Comparisons

Each page compares one actor with its official alternative under fixed rules: every factual row is first-hand tested or linked to a primary source, evidence classes are stated per row, and the cases where the alternative wins are stated plainly. apihq builds one side of every comparison.

2026-07-22 · last verified 2026-07-22 · Channel videos

YouTube Channel Scraper vs the YouTube Data API uploads-playlist route

The official route to a channel's videos — channels.list to the uploads playlist, then playlistItems.list at 1 unit per 50-video page — is genuinely quota-cheap, and this comparison says so. Where the two differ: setup, follow-up calls for statistics, exact integers versus display strings, and the failure contract. Verified against Google's documentation on 2026-07-22, with a first-hand actor run published as a sanitized evidence file.

2026-07-22 · last verified 2026-07-22 · Comments

YouTube Comments Scraper vs the YouTube Data API commentThreads endpoint

The official commentThreads.list endpoint costs 1 unit per page of up to 100 top-level comment threads from the general 10,000-unit pool — quota is genuinely generous, and this comparison says so. Where the two differ: setup, reply completeness on both sides, the disabled-comments failure contract, and watch-page flags the API resource does not document. Verified against Google's documentation on 2026-07-22, with a first-hand actor run published as a sanitized evidence file.

2026-07-21 · last verified 2026-07-21 · Play reviews

Google Play Reviews Scraper vs the Google Play Developer API Reviews resource

The official Google Play Developer API reads reviews only for apps your Play Console identity is authorized to manage, only reviews that include text, and only those created or modified within the last week. Every Developer API claim is verified against Google's documentation, and a first-hand actor run on 2026-07-21 — published as a sanitized evidence file — demonstrates the scraper delivering a third-party app's reviews posted up to 23 months back.

2026-07-21 · last verified 2026-07-22 · Search

YouTube Search Scraper vs the YouTube Data API search.list endpoint

As of Google's June 2026 documentation revision, search.list has its own quota bucket: 100 calls per day at 1 unit per call, 50 results per call maximum, and each pagination page is another call. What the official search endpoint delivers and what it leaves out, verified against Google's documentation on 2026-07-22, with a first-hand actor run published as a sanitized evidence file.