Titles.video vs vidIQ

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan: Both have one
Higher Trust score: vidIQ — 88 vs 57 for Titles.video
Best fit: Titles.video: YouTube creators optimizing titles and thumbnails before publishing · vidIQ: solo creators under roughly 100k subscribers who need topic and keyword direction
Platforms: Titles.video: Web · vidIQ: Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension
Status: Both up at our last check — Titles.video Oct 15, 2026, vidIQ Oct 24, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Titles.videoAnalyzes a YouTube video and generates title options with predicted CTR scores, thumbnails, descriptions and tags.

vidIQYouTube growth analytics with AI ideas, thumbnails and coaching

Side by side

Fact	Titles.video	vidIQ
Category	YouTube Tools	SEO Tools
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$8/mo	—
Trust score	57 / 100	88 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension
Company	—	vidIQ
Launched	—	2011
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 24, 2026

What our research says

Titles.video

Titles.video answers a specific, recurring question for YouTube creators, which title will actually get clicked, by scoring options against a niche's top performers instead of guessing. It's narrow by design: it doesn't touch editing, scripting or upload scheduling.

Pros

Works on unlisted and unpublished videos, not just live ones
Bundles thumbnail, description and tag generation with the title scoring
Competitor comparison shows where a title under- or over-performs against the niche

Cons

Free tier is limited to 5 credits a month
No company name or location disclosed on the site

vidIQ

The default second screen for creators who optimise before they publish, and the in-page extension stats are the actual product; the AI layer is a convenience bolted on top. An established channel with an editor and a strategist is mostly paying for numbers YouTube Studio already gives away.

Pros

the Chrome extension puts stats directly on YouTube pages, which dashboard-only rivals cannot match
the free tier is genuinely usable for keyword and trend checks
mobile apps keep the daily-ideas loop going away from a desk
channel-aware coaching beats generic prompt-and-hope title generators

Cons

credit metering means heavy thumbnail or clipping use drains a month's allowance fast
pricing is aggressively localised and promo-driven, so the sticker price is rarely stable
no public API found; outside data access goes through an MCP connector for AI assistants
AI Coach advice turns generic once a channel has a settled niche

Which one fits

Choose Titles.video if you need

YouTube creators optimizing titles and thumbnails before publishing
Channels wanting a competitor-title comparison within their niche
Creators testing title options on Shorts as well as long-form video

Choose vidIQ if you need

solo creators under roughly 100k subscribers who need topic and keyword direction
researching competitor tags, upload cadence and outlier videos
batch-generating thumbnail concepts and title variants before publishing