Screen recording · checked 2026-10-19

Can I vibecode Vidyard?

KINDA· weekend project

Recording the screen in a browser, hosting the file and showing who watched how much is a weekend project with MediaRecorder, ffmpeg and a small player page. The gaps are what a sales team pays for: CRM and marketing-automation sync, thumbnails that survive email clients, hosting that streams well to viewers anywhere, and the AI avatar and Video Agent features, which rest on other companies' models and can't be copied by a prompt.

$89/moprice per seat

$1,068you'd save a year

weekendbuild time

—people replaced it

Before you start

What you need on hand.

DifficultyAdvanced · Real infrastructure or OAuth work.

TimeA weekend; video processing and tunnelling take the debugging

Claude Code, Codex or CursorAny of them can run the prompt.
Node.js 22better-sqlite3 compiles a native module, so build tools must be installed.
ffmpegUsed for transcoding, posters and GIF previews.
whisper.cpp and a model fileOptional but needed for captions; it runs locally.
A public HTTPS addressViewers must reach the share page: a tunnel or a small VPS with enough disk.

Before you buildVidyard Free covers 5 recordings a month of up to 30 minutes with sharing. If that's your volume, you may not need Starter.

1. Install one agent: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor.
2. Make an empty folder and open it in the agent.
3. Paste the prompt below, press enter, and answer its questions as it builds.

The prompt

Build me a self-hosted video messaging tool to replace Vidyard. Requirements:

- Node.js 22 + TypeScript: a Fastify server and a React UI built with Vite. `npm start` serves
  http://localhost:4700, with share pages at /v/<id> and the admin at /admin.
- Recorder: in the browser with `getDisplayMedia`, `getUserMedia` and `MediaRecorder` (screen,
  camera, or screen with a camera bubble), a 3-second countdown, pause, and a trim step before
  upload. Chunks upload while recording, so a closed tab doesn't lose the video.
- Processing: ffmpeg turns each upload into an H.264 MP4 and an HLS ladder (720p and 360p), makes a
  poster frame and an animated GIF preview for email, and `whisper.cpp` (local) writes a .vtt
  captions file. Files live in ./data/videos/<id>/.
- Storage: better-sqlite3 in ./data/videos.db: videos (title, duration, created), share settings
  (public, password, expiry date, allow download) and view events.
- Share page: an hls.js player with captions, an optional call-to-action button (URL and label)
  shown at a chosen second, Open Graph tags using the poster, and a copy-link button.
- Analytics: per video, loads, plays, unique viewers (salted hash, no cookies), percent watched per
  viewer and a retention chart by second; an optional "enter your email to watch" gate that stores the address.
- Admin: one password in .env; a library with search, delete and replace-thumbnail; CSV export of views.
- Single user. No accounts, no telemetry, local-first. No outbound calls at runtime.
- Out of scope: AI avatars and generated videos, CRM sync, teams and permissions, mobile apps, a browser extension.
- README: installing ffmpeg and the whisper.cpp model, exposing the share pages through a tunnel or a
  VPS, and measured disk use per hour of recorded video.

Opens your agent with the prompt filled in, you press enter. Or copy it and paste it into an empty folder.

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Then keep going

Next prompts, same folder.

The first prompt builds the core. Run these one at a time in the same folder to grow it into your own Vidyard.

Add a Chrome extension to the video messaging tool in this folder. Requirements:

- A Manifest V3 extension with a toolbar button that opens a small recorder popup: screen, tab or
  camera, microphone toggle, and a Start button.
- It uses `chrome.tabCapture` or `getDisplayMedia`, uploads chunks to the local server's existing
  endpoints with a token from .env stored in the extension options, and opens the share link when done.
- Copy the share link to the clipboard and offer to copy an HTML snippet with the GIF preview.
- Update the README with how to load the unpacked extension.

Add an email snippet generator to the video messaging tool in this folder. Requirements:

- On each video's admin page, "Copy for email" puts an HTML snippet on the clipboard: the GIF
  preview linked to the share page, a plain-text fallback line and alt text.
- The snippet uses table markup and inline styles only, no JavaScript and no CSS classes,
  and the GIF stays under a size set in .env (default 1 MB) by lowering the frame rate or width.
- Add a "Send test" button that mails the snippet to an address from .env through SMTP.
- Update the README.

Add a HubSpot sync to the video messaging tool in this folder. Requirements:

- A private-app token in .env. When a viewer enters their email at the gate, find or create the
  HubSpot contact and add a note with the video title, percent watched and the share link.
- Batch the sync every 10 minutes; on rate-limit errors back off and retry, and record failures in SQLite.
- Never send the viewer's IP hash or any data except what the viewer typed in the gate.
- Update the README with the scopes the token needs.

What you lose

CRM and marketing-automation integrations, including Salesforce and HubSpot sync of viewer data
AI avatars, scripted AI videos and the Video Agent that sends personalised videos on buyer actions
Hosting and playback on a CDN that holds up for viewers worldwide
Team analytics, folders and permissions across a sales team
Mobile recording apps and a browser extension for recording from any tab

Why people still pay

Sales and marketing teams use video to get replies, and they want to know which prospect watched what, with the data landing in their CRM. Vidyard sells that loop as one product with hosting, analytics and integrations, so reps record and send without anyone maintaining a pipeline.

Moatintegrations execution polish infrastructure scale

Do the math

Vidyard or your own copy?

Seats

Over

Your usage

Count my time12h ×$/h

Vidyard, 1 yr$1,068

Your own copy, 1 yr$130running + build session

You keep$938pays for itself in the first month

Estimate · Free on a machine you already run; a VPS with enough disk and bandwidth costs more as videos and viewers grow, so the high end is a rough guess. The build is token usage on your agent plan.

Leaving Vidyard

Take your data, then cancel.

1 · Take your data out of Vidyard

1Videos: open a video from your library, click Download beneath the preview (or in the ... menu) and pick the Source file or a 1080p or 720p MP4. Downloads are a paid-plan feature.
2Analytics: go to Insights > Reports, choose New Report, pick the data categories, filters and a date range of up to a year, then Generate. Download the Excel (.xlsx) file from the emailed link or from the report's menu.
3Reports cover the folder you're in and its subfolders, use UTC times, leave out YouTube views and expire after 21 days.
4The articles don't describe a bulk video download, so budget time to download each video one by one.

2 · Cancel Vidyard

1Only the account Owner can cancel. Go to Workspace Management > Billing and click Manage billing details.
2Click Cancel Plan, then Cancel Plan again to confirm, and note the subscription end date.
3You keep paid features to the end of the billing cycle, then the account reverts to Free: 5 videos a month, 30 minutes each, 5 embeds.
4To change your mind before the cycle ends, use Manage billing details and Renew Plan.

Download your videos before the cycle ends: downloads, captions, password protection and CTAs stop on Free.
Existing videos stay in your library and keep playing where they were shared, but you can't enable embedding on more than 5.
Trimming a video resets its view count and analytics, so run a report first.
The self-serve terms say fees are non-refundable and plans renew automatically; cancel before the renewal date.

Checked 2026-10-19 against Vidyard's docs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

The escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These are already free.

CapOpen sourceOpen-source screen recorder with instant share links, comments, transcripts and view analytics; the core is AGPL-3.0 with MIT components. Self-hosting is Docker Compose with your own S3-compatible storage.★ 23k · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
macOS, Windows, WebVisit ↗ScreenityOpen sourceGPL-3.0 Chrome extension that records the screen and camera with annotation and editing tools, saving to Google Drive or a local file. No hosted share pages or viewer analytics.★ 19k · active Sep 2026 · one-click install
chromeVisit ↗PeerTubeOpen sourceAGPL-3.0 self-hosted video platform with uploads, private and unlisted links, captions and view statistics. It hosts and plays video well but has no recorder.★ 15k · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
WebVisit ↗

The numbers

Vidyard pricing

Plan	Monthly	Annual, per month	What you get
Free	$0	$0	5 recordings a month, up to 30 minutes each, 15 AI videos, 3 custom AI avatars, video editing tools, up to 5 embedded videos; no downloads, captions, password protection or call-to-action buttons.
Starter	$89	$59	Unlimited recording and videos, full video analytics, team performance analytics, branded sharing page, CTA templates, password-protected videos, folders, custom backgrounds, downloads and captions.
Video Agent add-on	$29	$24	Unlimited AI videos and unlimited automated video creation and delivery, triggered by buyer actions; integrates with Salesloft, Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo and Zapier.
Teams	custom	—	Pitched at teams of 5 or more: CRM and marketing automation integrations, advanced team analytics, fully customizable CTAs, advanced branded sharing page, video captions, guided onboarding.
Enterprise	custom	—	Adds unlimited integrations, SSO user management and secure playback, an API, custom permissions and security options.

Free tier: Five recordings a month, 30 minutes each; downloads, captions, passwords and CTAs are paid features.
Billing: Per seat, monthly or annual; annual works out to $59 a seat against $89 monthly on Starter. Paid plans renew automatically, and the self-serve terms say fees are non-refundable. Teams and Enterprise are invoiced.
Hidden costs: The Video Agent add-on is $29 per seat a month for unlimited AI videos. CRM integrations, custom CTAs and captions on the sales-led tiers need a quote, and the Teams tier is pitched at 5 or more seats.
Source: www.vidyard.com

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Free allows 5 recorded videos a month of up to 30 minutes, 15 AI videos and 3 custom AI avatars, with limited sharing options and integrations.

Kinda. The core is a weekend build with the prompt on this page, but real gaps remain: CRM and marketing-automation integrations, including Salesforce and HubSpot sync of viewer data, AI avatars, scripted AI videos and the Video Agent that sends personalised videos on buyer actions.

About $89 a month on the Starter plan per seat, $1,068 a year (checked 2026-10-19).

CRM and marketing-automation integrations, including Salesforce and HubSpot sync of viewer data; AI avatars, scripted AI videos and the Video Agent that sends personalised videos on buyer actions; Hosting and playback on a CDN that holds up for viewers worldwide; Team analytics, folders and permissions across a sales team; Mobile recording apps and a browser extension for recording from any tab. If any of those matter to you, keep paying.