Helpolos

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What Helpolos is

Helpolos turns public YouTube videos into transcripts, summaries, and conversations in one workspace. A video analysis can include a summary, transcript, mind map, and quiz. Its AI chat answers questions using the transcript and links responses to moments in the video. Timestamped transcripts can be searched, copied, or downloaded, and users can start from public video links or YouTube search. Helpolos also offers a Transcript API and Summarizer API through endpoints requiring an API key. The Transcript API allows five requests per second per key and returns plain-text transcripts in the video's original language, without translation. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 10 credits per day; credits reset at midnight UTC and do not roll over, while revisiting or reloading an analyzed video uses a credit. Premium annual is $6 a year, billed annually at $72, and Premium monthly is $10 a month. Both provide 100 daily credits, extended chat context, priority processing, and priority support. The service is available on web and through an API.

Who it suits

It suits people who want to study or review public YouTube videos through transcripts, summaries, quizzes, mind maps, or transcript-grounded chat. Developers needing transcript or summary endpoints can use its APIs with an API key.

What it does well

Analysis can include summaries, transcripts, mind maps, and quizzes
Chat answers link back to video moments
Transcripts can be searched, copied, or downloaded
Free plan includes 10 daily credits and export options

What to know first

Free credits reset daily and do not roll over
Revisiting or reloading an analyzed video costs a credit
Transcript API does not translate the original language

Limits

The Free plan provides 10 credits per day. Credits reset at midnight UTC, unused credits do not roll over, and revisiting or reloading an analyzed video costs one credit. The Transcript API allows five requests per second per API key and returns transcripts in the video's original language without translation.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Free	Free forever, no card required · 10 credits per day · AI summaries and transcripts · mind maps and quizzes · video AI chat · PDF/TXT/copy export	Free
Asteroid API	Pay-as-you-go; credits valid for 12 months · 10,000 credits · 500 summaries · 5,000 transcripts	$10, paid once
Premium monthly	Billed monthly · 100 credits per day · extended chat context · priority processing · priority support	$10 a month
Asteroid API credits	Pay-as-you-go; credits valid for 12 months · 10,000 credits	$10, paid once
Planet API	Pay-as-you-go; credits valid for 12 months · 120,000 credits · 6,000 summaries · 60,000 transcripts	$100, paid once
Planet API credits	Pay-as-you-go; credits valid for 12 months · 120,000 credits	$100, paid once
Galaxy API	Pay-as-you-go; credits valid for 12 months · 1,400,000 credits · 70,000 summaries · 700,000 transcripts	$1,000, paid once
Galaxy API credits	Pay-as-you-go; credits valid for 12 months · 1,400,000 credits	$1,000, paid once

The first 8 of 13 plans, as helpolos.com lists them, read 21 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan

Getting started

Open https://helpolos.com/.
Use a public YouTube video link or YouTube search as the input.
Choose the Free plan, which requires no card, or review the Premium plans.
For API use, select a credit plan and use an API key with the Transcript API or Summarizer API.

Verdict

Helpolos combines video study tools with API access, and its free plan covers core analysis and export features. Consider the daily credit rules and the Transcript API's original-language-only output when choosing a plan or workflow.

Questions

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The Free plan costs nothing, is free forever, and requires no card. It includes 10 credits per day.

How much does Premium cost?

The pricing note says paid plans start at $6/mo (annual). Plan details list Premium annual at $6 a year, billed annually at $72, and Premium monthly at $10 a month.

What platforms does Helpolos support?

The listed platforms are web and API.

What can the APIs do?

The Transcript API returns timestamped transcripts, and the Summarizer API returns AI-generated summaries. Both require an API key.

Does Helpolos support YouTube videos?

Yes. Inputs include public YouTube video links and YouTube search.

What happens to free credits?

They reset daily at midnight UTC and unused credits do not roll over. Revisiting or reloading an analyzed video costs one credit.

Facts from Helpolos's own pages

AI chat: Users can ask questions about a video and receive answers grounded in its transcript, linked to moments in the video. · helpolos.com, 5 Oct 2026
AI summaries: The service produces video summaries with chapters and key points. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
API credit expiry: Purchased and signup API credits expire 12 months after issuance. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
API examples: Developer pages provide cURL, Python and JavaScript example tabs for both APIs. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
API free allowance: New accounts receive $1 in API credit, described as 500 transcript requests or 50 summaries on the pricing page. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
API limits: The Transcript API allows 5 requests per second per API key, returns plain text, and provides transcripts in the video's original language without translation. · helpolos.com, 5 Oct 2026
API rate limit: Both API pages state a limit of five requests per second per API key. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Authentication integrations: Accounts can authenticate through email credentials or Google login. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Company: Helpolos.com is a service provided by Foundea GmbH, whose listed address is in Ulm, Germany. · helpolos.com, 5 Oct 2026
Company address: The legal notice gives Foundea GmbH's address as Lise-Meitner-Str. 9, 89081 Ulm, Germany. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Company legal entity: The imprint identifies Foundea GmbH as the provider of Helpolos.com. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Company registry: Foundea GmbH is listed in the Ulm commercial register under HRB 731876. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Company representative: The imprint names Mahir Yildirim as Foundea GmbH's representative. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Credit accounting: One subscription credit covers an analysis, one AI chat message or revisiting a video page, while creating a new analysis without an existing summary uses two credits. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Credit limits: Free subscription credits reset daily at midnight UTC and unused credits do not roll over; revisiting or reloading an analyzed video costs one credit. · helpolos.com, 5 Oct 2026
Credit reset: Daily subscription credits reset every 24 hours at midnight UTC and unused credits do not roll over. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Data location: The privacy policy says personal data is processed within the European Economic Area and is not transferred outside it unless safeguards are used. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Developer APIs: The Transcript API returns timestamped transcripts and the Summarizer API returns AI-generated summaries through endpoints requiring an API key. · helpolos.com, 5 Oct 2026
Documentation depth: Public API documentation includes endpoints, parameters, response codes, response headers, rate limits, pricing and example responses. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Exports: Free accounts can export results as PDF, TXT or copied text. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Headquarters: Ulm, Germany · helpolos.com, 28 Sept 2026
Integrations: The privacy policy lists Google login, Stripe payment processing, and Cloudflare protection as third-party services. · helpolos.com, 5 Oct 2026
Licence: The terms assign intellectual-property rights in the software and service to Foundea GmbH or its licensors and prohibit copying, modification, distribution or reverse engineering. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026
Limit: AI reliability: Terms warn that AI summaries, mind maps, quizzes and chats can contain inaccuracies or omissions. · helpolos.com, 21 Oct 2026

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