Sankalp's Claude-driven video editor replaces his $29 Descript plan
Sankalp Sinha is back with an update on his Descript breakup. He was paying $29 a month and still editing every reel by hand, so he built an editor that Claude can drive. It sees his videos, cuts them, and changes captions and styling on request, all on the Claude Max plan he already pays for. Now he's thinking of releasing it as a one-time purchase that runs on the buyer's own Claude or Codex subscription. The zombie, it turns out, also has a pricing page.
Saving, as stated by the author: $29/month
POV: I vibe-coded my own video editor.
I was paying Descript $29 a month and still editing every reel by hand. So I built my own editor that Claude can drive. It sees my videos, cuts them, and changes the captions and the styling when I ask, on the Claude Max plan I already pay for.
Thinking of releasing it as a one time purchase, no subscription, running on your own Claude or Codex subscription.
— Sankalp Sinha (Left $15K+ MRR job to indiehack), read the original on XMore SaaS obituaries
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