| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Video Downloaders | 9.0 (#6) | 7.7 (#89) |
| Device platforms | Web,Windows,macOS,Chrome extension,API | Windows,GNU/Linux,macOS |
| Format conversion | Batch conversion supports video, image and audio files. | Converting to audio or embedding subtitles can cause files to be re-encoded, which takes time and CPU resources. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Supported sites | The maker claims support for more than 1,000 websites, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, Vimeo, Twitch, SoundCloud and Bilibili. | Supported sites depend on the extractors provided by the downloader backend; the FAQ directs requests for new site support to youtube-dl’s issue tracker. |
| Supported sources | 1,000+ platforms,including YouTube,Instagram,TikTok,Facebook,Twitter/X,Vimeo,Twitch,SoundCloud and Bilibili | many sites supported by the youtube-dl backend |
| What it does | MeowLoad downloads videos, images, music and livestreams from online platforms through web and desktop tools. | yt-dlg is a cross-platform wxPython GUI for downloading video and audio from sites supported by its downloader backend. |
