TubeBuddy licenses one channel at a time
Their License FAQ ties every standard license to a single YouTube channel, and their pricing page keeps accounts with multiple channels out of creator pricing entirely. Running several channels turns one subscription into several, or into enterprise pricing.
What the licenses say
TubeBuddy's License FAQ states that a standard license is “tied to a single YouTube Channel”. The pricing page goes further. Pro, Star and Legend are creator packages for individual creators, and running multiple YouTube channels on TubeBuddy is one of the criteria that excludes an account from buying them.
vidIQ tiers its Boost plan by channel count up to three, and its pricing FAQ sends anyone managing more than three channels to enterprise plans with custom pricing.
Five channels, priced
Here is what research tooling costs at five channels.
| Tool | Pricing model | Five channels |
|---|---|---|
| TubeBuddy Legend | $25.20/mo per channel, billed annually | $126/mo where terms allow |
| vidIQ Boost | $16.58/mo billed yearly, up to 3 channels by tier | enterprise, custom pricing |
| 1of10 Basic | $29/mo, research only | $29/mo |
| OutlierKit Pro | $24.90/mo for 500 credits, 1 credit per outlier search | $24.90/mo for 500 searches |
| Bangermap | $49 once, every channel, your own key | $0/mo |
Prices shown as of August 2026.
A year of TubeBuddy Legend across five channels is $1,512, where their terms allow it at all. A year of 1of10 Basic is $348 and the research disappears the month you stop paying. Bangermap is $49 once, and the channel list is yours to grow.
Why per-channel pricing exists
Subscription research tools pay for the YouTube API quota their free and paid tiers consume, so their plans meter usage, and channel count is the natural meter. Bangermap runs on your own free YouTube Data API key instead. Google gives every account 10,000 units a day, a channel scan costs about 5, and none of it passes through us. With no quota bill to protect, there is nothing to meter, which is why one payment can cover every channel you will ever track.
Questions
Can one TubeBuddy license cover two channels?
No. TubeBuddy's License FAQ states that a standard license is tied to a single YouTube channel. A second channel needs a second license, and their pricing page adds that the Pro, Star and Legend creator packages are not available to accounts running multiple channels on TubeBuddy at all.
How many channels does a vidIQ plan cover?
Boost plans are tiered by channel count up to three. vidIQ's own pricing FAQ says that managing more than three channels means their enterprise plans, which are custom priced.
What does Bangermap charge per channel?
Nothing. One $49 payment covers the app, and the number of channels you track never changes the price. Scanning runs on your own free YouTube Data API key, so there is no meter to protect.
What does the free API key allow?
YouTube gives every Google account a free Data API key with 10,000 units a day, and a channel scan costs about 5 units, which is roughly 2,000 scans a day. Tracking ten channels uses under one percent of it.
Is there a free way to try the measurement?
Yes, the browser outlier finder runs the same scoring on one channel at a time, free, with no signup, on your own key.
Try the measurement on one channel with the free outlier finder. The side of this table that does not recur is on the pricing page, one payment covering every channel you track.