Comparison
BulkTranscripts vs Supadata
Supadata covers YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and general web scraping. BulkTranscripts goes deep on YouTube archives instead of wide across platforms.
Short version
Pick Supadata when YouTube is one of several sources, when you need AI-generated transcripts for videos without captions, or when official SDKs and Zapier, Make and n8n integrations are a buying criterion. Pick BulkTranscripts when the job is YouTube channels and playlists, when a non-developer needs the files, or when you would rather buy credits once.
Side by side
| BulkTranscripts | Supadata | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | YouTube channels, playlists and videos | YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, plus web scraping and crawling |
| Free tier | 30 free transcripts, no card, no account for the web app | Free plan: 100 credits per month, 1 request per second |
| Paid pricing | One-time packs: $4.99 for 200, $14.99 for 1,200, $29 for 5,000, $99 for 25,000, $499 for 200,000. Credits never expire | Basic $5 per month for 300 credits; Pro $17 for 3,000; Mega $47 for 30,000; higher tiers, auto-recharge on paid plans |
| What a credit buys | 1 credit per transcript the first time it enters your library; repeat reads and re-exports are free | 1 credit per transcript, video, channel, playlist or list; 2 credits per minute of AI-generated transcript; 30 credits per minute of translation |
| No-code bulk export | Whole channel or playlist in one job, up to 1,000 videos, with live progress | API and playground; batch endpoints on paid plans |
| Videos without captions | Skipped and reported, never charged | Can generate a transcript with AI at 2 credits per minute |
| For AI agents | Hosted MCP server, REST API, agent skill | Official MCP server, JavaScript and Python SDKs, Zapier, Make, n8n |
Where Supadata is the better fit
Breadth. If your product ingests TikTok and Instagram as well as YouTube, or you need transcripts for videos that have no captions at all, Supadata's AI generation and multi-platform coverage are things BulkTranscripts does not offer. Its SDKs and no-code integrations are also more extensive.
Where BulkTranscripts is the better fit
Depth on YouTube and simplicity of billing. A researcher can paste a channel and get one combined file without touching an API. A developer gets the same REST endpoints and a hosted MCP server with a library that makes repeat reads free. Credits are one-time, so a project that runs for two weeks does not pay for twelve months.
Cost for a YouTube-only workload
Per transcript, Supadata's Pro plan is about $5.70 per 1,000 and its Basic plan about $16.70 per 1,000, both monthly. BulkTranscripts is $5.80 per 1,000 on the 5,000 pack and $12.50 per 1,000 on the 1,200 pack, bought once. At equal volume the prices are close; the difference is whether you want a subscription. Figures are a 2026-09-08 snapshot from the linked pricing page.
What real jobs look like
Numbers from our production database, not a benchmark we staged. Pulled October 14, 2026, covering the last 30 days unless noted.
| Measure | Result | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Jobs completed | 1,652 | Video, playlist and channel jobs from the app, API and MCP, last 30 days |
| Transcripts delivered | 58,779 | Same window, counting each video once per job |
| Videos that returned a transcript | 94.0% | Out of every video a job attempted |
| Videos skipped | 4.8% | No captions, members-only, private or age-restricted. Listed in the results, never charged |
| Genuine failures | 1.2% | Blocks, timeouts, broken videos. Not charged |
| Fresh fetch, per video | 4.2 s median, 12 s p90 | Jobs fetch many videos in parallel, so a channel is not N × this |
| Speed of a big job | about 2 new videos per second | A 1,000-video channel with almost nothing cached took about 6½ minutes |
| Repeat read from your library | 0.08 s median | Free, in any format |
| Largest single job | 1,000 videos | The per-job cap |
The 4.8% skipped are the main thing to expect: YouTube only has a transcript when the creator uploaded captions or auto-captions were generated, and members-only or private videos cannot be read at all. Those videos are listed in your results so you know exactly what was missing.
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Questions
Does BulkTranscripts support TikTok or Instagram?
No. BulkTranscripts is YouTube only. Supadata covers TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook.
Can either tool transcribe a video that has no captions?
Supadata can generate one with AI for 2 credits per minute. BulkTranscripts only returns YouTube's own caption tracks and reports videos without them.
Which has the simpler billing?
BulkTranscripts: one credit per new transcript, packs bought once, nothing expires. Supadata has monthly credits with different rates for transcripts, generation and translation.
Do both have an MCP server?
Yes. BulkTranscripts hosts its server with OAuth sign-in. Supadata publishes an official MCP server on GitHub.