# Transcript Dock, free: YouTube channel video API

> Search YouTube or list a channel, playlist or TikTok profile, then feed the URLs into jobs.

Transcript Dock's Free plan for the YouTube channel video API costs $0.00 per 1,000 videos. Transcript Dock's docs list 4 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Text, Media, Analytics, Author.
We haven't run Transcript Dock through [our YouTube channel video API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 253 plans for YouTube channel video APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.063 per 1,000 videos or less. [See the best free YouTube channel video API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
[TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) 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.
[ShortsIntel's $10 pack (/creators/{platform}/{handle}/videos)](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/shortsintel/10-pack-top-up-10-get-creators-platform-handle-videos/llms.txt) covers any number of videos. ShortsIntel's $10 pack costs more up front than TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan.
[ScrapeUnblocker](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrapeunblocker/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt), [YouTube Data API (Google)](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtube-data-api-google/free-default-quota-get-youtube-v3-search/llms.txt) and [EveryInfra](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/everyinfra/10-pack/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel video API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/free
- [YouTube channel video API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://www.transcriptdock.com/v1/video-discoveries`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/api-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing#find-videos
- Sold by: Transcript Dock (https://www.transcriptdock.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Analytics: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 videos: $0.00
- Per: page of 50
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Create a job (captions_only) · Create a job (transcribe) · Create a job (auto) · Batches · Find videos (youtube_search) · Find videos (youtube_channel_search) · Find videos (youtube_playlist_videos) · Find videos (tiktok_user_videos) · Caption languages of a video

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube or list a channel, playlist or TikTok profile, then feed the URLs into jobs.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Transcripts and uploads belong to you. [...] You may only submit media you have the right to process. You are responsible for complying with the terms of the platform the media comes from and with the laws that apply to you, including copyright and privacy law. Do not use the Service to build datasets for training models on content you do not have rights to, to harass people, or to circumvent access controls.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits a month
- Enough for: 50 pages a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: kind "youtube_channel_videos", channel, Idempotency-Key header. Optional: limit, cursor
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/video-discoveries

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone able to form a binding contract in their jurisdiction

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

video ID, video URL, title, thumbnail, duration seconds, publish date, published text, view count, view count text, channel name, channel ID, platform, next cursor, status, created at

## Transcript Dock's plans (10)

- [Transcript Dock, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $6](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-6/llms.txt): $0.12 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $7](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-7/llms.txt): $0.14 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $8](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-8/llms.txt): $0.16 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/19-monthly/llms.txt): $0.19 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.163 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/149-monthly/llms.txt): $0.149 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $190 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/190-yearly/llms.txt): $0.158 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.136 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $1,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/1490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.124 per 1,000, 67% complete

## Transcript Dock's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/video-discoveries`: [Transcript Dock, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)

## Transcript Dock's APIs (4)

- [Transcript Dock: TikTok profile API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: TikTok video API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: YouTube channel video API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: video search API pricing, 10 plans, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: video search API pricing, 10 plans, Find videos (youtube_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-search/llms.txt)

## Transcript Dock: YouTube channel video API alternatives

- [SocialCrawl, £49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialcrawl/49-pack/llms.txt): $0.109 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialtoai/10-pack/llms.txt): $0.111 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Spidra, $35 pack, 5,000 credit top-up, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/spidra/35-pack-5000-credit-top-up-post-scrape/llms.txt): $0.117 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/ensembledata/400-monthly/llms.txt): $0.121 per 1,000, 67% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/api-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/openapi.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing