Send spam or run deceptive campaigns — unsolicited bulk messaging, phishing, fraud, or impersonation. Circumvent controls — bypass authentication, rate limits, or access restrictions on any platform, or attempt to access non-public data. Break the law — any use that is illegal in your jurisdiction or that facilitates illegal activity. Resell or clone the Service — resell raw API access as a standalone substitute for Captapi or build a directly competing data API. [...] You must have a lawful basis for your processing, honor deletion and opt-out requests from data subjects, keep appropriate security, and comply with the terms of any platform you interact with.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for50 pages, once
Rate limit
Per second0.67
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendurl. Optional: limit, cursor, fast, cache
MethodGET
Path/v1/youtube/channel-videos
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old, once their email is verified
The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, channel URL, count on page, next cursor, has more, video URL, title, publish date, view count, view count approximate, video duration, formatted duration, thumbnail, author name, posted ago, genre, badges

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