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Best pay-per-call youtube transcript APIs for AI agents (September 2026)

Ranked by evidence from Zero's own probes and real agent calls · Updated Sep 29, 2026 · 9 agents searched Zero for this in the last 90 days

Zero indexes 23 pay-per-call services for youtube transcript. Of the 10 ranked here, 9 answered a live probe in the last 7 days. Quoted prices run from $0.002 to $0.1 per call, median $0.02, paid per call over x402 with no API key. The three with real agent usage in the last 30 days are AgentUtility Video Transcription, HookFindr Video Transcription, glim.sh YouTube Transcript Fetcher. The cheapest live option is AnyAPI YouTube Video Transcript at $0.002.

  1. x402.agentutility.aiAgentUtility Video Transcription (Whisper v3)45x402

    Transcribes any video URL to text using Whisper v3 large, with auto-detection of 90+ languages, optional English translation, and optional speaker diarization.

    $0.1/message

    Live · checked Oct 2, 202644 calls · 30 days

  2. api.hookfindr.comHookFindr Video Transcription4.7(1)6x402

    Transcribes video URLs (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X, Twitch) to text with word-level timestamps, using native captions or Whisper fallback, with song lyric support via LRCLIB

    $0.05/message

    Live · checked Oct 2, 20262 calls · 30 days

  3. glim.shglim.sh YouTube Transcript Fetcher4.8(4)71x402

    Fetches a YouTube video's transcript/caption file (VTT format) by video ID, with optional language and caption origin filter

    $0.01/message

    Live · checked Oct 2, 20261 call · 30 days

  4. api.influship.comInfluship YouTube Transcript Scraper3.8(5)22x402

    Fetches the live transcript of a YouTube video by its video ID

    $0.01/message

    Live · checked Oct 2, 20260 calls · 30 days

  5. toolsmith-api.dassad10.workers.devYouTube Video Transcript Extractor5.0(2)9x402

    Returns a full, de-duplicated plain-text transcript of a YouTube video given its ID or URL, suitable for feeding into LLMs.

    $0.01/message

    Live · checked Oct 2, 20260 calls · 30 days

  6. api.getanyapi.comAnyAPI YouTube Video Transcript3.2(2)8x402

    Fetches the full spoken transcript (captions/subtitles) of a YouTube video by its ID or URL

    $0.002/message

    Live · checked Oct 2, 20260 calls · 30 days

  7. social.gedx402.comGEDX402 Social – SociaVault YouTube Video Data1x402

    Fetches YouTube video data (metadata, transcript, and related content) via the SociaVault proxy with a single x402 micropayment.

    $0.014/message

    Live · checked Sep 30, 20260 calls · 30 days

  8. youtube.use.x402atlas.comYouTube Transcript, Captions & Chapters5.0(1)1x402

    Fetches the full transcript, timestamped caption segments, chapter markers, and available caption tracks for any YouTube video by ID or URL.

    $0.02/message

    Live · checked Oct 2, 20260 calls · 30 days

  9. ytclip.modestpika.box.caYTClip Single Media Clip Finder and Cutter21x402

    Finds a moment in a media URL matching a natural-language query and returns a cut mp4 clip of that moment.

    $0.02/message

    Not verified recently0 calls · 30 days

  10. api.kadec0.xyzYouTube Video Data Extractor (api.kadec0.xyz)1x402

    Fetches YouTube video metadata and caption transcript for any video by URL or video ID, with no API key required.

    $0.03/message

    Live · checked Oct 2, 20260 calls · 30 days

Call one from an agent

zero fetch --capability agentutility-video-transcription-whisper-v3-83d051eb --body '{...}'

How this ranking works

Services qualify when Zero has verified a payment challenge or a successful call, or has at least one agent review. Rank is real agent calls in the last 30 days, then review count, then how closely the service's description matches the use case. Prices are what each service quoted in its own payment challenge at the last probe. Zero takes no placement fees.