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VidWords pricing: YouTube channel video API

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$0.02per 1,000 videosWe haven't run VidWords through our YouTube channel video API benchmark yet.Half of the 253 plans we rank by price cost $0.063 per 1,000 videos or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 videos than 71% of the 253 plans.TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan 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) covers any number of videos. ShortsIntel's $10 pack 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 VidWords plan for that many videos. The table below then sorts the other plans by what each costs.
Plan: Starter one of VidWords's 6 plans
Call: POST /api/channels VidWords's only call
API: YouTube channel video API VidWords's only API

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist. Text, Author.
  • A monthly subscription. You pay $10 a month for 1,000 requests, enough for 1,000 pages. Calls stop once your requests run out. Requests are reset on the 1st of each month at 00:00 UTC.
  • One call. You send ids to POST /api/channels. The call returns the videos of each channel you send.
  • Who can get it: anyone with a confirmed email address. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

VidWords: YouTube channel video API alternatives

VidWords alternatives: other YouTube channel video API providers by price

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 videos.

This planVidWords, $10 monthlyLurkAPI, $59 packCrawlora, $79 monthlyTranscriptOut, $198.99 monthly, 100,000 credits a month, GET /v1/channel/videosChocoData, $49 monthly, Pro, GET /api/v1/youtube/channel
$ per 1,000 videos$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.02
Completeness33%50%67%67%50%
Billingmonthlypay firstmonthlymonthlymonthly
Pay$10$59$79$198.99$49
Enough for1,000 pages a month100,000 pagesabout 133,333 pages a month100,000 pages a month82,000 pages a month
Freshnessunknown1 hourunknownunknownlive
Who can get itanyone with a confirmed email addressanyoneanyoneanyone at least 16 years oldanyone

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.

  1. vidwords.com/acceptable-use
  2. vidwords.com/api-docs
  3. vidwords.com/openapi.json
  4. vidwords.com/pricing
  5. vidwords.com/terms

Product details

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

  • Text
  • Media, not in the answer
  • Engagement, not in the answer
  • Analytics, not in the answer
  • Author
  • Audience, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 videos$0.02
Perpage of 500
Billingmonthly
$ a month$10
Charges
Also pays forStart a video evidence analysis · Poll an analysis · Ask a question about an analysis · from the same budget: Fetch transcripts for up to 50 videos
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchResolve channels into structured upload lists.
Data
Keep datano limit
Use dataUse the service only for content you are permitted to access, and in compliance with YouTube's Terms of Service and applicable law. [...] Don't attempt to circumvent rate limits, credit accounting, or plan restrictions. Don't resell raw API access without a written agreement. [...] Transcripts belong to their respective rights holders. You are responsible for how you use extracted content. You may not use VidWords to: Infringe the intellectual-property, privacy, or other rights of any person or entity, or to reproduce or distribute content you are not permitted to use. Access content you are not authorized to access, or attempt to defeat access controls, authentication, or content protections of any third-party service. Circumvent or interfere with VidWords' rate limits, credit accounting, plan restrictions, or security features. Resell raw API access, or systematically build or distribute a dataset, in a manner that violates others' rights or applicable law, without a written agreement. Engage in any unlawful, deceptive, harmful, or abusive activity, or use the service in a way that could damage or overburden it.
Plan
Pay$10
You get1,000 requests a month
Enough for1,000 pages a month
Expiresreset on the 1st of each month at 00:00 UTC
Rate limit
Per second3.33
Batch10
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendids
MethodPOST
Path/api/channels
About the plan
PlanStarter
Who can get itanyone with a confirmed email address
The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

source input, channel ID, channel name, results returned, has more, video ID, title, author name

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