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Q: Tiers, minutes, AI limits, and audiogram feature

Hi Blaine,

A few last questions that might be useful to those considering the deal:

Q1) Is it safe to say that only Tier 2 maps to the Hobby plan on your websites (and Tier 1 is a lighter version of it)?

Q2) If a user hits the plan's limits on minutes, what would adding extra minutes cost for Sumolings? Or is this the same as what's on your website? ($0.20/min)

Q3) Would these minutes be evergreen (consumable until they're used) or time-limited (expire within X days)?

Q4) Any limitations on AI generation or limits when using Magic chat we should know about?

Q5) The audiogram seems quite basic at the moment. Any plans on adding more customization options for this feature, including using our own images or custom fonts? (In the loom video you made a while back only HEX code was available).

Thanks so much!

RaliMApr 3, 2025
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Blaine_Castmagic

Blaine_Castmagic

Apr 3, 2025

A: hi!
Q1 - yes
Q2 - yes .20/ min
Q3 - mins don't rollover but do refresh every month
Q4 - Custom recurring prompts capped at 30 per recording automatically, but can generate more on demand
Q5 - yes we have a lot of development going into studio at the moment, so yes to everything you mentioned there

hope this helps :)

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Q: Hi, for clarity about credit use. Anything uploaded, then edited, then downloaded is charged credits?

Meaning. All 3+ activities mentioned above burn credits each time the asset is touched? Or just the one time when uploaded? Also. Will any and all files, even if already have transcription in video or in caption files etc, will cost credits, automatically no matter what? Can we upload our own transcripts/translations etc? Can we just have video with no sound of any kind uploaded, to add other Vadoo elements into our workflow? LASTLY - can we add our own b-roll? Thank you

ConComSysEdited Apr 2, 2025
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Blaine_Castmagic

Blaine_Castmagic

Apr 3, 2025

A: hi! just when its uploaded into a space and transcribed, it will use the minutes credits.
- we don't have ability to import pre-existing transcripts at the moment
- we don't do no-sound video/b-roll -- we have some video clipping features in studio but it sounds like you might be better suited with a video editing platform for those sorts of use cases

hope thats helpful :)

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Q: How does CastMagic compare to Reap? I’m researching both and trying to decide on which one to purchase.

After looking at both websites (CastMagic.io and reap.video), in specific, does CastMagic have:
4k video exports
Auto filler-word removal
Background noise removal
Auto speakers detection
Transcript-based editing

^^If not, are any of these in development? Is there a timeline on their release?

jonnykwoodPLUSApr 2, 2025
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Blaine_Castmagic

Blaine_Castmagic

Apr 3, 2025

A: seems like Reap is more tailored for video clipping, wheras castmagic is a more robust transcription/content generation platform using the context and information inside your files

we have
- auto speaker detection
- ai speaker labeling
- transcript based editing
and many more content generation and automation features to work with

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Q: Tier 1 & 2 minutes vs. Castmagic website??

Hi, the Tier 1 minutes are 100 and in the small print it states Tier 1 is the "Hobby" tier on Castmagic. But when I look directly at the Castmagic website, the "Hobby" tier is 300mins - not 100. Can you please clarify!!?? And Tier 2 says it is the "Starter" tier which is 800 mins pm on the Castmagic website. So can you clarify also Tier 2 - why is it 300 mins per month on the AppSumo site for Tier 2 vs. 800 mins pm on Castmagic? It is confusing! And I would have thought it would match the Castmagic plans on their website (lowest plan is Hobby at 300 mins pm, then Starter at 800 mins pm). Thanks!!

amanda568Apr 2, 2025
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Q: Minutes - clarification?

Hi Blaine! I've already looked at the answered questions on this and the Castmagic website, but I'm a bit confused. Could you please explain how the minutes part works?

Is this only for minutes the user chooses to have transcribed?

Or will the 300/800-limit on minutes apply to any video or audio content uploaded into Castbox (and subsequently this gets automatically transcribed whether it's footage to be used or not)?

In the case of Otter, for example, any meeting added is auto-transcribed and uses the monthly limit. Does the same logic apply to Castmagic?

RaliMApr 1, 2025
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Blaine_Castmagic

Blaine_Castmagic

Apr 1, 2025

A: yes any file thats uploaded into castmagic will automatically transcribe and be used toward minutes.

the only exceptions are:
- if you choose to upload into the media library without assigning it to a space (this wouldn't really accomplish anything but technically you could do that)
- if you sync an rss feed or your zoom, you can actively choose which files to then "import" into castmagic, at...

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