Every AI call the studio makes, whose key it runs on, and what it costs you. The short version: your key, provider list price, $0 markup.
Four kinds of AI touch your reel. Here is each one, plainly.
Scripts are written by Gemini or OpenAI GPT models running on your own key, grounded in your channel and your knowledge base so nothing drifts off-topic.
Prefer Claude? Through the built-in MCP server, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor can drive the whole studio — drafting, scenes, rendering, publishing — under your review.
AI scene stills come from Gemini / Imagen or OpenAI image models, again on your key at the provider's per-image price.
Images are optional. Most scenes are motion-graphic compositions — code cards, terminals, charts, diagrams — which cost nothing to generate.
Narration uses ElevenLabs on your key: 24+ voices with speed and stability control, and every scene duration-synced to the audio automatically.
Or record your own take and apply voice conversion, then clean it up with word-level trim, filler-word removal, and silence removal.
Transcription runs on local Whisper — on our server, not a metered API. Word-level timestamps, filler-word detection, and code-switched Hinglish with romanized captions.
Cost to you: $0 per minute. There is no key to bring and no meter running.
We never resell tokens. Keys are encrypted at rest, used only for your workspace, and billed by the provider directly to you.
What each model does, whose key it uses, and what it costs you.
| Model | What it does | Whose key | Cost to you |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini (text) | Scripts, scene prompts, AI titles | Yours | Provider list price — the free tier often covers it |
| OpenAI GPT (text) | Scripts and scene prompts, as an alternative to Gemini | Yours | Provider list price |
| Claude (via MCP) | Drives the studio from Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or Cursor | Your Claude subscription | Whatever you already pay Anthropic — nothing to us |
| Gemini / Imagen (images) | Optional AI scene stills | Yours | Provider per-image price |
| OpenAI (images) | Optional AI scene stills | Yours | Provider per-image price |
| ElevenLabs | Narration across 24+ voices, speed/stability control, voice conversion | Yours | Provider list price |
| Whisper (local) | Transcription: word timestamps, filler detection, Hinglish code-switching | None needed | $0 per minute — runs on our server |
| Motion components & rendering | 100+ scene components, rendering, YouTube publishing | None needed | Included |
Three reasons. Cost: you pay each provider's list price and we add zero markup — we never resell tokens. Control: your generations run under your own accounts, and your keys are stored encrypted at rest. Honesty: with no margin on usage, our only incentive is to make the studio itself good.
Keys are encrypted at rest and used only for your workspace's generations. Workspaces are isolated tenants, so your keys, projects, and channel connections are visible to your workspace only.
No. Motion-graphic scenes, Whisper transcription, rendering, and publishing need no key at all. You need a Gemini or OpenAI key for AI scripts and optional scene images, and an ElevenLabs key for AI narration and voice conversion — or record your own narration instead.
Script and scene prompts usually cost a few cents at most — Gemini's free tier often covers them. Narration for a 60-90 second Short is a small ElevenLabs charge on your key. Transcription, motion-graphic scenes, rendering, and publishing cost nothing. There is no ReelMint usage fee during the pilot.
No. Credits obscure what things cost and expire in ways that favor the vendor. Pricing stays your-keys-at-list-price for AI usage; when paid plans arrive after the pilot, they will charge for the studio, not for resold tokens.
Free founding-creator pilot. No credit card, no watermarks, no markup — ever.
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