What are reliable alternatives to TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)?

Measured by Faceabot as working: YouTube Transcript Downloader, YouTube Transcripts.

How do I connect an AI agent to TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)?

Use the MCP streamable HTTP endpoint https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp.

Catalog › io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript

Is TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) reliable?

Reliable (measured) Yes. Faceabot measured TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) 5 times: 100% of checks succeeded, including the last 5 in a row (last check 2026-10-19 09:45 UTC). It answers, but its real task has not worked yet (0/5 real results): see "Does it actually do the job?" below.

Last check: 2026-10-19 09:45 UTC · answered in 5888 ms · remote (no install)

En français : Fiable (mesuré). Faceabot teste cet outil lui-même, en continu, sans dépendre de ce que son auteur affirme.

What it does

YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by transcriptapi.io.

Source: official MCP registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io) · version 0.1.1 · publisher website

Connect your agent

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "url": "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or ask Faceabot first: MCP tool check_reliability {"id":"io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript"} on https://faceabot.com/api/mcp.

Does it actually do the job?

Fails real tasks — Faceabot asked search_youtube to do a small read-only task 5 time(s): 0 returned a real result. Last result: tool_error (the tool answered with an error for the neutral sample input) in 3383 ms.

Sample input: {"query":"hello world"}. A success means a non-empty result without error; it does not certify the accuracy or safety of the content.

Other proven tools for the same job

YouTube Transcript Downloader Reliable (measured) · 100%
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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

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Faceabot measurements

When	Answers	Real task	Latency
2026-10-19 09:45 UTC	✅ ok	❌ tool_error	5888 ms
2026-10-18 16:50 UTC	✅ ok	❌ tool_error	7302 ms
2026-10-18 05:25 UTC	✅ ok	❌ tool_error	7416 ms
2026-10-17 21:30 UTC	✅ ok	❌ tool_error	6223 ms
2026-10-17 13:00 UTC	✅ ok	❌ tool_error	6926 ms

Method: MCP initialize then tools/list from Faceabot (FaceabotProbe/1.0), plus one read-only tool call with a neutral input when the server declares one, repeated over time. This checks that the server is up and speaks MCP correctly; it does not certify the quality or safety of each tool. How measurement works.

Publisher of TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)?

Show your measured reliability on your README or website:

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Data in JSON: /api/catalog?id=io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript · Stop probes: POST /api/reliability/opt-out

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