Tubular Labs vs Viewstats (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Viewstats grades higher than Tubular Labs: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Tubular Labs grades higher on value for money. Viewstats grades higher on the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Tubular Labs
Social video analytics for media companies, brands and agencies
Paid
Viewstats
YouTube channel statistics, outlier videos and thumbnail research
Free plan · from $49.99/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Tubular Labs if
- Fits if you're a media company benchmarking social video audiences
- Works for brand teams vetting creators for sponsorships
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you're an individual creator, as it's built for teams
- Watch out: no prices are published and the page lists Flex plans without prices or limits
- Watch out: it's sold by the seat on a quote
- Watch out: nothing is free and no trial is mentioned
Pick Viewstats if
- Fits if you want any channel's growth and estimated revenue without paying
- Works for creators studying which videos break out in their niche, if $49.99 a month is in the budget
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want the research tools, as Outliers, Thumbnail Search, Competitors and Alerts all need Pro
- Not for you if a team shares the account, as Pro is for one person and members can't be added
- Skip it if you're on Android, as the app is on the App Store only
- Skip it if you want keyword research or tag help, as none is on record
- Watch out: the pricing page fills Pro's price in by script; the $49.99 comes from the help center
How we grade them
| 1.8GPATubular LabsWeak | 2.4GPAViewstatsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSeat-based and quoted on request. No price is published, so it can't be set against the category's $24 middle. | DPro is $49.99 a month with no yearly price on record, in this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $49.99, and more than twice its $19 middle. Business starts at $249 a month and is sold after a call. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free on record: no free plan and no trial. | BFree site and account: channel and video stats, projections, similar channels, comparisons and top lists, with no caps stated. You could live on that for looking channels up; the research tools are Pro. |
| Features | CA social video database, influencer search, dashboards and an API. It does a wide research job, but it isn't built for an individual creator optimising videos. | CChannel and video stats, outliers, thumbnail search, competitor alerts and saved collections. It covers research on other channels, but the listing shows no keyword research or help with titles and tags. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It's a team platform with dashboards to set up around your own accounts. | BNo rating on record. Type a channel name and its numbers are there, with nothing to connect first. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it has an API and Viewpoint dashboards for wider teams. | BWeb, a Chrome extension and an iPhone app, with a Discord and a Business API. No Android or desktop app. |
| Best for | social video audience research for media teams | free channel stats and outlier research |
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: Tubular Labs and Viewstats. How we grade
Where they differ
- Tubular Labs also covers reports and dashboards.
- Viewstats also covers youTube SEO.
In commonWebPublic API
At a glance
| Tubular Labs | Viewstats | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $49.99 per month |
| Free plan | None | Free site and account: channel statistics, video analysis, projections, similar channels, creator comparisons and top lists by category or country. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Chartbeat, Inc. | Viewstats |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | viewstats.zendesk.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Tubular Labs
- Pricing is seat-based and quoted on request; no prices are published.
- Built for media, brand and agency teams, not for individual creators optimizing videos.
- The pricing page names Flex plans but lists no plan prices or limits.
Viewstats
- Pro accounts are for one person; the help center says team members cannot be added to an account.
- Outliers, Thumbnail Search, Competitors, Alerts and Collections all need Pro.
- The help center gives Pro as $49.99 a month, while the pricing page fills its price in by script and showed ₹2,111.84 a month when read from India.
- The mobile app is on the App Store only; no Android app is mentioned.
Key features
Tubular Labs
- Social video database
- A searchable database of videos and creators across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitch and other platforms, organized by categories and topics.
- Content strategy research
- Used to follow content trends, find whitespace opportunities and track competitors' social video performance.
- Influencer identification
- Helps sponsorship and partnership teams discover creators and check them before a campaign.
- Tubular Viewpoint dashboards
- Dashboards for views, engagement and uploads across platforms, for a team's own channels and competitors'.
- Tubular API
- The site lists a Tubular API among its services for pulling the data into other systems.
Viewstats
- Channel and video statistics
- Channelytics shows a channel's subscribers, views, estimated revenue and rank over time; video pages track view velocity and past title or thumbnail changes.
- Outliers
- A Pro tool that finds videos doing far better than their channel usually does, to show which ideas are breaking out in a niche.
- Thumbnail Search
- A Pro tool for searching thumbnails from top channels to see which styles get clicks in a niche.
- Competitors and Alerts
- Follow chosen channels and get alerts on view milestones, sudden engagement jumps and new trends, filtered by keyword.
- Collections
- Save videos and thumbnails into boards for research, and preview how your own packaging looks before it goes live.
- Extension and iPhone app
- The Chrome extension adds Viewstats figures to YouTube pages; the iPhone app covers top lists, favorites, channel and video analytics, and a widget.
Plans
Tubular Labs
Pricing could not be confirmed. See tubularlabs.com.
Viewstats
Free$0
Look up any channel or video, see growth over time and browse top lists.
Pro$49.99
per month
Adds Outliers, Thumbnail Search, Competitors, Alerts and Collections, plus Pro channels on the Viewstats Discord. One person per account.
Business$249
per month and up
For teams and agencies: unlimited credits, volume licenses, creator discovery, advanced analytics and the Business API. Sold after a call.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Tubular Labs or Viewstats?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Tubular Labs has no price we could confirm, and Viewstats starts at $49.99 per month.
Which has a free plan, Tubular Labs or Viewstats?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Viewstats has a free plan. Tubular Labs does not.
Which platforms do Tubular Labs and Viewstats run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Viewstats lists an iOS app and 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.