# TranscriptAPI (transcriptapi.com)

Extracts YouTube video transcripts and searches videos, channels and playlists through a REST API or MCP server.

- Atlas card: https://inite.ai/en/atlas/transcriptapi.com
- Site: https://transcriptapi.com
- For: Developers and content teams building pipelines that need YouTube transcripts, search, or channel data
- Categories: marketing
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## Used for

- pull transcripts from YouTube videos for summaries
- search YouTube for videos on a given topic
- find topics within a specific creator's channel

## Price

- from 4.5 USD/month, no free plan (read 2026-10-18 on https://transcriptapi.com/#pricing)

## For developers

- OpenAPI: https://transcriptapi.com/openapi.json (13 paths)
- MCP server: com.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search (namespace; auth on 2026-10-18)
- Read 2026-10-18

## Your data

- Certifications stated: gdpr
- Read 2026-10-18

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Source: INITE Atlas, https://inite.ai/en/atlas/transcriptapi.com. JSON: https://inite.ai/api/atlas/transcriptapi.com. MCP: https://inite.ai/api/mcp (atlas_lookup).