Tubegrow vs YTCockpit (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, YTCockpit grades higher than Tubegrow: 1.6 against 1.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
YTCockpit grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Tubegrow
YouTube keyword, competitor and trending-video research tools
YTCockpit
YouTube keyword research with competition data and rank tracking
Which one is for you
Pick Tubegrow if
- Fits if you're an agency or brand keeping watch on rivals' YouTube channels
- Works for advertisers picking specific channels and videos to place YouTube ads on
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one creator, as the only priced plan is $199 a month
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial
- Tight if you study more than a few rivals, at 3 competitor channels and 3 optimizations a month
- Watch out: the homepage puts Lite's keyword tool at 5 keywords a month, the pricing page at unlimited
- Watch out: anything bigger than Lite is quoted on request, and refunds cover the first order only
Pick YTCockpit if
- Fits if you plan videos around keywords people already search for and want to see the top 20 first
- Works for marketers who want keyword research and daily YouTube rank checks in one account
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial, only a 30-day refund
- Watch out: monthly search figures come from Google's Keyword Planner, since YouTube doesn't publish search counts
- Tight if you stay on Personal, which has 10 searches a day, no rank tracker and no Google Suggest ideas
- Pricey if you want branded PDF reports, which are on Agency only at $99 a month or $799 a year
- Watch out: VAT is added for billing addresses in Switzerland and the EU unless an EU company gives a VAT ID
How we grade them
| 1.2GPATubegrowWeak | 1.6GPAYTCockpitWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | FLite is $199 a month, more than ten times this category's $19 middle and almost four times where its dearest tenth starts ($49.99). For that you get 1 channel report, 3 competitor channels and 3 video optimizations a month. | CPersonal is $19 a month, or $199 a year (about $16.58 a month), right on this category's $19 middle, for 10 searches a day. Rank tracking needs Pro at $39 a month or $299 a year, and branded reports need Agency at $99. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free: no free plan and no trial. A 30-day refund covers the first order only, asked for by email, and that isn't a trial. | FNothing free: no free plan and no trial. New accounts get a 30-day money-back guarantee instead, which isn't a trial. |
| Features | CKeyword search, title and tag suggestions, channel and competitor reports, trending videos and an ads tool. The basics are there, but Lite caps reports at 1 channel and 3 competitors a month. | CKeyword ideas from YouTube Suggest and Google's ad data, top-20 competition numbers, a keyword score and a daily rank tracker on Pro. It does keyword research fully, but that's a smaller job, with no title writing, upload help or channel analytics on record. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It's a web app of several separate tools with monthly caps to work within. | CNo rating on record. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, but each search comes back as sortable tables of views, likes, durations and scores to read through. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no app, extension, API or integrations on record. | CWeb only, with no integrations, app, extension or API on record. The tracker checks rankings by country and language. |
| Best for | watching rivals' YouTube channels | YouTube keyword research with competition scores |
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: Tubegrow and YTCockpit. How we grade
Price against what you get
Tubegrow starts at $199 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. YTCockpit starts at $19 a month and scores 2.0.
They score the same, and YTCockpit starts $180 a month lower. Of the other YouTube SEO tools on the chart, 19 score higher than Tubegrow for less, and 11 score higher than YTCockpit 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
- YTCockpit also covers rank tracking.
At a glance
| Tubegrow | YTCockpit | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $199 per month | $19 per month for 10 keyword searches a day, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | TubeGrow | SwissMadeMarketing GmbH |
| Price read from | tubegrow.com | ytcockpit.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Tubegrow
- No free plan or trial is listed; the only priced plan is Lite at $199 a month, and anything larger is quoted.
- Lite caps channel insights at 1 channel, competitor analysis at 3 channels and video optimization at 3 videos a month.
- The homepage lists Lite's keyword tool at 5 keywords a month, while the pricing page says it is unlimited.
- Refunds within 30 days apply to the first order only and are requested by email.
YTCockpit
- There is no free plan or trial; new accounts get a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.
- Monthly search figures come from Google's AdWords Keyword Planner, as its help center says YouTube does not publish search counts.
- The Personal plan has no rank tracker and no Google Suggest ideas; branded PDF reports are on Agency only.
- VAT is added for billing addresses in Switzerland and the EU, unless an EU company gives a valid VAT ID.
Key features
Tubegrow
- Keyword search tool
- Enter a keyword to get related keywords, see how videos rank for it, and find the keywords competitors put in their titles and descriptions.
- Video optimization for SEO
- Suggests keywords for a video's title, description and tags and advises on description length; Lite covers 3 videos a month.
- Channel insights
- Reports on your channel's subscriber growth, views growth and how views are spread across its videos; 1 channel a month on Lite.
- Competitor channel analyzer
- Views, subscriber counts and channel history for rival channels from a database Tubegrow updates daily; 3 channels a month on Lite.
- Trending videos
- Shows YouTube's trending videos from around the world on one screen, filtered by country and category, such as Entertainment in Canada.
- YouTube ads tool
- Helps advertisers pick specific channels and videos to place YouTube ads on, rather than broad audience targeting.
YTCockpit
- Keyword ideas from several sources
- Expands a seed keyword through YouTube Suggest by adding letters and numbers, and on higher plans through Google AdWords, Google Suggest and related searches.
- Top 20 competition data
- For every idea it collects the top 20 ranking videos with their views, duration, likes and comments, and how many are in HD.
- Keyword score
- Sorts ideas by a score that weighs monthly searches against how strong the ranking videos are, with every column open to sorting and filtering.
- Compare your own video
- Enter a video URL to set it beside the top results for each keyword found.
- YTCockpitTracker
- Pro and Agency include a tracker that checks your videos' YouTube positions for chosen keywords daily, by country and language: 50 keywords on Pro, 100 on Agency.
Plans
Tubegrow
Lite$199
per month
Unlimited keyword, trending, inspiration and ads tools; 1 channel insights report, 3 competitor channels and 3 video optimizations a month.
CustomCustom
The same set of tools, with the price given on request through Contact Us.
YTCockpit
Personal$19
per month for 10 keyword searches a day, billed monthly
100 results per search, ideas from YouTube Suggest and Google AdWords. No rank tracker. $199 billed yearly.
Pro$39
per month for 50 keyword searches a day, billed monthly
1,000 results per search, adds Google Suggest and related searches, and YTCockpitTracker for 50 keywords daily. $299 billed yearly.
Agency$99
per month for unlimited keyword searches, billed monthly
10,000 results per search, branded PDF reports and 100 tracked keywords daily. $799 billed yearly.
Ways to pay less
Tubegrow
No public discounts listed.
YTCockpit
- Annual discount
Save up to 40% with yearly billing
YTCockpit's pricing table lists Personal at $199 a year instead of $228, Pro at $299 instead of $468 and Agency at $799 instead of $1,188.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Tubegrow or YTCockpit?
As of Oct 23, 2026, YTCockpit is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $199 a month for Tubegrow. Tubegrow starts at $199 per month, and YTCockpit starts at $19 per month for 10 keyword searches a day, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Tubegrow or YTCockpit?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Tubegrow nor YTCockpit has a free plan.
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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.