A short letter about a change I am proud of: on Scriptube, credits are now the only limit.
There is no cap on how big a batch can be. There is no cap on how many videos you can process in a day. There is no cap on how many batches you can run in parallel. If you have the credits, you can use them when you want, as fast as you want.
What the old limits got wrong
Limits per day and per batch made sense when we were starting out. They were simple to explain. But they were also a poor fit for how people actually work.
Think about a researcher who needs an entire channel by Friday. Or an agency that onboards three clients on the same Monday. Or a developer building a dataset over a weekend. These people had already decided how much they wanted to spend. Then a second rule, unrelated to their budget, told them to come back tomorrow.
That never felt right to me. If a customer has paid for the work, we should do the work.
What changes for you
- Batch size: no cap. Paste a whole channel, or mix channels, playlists and single videos in one request.
- Videos per day: no cap. Run what you need today, not what a daily counter allows.
- Parallel batches: no cap. Start another batch without waiting for the first one to finish.
- Credits: the one limit. Your plan's credits decide how much you can process.
One thing I want to be clear about, because honesty matters more than a clean slogan: credits still set the ceiling. Credits are real, and when they are used up, you need more to keep going. What we removed is every other limit standing between you and the credits you already have.
You always know what you are about to spend
A single limit only works if you can see it coming. So before you confirm a batch, Scriptube shows you the estimate: for channels, that includes the video count and the credits it will use. You decide with the number in front of you. Our guide to credits and estimating before you pay covers the details.
And if credits run out mid-batch?
This is the question everyone asks, so here is the plain answer. You keep everything that has already been transcribed. The rest of the batch is cancelled, and the cancelled part is not charged. A batch never fails silently: you can always see what was done and what was not. We wrote the whole story in you only pay for what you get.
You are also only ever charged for transcripts you actually receive. Videos with no captions at all are not charged.
Why this is better for everyone
For people with small needs, nothing gets worse. A few videos is still a few videos.
For people with big needs, the change is large. A thousand-video channel no longer has to be split into pieces and spread across days. You can see the estimate, confirm, and watch it run on the live progress page. And because the credits are the only limit, planning is simple arithmetic instead of a puzzle of three different caps.
For us, it is the more honest model. We charge for what you use, and we get out of the way.
What did not change
- Reading or exporting transcripts you already own is still free.
- Exports are still TXT, CSV, JSON, JSONL, SRT, VTT, and a ZIP of all TXT files.
- You can still translate to English as an option, and get native captions in the language you request when the video has them.
- Plans and credit amounts live on the pricing page, which is always the current source of truth.
A thank-you
The daily cap was a constant source of friction, and we heard it. Thank you for saying it plainly. Keep the feedback coming; it directly shapes what we build next.
Mihail, founder of Scriptube.
Try it: start a batch from your dashboard, or compare plans to pick the credits that fit your project.