Who Claras is for

Which one do you need? A short guide

Every page here uses the same few parts of Claras. What changes is the video you start with and what you need from it. Pick the page closest to you, and if none fits, the use cases are organised by job instead.

What every page has in common

• A transcript. Every line with its time, in the language of the captions or the recording. It's never translated.
• A summary. A short opening, the key takeaways, chapters, and a section for each part of the video, in one of 15 languages you pick.
• Ask AI. Answers from the transcript, usually with the time it was said, so you can check.
• Ways out. Copy, download, or Send to AI to keep working in Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant.

Claras works with YouTube links, Instagram and TikTok links up to 30 minutes, and video or audio files up to 6 hours. It doesn't join meetings, record classes or transcribe live, and the transcript has no speaker labels. Each page is clear about what that means for you.

For people learning from video

Students get notes from YouTube lectures and from recordings they're allowed to make. Medical students have their own page, because long board prep videos need careful checking. If you're learning a language, the language learners page explains how to read along with the original transcript and get the gist in a language you know.

For people with long recordings

If you listen to long interview shows, the podcast page covers episodes on YouTube and saved as audio files, and says plainly which podcast links don't work. Researchers will find what Claras can do with interviews and recorded talks, and an honest section on speaker labels and data handling to read before uploading anything sensitive.

For teams and businesses

Claras has no team plan or shared workspace. Each person uses their own account. Small teams still use it for research, and these pages show how: agencies doing client research and content, SaaS teams reading competitor webinars and customer calls, e-commerce teams learning from video reviews, startups doing research with few people, and local businesses reusing their own videos.

Claras Ultra

Claras Ultra is an early-bird pre-order. It includes unlimited summaries now, and slideshows made from your videos once that feature is ready.

Not sure it fits? Four quick checks

• Is what you need said out loud? Claras works from speech. Slides, on-screen text and diagrams only reach the transcript if someone reads them aloud.
• Where does the video live? YouTube, Instagram and TikTok links work, and so do files you can save to your computer. Links to course platforms, meeting tools, Spotify or Apple Podcasts don't. YouTube Shorts and live links don't either.
• Do you need to know who said what? The transcript has no speaker labels. For interviews and calls with several people, that means listening at the timestamp to check.
• Will you check before you rely on it? Summaries and answers can be wrong. Every page here shows how to go back to the moment in the video, and we'd ask you to do that for anything that matters.

If all four sound fine, start with the page closest to you, or go straight to a free account and try one video.

How to choose a plan

Two numbers decide it. Every run counts as a video, uploads and social links included: 3 a month on the free plan and 50 a day on Pro. Transcription hours cover files you upload and Instagram or TikTok links. YouTube videos with captions use no hours at all. If you mostly paste YouTube links, the video count matters. If you mostly upload recordings, the hours matter. The free plan needs no card, and the pricing page shows the rest.