YouTubeAPI.io vs VPNDetection

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YouTubeAPI.io compared with VPNDetection
Detail	YouTubeAPI.io	VPNDetection
What it does	YouTube transcript, video metadata, search and comments API with unified credit pricing	Identify an IP as VPN, residential proxy, hosting, Tor, CDN or relay, with the operator and evidence behind each flag.
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	US	PK
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free Trial: 12,000 credits ($1.20 value) with no card required. Starter: $19/month or $25 one-time PAYG for 250,000 credits. Pro: $69/month or $89 one-time PAYG for 1,200,000 credits. Business/Scale: $199/month or $249 one-time PAYG for 5,000,000 credits. Pricing: $1.00 per 1,000 transcripts or look	Free: 50,000 lookups a month. Starter: $19.00/mo (250,000 lookups, then $0.09 per 1,000) or $190.00/year. Scale: $99.00/mo (2,000,000 lookups, then $0.07 per 1,000) or $990.00/year. Max: $199.00/mo (5,000,000 lookups, then $0.05 per 1,000) or $1,990.00/year. Enterprise: Custom pricing, annual.
Key features	Timed video transcripts with millisecond accuracy and RAG-ready plain text Full video metadata including views, likes, comments count, duration, chapters and keywords Keyword search for up to 50 videos or shorts per call Video comments extraction with up to 100 comments per call Channel profile lookup by handle or channel ID Channel uploaded videos and shorts feeds with pagination Regional trending videos by country and category Multi-language subtitle track discovery Zero charge on failed, empty or 404 requests	Detects VPNs with operator identification - tracks over 2,200 providers Detects Tor nodes with daily updates Identifies privacy relays and enterprise web gateways Confidence scoring for each classification Downloadable databases in CSVGZ and MMDB formats Location and ASN data with every lookup SDKs for 13 programming languages Real-time API with batch processing up to 1,000 addresses
What makes it different	No Google Cloud quota caps or OAuth audits required Handles residential proxy rotation and avoids cloud IP bot blocks Pay-as-you-go credits never expire	Evidence-backed classifications - every flag includes the operator, confidence level, last seen date, and for proxies, persistence metrics across 90 days Daily data refresh to keep classifications current Distinguishes between legitimate privacy services and anonymity threats Open datasets under Creative Commons - Tor IP and Relay IP free for all accounts Downloadable databases for on-premises deployment without API calls
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	0	25
Referring domains (Majestic)	0	32

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