Youtube Transcripts alternatives: recorded billing and usage (2026-10)

Compare 1741 YouTube alternatives to Youtube Transcripts, ranked by 30-day users; see recorded pricing models, billing events, observation dates and public-run success.

Baseline

Youtube Transcripts (karamelo/youtube-transcripts) had 910 users and 100.0% success across 59,207 public runs in 30 days.

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.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Compare all 1742 YouTube tools (this page shows the 50 most used alternatives).

Filters apply only to the 50 displayed alternatives (at most 50), in the original usage order. Blank thresholds include unavailable evidence; active thresholds exclude it. Recorded zero is distinct from unavailable. Success measures public-run completion, not output accuracy.

Alternative	Users 30d	Success 30d	Runs 30d	Recorded billing / observation	Recorded completion compared with baseline
YouTube Scraper streamers/youtube-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	14,021	99.1%	2,685,791	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Video Transcript starvibe/youtube-video-transcript Compare with Youtube Transcripts	3,729	99.9%	391,985	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API johnvc/YoutubeTranscripts Compare with Youtube Transcripts	3,144	99.8%	173,382	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Comments Scraper streamers/youtube-comments-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	3,069	98.9%	98,703	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Fast YouTube Channel Scraper streamers/youtube-channel-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	2,927	99.1%	1,581,045	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Transcript Scraper pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	2,531	80.7%	490,603	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Shorts Scraper streamers/youtube-shorts-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	1,586	99.6%	99,204	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Video Downloader streamers/youtube-video-downloader Compare with Youtube Transcripts	1,292	94.8%	272,460	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Transcript Scraper - $0.7 per 1k supreme_coder/youtube-transcript-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	1,030	96.6%	130,059	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Channel Video Scraper grow_media/youtube-channel-video-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	995	100.0%	59,305	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Transcript Scraper Pro (Captions + AI Fallback) codepoetry/youtube-transcript-ai-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	679	99.1%	34,778	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Search Scraper ($0.25/1000 results) api-ninja/youtube-search-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	624	99.9%	35,082	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Comments Scraper API - Extract Video Comments Fast apidojo/youtube-comments-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	617	99.9%	90,474	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Search Api grow_media/youtube-search-api Compare with Youtube Transcripts	594	99.8%	34,992	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Best Youtube Transcripts Scraper scrape-creators/best-youtube-transcripts-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	564	93.2%	83,981	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Video Downloader - MP4 & MP3 marielise.dev/youtube-video-downloader Compare with Youtube Transcripts	541	99.9%	33,801	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Video Downloader - No Platform Costs! No Proxy Costs! epctex/youtube-video-downloader Compare with Youtube Transcripts	430	97.2%	58,122	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Fast YouTube Channel Scraper API \| Profiles, Subs & Stats apidojo/youtube-channel-information-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	427	99.8%	20,238	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Video, Shorts, Audio & Transcript Downloader datapipe/youtube-video-downloader Compare with Youtube Transcripts	387	97.7%	7,811	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Traffic Generator (Youtube, Web, Etsy, Behance and many more!) epctex/traffic-generator Compare with Youtube Transcripts	386	48.2%	33,119	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Channel Search Scraper: Subscribers, Views, Country hyperbach/youtube-channel-search-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	380	95.2%	42	Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: Unavailable. Selected event: Channel (channel) Event details One delivered channel row: the identity, the About record (exact video and view counts, country, joined date, links, the business e-mail flag), the header's profile, and the recent uploads when asked. Channels left out by a filter and free rows (not found, no results) are not charged. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Scraper (Pay Per Result) apidojo/youtube-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	359	82.0%	179,260	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Transcript Ninja ⚡️🥷⚡ topaz_sharingan/Youtube-Transcript-Scraper-1 Compare with Youtube Transcripts	344	99.9%	38,972	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Channel & Video Scraper eiv/youtube-channel-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	283	83.9%	1,176	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Thumbnail Downloader moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-73 Compare with Youtube Transcripts	240	100.0%	581	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Channel Search Scraper maximedupre/youtube-channel-search-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	190	88.1%	12,321	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Video Downloader api-ninja/youtube-video-downloader Compare with Youtube Transcripts	175	97.6%	4,038	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Transcript Bulk Scraper - Channel and Playlist dami_studio/youtube-transcript-bulk-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	173	99.7%	4,390	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Transcript Scraper seemuapps/youtube-transcript-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	167	98.1%	3,945	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Comments Scraper supreme_coder/youtube-comment-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	165	99.9%	4,791	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Search Scraper - Videos & Shorts by Keyword delicious_zebu/youtube-video-scraper-by-keyword Compare with Youtube Transcripts	160	97.4%	1,328	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube to MP3 Audio Downloader lurkapi/youtube-to-mp3-audio-downloader Compare with Youtube Transcripts	153	94.2%	2,713	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 Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Transcript Scraper - Subtitles & Timestamps scrapersdelight/youtube-transcript-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	148	99.8%	2,499	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Video Downloader — MP4/MP3, Subtitles, Bulk memo23/youtube-video-downloader Compare with Youtube Transcripts	119	83.5%	2,965	Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $30.00. USD / run start: $0.005. 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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Video Details Scraper thenetaji/youtube-video-details-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	118	99.3%	102,399	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Audio Downloader utils/youtube-link Compare with Youtube Transcripts	114	91.0%	6,146	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 Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Comments Scraper apihq/youtube-comments-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	110	93.4%	6,132	Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.40. USD / run start: Unavailable. Selected event: Comment (comment) Event details One charge per comment or reply returned. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Channel Scraper grow_media/youtube-channel-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	109	100.0%	34,517	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
TikTok \| Instagram \| Facebook \| YouTube Shorts Transcriber tictechid/anoxvanzi-Transcriber Compare with Youtube Transcripts	109	99.9%	23,530	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Transcript Scraper topaz_sharingan/Youtube-Transcript-Scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	104	99.9%	84,805	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Channel Scraper ($0.4/1000 results) api-ninja/youtube-channel-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	82	100.0%	4,549	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Transcript Scraper automation-lab/youtube-transcript Compare with Youtube Transcripts	81	98.3%	9,886	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Search Scraper - Videos by Keyword, Date & Duration seemuapps/youtube-search-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	81	99.7%	328	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: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Youtube Transcript dz_omar/youtube-transcript-metadata-extractor Compare with Youtube Transcripts	80	99.6%	6,092	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Transcript Scraper api-ninja/youtube-transcript-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	77	99.0%	192	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Comments Scraper ($0.40/1000 results) api-ninja/youtube-comments-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	76	94.9%	512	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Download API: Video and Audio (MP4, MP3, M4A) johnvc/youtube-download-api Compare with Youtube Transcripts	76	96.1%	2,778	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Channel Scraper gentle_cloud/youtube-user-channel-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	75	93.1%	5,508	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
YouTube Comments Scraper solidcode/youtube-comments-scraper Compare with Youtube Transcripts	74	99.0%	6,026	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. Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.
Fast YouTube Scraper API - Extract Videos, Channels, Playlists apidojo/youtube-scraper-api Compare with Youtube Transcripts	70	99.8%	18,175	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) Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown	Contemporaneous comparison unavailable: requires current, same-date observations with valid public-run evidence.

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