Vidlens is a YouTube SEO toolkit for scoring videos, researching keywords, tracking competitors, and testing thumbnail variations. Its SEO Score rates title, description, tags, engagement, and early performance on a 0–100 scale. The Chrome extension adds scores, views per hour, 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 supports video analysis, bulk analysis of up to 50 videos per request, keyword suggestions and scores, competitor tracking, and trend endpoints. Users can connect YouTube channels through read-only OAuth scopes. The Free plan is free and includes 30 AI credits per month, one competitor channel, AI title, description, and tag tools, and keyword research. Pro costs 14.99 USD per month; higher monthly plans add capacity and features, with API access listed for Max and Agency. Daily API limits range from 150 requests on Free to 50,000 on Agency. Users can export data, delete accounts, and revoke YouTube access; YouTube API data is generally purged after 30 days.
Who it is for
It suits YouTube creators and teams who want video SEO scoring, keyword research, and competitor tracking. The web app, Chrome extension, and API offer different ways to work with its analysis tools.
What is good
- Scores titles, descriptions, tags, engagement, and early performance.
- Tracks competitor uploads hourly.
- Extension displays SEO information inside YouTube.
- Free plan includes keyword research.
- Users can revoke YouTube access and delete accounts.
What to know first
- Free plan tracks one competitor channel.
- Free API limit is 150 requests daily.
- Free plan includes only 30 AI credits monthly.
- No free trial is listed.
Verdict
Vidlens brings video scoring, keyword research, and competitor monitoring together for YouTube workflows. Its Free plan covers basic tools, while Pro begins at 14.99 USD per month and API access is listed for Max and Agency.
Vidlens plans and pricing
All plansCompared on YouTube SEO tools
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $14.99/mo
- Keyword research
- Yes
- Channel audits
- Yes
- Competitor analysis
- Yes
- Metadata optimization
- Yes
- Tracked keywords
- 5 keywords
