layahost vs YTAPI

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layahost compared with YTAPI
Detail	layahost	YTAPI
What it does	Jev-compatible API for text classification and moderation, hosted in the EU	Transcript API for YouTube videos with 644 ms median response time
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	FI	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Free: $1 credit (66.7K decisions) on sign-up. Starter: $9/month for 1M decisions, then $10/million. Pro: $49/month for 10M decisions, then $5/million. Pay as you go: $15/million decisions from prepaid credit ($10 minimum). Clef-flash: $0.10/million tokens. Clef: $0.50/million tokens. Bonus credit: +	Free plan: 200 credits on signup, no card required. Starter: 2,000 credits for $9 (5 req/s, 300 RPM). Standard: 10,000 credits for $29 (10 req/s, 600 RPM). Best Value: 50,000 credits for $79 (50 req/s, 3,000 RPM). Enterprise: custom pricing. Each successful API response costs 1 credit; errors and fa
Key features	Decision flows: chain decisions on a canvas for multi-step classification Test sets: measure accuracy on your own labelled data before deployment Compare models side-by-side: test Laya, Clef-flash and Clef on the same data Custom models: fine-tune Laya on your own labelled examples Jev API compatibility: same endpoints, request and response formats as Jev Perspective API replacement: drop-in replacement for Google's deprecated moderation API Multiple model options: Laya (fast, cheap, EU-hosted), Clef-flash (9B model) and Clef (27B model)	644 ms median response time on uncached videos Word-level timestamps for auto-generated captions Multiple transcript formats: Markdown, SRT, VTT, JSON Support for videos with no prior requests or cache Chrome extension for in-video transcript viewing Bulk export of channel and playlist transcripts up to 5,000 videos Batch API for up to 100 videos in parallel YouTube search, channel and playlist APIs Video comments and most replayed moments SDKs for Python, TypeScript, and MCP server
What makes it different	EU-hosted Laya model: text never leaves the EU and is not used for training No lock-in: API compatible with Jev, uses open-weights models you can run yourself	No Google Cloud project or YouTube Data API quota required Fast performance on uncached videos with automatic retry logic Credits never expire Integrated tools for transcripts, metadata, search, and video details in one API key
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	32 no change since last check	5 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	7	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	27	24
Referring domains (Majestic)	90	19

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