GetYouTubeTranscript turns YouTube links into transcripts with TXT, SRT and VTT downloads, AI summaries and an API. Free to try; paid plans from $5/month.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
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GetYouTubeTranscript is a web tool that extracts the full transcript of a public YouTube video from a pasted link. It accepts watch links, youtu.be links, Shorts, live replays and bare 11-character video IDs. It reads the video's own caption track, including YouTube's auto-generated captions, and the company says it supports 11+ languages.
Beyond the free web page, the same service offers AI summaries and chat, a Chrome extension, bulk extraction across a channel, a metered REST API and an MCP server for AI agents. The company keeps the basic tool free on purpose so students, researchers and creators can read a video instead of watching it. It states it is independent of YouTube and Google.
The process has three steps: copy the video URL, paste it into the box on the home page and click Get Free Transcript, then copy the text from the transcript page. The tool does not process audio. It reads the captions that already exist on the video, so a long lecture takes about as long as a short clip.
The site reports a typical first-time fetch of about 0.88 seconds and a cached repeat request of about 4 milliseconds. Accuracy matches the caption source: manual captions are as accurate as their authors, while auto-generated captions are weaker with heavy accents, music or crosstalk. A video with no captions cannot be transcribed.
The core output is a transcript you can copy in one click or download as plain text (.txt) or as timestamped subtitles (.srt or .vtt). The transcript opens in the video's own caption language. YouTube offers no transcript download, so the export options are the main practical gain over the built-in transcript panel, which requires selecting text by hand.
Around that core sit AI summaries, quotes, study notes and chat, a Chrome extension that searches and summarizes transcripts on YouTube, and channel and playlist extraction. Developers get a REST API with search, channel and playlist endpoints, Python and Node.js SDKs, a hosted MCP server, a Batch API and native Zapier and n8n apps.
GetYouTubeTranscript is a web tool that extracts the full transcript of a public YouTube video from a pasted link. It also offers AI summaries and chat, a Chrome extension, a REST API and an MCP server for AI assistants.
Yes, to start. Visitors get 3 transcripts a day without an account, and a free account includes 100 free credits with no card required, for up to 5 transcripts a day. Paid plans add more credits.
Individual plans are Monthly at $5.00 per month for 1,000 credits and Annual at $54.00 per year for 12,000 credits. Developer plans are Starter at $19, Pro at $49 and Scale at $99 per month. The site also lists a Black Friday offer of 30% off the first year of the annual plan.
You can copy the full text with one click, or download it as plain text (.txt) or as subtitles with timestamps (.srt or .vtt). The downloads require a free account.
No. The tool reads the video's existing caption track, including auto-generated captions, rather than processing the audio. A video with no captions at all cannot be transcribed.
Yes. A hosted MCP server lets ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI and Cline fetch transcripts. For ChatGPT, OpenAI describes custom MCP servers for Business, Enterprise and Edu plans.
Yes. The REST API covers transcript, search, channel and playlist endpoints, with Python and Node.js SDKs. Developer plans start at $19 per month, and usage is limited by request rate rather than a daily quota.
No. The site states it is an independent service and is not associated or affiliated with YouTube or Google.