Embedfinder vs Iframely
Iframely is a mature embeds and link-preview API that covers more than 1,900 platforms. Embedfinder is smaller and does something else: it builds a video entry (title, poster, tags and ranked players) from a page or a whole listing, and hands it to you as CSV, through the API or as a draft in your WordPress. Here are the differences, including what each one does better.
What Iframely is
An API that takes a URL and returns the embed, the preview and the data for that address. It is built for products and publishers that display third-party links: apps, editors, internal networks. It charges per hit (request) in US dollars and has a free plan.
What Iframely does better
- Coverage: it says it covers more than 1,900 platforms; Embedfinder reads YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and pages with Open Graph, JSON-LD or WordPress.
- Ready-to-show previews for your users when they paste a link.
- A bigger free API plan: 2,000 hits per month, while Embedfinder's API is Premium-only.
- High-volume plans: Enterprise includes 500,000 hits per month and a 99.9% uptime guarantee.
How Embedfinder is different
- It walks listings: paste a category or a playlist and it follows the pagination on its own, instead of you sending URL after URL.
- Player ranking: when a page has several players, it finds them and ranks them from most reliable to expiring.
- WordPress drafts: with the connector, each entry lands as a draft post, no code needed.
- You can use it from the web without coding, and download CSV or JSON.
- Payment in pesos with Mercado Pago, besides US dollars.
Side by side, with data from each site
| Iframely | Embedfinder | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Starter: 2,000 hits per month (pay as you go above that) | 5 per day with an account, 2 without one |
| First paid plan | Business: US$ 49/month, 25,000 hits | US$ 7/month, 1,000 extractions (Basic) |
| API | From the free plan | US$ 19/month, 10,000 extractions, with API (Premium) |
| Platforms | More than 1,900 | YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and pages with Open Graph, JSON-LD or WordPress |
| Listings with pagination | Not described on its site | Yes: follows pagination up to 20 pages per request and gives you the next one (Basic) |
| Several players per page, ranked | Not described on its site | Yes: nearly 70 known players, ranked from most reliable to expiring, up to 6 per entry |
| WordPress | Has its own plugin | Connector: each entry arrives as a draft (Premium; 20 test sends on any plan) |
| Payment in pesos | No: prices in US dollars | Yes, with Mercado Pago, besides card or PayPal in US dollars |
When Iframely is the better fit
- You run an app or editor where users paste links from any site and you want them to look good.
- You need many different platforms, not just video.
- You will make tens of thousands of requests a month and want availability agreements.
When Embedfinder is the better fit
- You load a video catalog into your site and want the full entry, not just the embed.
- You start from listings or categories and do not want to collect URLs by hand.
- You publish on WordPress and would rather review drafts than code an integration.
Try it with one of your links
No account, no card: paste a page or a video and see the entry you get.
Try it freeFrequently asked questions
- Does Embedfinder replace Iframely?
- Only if what you need is video entries to load into a site. For link previews from any platform inside an app, Iframely covers far more.
- Which one is cheaper?
- It depends on usage. Iframely gives 2,000 free hits per month and its first paid plan is US$ 49. On Embedfinder the API starts at Premium (US$ 19), and the US$ 7 Basic plan already includes listings and CSV from the web.
- Can I use both?
- Yes. Embedfinder gives you each video's player URL; if your site already uses Iframely to display embeds, pass it that URL like any other.
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Iframely data taken from its official site on October 24, 2026; prices may change. Iframely is a trademark of its owners and is not affiliated with Embedfinder.