YouTube to Google Drive — Direct Cloud Saving Without Local Download

Save YouTube videos directly to your Google Drive in seconds. No browser extensions, no downloads to your phone, no malware-laden converter sites. Just paste a link → choose your Drive folder → done.

Why bother with traditional downloaders?

Classic YouTube downloaders (savefrom, y2mate, ssyoutube) push you through the same broken flow:

Click "Download" → land on a page full of pop-up ads
Wait for the video to download to your device (eating your data plan + battery)
Open Google Drive
Upload the video from your device (eating your data plan again, on the upstream)
Delete the local file (it took 5 GB of phone storage you didn't have)

That's a double-hop — same bytes go through your network twice, your device gets warm, your battery drains, your storage fills up.

TubeDisk eliminates the local hop entirely. We pull the video from YouTube's servers and push it straight to your Google Drive. Your device never sees the file.

How it works (in 3 steps)

1. Connect your Google Drive

One-time OAuth authorization — TubeDisk gets a scoped token that lets us write files into a folder of your choice. We don't read your existing files, we don't browse, we don't keep credentials.

2. Paste a YouTube link in the dashboard

Works with youtube.com/watch?v=..., short links youtu.be/..., and Shorts youtube.com/shorts/....

3. Pick your destination folder

Choose any folder from your Drive (or create a new one). TubeDisk uploads directly there. You can change the default for next time.

That's it. The video file appears in your Drive within 30-90 seconds (depending on resolution), and your phone never participated in the transfer.

What TubeDisk does that others don't

4K with audio in one click. YouTube stores audio and video separately (DASH protocol). Sites like savefrom force you to install their browser extension to get a usable 1080p file with sound. We do the muxing server-side, so what you save is a finished MP4.
No advertisements, no malware. We're a paid SaaS — you pay for the service, not the ad networks pay for your eyeballs. No deceptive download buttons, no installer bundles, no Trojan risk.
Direct cloud upload. Your device sees zero traffic of the video itself. We pull from YouTube's CDN to our servers, mux if needed, then push to Google Drive's API via your OAuth token.
Archive of finished live streams. Once a YouTube live stream ends and YouTube saves it as a VOD, you can transfer it to Drive like any regular video. Real-time recording of an ongoing stream is on our roadmap but not available on the current MVP.
Telegram bot bridge (the other direction). Connect your Telegram account once — then forward any video file from a Telegram chat to the bot, and it lands in your Google Drive automatically. Useful for backing up media you've received in chats. Note: the bot saves files you forward to it, it doesn't accept YouTube URLs for download.

What we cannot do (honest disclaimer)

Subtitle download (yet). The current MVP doesn't extract subtitle tracks. It's on our R&D roadmap, but we won't promise what we don't ship.
Playlist or channel batch. Each YouTube video is transferred individually. You can browse a playlist and queue videos one by one — full playlist/channel batch is planned but not yet available.
Real-time live stream recording. We wait for the stream to finish (YouTube turns it into a VOD), then transfer. Recording an ongoing live event is in development.
DRM-protected paid content from YouTube Movies — Widevine encryption, legal no-go.
Members-only or age-restricted videos that require your Google account authentication — we don't ask for your YouTube login credentials.
"MP3 at 320 kbps" — a myth perpetuated by competitors. YouTube physically stores audio at maximum ~160 kbps Opus. We give you the original; we don't artificially inflate file size for marketing.

Pricing

Free tier: limited daily transfers. Pro tier (from $2.99/month): higher limits + 4K transfers. See pricing for full details. Payment via Telegram Stars, USDT (TRC-20), or bank cards.

FAQ

Do I need to keep my computer on while the video transfers?

No. TubeDisk runs the transfer on our servers. You can close the tab right after pasting the link — when the file appears in your Drive, we notify you.

Will YouTube ban my account for using TubeDisk?

No. We process only public URLs. We don't ask you to log into YouTube through our service. The transfer happens through our anonymous server nodes — YouTube doesn't connect this process to your account.

Is it legal?

TubeDisk is a neutral technological tool — like a browser or file manager. The legality of what you transfer depends on your jurisdiction. Transferring public-domain videos, your own content, or short clips under Fair Use is generally fine. Commercial DRM-protected content is not, and we technically can't handle it anyway.

What does the Telegram bot do?

The bot accepts files forwarded to it from any Telegram chat — a video your friend shared, an audio note, a document — and automatically saves them to your connected Google Drive. It does not download from YouTube URLs (that's the web dashboard's job).

Can I transfer to S3 instead of Google Drive?

Yes. Connect your S3-compatible storage (AWS S3, MinIO, Backblaze B2, Wasabi) in your dashboard. The Telegram bot supports both Drive and S3 too.