Free is genuinely useful.
Vision is the upgrade.
The free tier works with zero AI — transcript and raw frames. Turn on vision descriptions when you want what’s on screen in words your AI can read.
MCP
Developers & agentsPoint your agent at VidLens and call any recording as a structured, AI-ready document.
- Low daily quota
- Timestamped transcript
- Raw key frames
- Discovery & health tools — always free
- Markdown export
- Vision descriptions of on-screen visuals
- Vision descriptions— diagrams, slides & code, in words
- Higher monthly quota
- Full document pipeline
- Markdown export
- Priority processing
- Everything in Pro
- Soft-capped usage
- Full vision pipeline
- Highest-priority processing
Lifetime
Launch onlyOne payment, the full vision pipeline for good — a capped number of seats at launch.
Creator
Channel ownersHost structured documents of your own videos at stable URLs, so AI search can find and cite them.
- First 5 videos hosted
- Stable public pages /v/<id>
- llms.txt for your channel
- Machine-readable feeds
- Everything in Free
- Bulk generation across your channel
- Hosting for every video
- Priority processing
Questions
How does VidLens read a video?
VidLens is split in two on purpose. The client runs on your own machine and reads the recording on your connection; only the transcript and a few key frames reach our servers, where the document is assembled. The video itself never reaches VidLens.
What’s the difference between Free and Pro?
Free is genuinely useful with zero AI — a timestamped transcript and raw key frames. Pro adds vision descriptions: the diagrams, slides, and code on screen, described in words your AI can read and search. That’s the upgrade.
Do the discovery tools cost anything?
No. The MCP discovery and health tools are always free, so an agent can find VidLens and check it before it ever calls a paid tool.
MCP or Creator — which do I want?
MCP if you’re building agents or RAG and want to call video knowledge as a tool. Creator if you own a channel and want your own videos hosted as AI-readable documents at stable URLs.
Is there a REST API?
A metered developer API for bulk RAG pipelines is on the roadmap for after the MVP. Today, agents integrate over MCP in one line of config.
Do you train on my content?
No. Your recordings and the documents VidLens generates are yours. We don’t train on your content, and you can delete a document at any time.