# Nexlev review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Niche finder, Chrome extension and MCP data for faceless YouTube Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** YouTube SEO Tools - **Made by:** Nexlev Analytics LLP - **Website:** https://www.nexlev.io - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if the Niche Finder is why you came, as it's Pro only at €39 a month on yearly billing. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, Nexlev has a free plan, and paid plans start at €10 per month, billed yearly (€13 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | €10 per 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 | €39 per 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 | €49.99 per month, billed monthly | Nexlev API access with 5,000 requests a month, for running YouTube workflows in n8n. | Read from https://www.nexlev.io/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Nexlev before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save up to 23% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Nexlev Lite is €10 a month billed yearly (€120) instead of €13 monthly; Pro is €39 a month yearly instead of €42. Source: https://www.nexlev.io/pricing ## 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. ## Good for - Creators starting or scaling faceless YouTube channels - Finding niches and outlier channels before choosing a topic - Bringing YouTube channel data into Claude or ChatGPT ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** Lite 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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 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. - **Features: C.** 40+ 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No 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. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web 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. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among YouTube SEO tools - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/youtube-seo ## Keep it, 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. - You could not: Search data for YouTube topics and channels. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Claude, ChatGPT and Claude Code among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, n8n **Tags:** YouTube SEO, AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [TubeLab](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tubelab): YouTube niche and outlier finder with AI ideas and scripts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nexlev-vs-tubelab) - [OutlierKit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/outlierkit): YouTube outlier and competitor research for expert-led channels. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nexlev-vs-outlierkit) - [1of10](https://toolgpa.com/tools/1of10): YouTube outlier finder with AI thumbnails, titles and video ideas. 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