Nexlev review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Niche finder, Chrome extension and MCP data for faceless YouTube
Nexlev report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for finding niches for faceless YouTube channels
Nexlev's Chrome extension adds channel analytics, revenue estimates and similar-channel lookups to YouTube, and its MCP brings the same data into Claude or ChatGPT. The Niche Finder, its main research tool, is only in Pro at €39 a month on yearly billing, though. Prices are in euros, the extension is Chrome only, and there are no team plans.
Who Nexlev is for
- Fits if you're starting a faceless channel and want to pick its niche from data
- Works for creators who want YouTube channel data inside Claude or ChatGPT
Who Nexlev is not for
- Pricey if the Niche Finder is why you came, as it's Pro only at €39 a month on yearly billing
- Skip it if you use Brave or Firefox, as the extension is built for Chrome only
- Not for you if a team shares it, as there are no team plans and each person pays separately
- Tight if you're staying free, as the free account is the MCP alone at small daily limits
- Watch out: prices are in euros, even when the site is read from the US
Why Nexlev gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyLite is €10 a month on yearly billing (€13 monthly), below the $15 that marks this category's cheaper quarter. The Niche Finder needs Pro at €39 a month yearly (€42 monthly), about four times as much.
- CFree plan and trialA free account with no card, but it's the MCP alone, at small daily limits such as 10 channel searches a day. The extension and Niche Finder need a paid plan, with a trial the sign-up button gives as 5 days.
- CFeatures40+ extension tools, revenue estimates, a Niche Finder with 21 filters on Pro, MCP, an API and a swipe file. It's built for picking a niche rather than ranking a video in search, and the Niche Finder is Pro only.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. There's an extension to install, an MCP to hook up to your AI assistant and 21 filters to learn in the Niche Finder.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb and a Chrome extension, with MCP for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Windsurf and an API for n8n. No phone or desktop app, and no Brave or Firefox support yet.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Nexlev's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Nexlev's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 15 of the 28 other YouTube SEO tools we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 17 of 28) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $11.21 a month, against a middle price of $17.79 for the category: 6 of the 23 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 29 YouTube SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Nexlev’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 17 of 28, level with 4
- CFree plan and trialAbove 8 of 28, level with 14
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 28, level with 25
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 28, level with 19
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 13 of 28, level with 15
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 26 YouTube SEO tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Nexlev, or make your own?
Keep it
Nothing Nexlev does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
It costs $134.47 a year.
What you could not
- Search data for YouTube topics and channels.
- It plugs into other products, Claude, ChatGPT and Claude Code among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Nexlev’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Nexlev?
Nexlev is a research toolkit aimed at faceless YouTube channels. Its Chrome extension adds channel analytics, revenue estimates, similar-channel lookups and a swipe file to YouTube pages, and the Niche Finder in the Pro plan ranks growing channels and niches with 21 filters. An MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants query the same channel data.
Worth knowing
- Prices are in euros; the pricing data the site loads showed euros when read from the US.
- The Niche Finder is sold only in Pro; Lite covers the Chrome extension and the MCP.
- The extension is built for Chrome; Nexlev says Brave and Firefox are not supported yet.
- There are no team plans: each team member needs a separate subscription. Refunds are offered within 14 days.
Key features
- Chrome extension
- Over 40 tools on YouTube pages: channel and Shorts analytics, revenue estimates, similar channels and videos, a homepage filter and a title and thumbnail tester.
- Niche Finder
- Pro only. Ranks long- and short-form channels and niches with 21 filters, revenue predictions, outlier channels and viral videos from small channels.
- Nexlev MCP
- More than 60 tools that let Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients query channel, outlier and niche data, with daily limits per tool by plan.
- API and n8n workflows
- Pro includes 200 API requests a month for n8n YouTube automations; the N8N Pro package raises that to 5,000.
- Multi-channel analytics
- Add the channels you run to see their combined analytics, their top videos in one view and a forecast of their growth.
- Swipe file
- Save videos, thumbnails, Shorts and channels from YouTube to a swipe file and share it with a team.
Nexlev pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Nexlev has a free plan, and paid plans start at €10 per month, billed yearly (€13 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- €10 per month, billed yearly (€13 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Free account: Nexlev MCP in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor with small daily limits per tool, such as 10 long-form channel searches a day. No card needed.
- Free trial
- Free trial of the paid packages; the sign-up button shown with euro prices says 5 days
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | Nexlev MCP at the free daily quota, for example 10 channel searches and 5 similar-channel lookups a day. |
| Nexlev Lite | €10per month, billed yearly (€13 billed monthly) | The Chrome extension's 40+ tools, AI thumbnail generator, sponsorship analysis, channel tracker and MCP at the Lite quota. €120 a year. |
| Nexlev Pro | €39per month, billed yearly (€42 billed monthly) | Everything in Lite plus the Niche Finder, RPM predictor, faceless outliers, up to 5x the MCP quota and 200 API requests a month. |
| N8N Pro | €49.99per month, billed monthly | Nexlev API access with 5,000 requests a month, for running YouTube workflows in n8n. |
Read from nexlev.io on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Nexlev before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave up to 23% with yearly billing
Nexlev Lite is €10 a month billed yearly (€120) instead of €13 monthly; Pro is €39 a month yearly instead of €42.
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Common questions
Does Nexlev have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Nexlev is listed for Web.
Does Nexlev have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Nexlev is listed for Web.
Is Nexlev open source?
Nexlev is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Nexlev have an API?
Yes. Nexlev offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.