What are reliable alternatives to YouTube Scraper with Transcripts?

Measured by Faceabot as working: YouTube Transcripts, ScrapeMole, TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io).

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Is YouTube Scraper with Transcripts reliable?

Q: How do I connect an AI agent to YouTube Scraper with Transcripts?

Use the MCP streamable HTTP endpoint https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/youtube-scraper-api.

Private (key required) YouTube Scraper with Transcripts answers but requires credentials, so Faceabot cannot test it anonymously. It is not counted as failing.

Last check: 2026-10-19 18:10 UTC · answered in 3967 ms · remote (no install)

Proven alternatives that work right now

YouTube Transcripts Reliable (measured) · 100%
Transcripts from YouTube videos, whole channels and playlists for AI agents, with bulk ZIP export. · https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp

ScrapeMole Reliable (measured) · 100%
Pay-per-call YouTube data via x402 (USDC, Base): search, channels, playlists, video details, comment · https://scrapemole-api-mainnet.scrapemole.workers.dev/mcp

TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) Reliable (measured) · 100%
YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by transcriptapi.io. · https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp

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What it does

YouTube videos, channels, playlists, search to JSON: views, likes, dates and full transcripts.

Source: official MCP registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io) · version 1.0.1 · publisher website

Connect your agent

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-scraper": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/youtube-scraper-api"
    }
  }
}

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Does it actually do the job?

Not tested with a real task yet. Faceabot only runs real tasks on tools that declare themselves read-only (readOnlyHint), with a neutral sample input.

Faceabot measurements

When	Answers	Real task	Latency
2026-10-19 18:10 UTC	❌ auth_required		3967 ms
2026-10-07 19:05 UTC	❌ auth_required		3610 ms

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