# Channelcrawler review (2026): is it worth $59 a month, billed yearly? > YouTube channel database for finding creators to sponsor Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Channelcrawler is a searchable database of YouTube channels, aimed at brands and agencies that look for creators to sponsor. Channels can be filtered by niche, size, location and engagement, and contact emails can be unlocked with credits. Higher plans add tracking of which brands sponsor which creators. - **Category:** YouTube SEO Tools - **Made by:** ChannelCrawler - **Website:** https://channelcrawler.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to rank your own videos, as it's a creator database. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Channelcrawler is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $59 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial on every plan; the page says it gives access to channel search, filters and results. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $59 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | 2,000 search credits and 50 email credits a month, 10 saved searches and 200 saved channels. No sponsorship intelligence. | | Power | $117 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($195 billed monthly) | 10,000 search credits and 250 email credits a month, plus sponsorship intelligence: 5 tracked brands, 25 brand profiles and share-of-voice for 15 brands a month, lookalikes. | | Enterprise | $6,000 per year, for 2 or more users | Sold through sales; shown as $500 a month paid yearly. 40,000+ search credits and 1,000+ email credits a month, shared workspace and 1-1 support. | Read from https://channelcrawler.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Channelcrawler before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing saves 40%** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows -40% when billed yearly: $708 a year for Starter and $1,404 a year for Power. Source: https://channelcrawler.com/pricing ## Key features - **Channel search:** Search a database of 35M+ YouTube channels with 40+ filters such as niche, size, performance and engagement. - **Email credits:** Unlock creator email addresses in the app or export them as a CSV; credits renew monthly and extra search credits can be bought. - **Sponsorship intelligence:** Track which brands appear in YouTube videos, see their repeat partnerships and compare share of voice. Power and Enterprise only. - **Lookalike channels:** Give it a channel you already like and it looks for similar ones. Uses search credits and needs Power or Enterprise. - **List import and enrichment:** Upload channel IDs or URLs, add emails and social handles, and export a cleaned list. - **REST API:** A separate API searches channels and returns channel metrics, emails and social handles. ## Good for - Brands and agencies looking for YouTube creators to sponsor - Building outreach lists with creator emails - Teams watching which creators competitors sponsor ## Worth knowing - It is a creator-discovery database, not a tool for optimizing your own videos or rankings. - Searches and email lookups pause when monthly credits run out until the next billing date. - Starter has no sponsorship data, and the brand alerts listed on Power and Enterprise are marked as coming soon. - Starter and Power are single-user; shared workspaces need Enterprise. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Channelcrawler is a searchable database of YouTube channels for brands that look for creators to sponsor, with contact emails unlocked by credits. It isn't for improving your own videos. Starter is $59 a month for one user, and the sponsorship data starts on Power at $117. - **Value for money: D.** Starter is $59 a month billed yearly for one user, and sponsorship data needs Power at $117. YouTube SEO tools start at $15 for the cheaper quarter and $83 for the dearest tenth. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free trial on every plan, but the page doesn't say whether a card is needed, and there's no free plan. - **Features: C.** Search, email credits, lookalike channels and a REST API. Brand alerts are marked as coming soon. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Credits, saved searches and filters take learning. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web app with a REST API, but no desktop or phone apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Channelcrawler's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among YouTube SEO tools - Channelcrawler's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 7 of the 30 other YouTube SEO tools we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 14 of 30) and worst on value for money (D, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $59 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 22 of the 25 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/youtube-seo ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Channelcrawler you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 18 of the 30 other YouTube SEO tools grade higher. It costs $708 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Databases with views, filters and links between them. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Databases, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [NoxInfluencer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/noxinfluencer): Influencer search and analytics across YouTube, TikTok and more. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/channelcrawler-vs-noxinfluencer) - [Viewstats](https://toolgpa.com/tools/viewstats): YouTube channel statistics, outlier videos and thumbnail research. 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