head to head/Developer Tools

Needle vs TranscriptFetch

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Needle

Needle MCP

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Needle MCP server (v1). Connect at /mcp/v1 by signing in.

TranscriptFetch

TranscriptFetch: The transcript API for social media video

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

A transcript retrieval service for whole channels, playlists and searches, not just one-off links. Timestamped, structured JSON, with transcription when captions are missing. Start free, no card required.