Vidlens
Vidlens is a YouTube SEO toolkit for scoring videos, finding keywords, and testing thumbnail variations.
What Vidlens is
Vidlens is a YouTube SEO toolkit for scoring videos, finding keywords, and testing thumbnail variations. It is available through the web, a Chrome extension, and an API. Its SEO Score rates a video's title, description, tags, engagement, and early performance on a 0–100 scale. The extension adds scores, view-per-hour figures, outlier badges, and Studio checks inside YouTube. Vidlens monitors competitor uploads hourly and can email when a video gains views three times faster than usual. Its REST API provides video analysis, bulk analysis for up to 50 videos per request, keyword suggestions and scores, competitor tracking, and trend endpoints. YouTube channels connect using read-only OAuth scopes. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 30 AI credits per month, one competitor channel, AI title, description, and tag tools, and keyword research. Daily API limits vary by plan, from 150 requests on Free to 50,000 on Agency. Users can export data, delete accounts, or revoke YouTube access.
Good
- Scores video SEO factors on a 0–100 scale.
- Monitors competitor uploads hourly.
- API supports bulk analysis of up to 50 videos.
- Free plan includes keyword research.
Watch out
- Free API plan is limited to 150 requests daily.
- Free plan covers one competitor channel.
Who it suits
Vidlens suits YouTube creators or channel managers who want video SEO scores, keyword research, or competitor tracking. Its extension and API offer different ways to use its listed analysis tools.
Verdict
Vidlens combines channel analysis, competitor monitoring, and keyword tools with a free plan and paid tiers. Check the API request limit and competitor-channel allowance for the plan you select.
Plans and prices
From Vidlens's own pricing page, checked 1 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 30 AI credits/mo · 1 competitor channel · AI Title, Description, Tags · Keyword research · Forever |
| Pro | $14.99 a month | 2,000 AI credits/mo · 5 competitor channels · 5 active A/B tests · 100 AI thumbnails/mo · 50 bulk videos/day · 30 Suggested Shorts/mo · Billed monthly |
| Max | $39.99 a month | 6,000 AI credits/mo · 25 competitor channels · Unlimited A/B testing · Unlimited AI thumbnails · 500 bulk videos/day · Unlimited Suggested Shorts · API access · Billed monthly |
| Agency | $99.99 a month | Unlimited AI credits/mo · 100 competitor channels · Unlimited bulk editing · API access · White-label branding · Up to 10 channels · Dedicated account manager · Billed monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Vidlens's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI providers
- AI text and image features use OpenAI and Anthropic, while USDT TRC20 payments use NOWPayments.checked 1 Oct 2026
- API
- The REST API provides video analysis, bulk analysis for up to 50 videos per request, keyword suggestions and scores, competitor tracking, and trend endpoints.checked 1 Oct 2026
- API limits
- Daily API limits are 150 requests for Free, 2,000 for Pro, 10,000 for Max, and 50,000 for Agency.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension
- The Chrome extension adds SEO scores, view-per-hour numbers, outlier badges, and Studio checks inside YouTube.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Competitor tracking
- Vidlens monitors competitor uploads hourly and can email when a video gains views three times faster than usual.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Vidlens states that its data processing is designed to meet GDPR and Turkey’s KVKK requirements.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Core analytics
- Its SEO Score evaluates title, description, tags, engagement, and early performance on a 0–100 scale.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Data controls
- Users can export data in machine-readable format, delete accounts, and revoke YouTube access; YouTube API data is generally purged after 30 days.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Product
- Vidlens is a YouTube SEO toolkit that scores videos, finds keywords, and A/B tests thumbnails.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Security
- Passwords use bcrypt, OAuth refresh tokens use AES-256-GCM encryption, and connections use HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or newer.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Max and Agency plans include priority support, and Agency includes a dedicated account manager.checked 1 Oct 2026
- YouTube integration
- Users connect channels through read-only YouTube OAuth scopes including youtube.readonly and yt-analytics.readonly.checked 1 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkeychecked 28 Sep 2026
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