WebCrawler API vs BulkTranscripts

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WebCrawler API compared with BulkTranscripts
Detail	WebCrawler API	BulkTranscripts
What it does	Web crawling and data extraction API for AI agents	Download YouTube transcripts from channels and playlists in bulk
Stage	Startup	Startup
Founded	2024	2026
Based in	NL	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Not given
Pricing	Pay as you go: from $0.002 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.006 per page). Starter: $29/month from $0.002 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.006 per page). Professional: $99/month from $0.0015 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.0055 per page, save 25%). Business: $499/month from $0.001 per page (L	Free: 30 transcript credits, no card required. Starter: $4.99 (200 credits). Pro: $14.99 (1,200 credits). Business: $29 (5,000 credits). Scale: $99 (25,000 credits). Agency: $499 (200,000 credits). All one-time purchases; credits never expire.
Key features	Automatic JavaScript rendering CAPTCHA solving Automatic proxy routing Smart caching with 0.9 second response times Change detection feeds Clean markdown extraction Removes navigation, ads, and boilerplate content Anti-bot bypass	Download transcripts from entire YouTube channels and playlists up to 1,000 videos per job Export to TXT, Markdown, JSON, CSV, SRT, VTT or combined AI-ready files REST API with timestamped segments Hosted MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI tools Agent skill for Claude Code, Codex and OpenClaw Cached transcripts re-export free in any format Free new-upload monitoring Titles, links and timestamps preserved with transcripts
What makes it different	Pay only for successful requests with no subscription required Content cleaned for direct AI prompt use without extra processing Change detection prevents wasted tokens and duplicate fetches Smart caching delivers cached pages up to 10 times faster Handles all technical infrastructure automatically	Extracts entire channels and playlists in one job instead of one video at a time One-time credits that never expire with no subscription model Available as web app, REST API, MCP server and agent skill for AI tools Videos without captions never charged and all failed extractions reported Independent single-developer product with direct founder support
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	31 −13 (down) since last check	31 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	9	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	24	32
Referring domains (Majestic)	211	102

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