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Youtube Scraper (Pay Per Result) alternatives

Most used alternative: YouTube Scraper (15,490 users/30d). Compare 1976 YouTube alternatives to Youtube Scraper (Pay Per Result) by 30-day users, recorded pricing and public-run success.

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Quick answer: the most used alternatives

  1. YouTube Scraper: 15,490 users in 30 days, 99.1% of runs succeeded, $4.00 per 1,000 video.
  2. YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API: 3,924 users in 30 days, 99.9% of runs succeeded, $0.010 per 1,000 dataset items.
  3. YouTube Video Transcript: 3,915 users in 30 days, 99.9% of runs succeeded, $5.00 per 1,000 dataset items.

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Baseline

Youtube Scraper (Pay Per Result) (apidojo/youtube-scraper) had 656 users and 87.1% success across 207,050 public runs in 30 days.

Recorded baseline billing and observation

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: video (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single video in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

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AlternativeUsers 30dSuccess 30dRuns 30dRecorded billing / observationRecorded completion compared with baseline
YouTube Scraper
streamers/youtube-scraper
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15,49099.1%2,758,665

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $4.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Video (result)
4 additional listed charge events

Each video written to the dataset.

  • Add-on: Date range for channels (date-filter)
  • Add-on: AI description (ai-video-description)
  • Add-on: AI summary (ai-video-summary)
  • Add-on: Transcript minute (transcribeMinute)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +11.97 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API
johnvc/YoutubeTranscripts
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3,92499.9%188,112

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.010. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Dataset item stored (apify-default-dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Platform accounting charge, applied per row stored in the dataset.

  • Video Processed (videoprocessed)
  • Extended video metadata (videometadata)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.76 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Video Transcript
starvibe/youtube-video-transcript
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3,91599.9%422,357

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $5.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.77 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Comments Scraper
streamers/youtube-comments-scraper
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3,37198.5%99,613

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Comment (result)
Event details

Cost per comment returned.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +11.35 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Fast YouTube Channel Scraper
streamers/youtube-channel-scraper
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3,17398.3%1,718,501

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.30. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: video (result)
Event details

Single video in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +11.16 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Transcript Scraper
pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper
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2,68082.2%510,886

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $10.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

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YouTube Shorts Scraper
streamers/youtube-shorts-scraper
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2,25299.5%86,576

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $4.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Short (result)
1 additional listed charge events

Each short written to the dataset.

  • Date filter (date-filter)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.41 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Channel Video Scraper
grow_media/youtube-channel-video-scraper
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1,516100.0%74,989

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.85 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Video Downloader
streamers/youtube-video-downloader
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1,36294.0%275,651

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $6.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Video download of 1MB (downloadMb)
1 additional listed charge events

Each 1 MB downloaded.

  • Add-on: transcript (transcribeMinute)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +6.89 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Transcript Scraper - $0.7 per 1k
supreme_coder/youtube-transcript-scraper
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1,12296.2%120,296

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Transcript scraped (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Charged based on number of transcripts scraped.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +9.06 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Transcripts
karamelo/youtube-transcripts
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924100.0%62,186

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $7.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: transcript (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single transcript in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.86 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Transcript Scraper Pro (Captions + AI Fallback)
codepoetry/youtube-transcript-ai-scraper
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74599.1%31,612

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: $0.003.

Selected event: Transcript Extracted (transcript_scraped)
1 additional listed charge events

Charged per video where a transcript was successfully retrieved. Not charged for failed or skipped videos.

  • AI Transcription Minute (ai_transcription_min)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.00 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Comments Scraper API - Extract Video Comments Fast
apidojo/youtube-comments-scraper
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732100.0%95,176

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Dataset Item (dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Charged per comment returned in results

  • Video Query (query-event)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.84 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Search Scraper ($0.25/1000 results)
api-ninja/youtube-search-scraper
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72999.9%37,435

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.50. USD / run start: $0.010.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.76 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Search Api
grow_media/youtube-search-api
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65299.8%42,379

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.71 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Best Youtube Transcripts Scraper
scrape-creators/best-youtube-transcripts-scraper
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64295.1%87,755

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +7.98 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Video Downloader - MP4 & MP3
marielise.dev/youtube-video-downloader
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61199.9%54,530

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.010. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
8 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Minute at 720p (minute-720p)
  • Minute at 360p (minute-360p)
  • Minute at 480p (minute-480p)
  • Minute at 1080p (minute-1080p)
  • Minute at mp3 (minute-mp3)
  • Minute at 1440p (minute-1440p)
  • Minute at 2160p (minute-2160p)
  • Residential Proxy MegaByte (residential-megabyte)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.81 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Shorts API
johnvc/youtube-shorts-api
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57791.6%4,132

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.010. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Dataset item stored (apify-default-dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Platform accounting charge, applied per row stored in the dataset.

  • Short (result)
  • Date filter (date-filter)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +4.46 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Fast YouTube Channel Scraper API | Profiles, Subs & Stats
apidojo/youtube-channel-information-scraper
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56799.8%22,462

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Dataset Item (dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Charged per channel returned in results

  • Keyword Search (keyword-search-event)
  • Channel URL Query (single-url-event)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.68 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Video, Shorts, Audio & Transcript Downloader
datapipe/youtube-video-downloader
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48296.6%7,215

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.010. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Video Downloaded (VIDEO_DOWNLOADED)
  • Subtitles Downloaded (SUBTITLES_DOWNLOADED)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +9.45 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Video Downloader - No Platform Costs! No Proxy Costs!
epctex/youtube-video-downloader
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46498.6%79,535

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.15. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: 360p one second (yt-download-360p)
5 additional listed charge events

360p video price per second

  • 480p one second (yt-download-480p)
  • 720p one second (yt-download-720p)
  • 1080p one second (yt-download-1080p)
  • 1440p one second (yt-download-1440p)
  • 2160p one second (yt-download-2160p)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +11.48 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Traffic Generator (Youtube, Web, Etsy, Behance and many more!)
epctex/traffic-generator
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39847.0%36,976

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.90. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

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YouTube Transcript Ninja ⚡️🥷⚡
topaz_sharingan/Youtube-Transcript-Scraper-1
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34099.9%41,228

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $10.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.79 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Channel & Video Scraper
eiv/youtube-channel-scraper
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32583.5%1,363

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $4.00. USD / run start: $0.005.

Selected event: Channel scrape (channel-scraped)
1 additional listed charge events

Charged once per channel successfully profiled, covering the handle lookup and the channel header. Handles that do not resolve, and channels that are terminated or region-blocked, are never charged. A handle and its UC id are recognised as the same channel and charged once.

  • Video scrape (video-scraped)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

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YouTube Search Scraper - Videos & Shorts by Keyword
delicious_zebu/youtube-video-scraper-by-keyword
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27698.5%5,718

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.20. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +11.42 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Transcript Bulk Scraper - Channel and Playlist
dami_studio/youtube-transcript-bulk-scraper
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24099.7%3,716

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.40. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Transcript (transcript-scraped)
Event details

One video transcript delivered as a dataset row. Videos with no captions, private or deleted videos, and channel or playlist listing are never charged.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.56 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Thumbnail Downloader
moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-73
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238100.0%583

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $10.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.89 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Transcript Scraper
seemuapps/youtube-transcript-scraper
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23497.2%4,438

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: Unavailable. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Billing unit unavailable.
1 additional listed charge events

Event description unavailable.

  • Transcript Extracted (transcript-extracted)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +10.07 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Transcript Scraper - Subtitles & Timestamps
scrapersdelight/youtube-transcript-scraper
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22299.8%2,754

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.80. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Per video transcript returned (transcript-scraped)
Event details

Charged once for each video row delivered: the transcript as plain text and as timestamped segments, its language and whether it is auto-generated, every other caption language the video offers, plus the video's title, channel, duration, views, likes, publish date, category, description, keywords and thumbnail. Videos are deduplicated across playlists, channels and searches before billing, so the same video is never charged twice in one run.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.70 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Comments Scraper
supreme_coder/youtube-comment-scraper
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19299.9%5,240

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.25. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.79 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Channel Search Scraper
maximedupre/youtube-channel-search-scraper
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18588.3%11,622

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Channel (youtube-channel-search-result)
Event details

One eligible public channel saved to your dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +1.19 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Video Downloader
api-ninja/youtube-video-downloader
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17897.1%4,907

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $80.00. USD / run start: $0.050.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Persistent Cloud Storage (per MB per Day) (storage_usage)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +9.99 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Audio Downloader
utils/youtube-link
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17494.2%8,317

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $5.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Audio Failed (AUDIO_FAILED)
Event details

Download failed or input invalid — work done, no file delivered

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +7.08 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube to MP3 Audio Downloader
lurkapi/youtube-to-mp3-audio-downloader
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15994.6%3,307

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Minute Downloaded (minute-downloaded)
Event details

Charged per minute of audio downloaded

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +7.53 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Video Downloader — MP4/MP3, Subtitles, Bulk
memo23/youtube-video-downloader
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15280.6%3,971

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $30.00. USD / run start: $0.020.

Selected event: Video download 720p (video-download-hd)
6 additional listed charge events

One successful 720p MP4 download. Failed downloads are never charged.

  • Video download 360p/480p (video-download-sd)
  • Video download 1080p (video-download-fhd)
  • Video download best quality (video-download-best)
  • MP3 audio download (audio-download)
  • Subtitles (VTT) (subtitles-download)
  • Metadata-only item (metadata-item)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

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Youtube Video Details Scraper
thenetaji/youtube-video-details-scraper
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13299.3%111,986

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.95. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.22 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Transcript Scraper
topaz_sharingan/Youtube-Transcript-Scraper
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12599.9%46,833

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $5.00. USD / run start: $0.010.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.78 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Search Scraper - Videos by Keyword, Date & Duration
seemuapps/youtube-search-scraper
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12099.8%462

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $3.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Video scraped (video-result)
Event details

Charged once per YouTube video returned, including engagement counts, duration, tags and channel details.

Carried forward · Observed: 2026-10-23

Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Channel Scraper
grow_media/youtube-channel-scraper
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114100.0%38,269

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.88 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
TikTok | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Shorts Transcriber
tictechid/anoxvanzi-Transcriber
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109100.0%23,672

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.80. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Seconds of Video Transcribed (transcription-second)
1 additional listed charge events

Charged per second of video length, rounded to the nearest second. Example: a 10-minute video = 600 seconds.

  • Videos Transcribed (base-pay)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.84 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Download API: Video and Audio (MP4, MP3, M4A)
johnvc/youtube-download-api
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8896.9%4,049

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.010. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Dataset item stored (apify-default-dataset-item)
6 additional listed charge events

Platform accounting charge, applied per row stored in the dataset.

  • Audio minute (audio-minute)
  • Video minute, SD (video-minute-sd)
  • Video minute, HD (video-minute-hd)
  • Video minute, Full HD (video-minute-fhd)
  • Video minute, 2K and 4K (video-minute-uhd)
  • External storage, per MB (external-storage-megabyte)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +9.80 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Channel Scraper ($0.4/1000 results)
api-ninja/youtube-channel-scraper
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82100.0%5,062

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $5.00. USD / run start: $0.010.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.85 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Transcript Scraper
automation-lab/youtube-transcript
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8298.3%10,081

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $3.00. USD / run start: $0.003.

Selected event: Transcript extracted (transcript)
1 additional listed charge events

Cost per YouTube video transcript successfully extracted

  • Run start (start)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +11.23 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Comments Scraper
solidcode/youtube-comments-scraper
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8198.7%6,085

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.35. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +11.54 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Channel Videos & Stats Scraper
lurkapi/youtube-channel-videos-stats-scraper
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7999.7%5,441

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Video Scraped (video-scraped)
1 additional listed charge events

Charged for each video returned in the output

  • Video Stats (video-stats)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.54 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Channel Scraper
gentle_cloud/youtube-user-channel-scraper
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7692.4%5,414

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +5.31 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Transcript Scraper
api-ninja/youtube-transcript-scraper
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7499.0%194

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $15.00. USD / run start: $0.010.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +11.86 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
YouTube Comments Scraper ($0.40/1000 results)
api-ninja/youtube-comments-scraper
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7395.3%548

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $4.00. USD / run start: $0.010.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +8.14 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Youtube Transcript
dz_omar/youtube-transcript-metadata-extractor
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7399.4%4,212

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $15.00. USD / run start: $0.009.

Selected event: Basic Video Metadata (metadata-item)
Event details

Charge per successfully scraped video. Includes transcripts, title, views, likes, channel info, and thumbnail URL.

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.25 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.
Fast YouTube Scraper API - Extract Videos, Channels, Playlists
apidojo/youtube-scraper-api
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7199.9%17,805

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: YouTube Video Item (dataset-item)
7 additional listed charge events

Charged for each video extracted beyond the free videos included per query.

  • YouTube Channel Query (query-event)
  • YouTube Search Query (search-query)
  • YouTube Playlist Query (playlist-query)
  • YouTube Trending Query (get-trending-event)
  • YouTube Shorts Query (include-shorts-event)
  • YouTube Single Video Query (single-item-query)
  • YouTube Live Streams Query (include-live-streams-event)

Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25

Higher recorded completion: +12.80 percentage points
Rolling public-run workloads differ; this difference is descriptive.

Ranked by 30-day users, with actor ID breaking ties. Rates are recorded list-tier USD amounts per 1,000 selected primary billing events, not inferred output counts. Even matching billing units do not prove equivalent output or total cost. Pricing models, event definitions, features, run-start charges, additional charge events and platform fees can differ. Unavailable means no known recorded rate; zero event rates and explicit FREE models are shown separately. No price ranking is made. Completion highlights require current observations on the same date and valid evidence from 20+ public runs for each tool. Rolling public-run workloads differ; differences are descriptive and do not establish statistical significance, better reliability or output quality for your use case. Tools share a target-site category and may serve different tasks. You are responsible for complying with YouTube's terms and applicable law. Methodology.

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