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TranscriptAPI.io YouTube channel video API pricing

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67% complete: 4 of the 6 fields on our checklistSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 videosIn our YouTube channel video API benchmark, the best plan from TranscriptAPI.io scores 63.7 out of 100. TranscriptAPI.io ranks 33rd of 48 providers.This plan is free. We rank 318 plans for YouTube channel video APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.075 or less per 1,000 videos. 130 YouTube channel video API plans on our price sheet are free. YouTube Data API's free plan scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 83.9 out of 100.TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 videos, with no charge 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, and 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 TranscriptAPI.io plan for that many videos. The table below then sorts the other plans by what each costs.
Plan: Hobby one of TranscriptAPI.io's 7 plans
Call: GET /channel/videos TranscriptAPI.io's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel video API one of TranscriptAPI.io's 2 APIs

About this item

  • A copy at most 6 hours old. You get videos from TranscriptAPI.io's copy of YouTube.
  • 4 of the 6 fields on our checklist. Text, Media, Analytics, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 20 credits, enough for 20 pages. Calls stop once your credits run out.
  • One call. You send channel_id to GET /channel/videos. You can also send limit. The call returns the channel's videos.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

TranscriptAPI.io: YouTube channel video API alternatives

TranscriptAPI.io alternatives: every YouTube channel video API provider ranked

The table starts with TranscriptAPI.io's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 videos closest to TranscriptAPI.io's. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most a day old.

TranscriptAPI.io, $249 monthlyMCP Scraper, $40 monthlyZapi, Rp129,000 monthlyAnysite, $549 monthlyReefAPI, $1,200 yearly, Enterprise yearly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts
$ per 1,000 videos$0.0012$0.0006$0.0012$0.0013$0.0017
Completeness67%33%50%67%67%
Billingmonthlymonthlymonthlymonthlyyearly
Pay$249$40Rp129,000$549$1,200
Enough for1,000,000 pages a monthabout 133,333 pages a month200,000 pages a month425,000 pages a month300,000 pages a month
Freshness6 hourslivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone at least 18 and able to form a contractanyone aged 18 or with guardian consentanyone at least 18 years old or of the age of majority in their jurisdictionanyone

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. api.transcriptapi.io/openapi.json
  2. transcriptapi.io
  3. transcriptapi.io/docs
  4. transcriptapi.io/llms.txt
  5. transcriptapi.io/pricing
  6. transcriptapi.io/terms

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 free6 hours
Also pays forSubscribe · Unsubscribe · from the same budget: Get Transcript · Search · Channel Search · Get Playlist
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000 calls that find nothing$0.00
In their words
Their pitchPull up to 200 of a channel's most recent uploads by its ID. Returns video IDs, titles, and durations.
Data
Freshness6 hours
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou may use the Service for any lawful purpose. You agree not to: Resell or redistribute raw API access as a competing product, Attempt to bypass rate limits or abuse the free tier, Use the Service to generate or distribute illegal content
Plan
Pay$0
You get20 credits
Enough for20 pages
Rate limit
Concurrentno limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median2.67 s
The call
You sendchannel_id. Optional: limit
MethodGET
Path/channel/videos
About the plan
PlanHobby
Who can get itanyone
The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, channel name, results returned, video ID, title, view count text, video duration text, posted ago

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