6 Best Tactiq Alternatives for YouTube Transcripts in 2026
Tactiq's YouTube page is a free add-on to a meeting product and downloads .txt only. These six tools are built for YouTube, with pricing and limits from each tool's own site, checked in September and October 2026.
BY GETYOUTUBETRANSCRIPT · PUBLISHED OCTOBER 24, 2026
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Facts below come from each tool's own site or store listing, checked between September and October 12, 2026. We make GetYouTubeTranscript, so it is marked and described by the same criteria as the rest. Where a price or limit is not published, we say so.
| Tool | Best for | Pricing | Main limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| GetYouTubeTranscriptour tool | Best for transcript, AI summary and API in one account | 3 free transcripts a day without an account, then 100 free credits on signup (no card) for AI features. Plans from $4.50/month billed yearly, or $5/month. | It reads the captions a video already has, so a video with no captions has no transcript. Summaries and chat need a sign-in and credits. |
| NoteGPT | Best all-round with downloads | Free with 15 quotas per month. Videos with subtitles have no length limit, and videos without cost 1 quota per 10 minutes. Pro is $9/month billed yearly. | The free monthly cap is small, and bulk export is not listed (its pricing page limits how many videos are summarized at once). |
| YouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude (Glasp) | Largest audience | Free: 3 basic summaries per day and 3 advanced summaries per 7 days. Pro is $15/month or $150/year. | The listing names only copy-to-clipboard for transcripts. Glasp also has a second, separate listing with a different user count, so do not add the two together. |
| YouTube To Text | Best free option | Free, with no paid tier on the listing or the developer's site. | No export formats are named (text only), the listing shows no developer name, and the playlists feature organises saved transcripts rather than batch-transcribing a YouTube playlist. |
| Subtitles Tool for YouTube | Best for subtitle file export | Free, with an optional subscription that removes usage limits. No prices are published on the listing. | No AI features, the free-tier limits are not specified, and its privacy section says it sends usage events and error reports to its server. |
| youtubetotranscript.com | Best free, focused transcript tool | Free, with unlimited transcripts. No AI or API product. | No AI summary, no chat with the video, no public API and no MCP server. |
GetYouTubeTranscript
Best for transcript, AI summary and API in one account · our tool
Paste a link and the full transcript appears, with translation into 190+ languages. The same account adds an AI summary, chat with the video, a Chrome extension, a REST API and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, plus download as TXT, Markdown, SRT, WebVTT, CSV or JSON.
Pricing: 3 free transcripts a day without an account, then 100 free credits on signup (no card) for AI features. Plans from $4.50/month billed yearly, or $5/month.
Limitation: It reads the captions a video already has, so a video with no captions has no transcript. Summaries and chat need a sign-in and credits.
Try GetYouTubeTranscriptNoteGPT
Best all-round with downloads
About 400,000 users, 4.9 stars from 8.6K ratings. Summaries and transcripts, AI chat about the video, translation into 40+ languages, TXT and SRT subtitle download, and transcription of videos with no subtitles (up to 2 hours).
Pricing: Free with 15 quotas per month. Videos with subtitles have no length limit, and videos without cost 1 quota per 10 minutes. Pro is $9/month billed yearly.
Limitation: The free monthly cap is small, and bulk export is not listed (its pricing page limits how many videos are summarized at once).
Visit NoteGPTYouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude (Glasp)
Largest audience
About 2,000,000 users, 4.3 stars from 4.1K ratings. A transcript widget on the YouTube page with a Copy Transcript button and clickable timestamps, plus summaries using ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral or Gemini.
Pricing: Free: 3 basic summaries per day and 3 advanced summaries per 7 days. Pro is $15/month or $150/year.
Limitation: The listing names only copy-to-clipboard for transcripts. Glasp also has a second, separate listing with a different user count, so do not add the two together.
Visit YouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude (Glasp)YouTube To Text
Best free option
About 200,000 users, 4.7 stars from 1.8K ratings. Converts a video to a text transcript with time codes and lets you organise saved transcripts into playlists.
Pricing: Free, with no paid tier on the listing or the developer's site.
Limitation: No export formats are named (text only), the listing shows no developer name, and the playlists feature organises saved transcripts rather than batch-transcribing a YouTube playlist.
Visit YouTube To TextSubtitles Tool for YouTube
Best for subtitle file export
About 40,000 users, 4.8 stars from 563 ratings. Extracts, copies and exports subtitles as SRT, VTT or TXT, with timestamp toggles, dual subtitles and translation into 150+ languages.
Pricing: Free, with an optional subscription that removes usage limits. No prices are published on the listing.
Limitation: No AI features, the free-tier limits are not specified, and its privacy section says it sends usage events and error reports to its server.
Visit Subtitles Tool for YouTubeyoutubetotranscript.com
Best free, focused transcript tool
Free transcript extraction and translation with no account, and a Chrome extension. It does one job and does not add AI features.
Pricing: Free, with unlimited transcripts. No AI or API product.
Limitation: No AI summary, no chat with the video, no public API and no MCP server.
Visit youtubetotranscript.comWhich should you choose?
Tactiq is the better choice if your real need is transcribing live meetings in Google Meet, Zoom or Teams. For YouTube videos, its page gives you a free .txt transcript and little else. GetYouTubeTranscript adds an AI summary, chat with the video, translation, SRT and VTT downloads, a REST API and an MCP server. Glasp and NoteGPT are the best-known summarizer extensions, Subtitles Tool for YouTube is the pick for subtitle files, and YouTube To Text is the free no-frills option. The table above has each tool's price and its main limit; the sections give the detail.
Try GetYouTubeTranscriptFrequently asked questions
Is Tactiq good for YouTube transcripts?
Its YouTube transcript page is free with no email and downloads .txt. Its AI summaries, credits and Chrome extension are built for meetings (Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, Webex), not for YouTube.
Which alternative has an AI summary and chat for YouTube?
GetYouTubeTranscript, Glasp and NoteGPT list a summary for YouTube videos. GetYouTubeTranscript and Glasp list chat with the video; NoteGPT's chat was not confirmed on its site.
Do I need Tactiq for meetings and something else for YouTube?
If you transcribe meetings, yes: Tactiq's extension is for that. For YouTube, any of the tools here covers the video side, and none of them is a meeting recorder.
Which alternative downloads SRT or VTT?
Per their listings, Subtitles Tool for YouTube exports SRT, VTT and TXT, and NoteGPT downloads TXT and SRT. GetYouTubeTranscript downloads TXT, Markdown, SRT, WebVTT, CSV and JSON.
