Bulk YouTube transcripts, one ZIP

Q: How to copy youtube transcript without timestamp?

Choose “Text”: the text files have no timestamps. all-transcripts.txt puts every video in one file to copy at once.

Paste a list of links, one per line: videos, Shorts, playlists and channels mixed. Get all the transcripts in one ZIP.

In short: ChannelText downloads the transcripts of YouTube videos, Shorts, playlists and whole channels as TXT, SRT, WebVTT or JSON files, in one ZIP with a CSV report. It costs $0.008 per delivered transcript from a prepaid balance topped up with $10 (1,250 transcripts): a one-time payment in USD, no subscription, no free sample, and videos without a transcript are not charged. Up to 50 links and 500 videos per run; it uses the captions YouTube publishes, so a video without captions has no transcript. Also available as a REST API and an MCP server.

Result

#	Video	Result	Files

API keys

Get transcripts from your own code with the ChannelText API, paid from the same balance. A new key is shown once; keep it secret and revoke it if it leaks.

Name	Key	Created	Last used

Paste a list

Up to 50 links per run, one per line, and up to 500 videos in total. Lines that are not YouTube links are reported, not charged.

Pay per transcript, not per month

You pay $0.008 per delivered transcript from a prepaid balance, and nothing for months you do not use it. If you need transcripts every month, a subscription can be cheaper; prices listed on these sites on 2026-09-26:

Service	Price	Model
ChannelText	$8 per 1,000 delivered	prepaid $10, no subscription
youtube-transcript.io	$9.99 per month for 1,000	monthly plan
transcriptapi.com	$5 per month for 1,000	monthly plan

Pricing

$0.008 per delivered transcript ($8 per 1,000). No subscription.

Prepaid balance: add $10 (1,250 transcripts) when your balance is short. You only pay at that point, after you have seen how many videos your link has and the most it can cost.
Videos without captions, private or removed videos and videos YouTube blocked are free. You pay only for transcripts you get. “Update this channel” skips the videos of that channel you already received.
No free sample. Transcripts come from the captions YouTube publishes (the creator's or YouTube's automatic ones); there is no speech-to-text, so a video with no captions has no transcript.

Questions

How to mass download youtube transcripts?

Paste all the links above, one per line, check the count and cost, then “Get transcripts” and download the ZIP.

How to copy youtube transcript without timestamp?

Choose “Text”: the text files have no timestamps. all-transcripts.txt puts every video in one file to copy at once.