Unified Credit System · $1 = 10,000 Credits
From $1.00 per 1,000 transcripts.
Combine high-discount Monthly Plans with never-expiring Pay-As-You-Go credit packs. Top up or subscribe instantly with 0%-fee Cryptocurrency via NOWPayments (+5% bonus credits). Every new account starts with 2,000 free Credits — no credit card required.
Unified Credit System: $1 = 10,000 Credits (1 Credit = $0.0001)
Free Trial
2,000 Credits
No credit card required
Instant sandbox access to test all 8 YouTube Transcript, Video, Search, Comment & Channel endpoints with zero upfront commitment.
What this buys you
- →200 full video transcripts or video metadata lookups
- →2,000 video search items or channel feed videos
- →2,000 video comments with author & like metadata
Included
- ✓2,000 Free Credits on sign-up ($0.20 value)
- ✓All 8 /v1/youtube/* endpoints unlocked
- ✓No Google Cloud OAuth or 10,000-unit daily quota cap
- ✓Up to 30 requests / minute
- ✓0 Credits charged on failed or empty calls
Starter
Or $25 one-time PAYG
250,000 Credits
+25% Bonus Credits ($25 value)
Built for AI note-taking apps, RAG pipeline builders, and indie creator analytics tools.
What this buys you
- →25,000 full timed YouTube transcripts or video details
- →250,000 video/Shorts search items or channel videos
- →250,000 video comments with continuation pagination
Included
- ✓250,000 Credits ($25 value)
- ✓120 RPM high-speed concurrency
- ✓PAYG balance never expires
- ✓Unlimited deep cursor pagination
Pro
Most PopularOr $89 one-time PAYG
1,200,000 Credits
+40% Bonus Credits ($120 value)
For LLM knowledge ingestion, video summarization SaaS, and multi-channel brand intelligence.
What this buys you
- →120,000 full YouTube transcripts ($0.575 / 1K effective)
- →1,200,000 search items, channel videos, or comments
- →Multi-language subtitle track discovery + plain-text RAG output
Included
- ✓1,200,000 Credits ($120 value)
- ✓300 RPM burst concurrency
- ✓PAYG balance never expires
- ✓MCP Server & AI agent ready
Business / Scale
Or $249 one-time PAYG
5,000,000 Credits
+65% Bonus Credits ($500 value)
High-volume throughput for multimodal AI labs, creator economy platforms, and enterprise media monitors.
What this buys you
- →500,000 full YouTube transcripts ($0.398 / 1K effective)
- →5,000,000 search items, channel videos, or comments
- →Multi-upstream failover + local PG 16 mirror
Included
- ✓5,000,000 Credits ($500 value)
- ✓600 RPM dedicated key pool routing
- ✓PAYG balance never expires
- ✓Priority engineering support
0%-Fee Multi-Chain Crypto (+5% Bonus)
Top up or subscribe instantly via NOWPayments using USDT or USDC (Solana, Tron, Polygon, Arbitrum, BSC, Ethereum), BTC, ETH, or SOL with zero gateway surcharge.
Charge-Before-Return Guarantee
Credits are only deducted on HTTP 200 non-empty responses. Disabled caption tracks, empty searches, 404 lookups, and upstream timeouts cost 0 Credits.
Never-Expiring PAYG Balance
Purchased Pay-As-You-Go credits never expire. Scale from 120 RPM (Starter) and 300 RPM (Pro) up to 600 RPM (Business).
Per-endpoint credit rate card.
1 Credit = $0.0001. Each non-empty call has a minimum floor of 10 Credits ($0.001). With Pro (+40% bonus) or Business (+65% bonus), your effective cost per 1,000 transcripts drops to $0.40–$0.58 (and $0.04–$0.06 per 1,000 search videos or comments).
| Endpoint Category | Credit Rate | Base Price |
|---|---|---|
Timed Video Transcript & Full Plain-Text RAG Corpus + Subtitle Track Discovery/v1/youtube/transcript | 10 Credits / request | $1.00 / 1,000 transcripts |
Full Video Metadata, Views, Likes, Chapters, Keywords & Channel Info/v1/youtube/video | 10 Credits / request | $1.00 / 1,000 lookups |
YouTube Video & Shorts Keyword Search (relevance, date, views, rating)/v1/youtube/search | 1 Credit / video (min 10 Credits) | $0.10 / 1,000 videos |
Video Comments Extraction (top or newest + continuation cursor)/v1/youtube/comments | 1 Credit / comment (min 10 Credits) | $0.10 / 1,000 comments |
Channel Profile Lookup & Regional Trending Feed/v1/youtube/channel, /v1/youtube/trending | 10 Credits / request | $1.00 / 1,000 requests |
Channel Uploaded Videos & Shorts Feeds/v1/youtube/channel/videos, /v1/youtube/channel/shorts | 1 Credit / video (min 10 Credits) | $0.10 / 1,000 videos |
Interactive credit & cost calculator.
- YouTubeAPI.io (Pro Bonus Rate)
- $28.75
- YouTube Data API v3 / Legacy Scrapers
- $175.00
- Your Monthly Savings
- $146.25
Base PAYG: $50.00
$3.50 per 1,000 transcripts
Up to 83%+ cost reduction
What you never pay for.
- Failed or invalid upstream requests (code != 0 or HTTP 404)
- Videos with disabled subtitles or empty search results (0 Credits)
- Rate-limited requests (HTTP 429) or gateway errors (HTTP 5xx)
- Expiry on Pay-As-You-Go purchased credit balances
Questions.
How does the Unified Credit System work?
$1 equals 10,000 Credits (1 Credit = $0.0001). Single entity & transcript lookups (/v1/youtube/transcript, /v1/youtube/video, /v1/youtube/channel, /v1/youtube/trending) cost 10 Credits ($1.00 / 1,000 requests). List endpoints (/v1/youtube/search, /v1/youtube/comments, /v1/youtube/channel/videos, /v1/youtube/channel/shorts) deduct 1 Credit per returned item ($0.10 / 1,000 items) with a minimum floor of 10 Credits ($0.001) per non-empty response.
Should I choose a Monthly Plan or Pay-As-You-Go (One-Time Top-Up)?
Both credit your account with the exact same bonus credit packages (Starter 250,000 Credits, Pro 1,200,000 Credits, Business 5,000,000 Credits). Pay-As-You-Go top-ups have no recurring billing and your purchased credit balance never expires. Monthly subscriptions save up to 24% more for continuous AI video ingestion and channel monitoring workloads.
How much does it cost to extract 10,000 YouTube transcripts or 100,000 comments?
At 10 Credits per transcript ($1.00 / 1,000 transcripts) and 1 Credit per comment ($0.10 / 1,000 comments, up to 100 comments or 50 search videos per call), 10,000 full transcripts or 100,000 comments cost $10.00 base PAYG (or $5.75 effective on the Pro plan and $3.98 effective on the Business plan).
Am I charged when a request fails, returns 404, or a video has captions disabled?
Never. We strictly enforce Charge-Before-Return & Zero-Charge on Error/Empty: only HTTP 200 responses with non-empty data deduct credits. Upstream errors, deleted/private videos (HTTP 404), videos with disabled transcripts, rate-limited requests (HTTP 429), and empty search results cost 0 Credits.
What are the concurrency, pagination, and RPM rate limits?
Free Trial accounts include 2,000 Credits, 30 RPM, and full access to all 8 endpoints for evaluation. Paid accounts unlock unlimited deep continuation token pagination and scale from 120 RPM (Starter) and 600 RPM (Pro) up to 600 RPM (Business).
What payment methods are accepted?
You can top up or subscribe instantly with 0%-fee Cryptocurrency via NOWPayments (USDT or USDC on Solana, Tron, Polygon, Arbitrum, BNB Smart Chain, and Ethereum, plus BTC, ETH, and SOL) with an automatic +5% bonus credit reward.
What is your refund policy?
Payments made within the last 30 days can be refunded up to the unused purchased balance on your account. Promotional signup credits have no cash value.