Creator Tier - €17/mo
Your YouTube research lab, inside the side panel
Analyze any YouTube channel. Compare competitors side by side. Extract content patterns with AI. Build structured video briefs. Track your KPIs daily. Export everything to Notion, Obsidian, or Google Docs. Creator turns your browser into a full-stack YouTube intelligence platform - no extra tabs, no separate dashboards, no context switching.
Who Creator is built for
Creator is not a generic analytics dashboard. It is a research and planning layer built specifically for YouTube creators, channel managers, content strategists, and media buyers who need to understand what is working on YouTube and why. The entire experience runs inside your browser's side panel, which means you can research competitors, analyze comments, and build video briefs while you are watching the content you are studying. No tab switching, no external dashboards, no separate subscriptions to stitch together.
If you are a solo creator who publishes weekly and wants to understand why some videos outperform others, Creator gives you the analytical tools to answer that question with data instead of intuition. If you manage a team and need to plan content calendars based on competitor intelligence and audience demand, Creator provides the research infrastructure to make those decisions systematically. If you are a media buyer evaluating channels for sponsorship placements, Creator shows you the metrics that matter - engagement rates, audience demographics, content consistency - without requiring access to the creator's own analytics dashboard.
The six workflow phases that Creator supports - Research, Analyze, Plan, Track, Report, and Credits - mirror the actual production cycle of a YouTube channel. You start by researching what works in your niche. You analyze the patterns behind successful content. You plan your next videos based on evidence. You track performance after publishing. You report on progress monthly. And you manage your AI credit budget across all of these activities. Each phase has dedicated features built for that specific part of the workflow, and they all connect through the same side panel interface.
Phase 1: Research - See what works
Competitor intelligence without leaving YouTube.
1. Channel Comparison
Select any two YouTube channels and see them side by side: subscriber count, upload frequency, average views per video, engagement rate, content mix (Shorts vs long-form), and growth trajectory. The comparison runs in your side panel while you are watching their content, which means you can study a competitor's video and simultaneously see how their channel metrics stack up against another creator in your niche.
The comparison is not just raw numbers. Creator calculates derived metrics that surface real differences: views-per-subscriber ratio (how well a channel activates its audience), upload consistency score (how reliably they publish), and content format distribution (what percentage of their output is Shorts, mid-form, or long-form). These derived metrics reveal strategic differences that raw subscriber counts hide. A channel with 500K subscribers and a 12% views-per-sub ratio is outperforming a channel with 2M subscribers and a 2% ratio - and that distinction matters when you are deciding whose strategy to study.
You can save comparisons to your research library and revisit them later. Over time, this builds a competitive intelligence archive that shows how channels in your niche evolve - who is growing, who is stagnating, and who is experimenting with new formats. The comparison view updates whenever you load it, pulling fresh data so your competitive picture stays current.
2. Transcript Search
Search inside the transcripts of any saved video. Type a phrase like "pricing strategy" and jump directly to the exact timestamp where the creator discusses it. Every transcript hit shows the timestamp so you can click and jump instantly. This works across your entire library of saved videos, which means you can search for a concept across every video you have ever saved and find every instance where any creator discussed it.
Transcript search transforms your video library from a collection of bookmarks into a searchable knowledge base. Instead of scrubbing through a 45-minute video trying to find the two minutes where the creator explained their thumbnail testing process, you type "thumbnail testing" and the search returns every timestamp across every saved video where that phrase appears. For researchers and content strategists who study hundreds of videos, this is the difference between hours of manual review and seconds of precise retrieval.
The transcript data is indexed locally and synced via encrypted cloud storage, so your search library works across devices. You can save a video on your desktop during a research session and search its transcript on your laptop the next morning. The search supports multiple languages, following whatever transcript language YouTube provides for the video.
3. Video-Level Insights
For any saved video, see performance metrics that go beyond what YouTube's public interface shows. View velocity measures views per day since publish, giving you a normalized way to compare a video published yesterday against one published six months ago. Engagement rate calculates the ratio of likes plus comments to views, revealing how actively the audience responded. Comment sentiment provides a quick positive-negative-neutral breakdown of audience reaction.
Video-level insights also analyze packaging elements: title length, whether the title uses a question format, the presence of numbers in the title, and estimated thumbnail style based on video metadata. Over time, these data points let you build an evidence-based understanding of why specific videos performed the way they did. Instead of guessing that "question titles work better," you can look at your saved videos and see the actual engagement rates of question titles versus statement titles versus number titles in your niche.
Each insight card links back to the original video, so you can jump from the data to the content in one click. You can also add notes to any insight, creating an annotated research library where every video has both quantitative performance data and your qualitative observations about what made it work.
Phase 2: Analyze - Find the patterns
AI-powered pattern detection across channels.
4. Comment Radar
Analyze the comments on any video and categorize them automatically into four buckets: Praise (what viewers loved), Questions (what they want to know), Requests (what they want next), and Objections (what they did not like). See the percentage breakdown across all four categories and read representative comments in each. This is your audience intelligence feed - a structured view of what the audience is actually saying, stripped of noise and organized by intent.
Comment Radar is particularly valuable for identifying content gaps. When you analyze comments on a competitor's video and find that 28% of comments are questions about a subtopic the video did not cover in depth, that is a content opportunity. When 19% of comments are requests for a follow-up or a specific format, that is direct audience demand data. When 12% are objections about something the creator got wrong or explained poorly, that is a chance to create a better version. Comment Radar turns YouTube's comment section from an unstructured wall of text into a strategic research tool.
The analysis works on any public video with comments enabled. You do not need to own the channel or have creator access. This means you can analyze comments on competitor videos, trending videos in your niche, or any video you are studying for research purposes. Each analysis costs a small number of AI credits, and the results are saved to your research library for future reference.
5. Pattern Extraction
The AI scans a channel's recent videos and extracts patterns across multiple dimensions: upload timing patterns (which days and times the channel publishes), title structure patterns (whether they favor questions, statements, numbers, or how-to formats), thumbnail style patterns (face-forward versus text-heavy versus graphic-led), video length patterns (short-form versus mid-form versus long-form distribution), and intro hook patterns (the first 30 seconds of each video analyzed for opening strategy).
Pattern extraction is the analytical backbone of Creator. Instead of watching 30 videos from a competitor and trying to manually identify what they are doing consistently, the AI processes the data and delivers structured findings. A typical pattern report might reveal that a channel publishes 80% question-format titles, maintains an average video length of 12 to 15 minutes, uses face-forward thumbnails that achieve 3.2 times higher click-through rates than their graphic thumbnails, and consistently opens with a "curiosity gap" hook in the first sentence. These are actionable findings that would take hours to identify manually.
Pattern profiles can be saved and compared over time. If you run a pattern extraction on a competitor every quarter, you can see how their strategy evolves - whether they are shifting toward Shorts, experimenting with longer content, or changing their title structure. This longitudinal view is unavailable in any other tool because it requires the kind of structured historical analysis that only an AI with access to your saved research can provide. Each pattern extraction costs 75 AI credits, reflecting the depth of analysis involved.
6. Monthly Packaging Analysis
Every month, the system automatically analyzes packaging trends across your tracked channels. The monthly packaging report covers three dimensions: which title formats generated the highest click-through rates across the channels you follow, which thumbnail styles correlated with the strongest engagement metrics, and which video lengths achieved the best audience retention numbers. This report is delivered to your side panel automatically at the start of each month.
The packaging analysis is valuable because it aggregates patterns across multiple channels rather than looking at any single channel in isolation. If question titles outperformed statement titles across eight of the ten channels you track, that is a stronger signal than the same finding from one channel alone. The monthly cadence ensures you are always working with current data - packaging trends on YouTube shift quarterly, and what worked in January may underperform by April. By reviewing the packaging report monthly, you stay aligned with the platform's evolving viewer preferences.
Each packaging report includes specific examples: which videos had the highest click-through rates, what their titles and thumbnails looked like, and how their performance compared to the channel's average. This is not abstract data - it is concrete evidence of what is working right now in your niche. You can export the report as Markdown for inclusion in team planning documents or content calendar meetings.
Phase 3: Plan - Build your next video
Turn research into actionable video briefs.
7. AI Strategist
Based on your saved research, competitor analysis, and comment data, the AI Strategist suggests your next video topics. It considers four dimensions simultaneously: what competitors have not covered well (content gaps in your niche), what your audience is asking for (derived from Comment Radar data across your saved videos), what packaging formats are currently trending (from your monthly packaging analysis), and gaps in your own content library (topics you track but have not yet created content for).
The AI Strategist is not a generic topic generator. It draws from your specific research history, which means its suggestions are grounded in the competitive landscape you have been studying. If you have been tracking five channels in the productivity niche and your Comment Radar data shows a recurring request for "morning routine for remote workers" that none of your tracked competitors have covered in depth, the Strategist will surface that as a high-opportunity topic with supporting evidence from your research.
Each strategy suggestion includes a confidence score based on the volume of supporting data, estimated competition level based on how many of your tracked channels have covered similar topics, and a packaging recommendation based on which title and thumbnail formats perform best for similar content in your niche. You can accept a suggestion to turn it into a video brief, save it for later, or dismiss it with a reason that helps the AI refine future suggestions.
8. Brief Builder
Turn your research into a structured video brief that covers everything you need before you start scripting. The brief includes working title options (three to five variations with different packaging approaches), thumbnail direction (based on what performs in your niche), key points to cover (extracted from your research and comment data), competitor references (links to similar videos you have studied), target audience segment (based on the audience data from your tracked channels), and estimated performance (projected view range based on similar content in your niche).
Brief Builder is designed for the transition from research to production. Instead of opening a blank document and trying to remember everything you learned during your research phase, the brief pulls together all relevant data into a single actionable document. Each section links back to the original research that informed it, so you can drill into the data if you need more context on any point.
Briefs export to Markdown, which means they paste cleanly into Notion, Obsidian, or any other Markdown-compatible tool. If your content planning workflow lives in Notion, you can export a brief and drop it directly into your content database. If you use Obsidian for writing, the brief becomes a linked note in your knowledge graph. The export is clean, structured, and portable - no formatting cleanup required.
9. Hook & Title Bank
Save high-performing hooks and titles you discover while researching. When you are watching a competitor's video and they open with a hook that immediately grabs attention, save it to your bank with one click. When you see a title format that generates unusually high engagement, save it with the video's performance data attached. Over time, you build a personal library of proven openers and title structures, each tagged by category: curiosity, contrast, urgency, story, authority, or controversy.
The Hook and Title Bank is not a static list - it is sorted by engagement metrics from the videos where you discovered each hook. When you are stuck on a title for your next video, browse your bank filtered by category and sorted by performance. See which curiosity-gap hooks generated the highest click-through rates. See which contrast titles drove the most engagement. The data comes from the actual videos you saved them from, not theoretical best practices.
You can also use the bank to identify patterns in your own hooks over time. If you consistently save urgency-based hooks but your own best-performing titles use curiosity gaps, the bank surfaces that disconnect. It becomes a feedback loop between what you admire in others and what actually works for your channel. Tags are fully customizable, so you can create categories that match your content style and niche.
Phase 4: Track - Measure what matters
Your channel's performance at a glance.
10. KPI Cockpit
A dashboard showing your channel's key metrics in a single view. Subscriber growth rate tracks not just total subscribers but the rate of change - are you accelerating, plateauing, or declining? Average views per video shows your performance over the last 30 and 90 days, so you can see both recent momentum and longer-term trends. Click-through rate trend reveals whether your packaging improvements are translating into more clicks. Audience retention benchmarks compare your retention curves against similar channels in your niche. Revenue per video estimate gives you a rough calculation based on your CPM range and view counts.
The KPI Cockpit updates daily from your connected YouTube channel. The connection uses YouTube's public API with your channel's data, and all metrics are calculated within the extension - no data leaves your browser except through the encrypted cloud sync that backs up your configuration. The dashboard is designed for daily check-ins: open your side panel, glance at the cockpit, and know immediately whether your channel is on track.
Each metric in the cockpit supports drill-down. Click on subscriber growth and see the daily subscriber chart for the last 90 days. Click on average views and see a ranked list of your recent videos by view count. Click on CTR trend and see how your click-through rate has changed over the last 12 uploads. The cockpit is the summary layer; the detail is always one click away.
11. Video Analytics Library
Every video you publish gets tracked in your analytics library. For each video, Creator records performance across three time windows: the first 24 hours (launch performance), the first week (momentum phase), and the first month (settling performance). This three-window view reveals whether a video is a slow burner that gains views over time or a launch spike that fades quickly. You can compare any two videos against each other to find what works - did the question title outperform the statement title? Did the shorter video retain better than the longer one?
The analytics library also tracks relative performance within your own channel. Each video gets a performance score based on how it compares to your channel's average across key metrics. A video that performs at 1.5x your average views and 1.3x your average engagement rate is clearly a signal worth understanding. The library makes these signals visible so you can study your successes systematically instead of relying on memory and gut feeling.
Search and filter capabilities let you slice the library by date range, performance tier (top 10%, average, underperformers), topic tag, or video length. If you want to see how all your videos over 15 minutes performed compared to your sub-10-minute content, the library surfaces that comparison in seconds. This is the kind of self-analysis that most creators never do because the data is trapped in YouTube Studio's clunky interface - Creator puts it in your side panel in a format designed for quick, actionable review.
12. Audience Breakdown
See who is watching your content across four dimensions. Demographics shows the age and gender distribution of your audience, revealing whether your content reaches the audience you intend. Geography breaks down viewership by country and region, which matters for sponsorship negotiations and content localization decisions. Traffic sources shows where your views originate - YouTube search, browse features, suggested videos, external sources - revealing which discovery channels drive your growth. Device split shows the mobile-versus-desktop ratio, which directly affects how you should design thumbnails and structure your content.
The audience breakdown also tracks returning versus new viewers, which is one of the most important metrics for channel growth that YouTube Studio buries in its interface. If 80% of your views come from returning subscribers, your channel is healthy but not growing its reach. If 60% come from new viewers, your content is being discovered but you may have a retention problem. Creator surfaces this ratio prominently because it directly informs your content strategy - should you be making videos for your existing audience or for new discovery?
All audience data connects back to individual videos in your analytics library. You can see which videos attracted the most new viewers, which skewed youngest in demographics, and which drove the most mobile traffic. This granular view lets you map audience characteristics to content decisions and build an evidence-based understanding of who watches what and why.
Phase 5: Report - Stay accountable
Monthly reviews and automated reporting.
13. Creator Review Library
A monthly review interface that summarizes your channel's performance in a format designed for reflection and planning. Each monthly review includes your best and worst performing videos with analysis of why they performed as they did, subscriber milestones reached or approaching, engagement trends over the month (improving, stable, or declining), and competitor movements (who grew fastest, who launched new formats, who changed their strategy).
The Creator Review Library is designed for the monthly planning session that every serious creator should conduct. Instead of pulling data from YouTube Studio, cross-referencing with Social Blade, and manually comparing against competitors, Creator compiles all of this into a single review document that you can read in ten minutes. The review is automatically generated at the start of each month based on your tracked data, so there is no setup required - it just appears in your Reviews tab.
Reviews are archived and searchable, which means you can look back at any month and see how your channel was performing. This historical perspective is crucial for identifying seasonal patterns, measuring the impact of strategy changes, and maintaining long-term accountability. If you decided in March to focus on Shorts and want to evaluate the results by June, the Creator Review Library gives you three months of structured performance data to assess the decision.
14. Email Reports
Receive weekly or monthly performance reports delivered directly to your email inbox. Each report includes your top five performing videos for the period, subscriber change (net new, unsubscribes, growth rate), overall engagement rate with trend direction, competitor alerts (any tracked channel that had a significant performance change), and AI-generated suggestions for your next content based on the data.
Email reports serve two purposes. First, they keep you informed even when you are not actively using the extension. If you are on vacation or in a production sprint where you are not checking analytics daily, the email report ensures you do not lose touch with your channel's performance. Second, they create an external accountability mechanism. A weekly email that shows your engagement rate dropping for three consecutive weeks is harder to ignore than a dashboard you might not check.
The report frequency is configurable: weekly for active creators who want to stay closely tuned, or monthly for those who prefer a higher-level view. You can also configure which sections appear in the report. If you do not track competitors, the competitor alerts section can be hidden. If revenue estimates are not relevant, they can be excluded. The report adapts to your workflow rather than imposing a fixed format.
15. Export Everything
Export any research, brief, comparison, or report as Markdown, HTML, or plain text. Copy to clipboard for quick paste into Notion, Obsidian, Google Docs, or email. Everything you create in Creator is portable - your research and analysis is never locked inside the extension.
The export system is designed around the principle that your data belongs to you. Every piece of content generated within Creator - from a simple comment analysis to a full pattern profile - can be exported in a clean, structured format. Markdown exports preserve headings, lists, and formatting so they paste perfectly into Markdown-compatible tools. HTML exports include basic styling for direct inclusion in web pages or email newsletters. Plain text exports strip all formatting for maximum compatibility.
The clipboard copy feature is particularly useful for quick sharing. If you are in a team meeting and someone asks about a competitor's upload pattern, you can open the pattern profile, click "Copy to clipboard," and paste the structured data directly into a Slack message or Google Doc in seconds. No screenshots, no manual formatting, no lost context. The exported content includes source attribution and timestamps so your team always knows when the analysis was conducted and what data it was based on.
Phase 6: Credits - Pay for what you use
Transparent AI credit system with top-up options.
16. AI Credits System
Creator includes 1,500 AI credits per month with your subscription. Credits are consumed when you use AI-powered features, and the cost scales with the depth of analysis. Quick actions like video summaries and comment sentiment analysis cost 1 credit each - lightweight operations that you can run frequently without worrying about budget. Deep reviews that analyze a video's performance across multiple dimensions cost 5 credits. Packaging research that scans trending content in your niche costs 20 credits. Pattern profiles that perform deep analysis of a channel's content strategy cost 75 credits.
The credit system exists because AI analysis has real computational costs, and a flat-rate unlimited model would either raise the subscription price significantly or force quality compromises. By making the costs transparent and granular, Creator lets you allocate your AI budget where it matters most. If you are in a heavy research phase planning next quarter's content, you might spend 400 credits in a week on pattern profiles and packaging analysis. If you are in a production phase and just need daily summaries, you might use 30 credits all month. The system adapts to your rhythm.
Credit usage is tracked in real time with a visible meter in the side panel. You always know how many credits you have remaining and how they were spent. The usage breakdown shows which features consumed the most credits, helping you understand your analytical habits and plan your credit budget accordingly. Credits reset on the first of each month, matching your billing cycle.
17. Credit Top-Up Packs
If you need more credits than the monthly 1,500 allocation, three top-up packs are available. The Starter pack provides 180 credits for €9.90 - ideal for a quick burst of research when you are planning a specific video. The Growth pack provides 400 credits for €19.90 - a solid complement for months where you are doing intensive competitor analysis. The Scale pack provides 1,000 credits for €49.90 - designed for teams and agencies that run Creator across multiple channels.
Credits purchased through top-up packs never expire. Unlike the monthly allocation that resets on the first of each month, top-up credits remain in your account until you use them. This means you can buy a top-up during a quiet month and save those credits for a future intensive research period. The system always consumes your monthly credits first, preserving your purchased credits for when your monthly allocation runs out.
Top-up pricing is designed to be proportional. The per-credit cost decreases with larger packs: Starter works out to approximately €0.055 per credit, Growth to €0.050 per credit, and Scale to €0.050 per credit. For comparison, the included monthly credits at the Creator subscription rate of €17 per month work out to approximately €0.011 per credit, making the subscription the most cost-effective way to access AI features. Top-ups are a flexible supplement, not a replacement for the subscription.
18. Advanced Analytics Tabs
Navigate between research views with tabbed navigation that organizes Creator's workspace into focused areas. The Today tab shows your KPI Cockpit and daily channel summary. The Research tab holds your Channel Comparisons, Comment Radar results, and Pattern Profiles. The Bank tab contains your Hook and Title Bank. The Briefs tab stores your video briefs and AI Strategist suggestions. The Reviews tab shows your monthly Creator Reviews. The Experiments tab tracks A/B tests you are running on thumbnails, titles, or content formats.
Each tab is a focused workspace for a different part of your creator workflow. The separation is intentional: when you are in research mode, you do not need to see your KPI dashboard. When you are reviewing monthly performance, you do not need your hook bank visible. The tabbed interface keeps each workflow phase contained and organized, preventing the cognitive overload that comes from trying to manage research, planning, and analytics in a single cluttered view.
The tab order is customizable, so you can arrange your workspace to match your personal workflow. If you check the Bank tab more frequently than the Briefs tab, move it earlier in the tab bar. If you rarely use the Experiments tab, move it to the end. The side panel remembers your last active tab between sessions, so you always return to where you left off. Tab badges show notification counts for items that need attention: new monthly reviews, AI Strategist suggestions, or credit threshold alerts.
Review Library
Your complete research archive
Creator vs vidIQ vs TubeBuddy
Feature and price comparison as of April 2026.
YouTube creators typically choose between three analytics tools: vidIQ, TubeBuddy, and now YouTube Bookmark Pro Creator. Each tool takes a different approach. vidIQ focuses on keyword research and SEO optimization with a heavy emphasis on search-driven discovery. TubeBuddy specializes in A/B testing thumbnails and titles with productivity tools for bulk operations. YouTube Bookmark Pro Creator takes a research-first approach: competitive intelligence, pattern analysis, and structured planning that starts with understanding what works in your niche before you create anything.
The positioning is clear: Creator offers more analytical depth than vidIQ's channel analytics and more strategic planning capability than TubeBuddy's optimization tools, at a lower monthly price than vidIQ's comparable tier. Where vidIQ charges $39 per month for its Boost plan and TubeBuddy charges $11.50 per month for its Star plan, Creator delivers a broader feature set at €17 per month (or €14.90 per month with annual billing). The table below breaks down the specific feature differences across all three tools.
| Feature | YBP Creator | vidIQ Boost ($39/mo) | TubeBuddy Star ($11.50/mo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channel Comparison | Side-by-side in side panel | Basic compare (separate page) | No |
| Comment Analysis | AI-powered 4-category radar | Basic sentiment | Comment filter only |
| Pattern Extraction | AI channel pattern profiles | No | No |
| Transcript Search | Cross-library search | No | No |
| Video Brief Builder | Full structured briefs | No | No |
| Keyword Research | Via pattern analysis | Dedicated keyword tool | Keyword Explorer |
| A/B Testing | Via Experiments tab | Limited | Thumbnail A/B testing |
| Video Library + Bookmarks | Full library with timestamps | No | No |
| Subscription Management | Folders + health tracking | No | No |
| Monthly Price | €17/mo (€14.90 annual) | $39/mo | $11.50/mo |
The comparison reveals a clear pattern. vidIQ and TubeBuddy each excel in one narrow area - keyword research and A/B testing respectively - but neither provides the comprehensive research-to-planning pipeline that Creator offers. Features like pattern extraction, transcript search, brief building, comment radar, and subscription management with health tracking are unique to YouTube Bookmark Pro Creator. You would need to combine vidIQ, TubeBuddy, and a separate note-taking workflow to approximate what Creator delivers in a single side panel.
The price difference is significant. vidIQ Boost at $39 per month costs more than double what Creator charges, and it does not include video bookmarking, subscription folders, or structured brief building. TubeBuddy Star at $11.50 per month is less expensive but also much less capable - it is essentially a thumbnail testing and bulk operations tool without the research and analytics depth that creators need to make strategic content decisions. Creator sits in the middle on price but leads on breadth and depth of analytical features.
Creator pricing
Monthly
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- All 18 Creator features
- 1,500 AI credits per month
- Everything in Pro included
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Annual
Billed as €178.80 per year.
- All 18 Creator features
- 1,500 AI credits per month
- Everything in Pro included
- Priority support
- Save €25.20 per year
Creator includes everything in the Pro tier (€6/mo), which means you get subscription folders, channel health tracking, cloud sync, and all Library features in addition to the 18 Creator-specific features described on this page. You do not need a separate Pro subscription - Creator is the all-inclusive tier.
The free Library tier is available to everyone, regardless of whether you subscribe to Creator. Video bookmarks, timestamps, notes, library search, and privacy mode are free forever. If you decide Creator is not for you, your Library data remains intact and fully functional. There is no downgrade penalty and no data loss.
What Creator adds beyond Pro
If you are already a Pro subscriber at €6 per month, upgrading to Creator at €17 per month adds the following capabilities to your existing setup. Your Pro features - subscription folders, channel health indicators, auto-routing rules, cloud sync, and bulk cleanup tools - remain exactly the same. Creator layers the following on top:
- Channel Comparison - Side-by-side channel analysis with derived metrics like views-per-subscriber ratio and upload consistency scores
- Transcript Search - Cross-library transcript search with timestamp-linked results
- Video-Level Insights - View velocity, engagement rate, comment sentiment, and packaging analysis per video
- Comment Radar - AI-powered comment categorization into Praise, Questions, Requests, and Objections
- Pattern Extraction - Deep channel pattern profiles covering titles, thumbnails, timing, length, and hooks
- Monthly Packaging Analysis - Automated monthly reports on packaging trends across your tracked channels
- AI Strategist - Data-driven topic suggestions based on your research history and competitive gaps
- Brief Builder - Structured video briefs with title options, thumbnail direction, key points, and performance estimates
- Hook & Title Bank - Categorized library of proven hooks and titles with engagement metrics
- KPI Cockpit - Daily channel dashboard with subscriber growth, views, CTR, retention, and revenue estimates
- Video Analytics Library - Performance tracking across 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day windows with cross-video comparison
- Audience Breakdown - Demographics, geography, traffic sources, device split, and returning vs new viewers
- Creator Review Library - Monthly performance summaries with competitor context and actionable analysis
- Email Reports - Automated weekly or monthly performance digests delivered to your inbox
- Export Everything - Markdown, HTML, and plain text export for all research and reports
- 1,500 AI Credits - Monthly credit allocation for AI-powered analysis features
- Credit Top-Up Packs - Three non-expiring top-up options for additional AI capacity
- Advanced Analytics Tabs - Tabbed workspace navigation across Today, Research, Bank, Briefs, Reviews, and Experiments
How to get started with Creator
Three steps from install to first research session.
Step 1 - Install YouTube Bookmark Pro
Head to the Chrome Web Store listing and add the extension to your browser. It installs in seconds and the free Library tier works immediately. You can start saving videos, adding timestamps, and writing notes right away. No account required for the free tier.
Step 2 - Upgrade to Creator
Open the extension's side panel, navigate to Settings, and select the Creator tier. Choose monthly at €17 per month or annual at €14.90 per month (billed as €178.80 annually). The upgrade is instant - all 18 Creator features become available immediately, and your 1,500 monthly AI credits are loaded and ready to use.
Step 3 - Run your first Channel Comparison
Navigate to any YouTube channel, open the Creator side panel, and click "Compare." Select a second channel to compare against. Within seconds, you will see a side-by-side analysis with subscriber counts, upload frequency, engagement rates, content mix, and growth trajectory. Save the comparison to your research library and you are off to the races. From here, explore Comment Radar on any video, run a Pattern Extraction on a channel you admire, or build your first video brief with Brief Builder.
The bottom line
Research smarter. Plan faster. Grow systematically.
Creator gives you the research, analytics, and planning tools that professional YouTube channels rely on - without the $39/mo price tag. Start with the free Library, upgrade when you are ready, and turn your YouTube workflow from guesswork into a system.
Frequently asked questions
What is included in the Creator tier?
Creator includes all 18 features described on this page: Channel Comparison, Transcript Search, Video-Level Insights, Comment Radar, Pattern Extraction, Monthly Packaging Analysis, AI Strategist, Brief Builder, Hook and Title Bank, KPI Cockpit, Video Analytics Library, Audience Breakdown, Creator Review Library, Email Reports, Export Everything, AI Credits System (1,500 credits per month), Credit Top-Up Packs, and Advanced Analytics Tabs. Creator also includes everything in the Pro tier (subscription folders, channel health tracking, cloud sync, auto-routing rules, bulk cleanup tools) and everything in the free Library tier (video bookmarks, timestamps, notes, library search, privacy mode).
How does Creator compare to vidIQ and TubeBuddy?
Creator offers broader research and planning capabilities than either vidIQ or TubeBuddy. vidIQ focuses primarily on keyword research and SEO optimization at $39 per month for its Boost tier. TubeBuddy specializes in thumbnail A/B testing and bulk operations at $11.50 per month for its Star tier. Creator provides competitive intelligence (channel comparison, pattern extraction), audience analysis (comment radar, audience breakdown), and content planning (brief builder, AI strategist) at €17 per month (€14.90 with annual billing). Features like transcript search, hook bank, and monthly packaging analysis are unique to Creator.
What are AI credits and how do they work?
AI credits are the currency for Creator's AI-powered features. You receive 1,500 credits each month with your Creator subscription. Quick actions like summaries cost 1 credit. Deep reviews cost 5 credits. Packaging research costs 20 credits. Pattern profiles cost 75 credits. Credits reset on the first of each month. If you need more, three top-up packs are available: Starter (180 credits for €9.90), Growth (400 credits for €19.90), and Scale (1,000 credits for €49.90). Top-up credits never expire.
Do I need a Pro subscription to use Creator?
No. Creator includes everything in the Pro tier automatically. When you subscribe to Creator at €17 per month, you get all Pro features (subscription folders, channel health tracking, cloud sync, auto-routing rules, bulk cleanup) plus all 18 Creator-specific features. You do not need to purchase Pro separately.
Can I analyze channels I do not own?
Yes. Channel Comparison, Comment Radar, Pattern Extraction, and Video-Level Insights work on any public YouTube channel. You do not need creator access or channel ownership to analyze a competitor's content, comments, or patterns. The KPI Cockpit and Audience Breakdown require connecting your own channel for your personal metrics, but all competitive research features work on any public channel.
What happens to my data if I downgrade from Creator?
If you downgrade from Creator to Pro or the free Library tier, your existing research data (comparisons, pattern profiles, briefs, comment analyses) is preserved in read-only mode. You can view and export everything you created during your Creator subscription, but you cannot run new analyses or generate new briefs. Your video library, bookmarks, timestamps, and notes are unaffected by any plan change - they remain fully functional at every tier. There is no data loss on downgrade.
