YouTube Transcript Extractor

Get transcripts and subtitles from YouTube videos, Shorts, playlists and whole channels, as plain text, timestamped JSON, SRT or VTT.

$3 per 1,000 transcripts · videos without captions are free
Buy & run it on Apify →Use the APIBy Siftwright · runs in the cloud, no install · new Apify accounts get free monthly credit

What it does

Paste video, Shorts, playlist or channel links, one or thousands at a time
Plain text, timestamped segments, SRT and VTT subtitle files
Any caption language, prefer human-made captions, or auto-translate
Title, channel and word count included with every transcript
Only successful transcripts are charged; failed and caption-less videos cost nothing
Use it from the API, on a schedule, or with Make, Zapier and n8n

Real output

Output: one row per video with metadata and the transcript

Ready-to-use SRT subtitles from the same run

How buying works

Open the tool on Apify and sign in (free account; new accounts get monthly free credit to test with).
Paste your links and press Start.
You're charged only for successful results: $0.003 per transcript. Failed items are free. No subscription, no minimum.

Buy & run it on Apify →

Good to know

Price	$0.003 per transcript ($3 per 1,000), plus Apify's tiny per-run start fee
Failed videos	Never charged
Formats	Text, JSON segments with timestamps, SRT, VTT
Where it runs	Apify Store, in the cloud