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19 YouTubeTranscriptAPI alternatives in 2026

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The best YouTubeTranscriptAPI alternatives for YouTube channel video APIs: ScrapeUnblocker, YouTube Data API (Google) and EveryInfra, by our benchmark of November 7, 2026. YouTubeTranscriptAPI's website is youtubetranscriptapi.com.

YouTube channel video API alternatives

YouTubeTranscriptAPI is #37 of the 48 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: YouTube channel video API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy scoreMedian answer time$ per 1,000 videos
1ScrapeUnblocker, pay as you go · scrapeunblocker.com85.5940.98 s$0.0056
2YouTube Data API (Google), free, Default quota · developers.google.com83.9560.16 s$0.00
3EveryInfra, $10 pack · everyinfra.com70.0629.9 s$0.011
4ReefAPI, $200 monthly, Enterprise monthly · reefapi.com69.7622.7 s$0.0067
5Influship, pay as you go, Usage-based credits · docs.influship.com65.8672.2 s$0.036
6Spidra, $249 monthly, Pro · spidra.io64.8732.1 s$0.033
35Transcript Dock, top-up from $6 · transcriptdock.com45.9401.1 s$0.12
36EasyTranscriber, $19.99 monthly, Scale · easytranscriber.com41.6271.5 s$0.13
38Scraper Api, $49 pack · scraper-api.com33.9451.2 sUnknown
39GetYouTubeTranscript, $5 monthly · getyoutubetranscript.com33.8451.7 sUnknown

Unknown: the provider's pages give the plan's price. They don't say how many videos come with the plan.

Video search API alternatives

Scrappa, TranscriptYT and SerpScraper.dev are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our YouTubeTranscriptAPI plan pages, we compare each YouTubeTranscriptAPI plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 searches first.

Provider and plan$ per 1,000 searches
Froxy, $20 monthly$4.00
KonbiniAPI, $20 pack$4.00
Pullbay, $199 monthly, Scale, GET /duckduckgo/videos$4.00
SearchApi, $40 monthly, Developer Plan, GET /api/v1/search?engine=bing_videos$4.00
Transcript Dock, top-up from $7, Extra credits (Pro rate), POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)$7.00
Automatio, $360 yearly$7.14
JisuAPI, CNY 480 pack$7.18
SerpApi, $725 monthly, Searcher, GET /search, Bing Videos API$7.25
APICK, top-up from ₩55,000$15.01
SerpWow, $155 monthly$15.50

Compare every video search API plan: YouTube search API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared

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