A Supadata alternative with fair billing and podcasts
Supadata is a solid, broad API for web and video content. Transkrio does one thing, transcripts, and focuses on what that costs you: unused credits roll over, failures are free, audio transcription is half the credits, and podcasts are supported.
Supadata details from supadata.ai/pricing and docs.supadata.ai, checked November 7, 2026. Prices change; check their site. Spot an error? [email protected].
Side by side
| Transkrio | Supadata | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 100 credits, once | 100 requests / month |
| 3,000 transcripts / month | $9 (Starter) | $17 (Pro) |
| 15,000 / month | $29 (Pro) | $47 (Mega, 30,000) |
| 75,000 / month | $99 (Scale) | $297 (Giga, 300,000) |
| Videos without captions | 1 credit / minute | 2 credits / minute |
| Unused credits | Roll over up to 2x plan | Do not roll over |
| Failed requests | Free, always | Not stated on pricing page |
| One-off packs | 2,000 credits for $10, never expire | Auto-recharge ($10 per 1,000 on Pro) |
| YouTube, TikTok, Instagram | Yes | Yes |
| Podcasts (RSS, Apple, audio URLs) | Yes | Not listed |
| X, Facebook, file upload | No | Yes |
| Web scraping, extraction | No | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| No-code | n8n | n8n, Make, Zapier, Activepieces |
When Transkrio is the better choice
- Your usage varies month to month. Rollover means a quiet month isn't money lost.
- Many of your videos have no captions (TikToks, Reels, podcasts). At 1 credit per minute instead of 2, audio-heavy workloads cost half the credits.
- You need podcasts. Feeds, Apple Podcasts links and audio URLs work, with publisher transcripts used when they exist.
- You process lists of URLs where some fail. Private, deleted or caption-less videos cost nothing.
When Supadata is the better choice
- You need X, Facebook or file uploads, or web scraping in the same API.
- Your stack is Make or Zapier.
- You want a free tier that renews every month.
Switching
Send the same video URLs to GET https://api.transkrio.com/v1/transcript?url=... with your key in the x-api-key header. You get segments (text, start, duration), the joined text, and lang works the same way. See the Python and Node.js guides, or compare all YouTube transcript APIs.
Try it with 100 free credits
No card needed. Failed requests are free and unused credits roll over.
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