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Both cover seo & discovery. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Treendly | TubeBuddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $8 | From $12 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Billing | Annual only | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | Not stated |
| API | Yes | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Some of it |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Research & Trends, SEO & Discovery | SEO & Discovery, Analytics, Thumbnails & Cover Art |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | YouTube |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Trend alerts for eight dollars a month
Treendly tracks search demand for topics and emails you when one starts climbing, with a forecast beside it. It covers the same ground as the expensive trend platforms at a price a single creator can justify, and the trade is depth: fewer sources, less slicing, no team features. For deciding what to make next month it is usually enough.
Our note
Against Exploding Topics and Glimpse this trades coverage for a price a single person can pay without thinking. Start on the free plan and only pay once a tracked topic has actually changed something you made.
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Bulk YouTube edits and thumbnail A/B testing
TubeBuddy is the older of the two big YouTube extensions and is stronger on the boring half: changing end screens on two hundred videos, finding and replacing a line in every description, sorting tags. Its A/B thumbnail test is the feature people cite most. There is no free plan on the pricing page.
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