Apify archives YouTube comments. Adlicio mines them for angles.
Apify's YouTube scrapers export video comments as JSON at scale. Adlicio collects the comment section through your own browser and ranks what people say about the problem, the product, and the alternatives into ad-ready angles.
Apify's YouTube comment scrapers are cloud actors: give them video URLs and they return the comments, sorted and paginated, as JSON or CSV. Billing is per result, runs happen on Apify's infrastructure, and the output is raw data for your own analysis.
If you need comment archives across whole channels, or you're feeding a model or dashboard, an actor run by a technical user is the right tool.
Apify for YouTube vs. Adlicio
Apify for YouTube
Adlicio
Core job
Bulk-export video comments as JSON/CSV
Turn review-style comments into ranked angles
Setup
Apify account, actor config, per-result billing
One click on the video from the extension
Where it runs
Apify's cloud infrastructure
Your own browser session
Output
Raw comment rows to interpret yourself
Objections, praise, and buyer language, ranked
Analysis
None built in
Built in, plus ChatGPT & Claude integration
Best for
Data teams and channel-scale archiving
Marketers mining product reviews and tutorials
Core job
Apify for YouTube: Bulk-export video comments as JSON/CSV
Adlicio: Turn review-style comments into ranked angles
Setup
Apify for YouTube: Apify account, actor config, per-result billing
Adlicio: One click on the video from the extension
Where it runs
Apify for YouTube: Apify's cloud infrastructure
Adlicio: Your own browser session
Output
Apify for YouTube: Raw comment rows to interpret yourself
Adlicio: Objections, praise, and buyer language, ranked
Analysis
Apify for YouTube: None built in
Adlicio: Built in, plus ChatGPT & Claude integration
Best for
Apify for YouTube: Data teams and channel-scale archiving
Adlicio: Marketers mining product reviews and tutorials
When Apify for YouTube is not the right tool for the job
YouTube comments under product reviews, comparisons, and tutorials read like long-form customer interviews: what almost stopped people from buying, what they compared, what surprised them. An export captures that, then leaves the reading to you.
Adlicio does the reading. It collects the comments in your browser and returns the recurring themes ranked into angles with the verbatim lines preserved, so your ads can quote the customer instead of paraphrasing them.
So far Adlicio has read 10,443,865+ comments and reviews across 9+ public sources for 10,000+ marketers.
“Compared to other tools, the price is incredibly low for the quality it delivers. Exceptional value for money. Highly recommended!”
Mitran Marian, Chrome Web Store review
Apify for YouTube alternative FAQ
Does Adlicio need a YouTube API key?
No. It reads the comment section your browser already renders. Apify actors likewise run without your API key, on their own infrastructure.
Which handles entire channels better?
Apify. Channel-scale archiving is a pipeline job. Adlicio is for going deep on the videos where your buyers talk, review videos, comparisons, and tutorials in your niche.
Can Adlicio sort or filter comments?
It does something more useful: it clusters them. Recurring objections, desires, and questions surface as ranked groups with quotes, instead of a sorted list.
What if I also need Reddit or Amazon?
Same tool, same workflow. Adlicio covers 9+ comment and review platforms, so one research pass can span YouTube reviews, Reddit threads, and Amazon reviews.