AI video intelligence
Turn hours of video into answers in seconds.
Paste a YouTube link and get structured summaries, key moments, and answers backed by timestamp citations.
No credit card required
Structured insights
AI-generated summaries that surface what matters most.
Timestamp citations
Every insight links to the exact moment in the video.
Reusable templates
Built for research, learning, investing, and more.
How it works
Three steps from link to answer
No setup, no extensions, no uploads. Everything runs from a URL.
- 01
Add your sources
Paste YouTube links or search without leaving the app. Analyze up to 50 videos in a single pass.
- 02
Pick how to read them
Choose a template or write your own prompt, then define the exact output shape you want back.
- 03
Read, ask, and share
Get a structured gist, chat with the full transcript, and send a link anyone can open.
Sharing
Send a gist, not a two-hour link.
Every analysis has its own address. Share it and the recipient gets the summary, the source videos, and the prompt that produced it — enough context to trust the result without watching anything.
- Unlisted by default — readable with the link, never browsable
- Rich previews in Slack, iMessage, and X
- Recipients can open the transcript chat themselves
Use cases
Built for people who watch to learn
However you use long-form video, the workflow is the same: read the gist, then dig in where it matters.
Research
Pull a dozen conference talks into one brief and trace every claim back to its source.
Learning
Turn a long lecture into structured notes, then ask follow-up questions about anything unclear.
Team updates
Share a gist instead of a two-hour recording. Everyone reads the same summary in a minute.
Pricing
Start free, upgrade when it earns it
No trial timer and no card up front. The free tier is a real tier.
Free
Everything you need to try a real workload.
$0forever
Start analyzing- Unlimited single-video analyses
- All built-in templates
- Timestamp citations
- Chat with any transcript
- Shareable analysis links
Pro
For people who live in long-form video.
$12per month
Get started free- Everything in Free
- Up to 50 videos per analysis
- Multi-source research workspaces
- Custom output schemas
- Thinking-model analyses
- Transcript exports
FAQ
Questions, answered
Do I need an account to try it?
No. You can run an analysis immediately, and your work is kept locally against an anonymous session. When you sign in later, that history moves across with you automatically.
Which videos work?
Any public YouTube video that has captions available — either creator-uploaded or auto-generated. If a transcript cannot be retrieved, VidGist tells you which source failed and why rather than silently dropping it.
What exactly gets shared with a link?
The analysis, its source videos, and the prompt that produced it — so the recipient sees the context, not just the conclusion. Analyses are unlisted by default: anyone with the link can read it, but nobody can browse or search your library.
Can I control the output format?
Yes. Every template ships with a default output schema you can edit field by field, or you can define your own from scratch and get back exactly the structure you need.
Stop scrubbing through timelines.
Paste your first link and see what an hour of video actually said.