We build small tools and data services, and we just put five of them on Apify as pay-per-result actors. Disclosure: these are ours, and this post is a short walkthrough of the one we expect people to use most.
YouTube Transcript Extractor
Give it video, playlist or channel URLs and it returns the transcripts as JSON with timestamps. If you plan to feed the text into a search index or an LLM, it can also return the transcript pre-split into chunks for retrieval (RAG).
- No API key needed.
- $0.004 per transcript.
- No charge when a video has no captions, so a batch with gaps does not cost you for the gaps.
Typical uses: turning a channel into a searchable archive, pulling quotes with timestamps, or building a dataset from a playlist.
YouTube Transcript Extractor on Apify
Four more in the same account
- Google News Scraper with article text
- YouTube Comments Scraper
- YouTube Search Video Scraper
- Keyword Research: autocomplete and trends
All five are priced per result, so you pay for what comes back. Check each actor page for its input options and current price before you run it.
If a field you need is missing from the output, tell us in the comments or on the actor page, and we will look at it.
We also make browser tools for everyday business paperwork, listed by job at Xargaar Tools.
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