1of10 vs Social Blade (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Social Blade grades higher than 1of10: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
1of10 grades higher on platforms. Social Blade grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
1of10
YouTube outlier finder with AI thumbnails, titles and video ideas
Social Blade
Daily follower and view statistics for YouTube and four other networks
Which one is for you
Pick 1of10 if
- Fits if you pick your next video by studying ones that broke out in your niche
- Works for faceless and multi-channel operators who reuse formats that already worked
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you make lots of thumbnails or edits, as Basic's 150 credits cover about 7 thumbnails or 2 edited videos
- Tight if you're staying free, with 60 credits and only 5 results in outlier and thumbnail search
- Pricey if you need MCP, the API or team seats, which start at Pro for $69 a month on yearly billing
- Skip it if you want keyword research or rank checks, as the listing shows neither
- Watch out: Ultra is sold yearly only at $4,999, and refunds only cover the first 7 days
Pick Social Blade if
- Fits if you check your own and rivals' daily subscriber and view counts
- Works for agencies shortlisting creators by country and category across five networks
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want keyword research or help with titles and tags, as it only reports numbers
- Watch out: a profile's history starts when Social Blade first added it, and YouTube history stops at three years
- Tight if you're staying free, with ads, 5 favorites per platform and only a short window of daily data
- Watch out: plans are listed billed yearly, and no monthly price was in the page text on record
- Pricey if you need the API, as credits are bought separately and the included ones don't roll over
How we grade them
| 2.4GPA1of10Fair | 2.8GPASocial BladeGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BBasic is $15 a month on yearly billing ($19 monthly), right at the edge of this category's cheaper quarter, with full research results. The jump to Pro for MCP, the API and team seats is $69 a month yearly ($89 monthly). | ABronze is $59.99 a year, $5 a month, well under the $7.20 that's 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. Daily charts need Silver at $149.99 a year ($12.50 a month), just above that quarter's $12. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree for good with no card, but 60 credits a month, 1 channel and only 5 results in outlier and thumbnail search. Enough to try each AI tool once or twice, not to work from. | BFree with ads: profile stats, live counts, projections, top lists of 100 and 5 favorites per platform. You could live on that for checking channels, but daily table data only covers a short window. |
| Features | COutlier search, thumbnail search, title and idea generators, an AI thumbnail maker, a video editor that cuts retakes and a Chrome extension. That's ideas and packaging; the listing shows no keyword research or rank checks. | CDaily stats for about 171 million creators on five networks, top lists, a favorites dashboard, PDF report cards and an API. It does tracking fully, but that's a smaller job than this category's, and report cards cover YouTube only. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You connect a channel, and every AI tool runs on credits you have to watch: a thumbnail is 4, a title run 8, an edited video 50. | BNo rating on record. You type a channel name and the numbers are there, with nothing to connect or set up first. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb and a Chrome extension, with MCP for Claude and ChatGPT and an API from Pro. No phone or desktop app. | CWeb only, with no app or extension. The Business API is the one way to connect it to anything, and its credits are bought separately beyond the 5 to 50 a month on Silver and up. |
| Best for | finding outlier videos to copy formats from | checking any creator's daily numbers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: 1of10 and Social Blade. How we grade
Price against what you get
1of10 starts at $15 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Social Blade starts at $5 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Social Blade starts $10 a month lower. Of the other YouTube SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than 1of10 for less, and none scores higher than Social Blade for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- 1of10 also covers video editing, image generation and youTube SEO.
- Social Blade also covers reports.
At a glance
| 1of10 | Social Blade | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month) |
| Free plan | 60 credits a month for the AI tools, 1 channel, 5 results in outlier and thumbnail search, the top 3 trending formats and optimizing the 10 latest videos. | Free account: profile statistics with ads, live counts, future projections, 5 favorites per platform, top lists of 100 and a short window of daily table data. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | 1of10 | Social Blade, LLC |
| Price read from | 1of10.com | web.archive.org (not the vendor's own page) |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
1of10
- Every AI tool spends credits: a thumbnail is 4, a title or idea run 8 and an edited video 50, so Basic's 150 credits go quickly.
- The free plan shows only 5 results in outlier and thumbnail search.
- MCP, API access and paid team seats start at Pro; Basic is one user and up to 3 channels.
- Ultra is sold yearly only, at $4,999. Refunds are offered within 7 days of purchase.
Social Blade
- Paid plans are shown billed yearly; the monthly-billing prices were not in the page text read.
- Data begins only when a profile was first added to Social Blade, and YouTube history stops at three years.
- Report cards cover YouTube channels only.
- Business API credits are bought separately; Silver and above include 5 to 50 a month, which are used first and do not roll over.
Key features
1of10
- Outlier search
- Searches millions of videos that beat their channel's average by 10x or more, filtered by niche, views, subscribers, language, length and recency.
- AI thumbnail generator
- Makes 1280 x 720 thumbnails in a channel's style from a title, sketch or reference images, with an optional 4K upscale. Each costs 4 credits.
- Title and idea generators
- Suggests 20 titles per prompt and new video ideas modeled on outliers in the same niche, at 8 credits a run.
- AI video editor
- Takes raw footage of up to 30 minutes, cuts mistakes and retakes, adds animations and exports, for 50 credits a video.
- Thumbnail search and channel tracking
- Searches winning thumbnails by color, subject, expression and layout, and alerts you when a tracked channel posts a breakout video.
- Chrome extension
- Shows outlier scores and performance figures on YouTube while browsing, and saves videos to your 1of10 library.
Social Blade
- Daily statistics on five networks
- Tracks daily growth for about 171 million creators across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Facebook and Instagram, with live counts and future projections.
- Top lists
- Ranks the most followed or subscribed profiles globally, by country or by category, or by Social Blade's own SB Rank. Paid plans show longer lists.
- Favorites dashboard
- Favorited profiles appear in a sidebar and on a personal dashboard that compares their past month: 5 per platform free, up to 500 on Platinum.
- Historical data and charts
- Free users get a short window of daily figures plus weekly and monthly charts; memberships add longer daily tables, up to a year or more, and daily-level charts.
- YouTube report cards
- Downloadable PDF summaries of a YouTube channel's performance, for sharing with brands or clients. From 1 to 100 a month depending on plan.
- Custom reports and Business API
- Filtered lists of creators that export to Excel, open to anyone, and a paid API for pulling Social Blade data into other systems.
Plans
1of10
Free$0
60 credits a month, 1 connected channel and limited research results, enough to try each AI tool.
Basic$15
per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)
150 credits a month (about 7 thumbnails or 2 edited videos), up to 3 channels and full research results. One user.
Pro$69
per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually ($89 billed monthly)
Unlimited channels, paid team seats, and MCP and API access. Credits can be raised toward 10,000, at a higher price.
Ultra$417
per month, billed annually ($4,999 a year)
3,500 credits a month, unlimited channels, MCP and API access, group coaching and a private community. Yearly billing only.
Social Blade
Free (Logged In)$0
Profile statistics with ads, 5 favorites per platform and top lists of 100.
Bronze$59.99
per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month)
No ads, 15 favorites per platform, top 250 lists, 1 YouTube report card a month and up to 30 days of table data.
Silver$149.99
per year, billed annually ($12.50 a month)
25 favorites, top 500 lists, 10 report cards a month, 60 days of table data, weekly and daily charts, and 5 Business API credits a month.
Gold$599.99
per year, billed annually ($50.00 a month)
100 favorites, top 1,000 lists, 50 report cards a month, 180 days of table data and 20 Business API credits a month.
Platinum$1,439.99
per year, billed annually ($120.00 a month)
500 favorites, top 5,000 lists, 100 report cards a month, 365 days of table data and 50 Business API credits a month.
Ways to pay less
1of10
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
1of10's pricing page lists yearly billing at 20% off the plan price: Basic is $180 a year instead of $228, and Pro $828 instead of $1,068.
Social Blade
- Annual discount
Save up to 20% with yearly billing
Social Blade's plan page lists a 17% saving on Bronze, Silver and Gold and 20% on Platinum when billed yearly instead of monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, 1of10 or Social Blade?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Social Blade is cheaper to start with: $5 a month when paid by the year, against $15 a month for 1of10. 1of10 starts at $15 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly), and Social Blade starts at $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month).
Which has a free plan, 1of10 or Social Blade?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both 1of10 and Social Blade have a free plan.
Which platforms do 1of10 and Social Blade run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only 1of10 lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.