# VidWords, $10 monthly: YouTube channel video API

> Resolve channels into structured upload lists.

VidWords's Starter plan for the YouTube channel video API costs $0.02 per 1,000 videos. VidWords's docs list 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Text, Author.
We haven't run VidWords through [our YouTube channel video API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt) 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](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/vidwords/10-monthly
- [YouTube channel video API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://vidwords.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://vidwords.com/api/channels`
- API key: with the plan, on https://vidwords.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://vidwords.com/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing#channels
- Sold by: VidWords (https://vidwords.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Text: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 videos: $0.02
- Per: page of 500
- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $10

## Charges

- Also pays for: Start 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 cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Resolve channels into structured upload lists.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use 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 get: 1,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 1,000 pages a month
- Expires: reset on the 1st of each month at 00:00 UTC

## Rate limit

- Per second: 3.33
- Batch: 10

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: ids
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/channels

## About the plan

- Plan: Starter
- Who can get it: anyone 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

## VidWords's plans (6)

- [VidWords, $10 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/10-monthly/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [VidWords, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.017 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [VidWords, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.016 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [VidWords, $100 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/100-yearly/llms.txt): $0.017 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [VidWords, $300 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/300-yearly/llms.txt): $0.014 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [VidWords, $830 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/830-yearly/llms.txt): $0.014 per 1,000, 33% complete

## VidWords's calls (1)

- `POST /api/channels`: [VidWords, $10 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/10-monthly/llms.txt)

## VidWords's APIs (1)

- [VidWords: YouTube channel video API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/10-monthly/llms.txt)

## VidWords: YouTube channel video API alternatives

- [LurkAPI, $59 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/lurkapi/59-pack/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 50% complete, 1 hour
- [Crawlora, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/crawlora/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptOut, $198.99 monthly, 100,000 credits a month, GET /v1/channel/videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptout/198-99-monthly-100000-credits-a-month-get-v1-channel-videos/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [ChocoData, $49 monthly, Pro, GET /api/v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/chocodata/49-monthly-pro-get-api-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 50% 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://vidwords.com/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://vidwords.com/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://vidwords.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://vidwords.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://vidwords.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing