# TranscriptYT, free: YouTube channel video API

> Every video in a playlist, or a channel's uploads newest first, with titles and durations.

TranscriptYT's YouTube channel video API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 videos. TranscriptYT's docs list 3 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Text, Media, Author.
In [our YouTube channel video API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt), the best plan from TranscriptYT scores 63.6 out of 100. TranscriptYT ranks 7th of 30 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 249 plans for YouTube channel video APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.059 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/transcriptyt/free
- [YouTube channel video API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://transcript-yt.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://transcript-yt.com/v1/playlist`
- API key: with the plan, on https://transcript-yt.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://transcript-yt.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing#playlist
- Sold by: TranscriptYT (https://transcript-yt.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 videos: $0.00
- Per: page of 500
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: List a video's caption tracks · from the same budget: Get a YouTube video transcript · Get transcripts for many videos in one call · Summarize a YouTube video · Search YouTube for videos

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Every video in a playlist, or a channel's uploads newest first, with titles and durations.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Do not use the Service to circumvent access restrictions, violate third-party rights, harm source infrastructure, or offer raw access to the Service for resale.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 100 pages, once

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.41 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/playlist

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, or of the age of majority where they live, and able to enter into a binding contract

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

result type, playlist ID, channel name, has more, video ID, title, video duration

## TranscriptYT's plans (7)

- [TranscriptYT, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [TranscriptYT, $45 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/45-pack/llms.txt): no limit, 50% complete
- [TranscriptYT, $3 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00000069 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [TranscriptYT, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0000021 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [TranscriptYT, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0000067 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [TranscriptYT, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.000018 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [TranscriptYT, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/contact-us/llms.txt): 50% complete

## TranscriptYT's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/playlist`: [TranscriptYT, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/free/llms.txt)

## TranscriptYT's APIs (2)

- [TranscriptYT: video search API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/free/llms.txt)
- [TranscriptYT: YouTube channel video API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/free/llms.txt)

## TranscriptYT: YouTube channel video API alternatives

- [TranscriptAPI, $10 yearly, Special Low Usage Plan, GET /youtube/channel/latest](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi/10-yearly-special-low-usage-plan-get-youtube-channel-latest/llms.txt): $0.0000043 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Serpent API, top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500/llms.txt): $0.0002 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Zapi, Rp399,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00074 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Anysite, $1,199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/anysite/1199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.001 per 1,000, 67% complete, live

## 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://transcript-yt.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcript-yt.com/contact?topic=Enterprise+pricing&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcript-yt.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcript-yt.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcript-yt.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcript-yt.com/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcript-yt.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing