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StreamSnagWhat the AI costs
AI costs are not included in the price.
The study tools that use AI run on your own AI account, never on ours: nothing extra with a Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already have, or a few cents to about US$1.50 a lecture with a pay-as-you-go key. Transcription and the reading edition need no AI at all.
StreamSnag has no servers, so it cannot run an AI for you. The steps tagged “your AI” are written by an AI account that is your own: a Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already have, or a pay-as-you-go key for Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek or OpenRouter. What you spend there, if anything, is between you and that provider. It is never paid to StreamSnag.
With a Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already have, there is no extra charge. Each run counts toward your plan's limits, and a plan can run out part-way through a busy day. With a pay-as-you-go key (Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, OpenRouter) you are billed for what the run uses: the table shows what that came to. Google Gemini has a free daily allowance and then charges your Google account. We have not tested whether a whole lecture fits in it, and a free allowance can run out part-way.
Before every AI run you see what will be sent, to which provider, and an estimate of how much AI use it takes. An estimate is not a guarantee, and your provider may have limits of its own. Saving, transcription, the reading edition, the study page and reviewing cards use no AI account at all.
| Lecture | AI account | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 64 minutes | Claude Sonnet | about US$1.50 |
| 64 minutes | DeepSeek Flash | US$0.04 to 0.08 |
| 28 minutes | Claude Sonnet | about US$0.80 |
Measured in November 2026: the 64-minute pack took about 30 AI requests. Prices are set by the AI providers and change. A longer lecture costs more, and your lectures and settings will give different numbers.
Which parts use AI
The study pack, and the optional tidying of a reading edition, run on your own AI account. AI use is never part of StreamSnag's price. With a Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already have there is no extra charge: each run counts toward your plan's limits. With a pay-as-you-go key it is a few cents to about US$1.50 a lecture, depending on the provider. Transcription and the reading edition's layout need no AI at all.
That provider may have its own limits. StreamSnag adds no limit of its own and takes no share.
Which AI accounts work
A Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already have, or a key for Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek or OpenRouter. You choose one in Settings, and AI stays off until you do.
What is sent, and when
Before anything is sent you see what goes, to which AI account, and roughly how much AI use it takes. The sheet that is shown before a study pack is made is drawn in step five of the walkthrough.
What goes is the text you choose to send to your AI provider: a lecture's transcript and the text on its slides, with the speaker notes when the slides are a PowerPoint file. Slide pictures and the video are never sent. The smaller AI helpers in the popup (Ask your AI to find it, Summarize, Ask AI why) each show what they would send before they send it. It is sent from your computer, because StreamSnag has no servers. The privacy page says exactly what stays and what leaves.
If your AI allowance runs out
The run stops and StreamSnag tells you why. Nothing is charged by us, and what you had already saved or made stays where it is. You can run it again later, or choose another AI account in Settings.
Free allowances are the usual cause: they can do part of a study pack and run out part-way. The estimate before each run shows how much AI use it will take.
What the second sample pack took
The statistics pack was 20 AI requests in 1 minute 31 seconds and cost US$0.80 on Claude Sonnet. Of 65 statements pulled from the lecture, 61 passed the quote check. Of 17 flashcards written, 9 were kept. You can open that study guide.
The trial
One lecture, start to finish, free: transcription, the reading edition and the study pack. No card and no account with us. The study pack still needs an AI account of your own: a Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already have costs nothing extra, and a pay-as-you-go key is charged by its provider. What Pro costs.
Saving is free, and Pro takes your first lecture from start to finish, free, with no card.